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Jimenez leads Woods by 1 shot at The Open
The best rounds of the second day of the Open Championship came from the morning groups, predictably, before all moisture had been baked out of the course and the winds freshened. Most notably, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson and Tiger Woods fired gutsy rounds of 68, 70 and 71, respectively to move to 2-under for the tournament.
Those players, however, find themselves trailing the ageless, stogey-smoking, bastion of burnt sienna, Miguel Angel Jimenez, who played his way around an increasingly burnt-out Muirfield in 71 strokes. The even-par score kept the 49-year-old at 3-under for the tournament. He leads the aforementioned by a stroke heading into Saturday’s round.
An interesting element of the Most Interesting Golfer in the World’s story this year: it has been a brief one. After winning the Hong Kong Open (and becoming the oldest winner in European Tour history), Jimenez broke his leg in a skiing accident, not returning to competitive golf until the Spanish Open in April.
Woods, for his part, made a 10-foot birdie at the final hole to card a second-round 71. The birdie was his first since No. 5 and capped off a day of clutch par putts, in which he seemed to summon every available ounce of focus for each stroke of the flatstick.
“It was hard,” Woods said succinctly when asked about his round following play. Woods, the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Rankings, now heads into the weekend of another major with a chance at victory, as he has done countless times since his last major win at the 2008 U.S. Open.
Lee Westwood, who has been working on his putting stroke with former tour professional Ian Baker-Finch, and the rest of his game with Sean Foley, was 6-under through 12, briefly tying for the lead.
However, the Englishman ran into tougher, firmer conditions as his round continued. Reflecting on his play, Westwood said,
“I was playing some great stuff. And it was just getting harder as the holes progressed, tougher to score, tougher to get it close.”
Seeking his first major victory in 61 attempts, Westwood is well-positioned (2-under) heading into the weekend.
Adding to the Spanish flavor at the top of the leaderboard, Rafael Cabrera-Bello didn’t play his best en route to a second-round 74. However, even with two bogies and a double bogey on the back nine, the Spaniard, finds himself at 1-under for the tournament.
Angel Cabrera, who hasn’t made the cut in an Open Championship since 2009, followed his opening-round 69 with a 72 on Friday. Cabrera, who was vanquished by Adam Scott in a playoff at the Masters earlier this year, birdied Nos. 4 and 5 to establish a bit of early momentum, heading out in an opening-nine 34. However, he stalled on the back, finishing 1-over for the day
The overnight leader, Zach Johnson, struggled early, as his opening iron shot into the long grass seemed to set the tone for his round. With four bogies across his opening nine holes, Johnson, who loves links golf, fell well off the lead. After several birdies, he eventually climbed back to the top of the leaderboard, but was undone by a double bogey on No. 15. Johnson shot 75 for the day and sits at 1-under entering the third round.
Feel-good stories Tom Leman and Mark O’Mera plummeted down the Open’s signature yellow leaderboard on the second day of competition.
Jordan Spieth, who won the John Deere Classic just five days ago to get into the field, played well for a second consecutive day. However, a poorly struck approach at No. 16 led to a double bogey, which the 19-year-old followed with two more bogies. Going 4-over across three holes dropped Spieth to 1-over for the tournament and undid nearly two days worth of quality work.
Still, he’s within striking distance entering the weekend, and his run of superlative play continues.
Notables who are free to make other weekend plans include the much-maligned Vijay Singh, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Jim Furyk.
McIlroy, who has been searching for the form which won him the PGA Championship last year, was 12-over par to end the day, after an opening-round 79. Singh fired matching rounds of 77, which have him well outside the cut line. Luke Donald’s opening 80 left him with a hard road to hoe Friday, and his markedly better second-round 72 wasn’t good enough to keep the Englishman around for the weekend.
U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, with a two-round score of 10-over, missed the cut as well, as did Rickie Fowler (12-over).
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Photos from the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
GolfWRX is on site in the Lone Star State this week for the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
General galleries from the putting green and range, WITBs — including Thorbjorn Olesen and Zac Blair — and several pull-out albums await.
As always, we’ll continue to update as more photos flow in. Check out links to all our photos from Houston below.
General Albums
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Thorbjorn Olesen – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ben Silverman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jesse Droemer – SoTX PGA Section POY – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Martin Trainer – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Zac Blair – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Trace Crowe – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Daniel Berger – WITB(very mini) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Chesson Hadley – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Callum McNeill – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Rhein Gibson – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Patrick Fishburn – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Raul Pereda – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Pullout Albums
- Tom Hoge’s custom Cameron – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Piretti putters – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ping putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Bettinardi putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Erik Barnes testing an all-black Axis1 putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Tony Finau’s new driver shaft – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
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Photos from the 2024 Players Championship
On the heels of Scottie Scheffler’s dominant victory at Bay Hill, the PGA Tour heads a little farther north in Florida to TPC Sawgrass this week for The Players Championship. And of course, GolfWRX is on site to get a look at what the players are playing.
We’ve already spotted a new Titleist mini driver this week, and there’s plenty more.
Check out our photos below!
Pullout Albums
- New Titleist 2 wood – 2024 The Players Championship
- Cam Young testing Titleist’s new 2-wood – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Hole Nos. 17 and 18 – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Toulon Small Batch Texas putter – 2024 The Players Championship
- Swag Golf custom headcovers – 2024 The Players Championship
- New Ping PLD staff bags – 2024 The Players Championship
- SuperStroke St. Patrick’s Day putter grip – 2024 The Players Championship
- Taylor Montgomery using PuttView X training goggles – 2024 The Players Championship
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Photos from the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
GolfWRX is on the ground in Orlando ahead of the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge.
We’re assembling our usual collection of WITB photos, general galleries, and of course, gear inspired by the King himself.
We’ll continue to add to the photos below as more flow in from Florida.
General Albums
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Monday #1
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Monday #2
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Monday #3
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #1 (thanks, bvmagic!)
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #3 (bvmagic)
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #2 (bvmagic)
WITB Albums
- Matt (LFG) Every – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Sahith Theegala – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Scottie Scheffler – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Luke List – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Adam Schenk – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Taylor Moore – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- David Ford – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Pullout Albums
- New Cameron putters (and new “LD” grip) – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New Bettinardi MB & CB irons – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Custom Bettinardi API putter cover – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Custom Swag API covers – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New Golf Pride Reverse Taper grips – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New PXG putters – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Scottie Scheffler putter change – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Sepp Straka – shaft change to new Ventus blue – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Rickie Fowler’s new Cobra Darkspeed X driver and Denali shaft (and Radspeed 3-wood) – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Justin Rose testing Srixon Z Forged II irons – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
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