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Henley is the last man standing, wins Honda Classic
After a meltdown by third-round leader Rory McIlroy (sporting a final-round 74), 24-year-old Russell Henley birdied the first playoff hole — the only one to do among the four who made the playoff — to win the Honda Classic giving him victory No. 2 in his young career. The four-man playoff included Henley (72), Official World Golf Ranking No. 8 McIlroy, Ryan Palmer and Web.com graduate Russell Knox (71).
After rounds of 64-68-6,8 Henley found himself in the final pairing with McIlroy who was champion of the Honda in 2012, a win that vaulted him to No. 1 in the OWGR. Stepping on the first tee with a two-shot lead, McIlroy birdied the par-5 third hole to give him a two-shot lead over Knox, who birdied two of his first three holes to climb to 11-under. It was on the fourth hole that McIlroy’s decline began: he went on to play holes Nos. 4 through 17 in 5-over, needing to hit his his 245-yard second shot on No. 18 to 8 feet and an eventual birdie just to get into the playoff.
Three-time winner Palmer (69) got himself in the mix by making birdies on three of the first four holes. Standing over his third shot on No. 18, his wedge came up just short of the putting surface, forcing him to get up and down to finish at 8-under and earn a seat in the playoff.
The playoff provided some drama with McIlroy, Henley and Palmer all taking cracks at the green in two with eventual winner Henley being the only one to find the surface. After rolling his 69-foot eagle putt to about 4 feet, Henley punched in the birdie for his second win (he won 2013 Sony Open in his first official start) in as many years on the PGA Tour. The win earned Henley $1.08 million in prize money and pushed him from 126th on the FedEx Cup list to 16th.
“This isn’t going to sink in for a while,” Henley said to NBC commentator Roger Maltbie after his round.
Other notables that finished in the top 15 included Spain’s Sergio Garcia (67, T8th), England’s Luke Donald (72,T8th), 2013 Masters Champion Adam Scott (69, T12th) and Keegan Bradley(73,T12)
As in recent years, the Jack Nicklaus-designed PGA National Champion course (7,158 yards) proved to be a stout test for the players with the famous “Bears trap” (holes Nos. 15 to 17) playing a critical factor on the outcome once again. The combined scores of the four in the playoff at the hole was 6-over and Knox was the only one of the four to get through unscathed.
World No. 1 Tiger Woods, who fired a brilliant 65 in Round 3, withdrew after No. 13 on Sunday with severe back pain.
“Too early to tell,” Woods said in a statement about playing next week at Doral. “I’ll get treatment every day to try to calm it down. Just don’t know yet. Wait until Thursday and see how it feels.”
Next week, it’s off to the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championships at the Donald Trump-revived Doral Resort and Spa where Woods (health permitting) will try to fend off a field of the entire top 50 in the OWGR.
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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
- Gary Woodland WITB (New driver, iron shafts) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Padraig Harrington 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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Fred
Mar 3, 2014 at 11:37 pm
Despite what the Golf Channel was telling us all week, Rory proved he was human after all. Glad to see Henley join the ranks of the lesser knows who have been winning tournaments lately. As for Tiger, too bad. If he had been able to play as well on Sunday as he did on Saturday, he would have had a good chance of winning the Honda.
Derek
Mar 2, 2014 at 10:24 pm
Ryan Palmer missed the putt on the final hole in regulation so he didn’t get up and down and made bogey