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Holmes’ long return ends in win at Wells Fargo Championship
After a fellow undergoes brain surgery after the most successful seasons of his career, then sits out a subsequent year with a broken ankle, the memory of how to finish a tournament victory slowly ebbs. On championship Sunday in Charlotte, J.B. Holmes remembered how easily strokes come and go, as he faced the prospect of a return to the PGA Tour winner’s circle.
Jason Bohn hadn’t won since 2010, yet he penciled in six birdies and a two-bound eagle to reach five-under for the day. Holmes hadn’t won since 2008, yet stood in good stead after four birdies during his first 15 holes. Bohn blinked first, after making a memorable Sunday charge to reach 14-under, just one stroke behind Holmes. Bohn’s 16 holes of work were undone with one swing on the penultimate hole. At roughly the same time Holmes made birdie on No. 15 to reach 16-under par, Bohn rinsed his tee ball in the lake on the treacherous No. 17 for a three-shot swing. Bohn would go on to bogey No. 18 and drop into fourth place.
See the clubs Holmes had in his bag for the win.
After the round, Jason Bohn revealed that concern over a potential rules breach had a part to play in his ill-fated swing on the 17th tee:
“I got a bad time on 16, and for my second shot I took 1 minute 10 seconds to hit my second shot on the 16,” he said. “I was warned if I got another bad time, then I know it’s penalties, so on 17 I didn’t feel that comfortable with the wind starting to gust up a little bit, and I went ahead and hit it anyhow in a situation that I probably would have backed off in. So I’m more disappointed in myself and the way that I handled that than the golf shots that I hit.”
Lest Holmes lose focus for a moment and suspect that the deed was done, 2006 champion Jim Furyk had signed for a 65 and waited in the clubhouse at 13-under par. Holmes’ playing partner, Martin Flores, also would not go away and had his own opportunities to seize the title. When Holmes was too strong with a chip to the 16th green and too weak with a par-saving putt, his lead was down to two. Considering that, this time last year, the Kentucky native was in an ankle cast at the Kentucky Derby, any opportunity to contend for the Wells Fargo Championship was a welcome one.
On Saturday evening, while pondering his place atop the leader board, Holmes reminisced about the his most recent, eventful years.
“It’s been a big change since last year,” he said. “Last year, I broke my ankle and I was at the Derby this time and couple weeks after this I think I ended up having arm surgery, too.”
Evidently, after brain and ankle surgery, it’s easy to forget an arm surgery.
Holmes stood on the 17th tee, the fresh site of Bohn’s Waterloo, and could be forgiven for leaving the ball shy yet dry. His chip-and-run came up 10 feet short, but he found the focus to drop the par-saving putt into the hole and approach the 18th tee with a two-shot lead. Faced with a birdie chip to close his gap to one, playing partner Flores missed by mere inches. Flores then drove into a fairway bunker on No. 18, failed to reach the green with his second and penciled in a bogey at the last. His third-place finish was his first top-three effort in four seasons on Tour.
Despite the admonitions of the entire television crew to hit iron off the tee, Holmes selected driver and avoided the left-side water by bombing his tee ball into a copse of trees in the right rough. From there, he was able to hit an iron to the front of the putting surface, then nervously bump a chip to the green. Two putts later, Holmes raised his fist in triumph, escaping the Quail Hollow course with a one-stroke advantage over Furyk.
Returning to words uttered by Holmes some 24 hours earlier, his sense of place and priority was secure:
“I’m looking forward to it and the happy to be out here and go out tomorrow and do the best I can and if I win that’s great. If it ends up not being my day, then I’m just thankful to be out here and happy to have the opportunity that I have.”
Given his recent medical history, it’s not surprising that this sense of great calm buoyed the former Ryder Cup hero to victory at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Among top PGA Tour golfers, Justin Rose had 71 on Sunday for fifth place, Rory McIlroy went two-under par on Day 4 to reach a tie for eighth and Phil Mickelson was derailed by a late concentration lapse to finish in a tie for 11th.
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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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