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Tour Mash: DJ takes WGC-Mexico, Queen Inbee wins HSBC
Many of the tours took a vacation during this World Golf Championships week, but the three tournaments that were played provided scintillating competition. Hole-outs galore offered a season’s worth of highlights at the WGC-Mexico Championship, while a great champion returned to the podium on the LPGA Tour. For balance, the European Tour toasted a first-time winner. Let’s toast all three with some delicious mash, this week’s main course.
WGC-Mexico Championship: 4th WGC title for DJ
Clutch.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/u0KeerEt2f
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 5, 2017
As the introductions for the final threesome were made, only Dustin Johnson received a translation into Spanish. Perhaps the bilingual welcome motivated the big man, perhaps not. The 2016 U.S. Open champ and World No. 1 became the third two-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, sneaking out of Mexico City with a one-stroke margin over England’s Tommy Fleetwood.
Winning WITB: See what clubs were in DJ’s bag in Mexico
Johnson and the field trailed three-time season winner Justin Thomas at the day’s start, but Thomas struggled for a second time this week to find his groove. After Thursday, the Alabama alum sent video of his swing back home to his PGA Professional father. The fix worked for two days, but on Sunday the swing repair broke down.
Replacing Thomas as Johnson’s prime competition were two unlikely Sunday chargers. Fleetwood, he of the hair of Samson, posted six birdies on Sunday for 65, coming up one stroke back of the victor. On Fleetwood’s heels was countryman Ross Fisher, who closed with three consecutive birds (nine on the day) for 65 and solo third.
Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and John Rahm were each poised to take home the title on Sunday morning, but only Rahm (68) was able to shoot under par in the final round. Back-to-back three putts on Nos. 16 and 17 dropped the 22-year-old two shots back of Johnson.
European Tour: Burmester rises to Tshwane Open title
.@BurmyGolf's final round 65 in 14 shots.#TshwaneOpen2017 pic.twitter.com/JPmw4wcZ3W
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) March 5, 2017
A week after a missed opportunity at the Joburg Open, Dean Burmester found himself in Sunday’s penultimate pairing trying to chase down third-round leader Scott Jamieson. The 27-year-old Burmester was also in pursuit of his initial European Tour victory, but Jamieson appeared anything but wobbly after rounds of 67-65-68 gave him the 54-hole lead.
How quickly luck can change course! While Burmester sailed through his front nine in 29 strokes, Jamieson was headed in precisely the opposite direction. The Scottsman gave up seven strokes to par on the final day, with three doubles and four bogeys punching holes in his dreams. Jamieson tumbled all the way to a tie for 22nd.
On the other side of fortune’s tide was Burmester. Seven birdies in his first 10 holes (nine overall) brought him to 20-under par and a five-shot advantage over Jorge Campillo and Mikko Korhonen. Two late bogeys would drop Burmester to 18-under, still good for a three-stroke triumph Campillo and Korhonen. With the victory, Burmester gains exempt status on the European Tour through the end of the 2018 season.
LPGA’s Queen Bee back in the hive at HSBC
Watch final round highlights from the #HSBCWomensChamps where @InbeePark captured her 18th LPGA career win by one shot over Ariya Jutanugarn pic.twitter.com/CfubH1tK6c
— #CMEFinalStretch ???? (@LPGA) March 5, 2017
Inbee Park entered the Hall of Fame in 2016 and won an Olympic gold medal, both while nursing an injured thumb that resulted in a season shut-down for six months. On Sunday the Korean champion returned with resolve, claiming her 18th LPGA victory by one stroke.
Park lit up the Sentosa golf club in Singapore with nine birdies in the final round, inscribing her name under “Course Record” in the process. The Olympian began the day three shots behind leader Michelle Wie, but made eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch to assume command of the event. Her victory made her the only two-time winner of the tournament.
Wie, whose newest putter and putting stance have drawn great attention during the LPGA’s first, Far East Swing of 2017, derailed her final round with a four-putt on the 5th hole, including two misses from inside four feet. Wie ultimately tied for fourth, five back of the leader.
The HSBC’s leaderboard was packed with the tour’s top players. Ariya Jutanugarn, Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson and Ha Na Jang all made a case for the title. Jutanugarn closed with 66 for second place, while rookie Sung Hyun Park of Korea finished with 68 for third, three strokes back of first place.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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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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Ronald Montesano
Mar 6, 2017 at 8:18 pm
Hah, I didn’t see that one. Can you elaborate?
Jugger Nut
Mar 7, 2017 at 5:31 pm
Volume was off at the pub. Just read he was somehow standing on a sprinkler head in the middle of the bushes, and got ‘another favourable ruling’. Can’t make it up.
Ronald Montesano
Mar 9, 2017 at 5:47 am
When you pimp a leather jacket like Phil, even sprinkler heads go out of their way to lend a hand. #ChuckNorrising
Jugger Nut
Mar 6, 2017 at 2:04 pm
Longer than the DJ win, I’ll remember the bogus drop Philly Mick got out of the bushes on Saturday.
Can anyone explain his argument- I’d like to use it?