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Tour Mash: Vegas repeats in Canada, Langer wins senior major No. 10
Weather and enviable golf were the headliners this week on the major tours. Three events took place in Europe, with another in Canada and a fifth in the heartland of the U.S. China celebrated its first Web.com Tour win, while Germany stood again for its greatest champion. For more on these stirring performances, tour mash away!
PGA Tour: Vegas beats Hoffman in playoff, repeats at RBC Canadian Open
The best shots and highlight moments from the @RBCCanadianOpen. ???????? pic.twitter.com/i5rUWPWhGl
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 31, 2017
With no Maple Leafs in sight of the leaderboard, a glance at the top-10 revealed 10 unique stories all desperate to log a win at Glen Abbey. Some sought an initial PGA Tour triumph, while others hoped to validate their status at an elevated level of champion. And after 72 holes, two of the course’s horses, Jhonattan Vegas and Charley Hoffmann, found their way to 21-under par, one shot beyond the resurgent Ian Poulter.
The pair meandered to dramatic 18th hole for a playoff, site of so many sensational conclusions during the history of the Glen Abbey course. Hoffmann was over the water-guarded green in three in a precarious lie in a bunker. Vegas, the defending champion, had played a heroic second shot over the pond to the rough beyond the putting surface. His steely touch on the chip resulted in a tap-in birdie 4. With no other choice, Hoffmann pulled the flagstick, then pulled his bunker blast ever so slightly. As the ball eased past the left edge, Vegas raised his hands in victory.
PGA Tour Champions: Langer wins Senior British Open, becomes first 10-time senior major champ
WATCH: Highlights from the final round of the Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex #SeniorOpen pic.twitter.com/383xocLNyu
— European Senior Tour (@EuroSeniorTour) July 30, 2017
Royal Porthcawl’s return to major championship golf was fraught with uncooperative weather and a challenging links. In other words, it was a complete success. When the weather took a break in Round 3, old friends Bernhard Langer and Corey Pavin took advantage. Each recorded a 65, low round of the day, to finish 54 holes as the only men under par.
Langer started four shots ahead of Pavin on Sunday, but he went out in 1-over 36. Pavin shaved a pair of strokes off the deficit by parlaying two birdies and one bogey for 34. Langer’s relentless string of pars on the inward half forced Pavin to go for broke, and the tide was reversed. It was Pavin who went over par in his pursuit of the now-10 time senior major titleholder. Langer won his third major of 2017 and his 33rd senior title of a 10-year career.
LET: Ladies Scottish Open a tale of Mi vs. Mi
Mi Hyang Lee rolls in a birdie on the last for a stunning final round 66 (-6) & to take the @AberdeenLSO lead on -6 ???????????? pic.twitter.com/4N7MwSRAtv
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) July 30, 2017
It’s far too soon to call this a lost generation of U.S. golfers, but the ladies shooting low in the final round on the LPGA and Ladies European tours these days don’t typically wear the red, white and blue of the space between Mexico and Canada. A massive comeback from Mi Hyang Lee, coupled with a thorough collapse by Sei Young Kim, gave Mi a one-stroke win over fellow Korean Mi Jung Hur.
Lee’s recent play gave no evidence of such a weekend (68-66) performance at the demanding Dundonald Links. Other than a T4 at the Women’s PGA Championship, her performances of late had been middling at best. Lee had six birdies for 31 on her outward nine, then birdied the last for the margin of victory. Hur birdied her first three holes, had matching 33s on her nines, but fell one stroke shy of a playoff.
European Tour: European Open goes to a new Smith in playoff
The best up-and-down of @Jsmithgolf's life…#PEO17 pic.twitter.com/n7JTlvE5V9
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) July 30, 2017
With defending champion Alexander Levy of France making a final-day move, England’s Jordan Smith could be forgiven for struggling mid-round on Sunday. Three bogeys over the middle holes had the zero-time winner questioning if it would be his day. Like a champion, Smith birdied two of his final four holes to finish at 13-under.
Levy was unable to match Smith’s final-hole heroics, and the two carted off to extra holes. With a sure chance to repeat as champion, Levy somehow yanked a 3-foot birdie putt to give Smith new life. The Englishman two-putted for birdie the second time around on the par-five 18th to secure his inaugural European Tour title. Finishing in third place, two back of the leaders, were Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh and Johan Edfors of Sweden.
Web.com Tour: Zecheng Dou wins Digital Ally Open
No time like the present.
Marty Dou shares the lead @DigitalAllyOpen as he chases his first #WebTour title. pic.twitter.com/b5b1QAjicc
— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) July 30, 2017
The impact of weather was not restricted to the eastern shores of the Atlantic. Round 1 at the Digital Ally was abandoned thanks to similar downpours. With the course softened, the tournament became a celebration of birdies and eaglea with 36 holes played on Sunday to complete the 72-hole event.
Zecheng Dou, known on tour as Marty, was bidding to become the first Chinese-born winner on the Web.com Tour. His Sunday cards consisted of 15 birdies and 0 bogeys. Ten of those chirps came in Round 3 when he shot a personal best of 61. That number gave him the lead, and he was up to the task of preserving it in the final round.
Kyle Thompson, currently in the No. 5 spot in The 25, made a front-nine move with four birdies in Round 4. His task was made difficult with a bogey on No. 10, and three more birdies served only to secure a second-place tie with Luke Guthrie and Billy Kennerly. With his win, Dou moved to 15th spot in The 25, securing playing privileges on the big tour for 2017-18.
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Tour Photo Galleries
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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UnclePhil
Aug 1, 2017 at 5:37 am
Why in the lleh is Lang’a allowed to cheat at this game? The putter has been ruled illegal. Where they goofed is no putting a “legal length” on the putter. It should have been such and such a length
is illegal. 40″ should have been the maximum so as to totally prevent someone like Lang’a to circumvent the rules by anchoring his yppiy ssa forearm to his chest! Him, McCarron, and whoever else is skating over the rule should be banned.
Donn Rutkoff
Jul 31, 2017 at 4:45 pm
why was hoffman not required to replicate his depth of lie in the sand when he was allowed to move his ball take a drop to non-man-made footing?
Iamgolf
Jul 31, 2017 at 11:15 am
If Langer is anchoring, I wouldn’t know how to tell? This morning on the Golf Ch., the highlights of Langer making the winning putt shows his left forearm resting on his chest. Maybe his fist isn’t touching but his forearm is…
Looper
Jul 31, 2017 at 11:17 am
He’s anchoring period!!! I saw the same vid clip this morning on the GC… It’s obvious…
Rors
Jul 31, 2017 at 11:19 am
Yup…
Jack Nash
Jul 31, 2017 at 10:34 am
Hoffman has to learn, when putting, GET THE DAM BALL TO THE FREAKEN HOLE!! He wins by 2 or 3 if he did.