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By Ben Alberstadt ([email protected])
Good Monday morning, golf fans.
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1. Not the man from Kentucky you expected to be holding the trophy
Louisville, Kentucky native Justin Thomas began the final round of the Genesis Open with a four-stroke lead. He finished one stroke behind his fellow Bluegrass State denizen, J.B. Holmes.
2. Korda Slam!
Golf Digest’s John Huggan on Nelly Korda’s victory Down Under and her unique celebratory gesture.
Sister Jessica tweeted this collage of Korda-ian scissorkicks.
3. Meanwhile, in Perth…
Game story via EuropeanTour.com on the second non-traditional event in a row on the European circuit.
4. Putter troubles topple Tiger
The thrills of Saturday gave way to the blahs of Sunday as the combination of fatigue and not being in contention added to a forgettable final-round performance for one Tiger Woods at chilly, blustery Riviera–a course that has been anything but “Tiger’s Alley.”
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5. You don’t know Matt!
That was, probably not surprisingly, the basic contention from Kuchar’s looper, John Wood.
The NY Post’s Mark W. Sanchez spotted Wood’s tweets Friday night.
6. Baffled by altitude
Steve DiMeglio of USA Today and Golfweek, filing a report for the latter on the eternal mysteries of golfing at altitude as the Tour prepares to visit Club de Golf Chapultepec, some 7,800 feet above sea level, for the WGC Mexico.
I’d be remiss not to call your attention to our Ryan Barath’s meditation on the same subject in conjunction with a discussion of a Tiger Woods 3-wood switch.
7. Not to be overlooked, a W for MAJ!
AP Report…”Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Chubb Classic on Sunday for his seventh PGA TOUR Champions title, beating Bernhard Langer and Olin Browne with a 5-foot par putt on the first hole of a playoff.”
8. The worth of a caddie’s work
Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch considers the subject–with help from Fluff!– in the wake of the Kuchar-El Tucan fiasco.
9. J.B. Holmes does not play golf quickly
Golf.com’s Josh Berhow rounded up some lowlights and remarks concerning the…exceedingly deliberate…work of one J.B. Holmes, Sunday.
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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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Feb 18, 2019 at 1:11 pm
Reading some of the shameful comments regarding ’El Tucan” received good money compared to Mexican Wages is sad to say at the least. We do not have any say as to what country were born. No more than who are our birth parents. The issue is the golfer whom he carried his bag has won 47 million on the PGA tour. That does not take into account millions in endorsement deals. I should also note you receive additional monies from some sponsors when winning a tournament. Having been in the shipping business my whole career I have traveled to countless countries. Haiti makes Mexico look like a financial paradise. The problem with Kuchar is flat-out disgraceful from a moral compass standpoint. He had not won using a regular caddie in over four years. Had he won with his regular caddie Kuchar would have forked over $130,000 along with additional travel expense monies. He then wins with a local caddie. The win scenario changed all bets prior deals. IMO KUCHAR or management team should have immediately paid 25% ($32,500) of his winnings. El Tucan would have been pleased. Instead KUCHAR paid this human being, a man born in a poor country a salary he deemed justified! SHAMEFUL. Stating a deal is a deal is an embarrassment! Then not having the brains to realize his incentive comments were made at the Genesis Open in LA which has one of the highest populations of Mexicans in the country. Simple shows he lives in a bubble. Bottom line KUCHAR for 2 decades has seemed like a STANDUP GUY. I think we all have made our own opinion if KUCHAR made a sincere genuine gesture. Regardless he made a horrific mistake & deserves the benefit of the doubt moving forward without any backlash. KUCHAR apologized and agreed to give 50k to EL Tucan. Which is life changing money in his world. Not only that from a positive angle I am sure more Americans who play the resort were he caddies will ask for El Tucan by name. Being a proud American I am confident if we get El Tucan for a loop we will give him way beyond a customary tip.
Posted by Dan Joseph on Feb 18, 2019 | 10:46 AM reply