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WGC-Accenture Day 2: Watney takes out Tiger, Snedeker edges Stanley (again)

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14 years ago

Feb 23, 2012

Seth Kerr

By Seth Kerr

GolfWRX Staff Writer

In what has become a familiar refrain, Tiger Woods’ putter failed him again in his match against Nick Watney. Woods, who used to be so well known for clutch putting, couldn’t even sniff the hole on a 5-foot birdie putt to tie Watney on No. 18.

“I didn’t miss a single shot coming in, which is good,” Woods said. “And that was fun, to hit the ball that well. Unfortunately, I just didn’t make a putt when I needed it.”

To say he didn’t make a putt is like saying Woods has had minor struggles the last two years. This was Woods match for the taking, but he failed to make any of the three 10-foot putts he had on the final six holes, handing the victory to Watney.

“I’m very happy to move on,” Watney said. “I feel a bit fortunate, as well. We don’t see him miss putts like that very often. And there were a few of them.”

In what will likely be the feature match on Friday, Watney moves on to face Lee Westwood. Westwood, by beating Robert Karlsson, already has his best finish ever at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Steve Stricker celebrated his 45^th birthday in style with a 1-up victory over Louis Oosthuizen. Stricker would be the oldest winner of the Accenture Match Play Championship, but Hunter Mahan may have something to say about that.

Mahan dominated Y.E. Yang 5 and 3, winning holes No. 4 through 8 and never looking back.

“I was swinging nice,” Mahan said. “Hit a lot of good shots. It was all clicking.”

Another player with everything clicking, Dustin Johnson, trounced Francesco Molinari for the most lopsided victory of this year’s championship. Johnson had a five-hole lead after nine and finished off Molinari on No. 13. Johnson will be looking for revenge against Mark Wilson, who knocked Johnson out of last year. In a match of contrasts, Johnson will look to over power the course with his prodigious length, while Wilson will stick to his steady play and impressive putting.

In a third round match that could produce a dark horse candidate for winner, Jon Senden faces Sang-Moon Bae. Senden looks to build on his 6 and 5 victory over countryman Jason Day. Bae, a relative unknown from South Korea, may have the two most impressive victories thus far, defeating former champion, Ian Poulter in Round 1 and Masters champion Charl Schwartzel in Round 2.

“The Mechanic,” Miguel Angel Jimenez, defeated the up and down Keegan Bradley. Bradley who was on fire in Round 1, never lead against Jimenez. Jimenez started the day winning three -traight holes to go 3-up and finished off Bradley on No. 17 with a birdie. Jimenez will next face Rory McIlroy, who defeated Anders Hansen 3 and 2.

In a match sure to bring back bad memories, Brandt Snedeker beat Kyle Stanley 2 and 1. Stanley lost in a playoff at the Farmers Insurance Open to Snedeker after having a three shot lead heading into the last hole. Again, Stanley lost it late with Snedeker birding Nos. 15 and 16 to take a 2-up lead. Snedeker will move on to face Peter Hansen who easily handled Ernie Els 5 and 4, one day after Els defeated top ranked Luke Donald.

Round 3 coverage begins at 12 p.m. EST on the Golf Channel.

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Photos from the 2026 OccuNet Classic

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3 hours ago

Jun 9, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

With the PGA Tour across the border in Canada this week, GolfWRX Tour Photographer Greg Moore stayed stateside and headed to the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank in Amarillo, Texas.

It’s always interesting to see what the guys are playing on the KFT, and this week certainly hasn’t disappointed so far, with some incredible wedge stamping on display.

Check out links to all our albums below.

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2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT) – Monday #1

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Luke Potter’s custom Cameron putter – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6 with BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition

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3 hours ago

Jun 9, 2026

Will Schube

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @HuskerFlyer is sharing a Scotty Cameron GOLO with a BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition shaft. While the putter is certainly enviable, the Augusta-inspired shaft is equally noteworthy.

From the listing:

Scotty Cameron Golo 6 with BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition Scotty Headcover 34″ $375

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

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J.T. Poston delivers career-changing victory after major gear changes

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1 day ago

Jun 8, 2026

Alistair Cameron

J.T. Poston required extra holes Sunday to earn a handshake from Jack Nicklaus himself and walk away with the biggest victory of his career.

Poston outlasted Ryan Gerard on the second playoff hole at the Memorial Tournament, and the victory at Jack’s place was aided by two significant gear switches ahead of the tournament in Ohio.

Firstly, Poston swapped from the Titleist Pro V1x to the new Pro V1x Left Dash in his last start at the Charles Schwab Challenge. It’s the ball that made headlines just a month ago, when Jordan Spieth also transitioned into the low-spinning variant at the Cadillac Championship.

Poston’s ball change was spurred by a discussion with Titleist Tour reps about testing some options that could be a little better for him in the wind, after the now four-time PGA Tour winner had gained slightly more speed of late and was feeling like his irons and full wedge shots were overspinning.

Poston spent time testing both the current-generation Pro V1 and the new Left Dash at home the week after the PGA Championship, and at Colonial Country Club, he spent more time dialing things in on the range with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck before deciding to tee up the Left Dash that week. At the time, Poston was 85th in SG: Approach (+0.024); he gained +1.402 at Colonial.

“So we felt like today was going to be a good test of that and it obviously performed really well,” Poston said after a second-round 65 at Muirfield Village which propelled him into the lead. “We had a couple shots that I felt like didn’t quite hit ’em perfect and it hung in there pretty well. So I feel like just having that confidence in that too is big, where I just — we’re trying to hit the smart shot and hit the right shot and just trying to execute and go from there.”

On his way to victory, Poston delivered a dominant performance from tee-to-green and was +8.081 in approach and tied for fourth in greens in regulation.

Poston’s Memorial victory was also the first on Tour for the new torched line of TaylorMade’s 2026 Spider putters. Poston also added the L-Neck Tour X at the Charles Schwab Challenge the week prior, something prompted because “it seems to be working for a lot of the other guys.”

A usually reliable putter, Poston had dropped to as low as 89th on Tour in strokes gained, and when he saw his good friend Denny McCarthy using the Spider, he thought about the change. With the new flatstick in hand, Poston gained close to seven shots on the field at the Memorial and ranked third in SG: Putting for the week.

Poston was the first to agree, though, that neither switch was more important than the other.

“The ball got me there, the putter helped me get it in the hole,” Poston said.

See Poston’s full winning WITB here.