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Dialed In – PGA Tour Preps For AT&T at Aronimink

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16 years ago

Jun 29, 2010

No matter if the world’s #1 played is not 100% on task as far his game is concerned, the mere presence of Tiger Woods changes the look and feel of any PGA Tour event. Of course, he is the defending champion this week, and at a new venue as well – giving everybody a lot to talk about.

Suburban Philadelphia and the Aronimink Country Club is playing host to the AT&T National for the next couple years in place of Washington-area’s Congressional Country Club where preparations are well underway for the 2011 United States Open.

The AT&T National title was just one of 6 titles Tiger captured in 2009 but this year the 14-time major winner has just two top ten’s in five PGA Tour starts – both in major championships at The Masters and the U.S. Open.

While he is busy defending this week against a bevy of talented tour players, all the golfers will face the challenge of playing a layout many have not had the pleasure to play previously.

In their chase for the winner’s $1.16 Million share of the $6.2 million purse they will have to navigate a course that players are learning to love very quickly. The initial response form them this week has been nothing but positive.

Originally a Donald Ross design brought to life in 1928, Aronimink was reshaped in 1998 by Pete Dye and Bobby Weed. Prior to that time it had been host to such prestigious events as the 1962 PGA Championship, 1977 US Amateur, and 1997 US Junior Amateur.

In 2003 it hosted the Senior PGA Championship. That same year Ron Prichard, a noted golf architect from the Philadelphia area and the foremost authority on Donald Ross’ design philosophy, completed a 3-year restoration project at Aronimink that recaptured classic Ross features that had been diminished or lost over time. Panoramic views were restored to their original shapes and sizes, and his unique bunkering style was recaptured. Length was added to neutralize the effect technology has had on golf and bringRoss’ unique design features back into play. The result was the par 70, 6,955-yard test the players will face this week.

Some players will not have to acquaint themselves too much with Aronimink, Sean O’Hair is actually a member at the club and that will play into his hands this week. The 3-time PGA Tour winner has just one top-ten finish this season but within his 12 cuts made he has been in the top 25 eight times. There would be no better place to return to the winner’s circle than in his adopted hometown event.

Another player with a Pennsylvania tie is Jim Furyk. Furyk, already a two-time winner in 2010 is the 2^nd highest ranked player in the field after the defending champion, Woods. Watch for Furyk to thrill the Keystone Crowd with the big tour making its first return to the state since the 2006 84 Lumber Classic.

Also lurking this week will be Dustin Johnson, playing his first PGA Tour round since his dramatic collapse on the final day at the U.S. Open. In the same redemption ode will be Justin Rose, playing the AT&T and trying to recover from the 3-shot final round lead he squandered last week at the Travelers Championship.

Familiar faces, including the world #1, with a brand new course should make for a tournament worth watching.

This report provided to GolfWRX.com by Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com)

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Photos from the 2026 OccuNet Classic

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1 hour 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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1 hour 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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23 hours 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.