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Lorena Ochoa: Rolling Rolling Rolling

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19 years ago

Aug 27, 2007

Three in a row, that’s what Lorena Ochoa accomplished at the Safeway Classic in Portland, Oregon. This win came by five strokes, giving every indication that her past difficulties with closing tournaments is just that, past. Ochoa shot a 71 in the final round for a 12-under 204 at Columbia Edgewater Country Club and her sixth overall victory of the season.

"I’m better now just paying attention on my own game, and you know, have goals of making birdies in the next few holes, and having a strategy insteady of worrying what the other players are doing and getting to much in the other game," she said. "So I’m doing better and it really helps to just really concentrate and be able to play." Hard to argue. The last player to win three in a row was Anneka Sorenstam in 2005, the women Ms. Ochoa replaced at the top of the Rolex world rankings. The LPGA record is four in a row, last matched by Ms. Sorenstam in 2001. "They keep saying, `You should play, you can do four in a row,"’ said Ochoa, who is taking a month off. "But it’s time for me to go home. I’m very happy with my three wins. And this year has been very special to me."
In-Bee Park (64), Christina Kim (69), Sophie Gustafson (75) and Mhairi McKay (72) all finished at 7-under 209. The only interesting battle of the day was for second as Ms. Ochoa righted herself quickly after two bogeys on the first three holes. "I really enjoyed myself, and I was able to just have control over things," she said. "I handled the pressure well." Indeed she did, while her competitors did not fair quite so well.

Ms. Gustafson, who has not won since 2003, started the day one shot behind Ms. Ochoa managed to stay close thru the front nine, but saw her chances vanish with a double bogey on the par four 17th hole. "I didn’t end up playing that good all day, and I played awful toward the end," Gustafson said.

Ms. McKay, who also doubled the 17th, stated the key to playing with Ms. Ochoa is to maintain focus throughout the round. (hummm is this not the key to all rounds?) "You have to forget what she’s doing and realize she’s going to play well," McKay said. "If anyone plays well, they have a chance. But she’s just consistently playing well, week in and week out."

Ms. Ochoa now heads home for a well earned rest. My congratulations to her on her magnificent accomplishments this year.

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Photos from the 2026 OccuNet Classic

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4 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.

General Albums

2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT) – Monday #1

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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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4 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.