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PGA Championship: Round 2 Recap
Another spate of bad weather passed through Pittsford during Friday’s morning round. Greens and fairways were softened, so as to be more receptive to well-placed shots. Two more golfers (Jamie Donaldson and Angel Cabrera) withdrew due to injury and Woody Austin was penalized four strokes when he discovered a 15th club in his bag on No. 3.
And that was just the early show.
The late performance was highlighted by Jason Dufner’s course record-setting/Championship record-tying 63. The 2011 PGA runner-up to Keegan Bradley launched a wedge approach into the air on No. 2, landing it a good 30 feet above the hole. A bit of spin brought it properly back to the hole, where it moseyed in for an eagle-two. Dufner added five birdies, escaped with no bogies and took over the lead at 9-under from Adam Scott. Steve Stricker had this to say about his playing partner’s round:
“It was a fun round of golf to watch Jason play. He played flawlessly really all day. It started right away when he holed out on No. 2 for eagle. And from there he made a bunch of birdies, bunch of long putts, hit some in there real tight and made those putts.”
During the morning wave of golfers, a constant rain kept their focus on things beyond the golf, like dry grips, rain pants and 2 to 3 club differentials into greens. First-round co-leader Adam Scott considered running away with the tournament, then thought better of it. He was 3-under through seven holes (minus-8 overall) then cooled off with three bogies and two birdies during the remaining hole to reach the halfway pole at 7-under par. Scott was aware that the rains that besieged the morning golfers would only help those who played in the afternoon:
“It was stuff this morning. It was raining pretty hard on and off, and the course was playing tough. So it was nice to get off to a good start while the tough conditions were out there and I managed to hang on. The course is obviously softening up, and I’m sure some guys will take advantage of that.”
U.S. Open champion Justin Rose made a strong case for a second 2013 major title with a sparkling 66. After playing the back nine in 2-over, the Englishman came home in 29 slight strokes, marking six birdies and three bogies on his card during that stretch. Rose completed play after 36 holes one stroke back of Scott. Rose played half a round in wet conditions, then made his move when the clouds cleared and the sun came out.
“The rain did stop at the turn and [I] put on a fresh glove, and got the waterproofs off and kind of felt like you could start to play some golf instead of just trying to survive. Obviously I got hot and kept rolling with it. Adam played some great golf the last couple of days and showed me that this course is playable and you can make some birdies out there. And when I got hot, I stayed with it, which was nice.”
Last year’s U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson made the biggest morning move, scaling 67 places to reach the top 10 with a 64, one off the tournament’s single-round record. The Wake Forest alum made seven birdies against a lone bogey, on the challenging, 461-yard No. 7, to leap-frog an entire NFL team and reach contention heading into the weekend.
For about three hours, Simpson was co-owner of the Oak Hill East course single-round record. From the ninth tee on Thursday to the 18th green on Friday, Simpson stayed the course and picked up nine strokes:
“At 5-over through eight holes it was a pretty low moment for me. But I kind of had a pep talk with myself …just told myself, one hole at a time and tried to get a birdie here, a birdie there, and somehow played the last 10 or 11 holes under par. I was able to do that, and I birdied 18 yesterday, which was huge for my confidence. Two-over felt like 64 yesterday after being 5-over. So extremely happy with my game today. All around, it was really solid. I made some great putts, made some good par putts to kind of keep the momentum going.”
The cut line danced around 2-over and 3-over all morning and afternoon. With the low 70 and ties assured of a weekend spot, it edged toward 4-over, but never quite made it. Hard-luck story of the first two days would be the aforementioned Austin. Despite the four penalty strokes, the Floridian came to the final hole on the cut line, made bogey and missed by one club, err stroke. Many pre-tournament favorites also cleaned out their lockers on Friday, including Bubba Watson (4-over), Nicolas Colsaerts (4-over), Luke Donald (5-over), Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington (both 6-over).
Friday afternoon revealed a Tiger Woods (1-over) who was unable to find his mojo. He made consecutive birdies at Nos. 5 and 6, a third at No. 15 and another at No. 17, but found away to give them back with four matching bogies. Woods found himself mired in 39th place, with Phil Mickelson (2-over) one stroke behind. Not to fear, golf fans and tournament organizers. The top 10 heading into Saturday’s third round includes the aforementioned Duffner, Scott, Simpson and Rose, Jim Furyk (65-67), Matt Kuchar (67-66) and Steve Stricker (68-67).
For the record, 75 golfers made the cut, none of whom was a club professional. The best performance from a guy with a 9-to-5 job came from England’s David Muttit, first assistant at New Mexico’s Paa-Ko Ridge golf club. Muttit turned in rounds of 75-70 to miss the halfway cut by two strokes.
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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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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Ronald Montesano
Aug 10, 2013 at 7:09 am
No problema, amigo. I’ve done the same before with the comments. Anything else that merits discussion? Maybe if Dufner had won the playoff in 2011, Keegan would have holed out yesterday. Might be the cosmos at work~Who know? Thanks for reading the piece, by the way.
Elliot
Aug 10, 2013 at 1:58 am
Gotta do it. Article says keegan holed out on 2, calling him 2011 PGA runner up when maybe he won that tournament and dufner got 2nd and got the eagle today?
Elliot
Aug 10, 2013 at 1:59 am
Nevermind I’m hammered drunk. Carry on