Tour News
Monday Tour Mash: DJ completes the comback, Inbee edges Ko
Rory, Indy, Happy, Rory
Can we get an infrared of Rory’s club launch sequence? Infrareds of shots are so… Friday.
Tossing clubs into El Charco de Doral is trend-setting.
As is landing (crashing) a plane on a fairway.
And throwing down in a hospital with an ex-game show host in a rematch of “The Thrilla In Vanilla.”
And speaking of Rory, please tell me that he did not put a water-logged three iron back in his bag, after Aquaman did him the favor of returning it.
What Happened To Matching Birdies?
Saturday brought us matching aces from Dustin Johnson…
And J.B. Holmes.
Anticipating a dramatic birdie battle on Sunday between two of the PGA Tour’s longest hitters entering their prime, what we instead got was Holmes struggling and Johnson showing enviable consistency.
Holmes had a 5-stroke lead on Saturday night, but five wouldn’t hold up. For Johnson, the best part of the win was not the comeback aspect.
Related: See the clubs Dustin Johnson used to win.
[quote_box_center]”First as a dad, definitely, is the most special (smiling),” Johnson said. “You know, Paulina and Tatum were waiting for me when I got done. That was the best part of the day for sure.”[/quote_box_center]
Tatum? Did not know that. No word on whether Englebert, Tanner Boyle, Lupus and the rest of the Bad News Bears were as happy for D.J.
For J.B., on the other hand, you have to wonder if he has put the brain surgery leave of absence behind and is now as frustrated as the next pro at his inability to close the deal.
Stay tuned.
I’ma Be Inbee
Lydia Ko will not pull a Mickey Wright or a Byron Nelson and win nearly every event she enters in 2015. Well, she might, but Inbee Park will have a say in the matter.
Park, the “It” girl of 2013 — the one who nearly won all five major championships in women’s golf and was the most impressive No. 1 before Lydia came along — reminded all of us that she can golf that ball.
Park captured the HSBC Women’s Champions in by a pair of strokes over Ko. Lydia won the battle of birdies on day four (she made five, against two from Park), but lost the war of bogies (making three against zero for Park.)
American Stacy Lewis struggled in yet another final round, placing a distant third. These days, when I think Lewis, I see Jim Furyk and I hope it’s not a permanent condition for the best American golfer in the women’s game.
Change Your Clothes, Pack Your Bags, Win A Playoff
[quote_box_center]“You know, the odds were not that good, you know, but I changed. I had everything ready to go to the airport, and you know, almost was very satisfied with a third finish. You know, and suddenly it changed, and here I am. And I’m very, very pleased. You know, I don’t think I’m going to sleep tonight.”[/quote_box_center]
Good thing Alex Cejka hung around to watch Emiliano Grillo and Jon Curran inexplicably bogey the easy, par-five 18th to create a five-man playoff with Cejka, Sam Saunders and Tim Petrovic. Saunders had the best look at birdie on the first playoff hole, but he needed the eight footer to tie Cejka, who moments prior had knocked down a 12-footer to eliminate three men. Saunders pushed the putt right and Cejka had his first PGA Tour title.
Rich People Problems
Just to be clear, we’re talking talent, not money. Did you hear about the Paganas? They’re the couple who scored matching aces last Friday in Port St. Lucie.
According to Mrs. Pagana’s teaching pro, she had been “struggling with proper weight shift before her tee shot, and I told her not to hang too long on her left side.” So Barb dunked her tee ball, on her way to 91 81 71!!
Hey, pro, how much could the six-time club champ have been struggling if she shot 71?
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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News
Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Tour Photo Galleries
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
See what GolfWRXers are saying in the forums.
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Tex
Mar 10, 2015 at 3:34 pm
Rich in talent not money? Obviously you didn’t see the Pine Valley hat the guy is wearing……
Ronald Montesano
Mar 10, 2015 at 9:09 pm
See, Tex, I knew that you knew that I knew..something.
I figure that folks in Florida playing high-end clubs and being six-time club champs there had plenty of lettuce, enough to make it rain salad. I decided to play up the rich in talent angle over the obvious rich in money one. Good eyes on you to notice the Pine Valley hat. Unless he bought it on Crump Cup Sunday, he has played it or belongs there, confirming your suspicion. Keep writing, friend.
RM
ParHunter
Mar 10, 2015 at 7:31 am
If that is an Infrared video of Rory then he must be Zombie as his body is already cold! Infrared cameras (or thermal cameras) show the heat an object emits.
The ‘infrared’ video of Rory is just an effect applied to a normal video.
Ronald Montesano
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:58 am
Excellent point. Thanks for helping us with the due diligence. Now, if I can get my hands on that club-toss footage, I can apply the same effect, correct?
RM
Bunty
Mar 10, 2015 at 6:00 am
I thought it was a bloke on first look as well
Rich
Mar 10, 2015 at 3:27 am
I can’t believe how the one and only Facebook comment ended up here. I’ve had comments not posted on here for whatever reason and this comment gets through? How offensive? Inbee Park is one of the best players on the planet you fool. She would run rings around you, no matter which tees.
Ronald Montesano
Mar 10, 2015 at 8:59 am
Inbee Park is certainly one of the top five women professionals in the world. Following her around is an educational experience. I’m glad that you pointed that out, Rich.