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Tiger Woods to play The Players
We wondered when Tiger Woods would tee it up again following his T17 finish at Augusta National. Now we know: Woods announced today that he’ll next put a peg in the ground at The Players Championship, which begins May 7.
Woods last played at TPC Sawgrass in 2013, when he won the event (he also won in 2001). He didn’t participate in The Players last year as he was recovering from back surgery.
Also on the subject of injury: Woods’ wrist is apparently fine. Visibly in pain after hitting a root on the ninth hole of his final round at Augusta, Woods said after the round that “a bone kind of popped out and the joint kind of went out of place, but I put it back in.” However, Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, told ESPN.com four days later the golfer’s wrist is “fine.”
Thanks to his No. 106 world ranking, Woods did not qualify for the Match Play Championship next week.
Also added to Tiger’s schedule this week (according to Jack Nicklaus) the Memorial, which is June 4-7.
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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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Tour Rundown: Rose blooms, Rory rolls
This week last year, I found myself praying to the weather goddesses and gods that Rochester would be spared their wrath over the next seven days. The 2023 Oak Hill PGA Championship (that was slated for August when the contract was signed) was on the horizon, and I wanted my region to show well. Things turned out fine, with all four seasons making an appearance, a PGA Professional (Blockie!) stealing hearts, and a proven champion in Koepka (although I was pulling for Viktor.)
This year, no concerns. Louisville will shine this week at Valhalla, but we’ve matters to consider before we look to four days of coverage this week. Nelly did not win on the LPGA this week, so who did? The PGA Tour held two events in the Carolinas, and Tour Champions celebrated a major event in Alabama. Four noteworthy events to run down, so let’s head to RunDownTown and take care of business.
LPGA @ Founders Cup: Rose blooms
There was a sense that Rose Zhang might have a role in the 2020s version of the LPGA. After winning everything there was in amateur golf, she came out and won her first tournament as a professional. That was last May and, let’s be honest, who among us thought it would take 12 months for Zhang to win again? Rhymes with hero, I know.
This week in New Jersey, eyes were on Nelly Korda, as she made a run at a sixth consecutive win on the LPGA circuit. Korda ran out of gas on Saturday, and that was just fine. Madelene Sagstrom and Zhang had turned the soiree at Upper Montclair into a battle of birdies. Gabriela Ruffels came third at nine-under par. No one else reached double digits under par but Sagstrom and Zhang. They didn’t just reach -10…they more than doubled it.
Sagstrom had the look of a winner with five holes left to play. She was three shots clear of Zhang, at 23-under par. The Swede played her closing quintet in plus-one, finishing at 22-deep, 13 shots ahead of Ruffels. That performance we’d anticipated from Zhang? It happened on Sunday. She closed with four birdies in five holes to snatch victory number two, by two shots. Spring is a lovely time for a Rose in bloom.
Take a look back at hole No. 1… @rosezhang is living life on the edge ? pic.twitter.com/o6z6SK7TRA
— LPGA (@LPGA) May 12, 2024
PGA Tour @ Wells Fargo: Rory the Fourth is crowned in Charlotte
Xander Schauffele is a likable lad. He has an Olympic gold medal on his shelf, and a few PGA Tour titles to his credit. Even X knows that even par won’t get much done in a final round unless conditions are brutal. They weren’t brutal at Quail Hollow on Sunday. X posted even par on day four. It kept him ahead of third-place finisher Byeong Hun An but gave him zero chance of challenging for the title.
Paired with Xander in round four was the King of Quail, Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman had previously won thrice at the North Carolina track, and he was champing at the bit to gain some momentum on the road to Louisville. While Xander scored increasingly worse along the week (64-67-70-71) McIlroy saved his best round for the final round. Thanks to five birdies and two eagles, McIlroy ran away with the event, winning his fourth Wells Fargo by five over Schauffele.
HOLE-OUT EAGLE FOR RORY!!!
He now leads by SIX! pic.twitter.com/UE49lwfwNC
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 12, 2024
PGA Tour @ Myrtle Beach Classic: a little CG won the inaugural week
It always seemed odd that the PGA Tour had zero stops along the Grand Strand each season. This week’s event seemed odd in that the golfers played the same course each day, and there were zero handicaps involved. Most events at Myrtle Beach involve hundreds of amateurs at dozens of courses, with all sorts of handicaps.
The Dunes Club is a Robert Trent Jones Sr. course, down toward Pawley’s Island. It claims what used to be considered an unreachable, par-five hole, the watery 13th. Nothing is unreachable any longer, including a 22-under par total for a six-shot win. Chris Gotterup, a former Rutgers and Oklahoma golfer, played sizzling golf all week and won by a sextet of shots. Gotterup opened with 66, then improved to 64 on Friday. His Saturday 65 sounded a beacon of “come get me,” and his closing 67 ensured that second place was the only thing up for grabs.
Chasing the podium’s second level were a bunch of young Americans. In the end, Alastair Docherty and Davis Thompson reached 16-deep, thanks to rounds of 64 and 68 on Sunday. They held off six golfers at 15-under par. The victory was Gotterup’s first on tour and should be enough to get him a Wikipedia page, among other plaudits.
Leader by SIX!
@ChrisGotterup | @MyrtleBeachC pic.twitter.com/TVdA6ZPYc4— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 12, 2024
PGA Tour Champions @ Regions Traditions: Vindication for Dougie
Doug Barron, if I recall correctly, was suspended by the Powers That Be, way back in 2009, for testosterone. He was naturally low in the hormone, so he took supplements. This did not sit well with certain admins, so he was put on the shelf for 18 months. Not cool.
In 2019, Barron came out on the Tour Champions. He won in August. The next year, despite the craziness of Covid, he won again. Barron hit a dry spell for a few years. He kept his card, but accrued no additional victories. In late April, Barron showed serious signs of life, with a t2 at Mitsubishi. This week in Birmingham, he jumped out to a lead, lost it, then gained it back on Saturday. With major championship glory on the line, Barron brought the train into the station with 68 on Sunday.
Stephen Alker, the man who could not lose just two years ago, gave serious chase with a closing 63. He moved up 11 slots, into solo 2nd on Sunday. He finished two shots back of the champion. Two shots ain’t much. Cough once and you drop a pair. Third place saw a three-way tie, including last year’s winner (Steve Stricker) and runner-up (Ernie Els.) Despite the intimidating presence of the game’s greats, however, Doug Barron had more than enough of everything this week, and he has a third Tour Champions title to show off.
At the @RegionsTrad, all champions receive a green bike.
Doug Barron decided to take a victory lap ? pic.twitter.com/bEzENMjZwv
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 13, 2024
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Mad-Mex
May 3, 2015 at 7:23 pm
(Cue sarcastic Tone) Good, I can sleep now and stop worrying about Tiger’s well being.
Some defend him with comments like “Look what he has done for golf!!”,,,,, BUT Golf has done 100 times MORE for him. You think Tiger “cares” about YOU? Think he cares about Golf? Tiger cares about Tiger,,, That’s it!!!!
New Golfer
Apr 28, 2015 at 9:41 pm
All you Tiger haters. So fast you are to forget that he won 5 times back in 2013. Name one other player that has done that in any year? That’s right you can’t. Sure he’s had some back problems and it has caused him to play poorly, so who hasn’t had problems and shot in the 80’s. I remember Rory quitting in the middle of a tournament because he was playing extremely bad, what was his excuse? a toothache? How about Bubba Watson withdrawing after the first day when he shot in the 80’s? Didn’t he have some kind of allergies? and Dustin Johnson shooting 80’s, I can’t even remember what his problem was. Probably didn’t get his daily dose of snow. Why isn’t Tiger playing at the Players news? He’s still the biggest draw to golf weather for good or bad. TV is about ratings and making money and people want to see Tiger play more so than 95% of the field. Even little old grandmas know who Tiger Woods is, can that be said about any other golfer? No. So next time before coming on some forum and smashing Tiger, think before you post, about what he’s done for the game and if it wasn’t for him little old grandmas and half of the girlfriends/wives of posters on here wouldn’t have any interest in golf.
Dennis
Apr 27, 2015 at 9:06 am
Good article Ben.
MHendon
Apr 25, 2015 at 11:34 pm
A lot of people on here bitching about this article, but the bottom line is hate him or love him Tiger still is the biggest draw in golf.
sam s
Apr 26, 2015 at 2:09 pm
He does draw attention, but no necessarily for his golf. He draws attention because how far he quickly dropped…and because of his numerous inappropriate actions – personal and on the course. Remember, Tiger has only played in 12 events since 2013 and hasn’t finished in the top 10 even once. He is ranked a lowly 106th – just in case you are wondering, that means that 105 players are ranked better than Tiger…many that you’ve probably never heard of before; like Romain Wattel, Shingo Katayama, Emiliano Grillo, Scott Hend, Gary Stal, Koumei Oda, Mikko Ilonen, etc., etc., etc. No one minds Tiger Woods being in the news when the news is justified – such as because of his good play, or him doing something disgustingly stupid like he’s done so many times in his life. But to announce in a news article that Tiger Woods is playing in a particular tournament is as stupid as doing the same for any other player that qualifies to play in the tournament. Likewise, to cover Tiger Woods on television when he is nowhere close to the lead is also downright stupid. When Tiger plays well enough to be competitive – then cover him. Otherwise, he is nothing more than a once great golfer that has become a has-been and not someone you would want a family member to emulate with his personal life. In my view – Tiger Woods was once a great golfer, but a scumbag person.
Kyle
Apr 26, 2015 at 6:50 pm
He’s the biggest draw in golf because he’s the best ever. End of story.
COGolfer
Apr 27, 2015 at 12:12 am
You obviously have a bias but the ‘scumbag person’ really showed your stripes. A-Rod, Armstrong, Ray Lewis, Hernandez, “etc, etc…” Obviously you don’t have to be a reasonable person to participate in professional sports.
Love him or hate him, he has helped shape professional golf. The news needs story lines and Tiger provides them.
I also think he has won a couple majors. I believe more than (at least) the top 30 combined.
oh poor sam.
Apr 27, 2015 at 1:34 am
“was once a great golfer”
lol
the man just finished t17 in the masters.
Joe
Apr 29, 2015 at 12:12 pm
His first event back… Just wait until he gets the rest of him game back up to snuff.
MHendon
Apr 27, 2015 at 2:10 am
First off let me be clear, I am by no means a Tiger fan. I tend to root for Rory, but Jordan Spieth is quickly becoming a favorite. However to sit there and call Tiger a scumbag for doing what most men and women for that matter do at some point in their life is quite hypocritical. Unless you’re some kind of saint you really shouldn’t go there. It would be interesting to see what might be uncovered in any of our lives if we where under the public scrutiny that has been Tigers life. And yes Tiger hasn’t played well in a couple years but he still is the biggest draw and when he plays everyone involved in the business of Tiger woods makes more money that’s why its covered so much, period.
sol demanto
Apr 27, 2015 at 5:32 pm
I would agree – ‘scumbag’ is an excellent description for Tiger Woods.
Nathan
Apr 25, 2015 at 5:48 pm
Good to know when the man is playing next. Thanks
Booger
Apr 24, 2015 at 11:30 pm
I want to know what tourney’s rory and Jordan sign up for. Don’t care about this hacker.
Dave
Apr 25, 2015 at 5:58 pm
If he is a hacker WHAT do you qualify as?
LJL
Apr 24, 2015 at 9:06 pm
This ‘news’ is so damn stupid. There is no ‘news’ when any other golfer decides to play a particular tournament. Why should Tiger Woods make news just because he enters? Think people!
Kyle
Apr 26, 2015 at 6:51 pm
You must not follow golf often.
KT
Apr 24, 2015 at 7:26 pm
I think Tiger had a Brian Williams moment with that bone popping comment.
Gary Gutful
Apr 24, 2015 at 4:56 pm
I generally pop at least 5 bones out before breakfast and then shoot 65 in the afternoon…
Golfer Steve
Apr 24, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Glad to see this