Tour News
Monday Tour Mash: Danny Lee, Trump’s latest and a crazy hole-in-one
Greenbrier Classic
Danny Lee had secured a spot in the Open Championship in two weeks by virtue of his top-three finish, but the young Kiwi of Korean ancestry wanted more. He just missed a birdie putt, which would have secured victory, at the par-three 18th at the Old White course at the Greenbrier. He joined Kevin Kisner, Robert Streb and David Hearn in a quad playoff, then birdied the same hole in overtime, draining the putt he missed in regulation. That didn’t get the job done, however. Hearn also made deuce and on they went to the it-shouldn’t-be-this-difficult, par-five 17th. Normally, a hole where eagles are possible and birdies, routine, 17 played like an angry porcupine this week. It jumped up and got Hearn in the playoff, and Lee earned his first PGA Tour victory at age 24. Hearn, James Hahn and Greg Owen also earned spots in the Open Championship. One final golfer will gain entry this week at the John Deere Classic.
Strange Update: Is it John Peterson’s all-pars scorecard on Day 1, or Robert Streb’s wedge-putting down the stretch? Kudos to J.P. for 18 boring holes, but he didn’t make the 36-hole cut. On the other hand, Streb broke his putter on the ninth green, forcing him to wedge-blade every putt on Sunday’s back nine, shoot 32 and make a playoff. As if! Robert Streb is the King of West Virginia strange.
Open de France
Bernd Wiesberger is quietly sneaking up the “I’ve heard of him” chart, and not for the hilarious nickname (Burned Cheeseburger) bestowed on him by caddies. The Austrian went 66-65 on the weekend to sail past third-round leader Jaco Van Zyl of South Africa (third place, five strokes back) to win by two over England’s James Morrison. James, Jaco and fifth-place Rafael Cabrera-Bello took home the sweet consolation prize of qualification into this month’s Open Championship at St. Andrews. The top three not-yet-qualified were issued a golden ticket. Cabrera-Bello birdied the last for a back-nine 29, squeaking past Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Brendan Steele, each one shot in arrears. Three more slots are up for grabs this week at the Scottish Open at Gullane’s composite course.
Strange Update: Renato Paratore’s equally boring, Day-2 scorecard. If someone gave you a run-down of the young Italian’s performance like this (four bogies, three birdies for a one-over 72), you’d shrug your shoulders and say, decent round. If someone told you that the same kid had just signed for 18 consecutive fours, you’d shake your head and mutter, strange! Like Peterson, Paratore also failed to survive the 36-hole cut.
Nova Scotia Open
Abraham Ancer, born in Texas but playing under the Mexican flag, birdied the first playoff hole at Ashburn golf club’s New course to secure a victory in the Web.Com Tour’s Nova Scotia Open. Ancer’s victima in extra time was fellow Texan Bronsoon Burgoon, known previously for his final-hole, near hole-out to win the 2009 NCAA team title for Texas A&M. With the win, Ancer jumped from 39th to 4th on the money list, eyes clearly on a 2016 PGA Tour card. Burgoon made a leap of his own, moving from 43rd into the top 20.
Dakota Dunes Open
On the other side of Canada, in Saskatchewan, three aspiring pros from the Mackenzie Tour-Canada entered into a playoff of their own for the Dakota Dunes title. Clark Klaasen, Michael Letzig and JJ Spaun went to the par-five 18th hole twice. On the second go-round, Letzig left his approach 15 feet from the hole, while Klaasen was at a dozen feet and Spaun, a mere eight from glory. So it stands to reason that Letzig would make, then sweat out misses from his opponents. With the victory, Letzig moved from 103rd position to the fourth spot on the tour’s order of merit.
DNF/MC
More strange goings-on across Planet Golf and its satellite worlds this week, so allow us the room to pick at these topics:
Rory and the Kickabout: It’s not a motorcycle, nor is it a jet ski. It’s pick-up soccer with friends and it probably cost the 2014 champion a chance to defend his title at the home of golf. Ah, the rub of the green.
Marco (Polo) Rubio: Marco Rubio, Republican presidential candidate from the great state of Florida, came up for air with eyes wide open to yell Marco, Polo! Yup, he cemented his bid with limited-edition Marco Rubio polo shirts. Get them while he’s still relevant.
Disc Golf Ace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkzflG_Say0
This is simply awesome, for the camera work as well as the improbability of the actual hole-in-one. So reminiscent of the Larry Bird-Michael Jordan “Nothing But Net” commercials, except this guy did the deed.
Trump Elite: This announced candidate continues to talk about how golf should not be a sport of the young nor the, aahhh, the non-wealthy. Instead of supporting the grow-the-game and time-for-nine initiatives of, let’s see, every golfing administrative body in the world, Trump does his (un)level best to exclude the hungriest, most dynamic segment of golf’s population. Cue head scratch.
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Tour Photo Galleries
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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Tour Photo Galleries
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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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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Jul 8, 2015 at 9:15 pm
Trump threads not allowed in forums because “politics” yet the home page runs articles and blogs on trumps latest updates. This site is becoming entirely hypocritical in their coverage of current events vs what’s allowed to be discussed by its members.
Peakation
Jul 7, 2015 at 3:26 am
Danny Lee didn’t birdie the 18th, but had the same put in the playoff and then birdied..