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 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
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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..