Tour News
Monday Tour Mash: Jason Day wins in dramatic fashion
Open du CanaDAY
Jason Day had been oh-so-close this past month in the big events. He came close in the national open championship of the USA, then contended at the Royal and Ancient’s Open.
On Sunday, he finally claimed a national Open title for 2015, holing a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole. Day didn’t win the tournament with that putt, but he forced Bubba Watson and Canadian hopeful David Hearn to eagle the water-laden 18th. Watson made eagle there on Saturday, but could only birdie on Sunday. Hearn made par, and Day was the victor.
For Hearn and Canada, it was another near-miss at a chance to end the 61-year victory drought by a homebred in the Canadian Open. As for Day, well, it’s safe to say that he’s found his adoptive country:
“I’VE NEVER FELT SO MUCH AT HOME, AND I’M NOT EVEN FROM CANADA” Day said. “I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND DEFENDING THE TITLE HERE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I GET HERE NEXT YEAR IT’S GOING TO BE THE SAME. IT’S GREAT TO FEEL LIKE A CANADIAN FOR A WEEK.”
British Senior Open
Let’s play the name game. Here are your top four finishers. Put them in order: Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Miguel-Angel Jimenez and Marco Dawson. The 0.5 percent of you that put Dawson at the head of the quadrilateral can smile. The three Europeans are dominant figures in senior professional golf, but each came up short on Sunday at Sunningdale. In unpredictable fashion, the 51-year-old Dawson had one more arrow in the bag than Langer, finishing at 16-under par to claim his first senior major. Dawson never won on the regular tour, although he did win on the Web.Com Tour in 2002. His first senior tour win came in March at the Tucson Classic, but his second confirmed what he suspected all along.
“CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MANY HOURS I PUT IN ON THE RANGE, AND I’VE HAD TWO BACK SURGERIES TO PROVE IT,” Dawson said. “SO I’VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE RANGE AND ON THE PUTTING GREEN OVER THE YEARS, AND YOU KNOW, IT’S A LITTLE LATER THAN MOST OF THE GUYS, BUT IT CAME TRUE.
Montgomerie came third, three behind Dawson and then it was another two strokes to the fourth-place Jimenez.
Lexi Back In Winner’s Circle
Lexi Thompson took advantage of Lizette Salas’ first round of the week in the 70s, made up five strokes on Sunday and won the LPGA Meijer Classic in Grand Rapids, Mich. Thompson and the field were chasing Solheim Cupper Salas after her Thursday 64, and the Californian showed no sign of releasing her hold on the lead, with subsequent rounds of 69-64. After making one bogey through three rounds, Salas added three more on Sunday, shot 1-under and tied for second with Gerina Piller, who closed with a 64 of her own.
As for the victor, Thompson made eight birdies on Day 4, enough to offset two bogeys and clinch her fifth LPGA title and first of 2015.
Thompson interrupted a 10-tournament run by international golfers, becoming the first U.S. player since Brittany Lincicome in April to win an LPGA event.
The Juniors
Eun Jeong Song and Philip Barbaree added their names to the roll of 2015 USGA champions with victories in their respective national Junior tournaments. The Korean Song defeated Angel Yin of California, 3 & 2, in the 36-hole final at Tulsa Country Club. After the dust had settled, she gave the most ebullient interview of the year, whose complete text is here and here.
On the other side, Philip Barbaree of Louisiana gave away a three-up lead, then erased a five-hole deficit with eight to play against hometown hopeful Andrew Orischak and won the National Junior at Colleton River Club on the 37th hole.
Although Barbaree etched his name on the trophy, Orischak evidently got a heck of a consolation prize and also gave the most telling quote of the week.
I THOUGHT THAT THE MENTALLY TOUGHEST PERSON WAS GOING TO WIN, AND IT WASN’T ME BECAUSE I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. I WAS THINKING ABOUT WINNING BEFORE THE MATCH WAS OVER. STILL HAD GOLF TO BE PLAYED.
Missed The Cut
Robert Allenby and his caddy: Another case of he-said-he-said. Allenby has had a sketchy year to date, beginning with the Hawaii was-he-or-wasn’t-he-mugged incident and now this fairway fall-out in Canada.
Holly Sonders and her prom date: This is a great idea for about 10 seconds, for all the reasons that Ben Alberstadt cites in his GolfWRX piece. The adult realizes, great, now they’re all staring at me. The kid says, OMG, I can’t believe we have nothing in common. There has to be some other event that a celebrity can attend with an adoring kid, that isn’t so wrapped up in what proms are wrapped up in.
England’s Dynamic Duo: Not as odd or creepy as the previous two stories, but not worthy of a section of its own. Danny Willett won the European Masters this week in Switzerland. The kid he beat down the stretch is countryman Matthew Fitzpatrick, the 2013 U.S. Amateur champion. Forget Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Luke Donald. Willett and Fitzpatrick are England’s once and future hopes for professional major titles.
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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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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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marcel
Jul 29, 2015 at 8:51 pm
Jason finally some solid result! way to go. Lexxy all you need to is smile and I am happy!
Ronald Montesano
Jul 30, 2015 at 8:53 pm
Thanks for your commentary, Marcel.