Scott overcomes two double bogeys to win at Doral

Last week’s trivia question revolved around the last golfer to win a PGA Tour event despite making a quadruple bogey during the event. No doubt this week’s water cooler discussion will center on Adam Scott’s epic comeback from two front-nine double bogies to steal the first WGC event of 2016 and win on the PGA Tour for the second consecutive week and 13th time overall.

Scott went swimming on both the 3rd and 5th holes, but recovered with a run of five birdies in seven holes (Nos. 8 through 14) and a spunky up-and-down from the rough on the 18th green to finish at 12-under par on the week. One stroke behind was Bubba Watson, who nipped Scott by the same margin in February at the Northern Trust Open.

The champion came down the challenging closing stretch with a few nerves. Scott drove into a fairway bunker on No. 17, but recovered to the green and made a two-putt par. On No. 18, his tee shot found the rough, as did his approach to the green. He was able to coax his pitch to within 7 feet, then made the putt to secure his par and victory.

When asked how he turned things around after the horrific start, Scott answered:

I think after the second double-bogey, winning was kind of far from the front of my mind. And at that point, I took a moment to think about kind of just gaining some traction on the round before it slips away and I shoot 80 because it’s possible around this is course. To keep missing it like I did in the water, there’s just no escape from it.

Related: See the clubs Scott used to win at Doral

Beyonce Ha Na Jang dances to HSBC Women’s Championship victory

If you’re Pornanong Phatlum (last name pronounced ‘PAT-lum’) and you close with three birdies in your final seven hole on Sunday, shoot 68 on the day to finish 15-under for the week, you like your chances. Oh, and there’s a gap of four strokes between you and the next golfer. Problem is, the gap extends the other way as well, so Pornanong’s excellent week only earned her second-place money.

Ha Na Jang smiled and danced her way to victory No. 2 of 2016. In early February, the young Korean golfer bested Canada’s Brooke Henderson by two stroke in Ocala, Florida. This week, Jang turned out the lights on everyone else with birdies on Nos. 12 through 14, then hit a three-metal over sand and water on the last hole to within eight feet of the cup. When that putt went down, Jang stood four clear of the field at 65 on the day and 19-under for the week.

And then she danced a Beyonce-inspired dance:

“You don’t see the Super Bowl right now?” she said. “Oh, really, I’m going to try. So I see the Super Bowl, really nice. Then I’m watching maybe three weeks, last month maybe, I’m watching the TV and really good music with Beyonce, and watching Beyonce, she’s really nice. I try, I think about, like I’m trying to dance after my putt, it’s really good today.”

We just can’t get over this epic celebration by Ha Na Jang! #HSBCWomensChamps pic.twitter.com/p68aMNZr2o

— LPGA (@LPGA) March 6, 2016

PGA-LPGA Tour Strategic Alliance

Know why the coffee tastes so good on United flights? It’s Starbucks. Oh, and why is the internet so good in Starbuck’s cafes? Google provides it. In both cases, you have a strategic alliance between two companies, and the PGA and LPGA tours have high hopes that their recent revelation of a strategic alliance will generate similar successes.

To clarify, matters of the alliance are quite unclear. The five pillars of the understanding are: schedule coordination, joint marketing programs, domestic television representation, digital media and exploring the potential development of joint events.

Mike Whan, commissioner of the LPGA Tour, explained that there are no timetables, nor any quantifiable outcomes, just an intention to do things better. What is interesting is this: two days after the Friday, March 4 news dump, mention of it was nowhere to be found on the front page of the LPGA site, while it was a three-second scroll down the PGA Tour’s internet home. Hmmm…