Tour News
Tour Mash: Hurley’s improbable victory, Ko and Stenson return to winner’s circle
PGA Tour: Naval Academy grad Billy Hurley III grabs improbable victory at Quicken Loans National
In a week that saw the cancellation of an imminent PGA Tour event, and the human tragedy that surrounded it, a long-shot victor who dealt with his own family tragedy over the past year emerged to claim a first Tour win. Billy Hurley III stood even on the day, neck and neck with Vijay Singh, when he pitched in for birdie on the 15th hole to assume the lead. A subsequent birdie on No. 16 gave him a three-stroke edge, which he carried to the finish.
Hurley is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, and his victory at Congressional resonated not only for the support that the tournament gives to the military, but also to the winner, who grew up not far from the tournament site. Hurley’s father, his golf instructor, passed away in the last year, adding to the emotion of the victory.
Vijay Singh and Ernie Els gave proper chase, but could not catch the determined champion. Singh finished second alone, with newly minted professional (and last week’s U.S. Open low amateur) Jon Rahm (see his WITB) tied for third with Bill Haas at 13-under par.
Related: See the clubs Hurley used to win
LPGA Tour: Lydia Ko wins Walmart Championship in Arkansas
The world No. 1 stood in a tie on Saturday evening with Morgan Pressel, but made an emphatic statement on Sunday that reminded the golf world of how she attained that top ranking. Ko birdied four of her first five holes in to jump ahead of the field, reaching 5-under on the day at one point on Sunday. Pressel could not keep early pace, although she did make a mid-round run with three birdies in a four-hole stretch.
As the leaders headed toward the tournament’s coda, Pressel bogied four consecutive holes to drop from contention. She finished in a tie with Candie Kung, whose 2-under 69 featured a strong closing kick of 4-under over the final eleven holes. Ko was able to play conservatively during the final six holes, making two bogeys to end at 17-under, three shots clear of Kung and Pressel.
European Tour: Stenson returns to winner’s podium at BMW International Open
Henrik Stenson had experienced joy and sadness at two previous BMW Opens, winning a playoff for the title in 2006, and losing another extra-hole battle in 2014. The Swede had not won anywhere since November of 2014, so his victory at Pulheim, Germany, was a welcome result. Forced to play 36 holes on Sunday after rain delays slowed play, Stenson went on a bogey run to fall into a tie with Darren Fichardt of South Africa into the back nine of Round 4.
Stenson responded like the top-10 player he is, with three birdies over the closing holes. Fichardt made bogey on the final hole to drop into a tie for second with Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark three shots back at 14-under. The victory was Stenson’s 10th on the European Tour. Once ranked No. 2 in the world, the Swede currently finds himself in the No. 7 spot worldwide, headed into the thick of summer competition. There was good news from the rest of the field as well: holes in one from Richie Ramsay and Sergio Garcia put an exclamation point on the week.
Related: See the clubs Stenson used to win
Web.com Tour: Schniederjans wins first at Air Capital in Kansas
Ollie Schniederjans, a first-year pro by way of Dallas and Georgia Tech, survived a two-hole, three-man playoff to claim his first professional title. The 22-year-old nearly won in early April in Colombia, but fell to Brad Fritsch in a playoff. This time around, he took matters into his own hands.
Schniederjans lit up the Crestview course with a record 61 on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough to shake a host of players, including J.J. Spaun and amateur Collin Morikawa. One might think that Ollie’s 67 in the final round would get the job done, but a second consecutive 63 from Morikawa and a 64 from Spaun meant that another playoff would determine Schniederjan’s fate.
The winner made fairly short work of the extra session. After all three golfers, tied at 17-under in regulation, made par on the first bonus hole, Schniederjans drained an 18-foot, left-to-right slider to end matters.
Related: See the clubs Schniederjans used to win
The Rest of the Tours
Kirk Triplett took advantage of a Bart Bryant brain freeze to claim his fifth PGA Tour Champions victory and first since 2014 at the American Family Insurance Championship in Wisconsin. Bryant was in the lead when he pulled driver on the short, par-four 15th hole and dumped it into the trees, ultimately finishing at 15-under. That unforced error led to a triple bogey and a passing of the leader’s torch to Triplett. The state of Washington native ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine to claim the title by two strokes over Bryant and Mike Goodes.
Max Rottluff of Germany and Carter Jenkins of the U.S. matched each other shot for shot on Sunday’s back nine at the Dakota Dunes Open on Mackenzie Tour PGA Canada. It was a single blip by Jenkins, a bogey on the par-three 15th, that allowed Rottluff to sneak out of Saskatoon with a one-stroke victory. Rottluff, and Arizona State graduate, posted a winning score of 23-under.
Dou Zecheng of China posted the low Sunday round (67) to pass Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul and Chang Yi Keung of Korea and secure the Nanjing Zhongshan Open at 14-under on PGA Tour China. Keung led with 18 holes to play, but could only manage an even-par 72 in round four, finishing at 11-under, in third alone. Zecheng and Charoenkul battled for the title, with Zecheng easing past with four birdies on the final nine. Charoenkul finished one shot back. The victory was Dou’s third of the campaign.
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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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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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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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chris
Jun 27, 2016 at 2:08 pm
This makes Stenson’s WD last week in 2nd round of Open that much more disappointing. People had speculated it was injury, seems though he is just fine. Shame he couldn’t finish the 2nd round just because he was +10 on the round, considering the amount of golfers that would kill for the opportunity to play in the US Open.
Rwj
Jun 27, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Agreed! Very immature move by a grown man