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WMPO headcover report: College love, patriotism, and furry friends

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Even before custom wedge stampings, colorful grips, bold driver heads, and boutique putters became all the rage at OEMs and on the PGA Tour, golfers gave a hint of personality amid otherwise bland staff bags and stock setups with unique headcovers. Ditto, putter covers.

So, while we fixate on, say, Rickie Fowler’s wedge stamping or Justin Thomas’ custom Scotty Cameron X5, there’s still an interesting assortment of golf club covering devices out there, and we’re going to give them some recognition, darn it!

Let’s take a look at a few of the more interesting ones from our photos of the Waste Management Phoenix Open range and practice rounds this week.

While Mr. X is a company man with his Callaway Rogue headcovers, notice his ode to the King with his AP umbrella alignment stick cover.

Tony Finau’s Peretti money bag putter cover. Appropriate for a rising star on the PGA Tour…

Ryan Armour with plenty of pomp and circumstance.

Nick Taylor’s Washington Huskie has seen better days. In fact, it doesn’t look to be seeing much of anything at the moment…

Kevin Streelman: A Duke alum that would make Coach K proud.

Keegan Bradley’s…dog?

Justin Thomas likes the U.S. and knit headcovers.

Jordan Spieth’s new headcover is an ode to his alma mater.

Blayne Barber’s headcover for his ailing caddie. Nice work by Gibbons Handmade. And a reminder, you can donate to a GoFundMe for Gilmer’s medical expenses here.

Martin Piller: Texan.

Hideki Matsuyama is holding onto his Presidents Cup alignment stick cover.

Greg Chalmers has been playing a Bobby Grace putter forever. Putter cover too. Also pictured: The “Pray for Cory” towel many players are sporting in honor of Blayne Barber’s caddie, Cory Gilmer.

Gary the Jayhawk.

Derek Fathauer eschews embroidered leather for a classic knit pom-pom headcover.

Bettinardi certainly wins the Most Appropriate Headcover this week.

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Report: Tiger Woods voted against Rory McIlroy returning to policy board; Will be the only player negotiating directly with Saudis

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According to a report from The Telegraph, the relationship between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy has soured.

Last week, reports surfaced that McIlroy, who was a member of the PGA Tour policy board during most of the past few years, was looking to rejoin the board, presumably taking Webb Simpson’s seat.

However, on Wednesday, McIlroy revealed that he will not be rejoining the policy board, due to people on the board being “uncomfortable” with that “for some reason.”

The Telegraph has reported that Tiger Woods was among the players who voted against McIlroy returning to the policy board.

The divide is apparently due to McIlroy pushing for the game of golf to unify, whereas Woods, reportedly, believes the PGA Tour is in a fine position where it currently stands.

The Associated Press added another wrinkle to the situation, reporting that Woods is the only player who will be negotiating directly with the Saudis.

The other members of the committee are PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, board chairman Joe Gorder, John W. Henry of Fenway Sports Group, and Joe Ogilvie, who was a former PGA Tour player.

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Phil Mickelson reveals he won’t be pursuing broadcasting career when he retires from golf

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On Tuesday, Chris McKee, a Toronto writer and radio host, wondered aloud on his X account if Phil Mickelson will be a commentator after his playing days are over.

“The second Phil Mickelson retires he’ll instantly become the most sought after TV analyst in golf. Would any PGA Tour broadcaster (CBS, ESPN, NBC or Sky) bring him in or would he have to stick to LIV broadcasts? #LIVGolf”

Mickelson saw the post and responded, saying he’s not interested in moving from the course to the broadcast booth.

“Thank you for the kind words. However, just cuz someone CAN do something doesn’t mean they SHOULD do it. Instead of commentating, I’m going to shoot some Pros vs Schmos 9 hole matches. I’ll share insights throughout as well as talk a little smack. It won’t be the highest quality video but it’ll be fun for me to do and fun to watch I think too.”

While I believe many fans would like to see Phil in the booth, his idea of “Pro’s vs Schmo’s” could certainly be intriguing.

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PGA Tour pro sounds off on ‘unfair’ PGA Championship invites

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This week, the PGA of America made some surprising announcements regarding the field of next week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla.

The event now will feature 16 LIV players with Talor Gooch, Dean Burmester, David Puig, Adrian Meronk and Patrick Reed receiving special exemptions.

PGA Tour player, Dylan Wu, took issue with how the exemptions were used and went to X to share his thoughts.

“Why is there never “real” qualifications for the PGA Championship? You have a points list and World ranking invite. Usually just outside top 100 in OWGR gets in. Chan Kim ranked 104th in OWGR doesn’t get in. SH Kim at 107th isn’t in.”

“Jesper Svennson ranked 108th gets in. Tim Widing 120th gets in. Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald gets a spot. A bunch of guys get leapfrogged even though they’re ranked higher than others. Seems like they just invite whoever they want. Unfair to the guys on the edge like Chan and SH”

“Just seems like the world of professional golf is in a weird spot and I love that the tournament invited a handful of great LIV players but figure out a correct system for a major championship where guys know they’ll be in or not. ????”

Fans who replied to Wu seemed to agree that a more definitive ranking system for the PGA Championship should be established.

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