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Children’s Miracle Network Classic: An Elimination Game
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One of the things that makes professional and college sports so exciting is the exponential spike in intensity that games carry at the end of the season and in the playoffs. Be it a meaningful 162nd game of the baseball season, Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the Super Bowl or the BCS Championship, a heightened level of drama shrouds the spectacle.
It is a special sort of dark comedy to have the week of the year that will be the most stressful and, indeed, the most heartbreaking for some take place at Disney World. But such is golf, as we often hear. With 125, as always, being the magic number at or under which on the Money List Tour membership will be guaranteed for next year, some now on the wrong side will find themselves triumphant and others will tumble in the wrong direction, an unpleasant trip to Q-School ahead.
Here are three “insiders” and three “outsiders” to watch this week.
No. 116: David Mathis
Mathis has had a very inconsistent year in 2012, making the cut in only 12 of 28 events played to this point. The North Carolina native does have two top-10 finishes, but only barely—ties for 10th place at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and the McGladrey Classic two weeks ago. He has held at least a share of the lead through the first round twice this year, but both times has finished outside the top 50 in the event, making less than $12,000 in either start.
No. 121: Boo Weekley
Few players have ever exhibited as incredible a disparity between ball-striking and putting as has Weekley throughout his career, with 2012 being especially stark in that regard. First in Total Driving and fourth in Greens in Regulation on Tour this year, Weekley is a futile 189th in Strokes Gained – Putting, or second-to-last. Usually bad putting will sully the rest of one’s game, but Weekley’s resistance of this trend is a testament to his positive attitude. A call to putting guru Dave Stockton might help, though.
No. 125: Billy Mayfair
Mayfair, now 46 years old, has not won on Tour since 1998. A rough 2010 year in which he finished 142nd on the Money List caused him to have to return to Q School, but he was the medalist and had a solid 2011 year to retain his card. Despite his recent success there, the 1987 U.S. Amateur champ would rather not have to return to Q School’s final playing in its current form.
No. 134: Tim Petrovic
Petrovic had a chance to lock up his 2013 Tour card a few weeks ago at the Frys.com Open, but fell a shot short of a chance to play off against Jonas Blixt to ensure Tour membership for two years. Petro has had limited PGA Tour status this year, only playing in 16 events so far. Unfortunately he has not made the most of those limited opportunities, with only seven made cuts and only one top-20 finish besides his recent runner-up effort in California. His 2013 Tour card is within reach with a solid showing this week.
No. 136: Tim Herron
Herron has made only 15 cuts in 26 events this year, with only a single top-10 finish, at Las Vegas in October. He will play Thursday in the same group as fellow Minnesotan and baseball star Joe Mauer, so hopefully Lumpy will feel good enough vibes to play well enough to avoid Q School himself. His putter has let him down at times this year, as he ranks 140th in Strokes Gaine – Putting.
No. 137: Jerry Kelly
A teammate of Tim Petrovic’s at the University of Hartford, Jerry Kelly has put together a solid if unspectacular PGA Tour career, with three wins and over $23 million in career earnings. Nonetheless, he needs to play well this week if he’s going to avoid going to Q School for the first time since joining the PGA Tour in 1996.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 3M Open
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GolfWRX is on site this week at TPC Twin Cities for the 2024 3M Open for the penultimate event of the PGA Tour’s regular season.
The photos are flying in from Blaine, Minnesota. We’ve already assembled general galleries and a fresh Tony Finau WITB.
Check back throughout the week for more photos!
General Albums
- 2024 3M Open – Monday #1
- 2024 3M Open – Monday #2
- 2024 3M Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 3M Open – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Tobias Jonsson – WITB – 3M Open
- Keith Mitchell – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Tony Finau – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Maverick McNealy – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Tom Hoge – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Mac Meissner – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Robert Streb – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Sahith Theegala – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Santiago de la Fuente – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Billy Horschel – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 3M Open
- Roger Sloan – WITB – 2024 3M Open
Pullout Albums
- Ping putters – #1 – 3M Open
- Ping Putters – #2 – 3M Open
- TaylorMade Spider Tour S broomstick putter – 3M Open
- Odyssey Broomstick #7 putter – 3M Open
- Bettinardi putters – 2024 3M Open
- New EyeLine training aid – 2024 3M Open
- Sam Ryder’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 3M Open
- Odyssey putters – 2024 3M Open
- L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 3M Open
- Tyler Duncan’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 3M Open
- Zac Blair’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 3M Open
- Paul Barjon – PXG putter – 2024 3M Open
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Equipment
Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
Three years later, Morikawa has once again changed his irons to deal with the unique Scottish turf.
Morikawa has been using TaylorMade P730 blade short irons (7-PW), P7MC mid irons (5-6) and a TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron with a cavity-back construction this year.
However, he switched into a new set of TaylorMade P7CB irons (5-PW) before finishing T4 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, to go along with his familiar “Proto” 4-iron. TaylorMade’s P7CB irons are the finalized versions of the “Proto” 4-iron that Morikawa has been using, except they remain unreleased to retail.
According to TaylorMade, Morikawa switched into a full set of the new P7CB irons to aid with turf interaction, just like he did prior to his 2021 Open victory.
Morikawa is honing in on his winning formula overseas.
Morikawa also has switched from his usual TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood to a lower-launching TaylorMade P790 3-iron equipped with a Project X HZRDUS 105 Hybrid shaft. The loft of the club has been bent down to 19 degrees.
TaylorMade says that Morikawa switched into the new driving iron In order to “have an option to hit something lower that will roll out in the fairways.”
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 Barracuda Championship
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GolfWRX is on site this week for the PGA Tour’s only Modified Stableford event, the Barracuda Championship.
We have plenty of galleries from Truckee, California, assembled for your viewing pleasure, so let’s get to it.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Barclay Brown – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Ryan Brehm – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Marcel Schneider – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Pat Steffes – NorCal PGA Section Match Play Champ – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Mitchell Schow – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Ricardo Gouveia – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Todd Clements – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Gunner Wiebe – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Oliver Wilson – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Louis De Jager – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Mats Ege – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Andrew “Beef” Johnston – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Mike Lorenzo-Vera – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Jeong Weon Ko – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Manuel Elivra – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Ian Gilligan – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Fabrizio Zanotti – WITB – 2024 Barracuda Championship
Pullout Albums
- TaylorMade putter covers – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Camilo Villegas’ custom Cameron putter – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Cameron putters – 2024 Barracuda Championship
- Oliver Wilson’s 1 off Odyssey putter – 2024 Barracuda Championship
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