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Tiger Woods fires opening-round 62 (8-under) at the BMW Championship
Tiger Woods set pulses racing at Aronimink Golf Club on Thursday afternoon firing a sensational round of 62. Woods put his old faithful Scotty Cameron Newport 2 back in the bag for the first round of the BMW Championship, meaning he has now used different putters at the first three FedEx Cup playoff events. And boy did that decision pay off.
Beginning his round on the 10th hole, Woods knocked his approach shot to 20 feet to give him an opportunity to set the tone for the day. He duly obliged, burying the birdie putt, before adding two more birdies in his opening four holes with putts from 13 and 10 feet, respectively.
1 hole.
1 birdie.A perfect start for @TigerWoods at @BMWChamps.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/RNAILlhles
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 6, 2018
Sitting at 3-under par through his opening five holes Woods then turned on the afterburners. After finding the fairway on the par-5 16th hole, Woods flushed an iron from 241 yards to within five feet of the pin for an eagle opportunity, which he nonchalantly dispatched to take sole possession of the lead.
EAGLE for @TigerWoods.
He's the solo leader. ????#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/NW35JcHFd7
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 6, 2018
Woods then parred the difficult par-3 17th, before closing out his opening nine holes by draining a birdie putt after he had stuffed his approach shot from the fairway in tight. That birdie brought him to 6-under par and gave him an opening front nine of 29, which incidentally is his best nine-hole score since the 2007 Tour Championship. He won by eight shots that week.
Tiger Woods shot a 29 on the back 9 to start the BMW Championship.
It's his lowest round on a 9 since the 2007 TOUR Championship, when he shot a 28 on the front side of the 2nd round.
Woods went on to win that week by 8 strokes. pic.twitter.com/TP4NZk32ze
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 6, 2018
On the opening hole of his back nine, Woods then holed a 13-foot birdie putt to get him to 7-under par, which got everyone on 59-watch. However, the 14-time major champion then ran into a streak of pars lasting until his 16th hole where he snapped that par run with a superb approach shot from the middle of the fairway to set up a tap-in birdie which took him to 8-under par for the day.
Woods. Wedge. Wow.
Leader by 3. ????#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/oYrXLFXOWF
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 6, 2018
On his 17th hole of the day, Woods made a rare error, sailing his tee shot long and left of the green on the difficult 242-yard par-3 hole. That mistake lead to his first and only dropped shot of the day, but it was a shot that he was able to get back instantly on his final hole of the day, drilling home a birdie putt on the par-5 ninth for an eight-under par round of 62. That round of 62 is Tiger Woods’ lowest opening round on the PGA Tour since 1999.
Having come into this week battling issues with the flat-stick over his previous two events, Woods will have been delighted with his performance today with his Scotty Cameron Newport 2. Woods gained over two strokes on the field on the bentgrass greens, taking just one round to validate his decision to return to the putter that won him 13 of his 14 major championships.
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SuperStroke acquires Lamkin Grips
SuperStroke announced today its purchase of 100-year-old grip maker Lamkin Grips, citing the company’s “heritage of innovation and quality.”
“It is with pride and great gratitude that we announce Lamkin, a golf club grip brand with a 100-year history of breakthrough design and trusted products, is now a part of the SuperStroke brand,” says SuperStroke CEO Dean Dingman. “We have always had the utmost respect for how the Lamkin family has put the needs and benefits of the golfer first in their grip designs. If there is a grip company that is most aligned with SuperStroke’s commitment to uncompromised research, design, and development to put the most useful performance tools in the hands of golfers, Lamkin has been that brand. It is an honor to bring Lamkin’s wealth of product innovation into the SuperStroke family.”
Elver B. Lamkin founded the company in 1925 and produced golf’s first leather grips. The company had been family-owned and operated since that point, producing a wide array of styles, such as the iconic Crossline.
According to a press release, “The acquisition of Lamkin grows and diversifies SuperStroke’s proven and popular array of grip offerings with technology grounded in providing golfers optimal feel and performance through cutting-edge design and use of materials, surface texture and shape.”
CEO Bob Lamkin will stay on as a board member and will continue to be involved with the company.
“SuperStroke has become one of the most proven, well-operated, and pioneering brands in golf grips and we could not be more confident that the Lamkin legacy, brand, and technology is in the best of hands to continue to innovate and lead under the guidance of Dean Dingman and his remarkably capable team,” Lamkin said.
Related: Check out our 2014 conversation with Bob Lamkin, here: Bob Lamkin on the wrap grip reborn, 90 years of history
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Tour Rundown: Pendrith, Otaegui, Longbella, and Dunlap soar
Take it from a fellow who coaches high school golf in metro Toronto: there’s plenty of great golf played in the land of the maple leaf. All the greats have designed courses over the USA border: Colt, Whitman, Ross, Coore, Mackenzie, Doak, as well as the greatest of the land, Stanley Thompson. I’m partial to him, because he wore my middle name with grandeur. Enough about the architecture, because this week’s Tour Rundown begins with a newly-minted, Canadian champion on the PGA Tour. Something else that the great white north is known for, is weather. It impacted play on three of the world’s tours, forcing final-round cancellations on two of them.
It was an odd week in the golf world. The LPGA and the Korn Ferry were on a break, and only 13/15 of the rounds slated, were played. In the end, we have four champions to recognize, so let’s not delay any longer with minutiae about the game that we love. Let’s run it all down with this week’s Tour Rundown.
PGA Tour: TP takes TS at Byron’s place
The 1980s was a decade when a Canadian emergence was anticipated on the PGA Tour. It failed to materialize, but a path was carved for the next generation. Mike Weir captured the Masters in 2003, but no other countrymen joined him in his quest for PGA Tour conquest. 2024 may herald the long-awaited arrival of a Canadian squad of tour winners. Over the past few years, we’ve seen Nick Taylor break the fifty-plus year dearth of homebred champions at the Canadian Open, and players like Adam Hadwin, Corey Conners, Adam Svennson, and Mackenzie Hughes have etched their names into the PGA Tour’s annals of winners.
This week, Taylor Pendrith joined his mates with a one-shot win at TPC Craig Ranch, the home of the Byron Nelson Classic. Pendrith took a lead into the final round and, while the USA’s Jake Knapp faltered, held on for the slimmest of victories. Sweden’s Alex Noren posted six-under 65 on Sunday to move into third position, at 21-under par. Ben Kohles, a Texan, looked to break through for his first win in his home state. He took the lead from Pendrith at the 71st hole, on the strength of a second-consecutive birdie.
With victory in site, Kohles found a way to make bogey at the last, without submerging in the fronting water. His second shot was greenside, but he could not move his third to the putting surface. His fourth was five feet from par and a playoff, but his fifth failed to drop. Meanwhile, Pendrith was on the froghair in two, and calmly took two putts from 40 feet, for birdie. When Kohles missed for par, Pendrith had, at last, a PGA Tour title.
360° and in!
A nervy par save by @TaylorPendrith to remain one back as he seeks his first PGA TOUR victory @CJByronNelson. pic.twitter.com/LVFXUSidSg
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 5, 2024
DP World Tour: China Open in Otaegui’s hands after canceled day four
It wasn’t the fourth round that was canceled in Shenzhen, but the third. Rains came on Saturday to Hidden Grace Golf Club, ensuring that momentum would cease. Sunday would instead be akin to a motorsports restart, with no sense of who might claim victory. Sebastian Soderberg, the hottest golfer on the Asian Swing, held the lead, but he would slip to a 72 on Sunday, and tie for third with Paul Waring and Joel Girrbach. Italy’s Guido Migliozzi completed play in 67 strokes on day three, moving one shot past the triumvirate, to 17-under par.
It was Spain’s Adrian Otaegui who persevered the best and played the purest. Otaegui was clean on the day, with seven birdies for 65. Even when Migliozzi ceased the lead at the 10th, Otaegui remained calm. With everything on the line, Migliozzi made bogey at the par-five 17th, as his principal competitor finished in birdie. To the Italian’s credit, he bounced back with birdie at the last, to claim solo second. The victory was Otaegui’s fifth on the DP World Tour, and first since October of 2022.
.@adrianotaegui birdies the 16th to tie the lead at -17 ?#VolvoChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/p4tfE5DRJa
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) May 5, 2024
PGA Tour Americas: Quito’s rains gift title to Longbella
Across the world, superintendents and their staffs will do anything to prepare a course for play. Even after fierce, nightime rains, the Quito TG Club greeted the first four groups on Sunday. The rains worsened after 7 am, however, and the tour was forced to abort the final round of play. With scores reverting to Saturday’s numbers, Thomas Longbella’s one-shot advantage over Gunn Yang turned into a Tour Americas victory.
64 held the opening-day lead, and Longbella was not far off, with 66. Yang jumped to the top on day two, following a67 with 66. He posted 68 on day three, and anticipated a fierce, final-round duel for the title. As for Longbella, he fought off a ninth-hole bogey on Saturday with six birdies and a 17th-hole eagle. That rare bird proved to be the winning stroke, allowing Longbella to edge past Yang, and secure ultimate victory.
.@TBalla21 eagles 17, shoots 65 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the KIA Open. pic.twitter.com/TTOL2LxSdh
— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) May 4, 2024
PGA Tour Champions: Dunlap survives Saturday stumble for win
Scott Dunlap did not finish Saturday as well as he might have liked. After beginning play near Houston with 65, Dunlap made two bogeys in his final found holes on day two, to finish at nine-under par. Hot on his heels was Joe Durant, owner of a March 2024 win on PGA Tour Champions. Just behind Durant was Stuart Appleby, perhaps vibing from his Sunday 59 at Greenbrier on this day in 2010. Neither would have a chance to track Dunlap down.
The rains that have forced emergency responders into action, to save hundreds of lives in the metro Houston area, ended hopes for a third day of play at The Woodlands. Dunlap had won once previously on Tour Champions, in 2014 in Washington state. Ten years later, Dunlap was the fortunate recipient of a canceled final round, and his two days of play were enough to earn him TC victory number two.
Off the green? No worries for @ScottDu12500063
8-under solo leader @InsperityInvtnl pic.twitter.com/hoj5OujL5C
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 4, 2024
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Pa
Sep 8, 2018 at 9:07 am
Kevin Na and Tommy Fleetwood shot 62 on Friday.
No full page review like this for each of them? Why not?
Liberty Apples
Sep 7, 2018 at 1:17 pm
What? No headline? Round 2: T11.
MS
Sep 7, 2018 at 9:36 am
I love the format of this article. Reviewing over the highlights of the round leader. However, I wish it was done for other round leaders and not just for Tiger. Maybe you should consider publishing a round highlight article like this for each daily round leader for every (or most) tournaments, whether it’s Tiger or Joe Schmo.
Jon
Sep 6, 2018 at 11:25 pm
So what… then Mcllroy goes and shoots a 62 but if he didn’t run into problems on 7 and 8 he would have shot the coveted 59.
bjb
Sep 7, 2018 at 3:37 am
if your aunt had balls, you’d have another uncle
HH
Sep 7, 2018 at 8:20 am
Heshe does! Shower your love on himher
Shifty
Sep 7, 2018 at 3:49 am
The telecast I was watching seemed to almost refuse showing McIlroy’s round.
Liberty Apples
Sep 6, 2018 at 10:34 pm
A professional golfer shoots a very, very good round. 62. 8 under. Nice work. Has something like this ever happened before?
Scotty Cameron
Sep 6, 2018 at 7:03 pm
Circle T Newport 2 putters everywhere have just exponentially increased in value.
Johnny Penso
Sep 6, 2018 at 8:50 pm
Until he shoots 74 tomorrow and then finishes the tournament tied for 22nd.
Don S
Sep 6, 2018 at 10:59 pm
Don’t be a hater Johnny……enjoy the golf….
Johnny Penso
Sep 6, 2018 at 11:47 pm
Not hate. Call it enlightened self interest. If Tiger shoots 74 he’ll get far less tv coverage which is in my best interest. I don’t want to turn on Sunday afternoon and see Tiger warming up, a Tiger montage, interviews with his Caddy, a historical retrospective, 10,000 commecials…and that’s before he even tees off. I’d rather see a golf tournament than the Tiger show.
Shifty
Sep 7, 2018 at 3:51 am
This so much
Lionfans
Sep 7, 2018 at 6:01 am
Go watch LPGA
Darryl Souness
Sep 7, 2018 at 7:38 am
Are you kidding, the media will dine out on yesterdays round for weeks, we’ll still be seeing footage of the eagle at 15 during the Sunday coverage at the Ryder Cup. The Tiger adulation in the commentary box was so bad last night, I switched over to watch Sundays F1 race.
~j~
Sep 7, 2018 at 9:58 am
Good, stick with the F1 racing and LPGA tournaments then. Always SOOOO much excitement there. :-\ Get over it or find other things to watch, Tiger coverage will continue just fine without you.