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Here are the 10 toughest putting greens…and Augusta is only third

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2 years ago

Jan 27, 2022

Much chat, but what influence are the greens at this week’s Farmers Insurance? Well it appears the bumpy poa annua surfaces have quite a say.

In 2017, the highly efficient putter that is Brandt Snedeker, spoke of the Torrey putting surfaces, saying

”I love poa annua so I think I have an advantage on poa annua because, for whatever reason, I’ve always putted really well out here. I have a patience level to be able to do it. I’ve always putted really well on bent. For whatever reason I’ve struggled on bermuda a little bit. I have a tough time reading grain even though I grew up on bermuda greens, too those have kind of been my weak links, I guess. I struggled in Hawaii this year. I seem to struggle there every year putting for whatever reason. But I think poa is my favorite surface to be on. To love poa, you’ve got to love days like today where you hit good putts and they don’t go in and that’s just part of it. ”

A year later, subsequent three-time PGA tour winner Hudson Swafford commented at the 2018 CareerBuilder that,”I kind of struggled after the win a little bit, nothing with the win, it was just kind of struggled, I kind of struggled on the West Coast poa, I’ve done that my whole career so fortunately this year I get to take a few of those events off.”

Clearly a definitive factor in picking the right players for the week, Data Golf analyzed the last few years and came up with a list of the most difficult greens on which to putt – Torrey appears twice in their top-10 list among Augusta, Pebble Beach and Glen Abbey.

Unsurprisingly, Winged Foot, scene of the 2006 and 2020 U.S Opens, is top of the tree but it’s a list well worth looking into for all upcoming events on the bumpy surfaces.

Here are the top 10 most difficult greens to putt on the PGA Tour, along with their rank for specific putt distances: pic.twitter.com/wOIElOpyAH

— data golf (@DataGolf) January 24, 2022

Five years on from Sneds’s quote, it seems they’ve still got to love the days where you hit good putts and they don’t go in.

John Daly stuns fans into silence with brutal opening tee shot on PGA Tour Champions

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4 hours ago

Mar 25, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

When beginning his first round at the Hoag Classic on the PGA Tour Champions, John Daly got off to a shockingly bad start.

The two-time major winner took the crowd by surprise when he topped the ball off the tee.

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As Daly walks off the tee box disappointed, one fan can be heard saying “I can do that”.

He ended up making a double-bogey on the hole, but ended his round on a positive note, making birdie on four of his last seven holes and ended the day three over par.

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PGA Tour pro left fuming after being heckled during Valspar Championship

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4 hours ago

Mar 25, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

Over the weekend at the Valspar Championship, Hayden Buckley was getting ready to hit a shot on the par 4 12th hole at Copperhead when a rowdy fan yelled in his backswing.

Straight to jail. pic.twitter.com/3QRYngym4W

— Fore Play (@ForePlayPod) March 23, 2024

Despite having to step off, Buckey was able to get up-and-down for par to remain at -3, which at the time on Saturday was seven shots behind the leader, Keith Mitchell.

On X, comments replying to the video seemed to think Buckley had time to reset following the shout, while others inferred gambling had something to do with the incident.

Hadn’t even taken the club back yet. He could’ve easily stopped and reset. He hit a bad shot because he came up and out of it just to react to that guy.

— Jacob Henson (@jhenson25) March 23, 2024

Surprised it doesn’t happen more often with live betting lol

— The Hymanator (@01L3R5) March 23, 2024

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Charlie Woods finds it tough going on American Junior Golf Association debut

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4 hours ago

Mar 25, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

Over the weekend, Charlie Woods made his American Junior Golf Association debut. Woods played in the Will Lowery Junior Championship and finished in a tie for 32nd place of 51 players, shooting +21.

Woods shot 78-81-78 in the three rounds.

The winner of the event, Patmon Malcom, finished the event at -7.

Charlie’s dad, Tiger, was spotted alongside Charlie at the tournament in between meetings with the Saudi PIF’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

??? #SIGHTING — Tiger is in North Carolina as Charlie prepares for his AJGA debut on a sponsor’s exemption pic.twitter.com/R0Lk2GdXmm

— TWLEGION (@TWlegion) March 21, 2024

Expectations are sky high for Charlie, making it easy to lose sight of the fact that it was still his first start on the AJGA and he will continue to work towards improving his game.