By Ben Alberstadt with Gianni Magliocco and Matthew Vincenzi.
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| November 7, 2022
Good Monday morning, golf fans, as Russel Henley got himself back into the winner’s circle with a dominant display in Mayakoba. |
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1. Henley marches in Mexico
Adam Woodard for USA Today…“Russell Henley did the hard work early and coasted to his fourth PGA Tour win.”
- “The 33-year-old shot rounds of 63-63-65 at El Camaleon Golf Club at Mayakoba in Riviera Maya, Mexico, to open up a six shot lead entering Sunday’s final round. Henley coasted to a 1-under 70 to win by four shots for his first PGA Tour win since the 2017 Houston Open. After missing the cut in his first start of the new season at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Henley finished T-45 at the CJ Cup in South Carolina two weeks ago before his win on Sunday.”
- “Brian Harman finished runner-up at 19 under, with five players T-3 at 18 under, including Scottie Scheffler, who fired the low round of the day with a 9-under 62.”
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2. R.I.P. Dow Finsterwald
The AP’s Doug Ferguson…“Dow Finsterwald became a footnote in history as the first player to win the PGA Championship in stroke play and the last U.S. captain of a Ryder Cup before continental Europe was invited to join.”
- “More than a major champion and Ryder Cup player, he devoted his life to golf as the longtime professional at The Broadmoor in Colorado.”
- “Finsterwald, a 12-time winner on the PGA Tour, died Friday night at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 93. His son, Dow Finsterwald Jr., said he died peacefully in his sleep.”
- “He did all he could for the game,” said his son, the head professional at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. “He enjoyed his friends and they always remembered. He loved the rules and he cared about the game. He had a wonderful life and he felt like for sure it was complete.”
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3. Dryburgh takes Toto Classic
AP report…”Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland won her first LPGA Tour title with a final-round 7-under 65 on Sunday to take the Toto Classic by four shots ahead of Japan’s Kana Nagai. Nagai also closed with a 65.”
- “Linn Grant was a third, five shots off the pace after a 67.”
- “Dryburgh, who also carded a 65 in the third round, finished 20-under 268 at the Seta Golf Club in western Japan.”
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4. KFT Q-School
Hagan Parkman, Zach Dirlam for PGATour.com…”Chan Kim holds a four-stroke lead over the field following a 3-under 68 Sunday on The Landings Golf & Athletic Club’s Magnolia course. Four players sit T2 behind Kim at 9-under par, including Chris Gotterup and this week’s 18-hole leader, Alan Wagner.”
- “Kim began the third round with a one-stroke lead and opened with eight pars before he posted three consecutive birdies on Nos. 9-11. Kim added another birdie at the par-4 13th and took a five-stroke lead to the 18th tee, but a bogey there dropped him back to 13-under par.”
- “I started off really slow,” Kim said. “I made eight pars to start and then I made a really good putt on No. 9 and that got my round going. It wasn’t a very exciting day, but regardless… I think I did pretty well.”
- “Kim is in position to earn fully exempt status for the upcoming 2023 Korn Ferry Tour season, which would allow him the luxury of playing closer to home (he plays out of Gilbert, Arizona) as he pursues a PGA TOUR card. Kim is accompanied by his mom, dad and family friends this week.”
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5. Scheffler switches back to old faithful
Adam Stanley for PGATour.com…”After Friday’s even-par effort at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Scottie Scheffler looked to an old friend for the weekend.”
- “And the putter he wielded for his four wins earlier this year made a triumphant return.
- Scheffler, who shot a 9-under 62 Sunday to tie the low round of the week at El Camaleon, said this is the time of year when he will usually “experiment with stuff” when it comes to equipment. He was frustrated after leaving a bunch of putts short on Friday, but his Scotty Cameron Special Select Timeless Tourtype GSS Prototype made a return for the weekend.”
- “It never goes too far away,” said Scheffler with a smile of his trusty flatstick. “It’s probably something I’ll continue to fiddle around with, but I went back to something I’m really comfortable with and I putted well the last two days.”
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6. History for Langer
Bob McClellan for PGATour.com…”Age is just another number … for Bernhard Langer to both take aim at and ignore.”
- “A day after shooting two strokes below his age, Langer, 65, broke his own record as the oldest player to win on PGA TOUR Champions and in doing so closed within one victory of Hale Irwin’s all-time Champions Tour record of 45.”
- “Langer shot a 66 on Sunday in the final round of the TimberTech Championship at Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida, to finish at 17 under, six strokes ahead of Paul Goydos and Thongchai Jaidee.”
- “Langer, who hadn’t won since the Chubb Classic in February, played mistake-free golf — six birdies and no bogeys. Goydos birdied No. 1 to tie Langer, but the German birdied the fourth to regain his lead. The margin moved to three when Goydos double-bogeyed the fifth, and no one else got closer than that.”
- “Langer’s 66 was the lowest round on Sunday by one stroke. His 63 was the lowest round on Saturday by three strokes.”
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7. DeChambeau’s father passes away
Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine…”Jon DeChambeau, the father of Bryson DeChambeau, has died at age 63.”
- “Bryson DeChambeau announced the heartbreaking news on Saturday afternoon via social media, saying, “Love you, Dad. I’m sad to see you go, but you’ve been through way too much pain in this life. I’m so happy you are at peace. Now you get to be with me and watch me at every event I play. Thank you for being an amazing Dad and I’ll see you in the next life.”
- “A cause of death is unknown, though Jon DeChambeau battled diabetes for years after being diagnosed in the early 1990s. The disease caused both of his kidneys to fail by 2014, but through Bryson’s victory at the 2015 U.S. Amateur, he was reconnected with a high-school golf teammate, who ultimately donated a kidney to Jon in March 2017.”
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8. ‘I could care less what he says’ – Morikawa responds to Immelman comments
Matt Cradock for Golf Monthly…”Since his victory at the 2021 DP World Tour Championship though, Morikawa hasn’t seen his name on a trophy, with the American going a year without a title. Despite this, he has still put in a number of fantastic performances but, on Saturday, following his third round at the World Wide Technology Championship, Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis asked him a question related to comments made by Trevor Immelman.”
- “The question from Lewis was along the lines of Immelman’s comment that Morikawa “came out and played so well early in his career that was possibly his bar, his standard, did he go through that?”
- Initially, Morikawa smiled at the question, before going on a slight rant, with the two-time Major winner stating: “Wow, that’s hard to hear from him. To be honest, I could care less what he says there because I don’t think that’s my bar.”
- He went on to add “I think I’ve got so much more to improve. I’ve been near last on putting and I don’t think I’ve even finished close to being average on putting. If I just get my putting to be average I think there is so much more to improve. So, I don’t know, I don’t know where that came from but that kind of stings there, I don’t like to hear that.”
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9. Winning WITB: Russell Henley
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| Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX
3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 (21.0 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 100
Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S, @55 58-08M @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Special Select Timeless Long Neck tour prototype
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet |
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19th Hole2 weeks ago
19th Hole1 week ago
ewfnick
Nov 8, 2022 at 3:49 am
A Langer WITB?