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Jon Rahm explains odd reason why he wore Tiger’s red and black for final round at Kapalua

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Jon Rahm has won three of his last five events – his own Open, the top-class DP World Tour Championship and now the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which may have been missing Rory and Cam, but was still enough to tempt most of the world’s top 20.

Even Sunday’s incredible victory at Kapalua hasn’t been enough to see the Spaniard rise above fifth on the OWGR, not even wearing the sacred Sunday colors of red and black.

After an opening bogey, Rahm recorded nine birdies and an eagle to come from seven shots behind overnight leader Collin Morikawa, a far cry from the days when Tiger Woods dominated much of the weekend’s play. Still, the similarity in winning attire was not unnoticed.

 

At the post-tournament presser, reporters wondered about the tribute – in fact, it was all an accident of fate.

“You want to know the honest truth?” Rahm asked.

“Bit of a crazy day.day. I’m not going to lie,” Rahm said before explaining the outfit.

“I forgot almost all the belts I was supposed to bring, so I had a navy belt and a black belt. And I told Kelley (his wife), ‘I’m not about to be a hot as hell all week wearing black pants and darker shirts, so navy it is.’ Then I went to Sunday, and I said, ‘I do not want to wear navy pants again.’ So, because we’re teeing off at 10 a.m., there goes the black pants.”

“And that’s all I can tell you,” he admitted. “I know it’s a stupid answer to a stupid question, but that’s the truth. I usually don’t want to wear anything that’s close to red with black on Sundays because of Tiger. That’s his outfit. But that’s why I wear gray or navy or other things usually. I don’t want to get close to him.”

“But, yeah, I just didn’t want to wear navy anymore. I forgot my belts, that’s all it is.…… I know you would not expect that. I also forgot socks. Yeah, I forgot a few things.”

It’s six years since Golf WRX asked if Tiger should retire the red shirt, and should he ever do so, we may have found the successor.

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

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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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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.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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