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The Scorecard: The Travelers Championship

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The scorecard is a weekly wrap up of the most important numbers from the previous week’s PGA Tour event.

The Front Nine

187 — Number of starts it has taken for Ken Duke to win on the PGA Tour.

26 — The number of strokes it took Bubba Watson to get through Nos. 16 to 18 over the weekend (par would have been 22 strokes).

71.28 — Ken Duke’s driving accuracy percentage, which is No. 1 on Tour.

44— Ken Duke’s age, which makes him the oldest first-time winner in 18 years (Ed Dougherty, 1995).

168 — Ken Duke’s driving distance rank on Tour, making him the shortest-hitting winner on Tour this year.

1st — Win for Akira wedges on the PGA Tour this year. Duke used 52- and 58-degree models with Aldila RIP Tour 115-gram graphite shafts (tour x-stiff flex).

1.545 — Ken Duke’s putting average (per green) this week.

52.6 — Percentage of tournaments that Duke has missed the cut in this year — 10 of 19.

5 — Number of majors Ken Duke has played in during his career. He gets in all four next year.

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The Back Nine

96.43 — Jon Curran’s driving accuracy percentage at the travelers — 27 of 28 fairways hit.

$32,584 — Justin Thomas’s first professional check with a T30 finish at the Travelers.

75 — The number of spots up the FedEx point list that Duke moved with his win — 95th to 20th.

50 — Justin Rose’s top-10 percentage thus far in 2013 — 10 starts, five top 10’s.

810 — The amount of greens Graeme DaLaet has hit this year, for a greens-in-regulation percentage of 72.58, best on Tour.

32-feet, 1-inch — Ken Duke’s proximity to the hole average, making him No. 1 on Tour.

8.76 — The percentage of available winnings that Tiger Woods has totaled so far in 2013 — $5,909,742 of a possible $67,500,000. Wow.

7.32 — Percentage of Ken Duke’s left rough tendency. The guy never hits it left.

60 — Years have gone by since Bob Toski (Duke’s coach) won the Travelers in 1953.

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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

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GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).

Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.

We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.

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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

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GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.

As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.

Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.

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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage

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GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.

We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.

We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.

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