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Jimenez leads Woods by 1 shot at The Open
The best rounds of the second day of the Open Championship came from the morning groups, predictably, before all moisture had been baked out of the course and the winds freshened. Most notably, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson and Tiger Woods fired gutsy rounds of 68, 70 and 71, respectively to move to 2-under for the tournament.
Those players, however, find themselves trailing the ageless, stogey-smoking, bastion of burnt sienna, Miguel Angel Jimenez, who played his way around an increasingly burnt-out Muirfield in 71 strokes. The even-par score kept the 49-year-old at 3-under for the tournament. He leads the aforementioned by a stroke heading into Saturday’s round.
An interesting element of the Most Interesting Golfer in the World’s story this year: it has been a brief one. After winning the Hong Kong Open (and becoming the oldest winner in European Tour history), Jimenez broke his leg in a skiing accident, not returning to competitive golf until the Spanish Open in April.
Woods, for his part, made a 10-foot birdie at the final hole to card a second-round 71. The birdie was his first since No. 5 and capped off a day of clutch par putts, in which he seemed to summon every available ounce of focus for each stroke of the flatstick.
“It was hard,” Woods said succinctly when asked about his round following play. Woods, the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Rankings, now heads into the weekend of another major with a chance at victory, as he has done countless times since his last major win at the 2008 U.S. Open.
Lee Westwood, who has been working on his putting stroke with former tour professional Ian Baker-Finch, and the rest of his game with Sean Foley, was 6-under through 12, briefly tying for the lead.
However, the Englishman ran into tougher, firmer conditions as his round continued. Reflecting on his play, Westwood said,
“I was playing some great stuff. And it was just getting harder as the holes progressed, tougher to score, tougher to get it close.”
Seeking his first major victory in 61 attempts, Westwood is well-positioned (2-under) heading into the weekend.
Adding to the Spanish flavor at the top of the leaderboard, Rafael Cabrera-Bello didn’t play his best en route to a second-round 74. However, even with two bogies and a double bogey on the back nine, the Spaniard, finds himself at 1-under for the tournament.
Angel Cabrera, who hasn’t made the cut in an Open Championship since 2009, followed his opening-round 69 with a 72 on Friday. Cabrera, who was vanquished by Adam Scott in a playoff at the Masters earlier this year, birdied Nos. 4 and 5 to establish a bit of early momentum, heading out in an opening-nine 34. However, he stalled on the back, finishing 1-over for the day
The overnight leader, Zach Johnson, struggled early, as his opening iron shot into the long grass seemed to set the tone for his round. With four bogies across his opening nine holes, Johnson, who loves links golf, fell well off the lead. After several birdies, he eventually climbed back to the top of the leaderboard, but was undone by a double bogey on No. 15. Johnson shot 75 for the day and sits at 1-under entering the third round.
Feel-good stories Tom Leman and Mark O’Mera plummeted down the Open’s signature yellow leaderboard on the second day of competition.
Jordan Spieth, who won the John Deere Classic just five days ago to get into the field, played well for a second consecutive day. However, a poorly struck approach at No. 16 led to a double bogey, which the 19-year-old followed with two more bogies. Going 4-over across three holes dropped Spieth to 1-over for the tournament and undid nearly two days worth of quality work.
Still, he’s within striking distance entering the weekend, and his run of superlative play continues.
Notables who are free to make other weekend plans include the much-maligned Vijay Singh, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Jim Furyk.
McIlroy, who has been searching for the form which won him the PGA Championship last year, was 12-over par to end the day, after an opening-round 79. Singh fired matching rounds of 77, which have him well outside the cut line. Luke Donald’s opening 80 left him with a hard road to hoe Friday, and his markedly better second-round 72 wasn’t good enough to keep the Englishman around for the weekend.
U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, with a two-round score of 10-over, missed the cut as well, as did Rickie Fowler (12-over).
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
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.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
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.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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