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Tiger suspended? “Whistleblower” retracts, apologizes

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Mar 2, 2015

In a radio-station interview on Friday, journeyman golf pro Dan Olsen said that Tiger Woods is serving a one-month suspension from the PGA Tour — a claim that the PGA Tour denied on Monday.

“There is no truth whatsoever to these claims,” said Ty Votaw, the executive vice president of the PGA Tour. “We categorically deny these allegations.”

Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg denied the claims as well.

[quote_box_center]”These claims are absolutely, unequivocally and completely false,” Steinberg said in a statement on Monday. “They are unsourced, unverified and completely ridiculous. The PGA Tour has confirmed that there is no truth to these claims.”[/quote_box_center]

On Friday, Olsen told 730AM The Game in Lansing, Mich., that “I heard he’s on a month’s suspension … it’s kind of a strong witness. It’s a credible person who is telling me this.”

Olsen retracted his statement on Monday.

[quote_box_center]”Everything I said on that radio interview was only my opinion and not based on any first-hand knowledge or facts,” Olsen told ESPN.com on Monday. “I want to make a full retraction to everything I said for the entire radio interview. And I apologize to Tiger, Nike, Phil (Mickelson), (commissioner) Tim Finchem and the PGA Tour.”[/quote_box_center]

Although he recanted his claims and apologized, Olsen, the 48-year old who’s made nine cuts on the PGA Tour throughout his career and hasn’t played on Tour since the 2011 PGA Championship, made strong allegations on Friday that would assuredly tarnish Woods’ career achievements if true.

[quote_box_center]“It’s not testosterone, but it’s something else,” Olsen said. “I think when it’s all said and done, he’s gonna surpass Lance Armstrong with infamy … They’re not even going to remember the women. The women are going to take a distant second place. You’re gonna talk about him with Lance Armstrong.”[/quote_box_center]

PGA Tour policy says that it will announce suspensions for performance enhancing drugs, which it did recently, but not for recreational drugs.

Olsen also claimed the Nike golf ball that Woods used in competition is not conforming.

[quote_box_center]”I would almost bet [the ball] hadn’t been tested,” he said. “So he’s really playing with — I’m not gonna say a cheater ball, because he has the help of the establishment, really — but he played a ball that nobody else could play.” [/quote_box_center]

Nike Golf disputed those claims on Monday, as well.

[quote_box_center]”Every ball Tiger has put in competitive play from Nike has been thoroughly tested and approved by the USGA and R&A in accordance with their governing rules,” the company said in a statement.[/quote_box_center]

On Monday, Olsen also spoke about his own public perception moving forward.

“I’ll be looked at as just some crazy (expletive) nobody making accusations about Tiger,” Olsen said.

The PGA Tour, Woods’ agent and Nike have not publicly disputed that specific claim.

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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THONG

Mar 9, 2015 at 10:57 am

Golf is now officially stupid!

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Russell Platt

Mar 6, 2015 at 6:20 pm

Why did Olsen retract the statement, because he was probably threatened by the PGA that he would be banned from the senior tournament if he didn’t. If you think someone of Tiger’s character wouldn’t use HGH, what planet are you from? Really!!

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- Geoffrey Holland
  
  Mar 9, 2015 at 4:44 pm
  
  He’d have to have the game to qualify for the Senior Tour, and that’s highly unlikely.
  
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BustyMagoo

Mar 4, 2015 at 7:58 pm

To bad Tiger can’t sue the pants of that guy. The stuff that might turn up on Tiger during the trial might be too risky. Maybe he should just walk away and go into seclusion. It seems like he’s about to have a fall from grace, David Duval style. And I’m a fan of El Tigre. I’d like to see nothing more than for him to get back into form but his body seems wrecked. I wonder if young guys like McElroy will learn from Tigers mistakes in fitness, swing changes, etc.?

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Ponjo

Mar 3, 2015 at 1:08 pm

I would think that Tiger and his team will sue the backside off Olsen now. If they don’t will only add fuel to the fire

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- Robeli
  
  Mar 3, 2015 at 1:28 pm
  
  Tiger will not sue – it will be the perfect opportunity to open Pandora’s box! Tiger AND PGA do not want that.
  
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  - Fsubaseball21
    
    Mar 3, 2015 at 3:19 pm
    
    Some of you are spot on. A lawsuit opens all parties up to discovery and I can think of at least one person who would crumble in a deposition. It is a shame to watch guys that get off HGH. Their bodies just straight up fall apart.
    
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  - Fred
    
    Mar 5, 2015 at 12:52 pm
    
    If Tiger’s camp were to go to sue, which it won’t, Olsen would be the defendant – the person on trial – not Tiger. Tiger would have no need to defend himself against Olsen’s admittedly falls allegations. Olsen has already stated that everything he said was BS, and only his opinion, and that there was/is no proof to back up the claims of the individual he got the info from. Very strange and stupid mistake on Olsen’s part. If no one had heard of him before, they sure as hell know who he is now. His life as he knew it before is over.
    
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Robeli

Mar 3, 2015 at 11:01 am

Within 2 years, then all of Tiger Woods will be revealed and he and Lance Armstrong will be mentioned in the same breath. Mark my words.

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- Yoda
  
  Mar 6, 2015 at 6:58 pm
  
  Rory and Lee Westwood have had similar transformations.
  
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Mike

Mar 3, 2015 at 6:39 am

I doubt the PGA wants to know the extent that performance enhancing drugs are being used by tour players. The truth would’t be good for public relations…i.e., Tour de France. Just look at pictures of PGA golfers while in school and then notice how fast they bulk up once on tour. Building muscle that fast just isn’t natural….

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Sargio_Gercia

Mar 3, 2015 at 6:29 am

They’ll be saying the moon landing was fake soon… Sonuva…

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Joe Golfer

Mar 3, 2015 at 3:34 am

Woods turned to a solid core ball while others were using wound balls, which covers the ball controversy.
Personally, I suspect that Woods did use HGH during his peak years, but if the PGA honchos admitted that they knew, they’d have a lot of explaining to do.
He had access to any top physician he wanted, and he chose Dr. Anthony Galea, a Canadian physician known for dispensing PED’s to professional athletes. After Galea’s trial, he was banned from practicing within the USA.
So of all the physicians in the world, why would Tiger choose to seek out treatment from the one doctor notoriously known for supplying illegal performance drug enhancement to athletes?
Woods used to show off his physique while wearing those taut-fitting mock turtleneck shirts. He spoke of training with Navy Seals (allegedly how he first injured his knee). He routinely outdrove his opponents by a long distance. He doesn’t look like that now.
I don’t think Woods has used anything for the past few years, since testing and media scrutiny have become more prevalent.
I think Woods would still have been the best golfer of his ear by far. I just don’t think he would have been quite as good as he was.

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- Brandon
  
  Mar 3, 2015 at 10:37 am
  
  HGH? Wow, as much as I love the game of golf, when you guys with no knowledge of gaining muscle and a balanced physique see a guy that keeps himself in shape, you automatically scream steroids or HGH. Tiger’s physique is easily attainable with hard work and a correct diet. Everyone talks about him as if he is Ronnie Coleman or Arnold. He is NOT bulky, he has a balanced physique. But I guess when you look at him compared to John Daly or the skinny guys who don’t take care of themselves, he looks like a roid user? Hilarious. Get in the gym and get off the WRX comment section, you lazy excuse for an athlete.
  
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  - Joe Golfer
    
    Mar 3, 2015 at 7:35 pm
    
    Hey Brandon, thanks for using logic to make your statements, and also the insulting tone of your final comment.
    There will never be positive proof that he did or did not use HGH or anything else.
    I don’t know, but there probably weren’t any drug tests for HGH even taken back then as far as the PGA Tour goes?
    I mentioned HGH as opposed to steroids because he looked very cut as opposed to bulky, and specifically because Tiger used Dr. Galea..
    Dr. Galea, a physician who was well known even prior to Tiger, as Dr. Galea often used HGH with his patients and had already treated other pro athletes. There’s a good reason why Dr. Galea is banned from practicing within the United States after his legal trial ended badly for him.
    While we can’t prove that Tiger used, we can prove that Galea was dispensing it.
    It just seems odd that one would seek out the exact physician known for that, even if he was a PRP proponent, which Tiger used on his knee. Tiger could have used a different physician with a better reputation.
    No one is saying that Tiger didn’t work out extremely hard to earn that physique.
    It’s simply my opinion that he had a little help getting into that peak physical condition.
    We’re all entitled to an opinion, and one doesn’t need to resort to name calling to express it.
    Galea’s reputation preceded him.
    It’s a red flag, one that most athletes would choose to avoid, picking a different physician. Tiger could have gotten top notch treatment via Stanford, where he attended college, or Johns Hopkins or Mayo Clinic or any number of places.
    I wasn’t referring to the current status of Tiger.
    I was referring to the years when he was really ripped, so to speak, as far as fitness is concerned.
    Yes, you are correct that Tiger works very hard.
    You may note that I considered Tiger the best of his era. I mean that.
    I am not a Tiger hater.
    My opinion, and it is simply an opinion, is that all the circumstantial evidence would lead one to be suspicious.
    It is a shame that that other golfer went on the radio and spouted things that he couldn’t prove positively.
    
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  - marcel
    
    Mar 5, 2015 at 5:15 pm
    
    Brandon you are mostly right – tiger’s physique is nothing too much – but here it is where you are wrong. same body shape can be achieved by weekend body builder on ‘roids vs similar shape of crossFit guy. now when you compare intensity of training of of these two and recovery times. in early ’20 of age recovery is easy… in your ’30 is harder and closer to your ’40 its nearly impossible to recover over night. Tiger however is an athlete and his swing could prove it that there is lots of hard work behind it (not just show off) and here comes the question of recovery time. Look at Greg Norman – considered a choker – i dont this he was – i really believe his body could not get going 4 days.
    I am avid golfer that exercises a lot, 36yo. y’day i have done 200 kettlebell swings 12kg, 100 squats w 20kg and 100 push ups on rings… do i feel pain this morning – yes i do. would i be able to play right now… i dont think i could be comfortable on the golf course right now.
    
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  - Regis
    
    Mar 5, 2015 at 8:30 pm
    
    Physique is exactly like A-Rods. Just Saying
    
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Scooter McGavin

Mar 2, 2015 at 11:23 pm

So a nobody golf pro goes on the radio spouting a bunch of ridiculous stuff, later says he didn’t mean it and all but confesses to lying about the whole thing, and the media, including GolfWRX decides to give both him and the drivel he expelled legitimacy by writing articles about it? Are you serious?

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- Tony
  
  Mar 3, 2015 at 5:47 am
  
  If you don’t want to hear about current events, factual or rumour, you can always turn off your TV, computer and radio.
  
  Let the rest of us hear information and make a decision ourselves as to whether it’s real or not
  
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  - MLH
    
    Mar 3, 2015 at 7:06 am
    
    What is there to make a decision on? And you’re missing the point, which is the “story” shouldn’t have made the cut because it was fabricated. Without facts there is nothing and only fools make decisions using data that has no content or substance. Get real.
    
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adam

Mar 2, 2015 at 10:19 pm

Excessive secrecy on the part of the PGA will breed these sorts of rumors/suspicions. The DJ case illustrative. The fact that they possibly hid the truth about DJ makes every future whisper potentially credible.

I don’t believe Tiger had a failed drug test. If he did, then the bad back act at Torrey Pines was truly Oscar worthy. As to the nonconforming ball, that’s a real hoot. A spectator will come into possession of the ball the first time he hits it OB, or a grounds crew member will fish one out of the water, and then the jig will be up. No way, no how.

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Steve

Mar 2, 2015 at 7:52 pm

If don’t think tiger juiced, then you are naive. But he is to big to be taken to the wood shed. The game needs him. Maybe when Tiger is no use any more the real truth will come out.

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- Kyle
  
  Mar 2, 2015 at 8:29 pm
  
  I don’t think he juiced. What proof is there? What motive is there? There’s a reason golfers don’t juice. It’s not going to help your swing.
  
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  - BigBoy
    
    Mar 2, 2015 at 8:43 pm
    
    Juice is not only for getting bigger, it can be used for quicker recovery for injury.
    
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    - rgb
      
      Mar 2, 2015 at 10:31 pm
      
      Well that’s sure not working then.
      
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      - J.R.
        
        Mar 3, 2015 at 2:07 am
        
        It’s not referring to Tiger’s current physical status, now that the tour actually does test for PED’s. It’s been suspected for a long time that Tiger used Human Growth Hormone (HGH) during his peak years, back when he routinely outdrove almost everyone on tour. You may recall how buff he looked back in the days when he wore those tight fitting mock turtleneck shirts, trained with Navy Seals, etc. Tiger used the Canadian doctor, Dr. Anthony Galea, who is well known for supplying PED’s, and has even since been banned from any practice within the United States. He’d been known to supply for other athletes (mostly baseball).
        HGH doesn’t just give you stronger muscle. It helps with endurance, reflexes, etc., anything that keeps one in top physical condition.
        Of all the doctors in the world that Tiger could have used, why else would he have regularly sought treatment from a specific PED pushing physician in Canada, nowhere near his home in Florida? Dr. Galea’s reputation was well known, and that’s why he was sought out. Tiger likely did use HGH back then, but it would be damaging to the PGA Tour honchos if it were to come out that they turned a blind eye to the issue.
        As for the “golf ball” issue, that’s likely a load of bunk.
        Tiger switched to a solid core ball long before other pros did. Their wound balls simply weren’t as consistent.
        All that said, this journeyman golfer is likely correct about his self assessment after his comments about a suspension were revealed to be false.
        
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CW

Mar 2, 2015 at 7:09 pm

Now if the media would just stop giving hearsay claims attention and do their job verifying facts, we wouldn’t have these issues.

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- Birdeez
  
  Mar 2, 2015 at 9:04 pm
  
  Thank you for saying what I’ve been thinking. Media is worst today. The fact any media outlet gave this any attention shows how low they’ll stoop to gain ratings over verifying facts and making sure a story is credible.
  
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rgb

Mar 2, 2015 at 7:01 pm

““I’ll be looked at as just some crazy (expletive) nobody making accusations about Tiger,” Olsen said.”

Well, he got that right.

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Tom Duckworth

Mar 2, 2015 at 5:27 pm

What a low life anybody that wants some attention or to make some kind of name for themselves
just has to attack Tiger Woods. I’m not his biggest fan but I get sick of these people.

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graymulligan

Mar 2, 2015 at 4:11 pm

Every time I read something like this, I think it’s too crazy, and that it’s nonsense.

And then I remember Jose Canseco’s book…and Lance’s denials…and on, and on, and on. I realize I have no idea what’s true and what isn’t anymore.

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- RG
  
  Mar 2, 2015 at 4:17 pm
  
  My thoughts exactly, only I think if your going to make allegations like these you had better be able to back it up.
  
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  - 1badbadger
    
    Mar 6, 2015 at 11:22 pm
    
    I know several Tour players, and over the years they have told me stories (not related to this particular incident) about life on Tour that would make your jaw drop. Some were funny, some were shocking, but it was stuff that never made it into the news. Some stories involved very prominent players, and was either witnessed first hand or came from sources who witnessed it. I believe these stories, but I would have no way to back them up with any kind of proof, but things happen that most people don’t hear about.
    
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- cody
  
  Mar 2, 2015 at 6:05 pm
  
  i completely agree. i dont see how in golf you could be compared to Lance but, who really knows anymore. Anything is possible. The PGA covered up D johnson drug rehab.
  
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  - Snowman2134
    
    Mar 2, 2015 at 7:48 pm
    
    What proof do you have? I would love to see where DJ’s drug issues were substantiated outside of tabloid journalist on social media. Mr. Johnson made clear his issues with alcohol, and stated his intention to modify his behavior through treatment. Please enlighten us with your irrefutable evidence of DJ’s cocaine issue
    
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SuperStroke acquires Lamkin Grips

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5 hours ago

May 6, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

SuperStroke announced today its purchase of 100-year-old grip maker Lamkin Grips, citing the company’s “heritage of innovation and quality.”

“It is with pride and great gratitude that we announce Lamkin, a golf club grip brand with a 100-year history of breakthrough design and trusted products, is now a part of the SuperStroke brand,” says SuperStroke CEO Dean Dingman. “We have always had the utmost respect for how the Lamkin family has put the needs and benefits of the golfer first in their grip designs. If there is a grip company that is most aligned with SuperStroke’s commitment to uncompromised research, design, and development to put the most useful performance tools in the hands of golfers, Lamkin has been that brand. It is an honor to bring Lamkin’s wealth of product innovation into the SuperStroke family.”

Elver B. Lamkin founded the company in 1925 and produced golf’s first leather grips. The company had been family-owned and operated since that point, producing a wide array of styles, such as the iconic Crossline.

According to a press release, “The acquisition of Lamkin grows and diversifies SuperStroke’s proven and popular array of grip offerings with technology grounded in providing golfers optimal feel and performance through cutting-edge design and use of materials, surface texture and shape.”

CEO Bob Lamkin will stay on as a board member and will continue to be involved with the company.

“SuperStroke has become one of the most proven, well-operated, and pioneering brands in golf grips and we could not be more confident that the Lamkin legacy, brand, and technology is in the best of hands to continue to innovate and lead under the guidance of Dean Dingman and his remarkably capable team,” Lamkin said.

Related: Check out our 2014 conversation with Bob Lamkin, here: Bob Lamkin on the wrap grip reborn, 90 years of history

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Tour Rundown: Pendrith, Otaegui, Longbella, and Dunlap soar

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5 hours ago

May 6, 2024

Ronald Montesano

Take it from a fellow who coaches high school golf in metro Toronto: there’s plenty of great golf played in the land of the maple leaf. All the greats have designed courses over the USA border: Colt, Whitman, Ross, Coore, Mackenzie, Doak, as well as the greatest of the land, Stanley Thompson. I’m partial to him, because he wore my middle name with grandeur. Enough about the architecture, because this week’s Tour Rundown begins with a newly-minted, Canadian champion on the PGA Tour. Something else that the great white north is known for, is weather. It impacted play on three of the world’s tours, forcing final-round cancellations on two of them.

It was an odd week in the golf world. The LPGA and the Korn Ferry were on a break, and only 13/15 of the rounds slated, were played. In the end, we have four champions to recognize, so let’s not delay any longer with minutiae about the game that we love. Let’s run it all down with this week’s Tour Rundown.

PGA Tour: TP takes TS at Byron’s place

The 1980s was a decade when a Canadian emergence was anticipated on the PGA Tour. It failed to materialize, but a path was carved for the next generation. Mike Weir captured the Masters in 2003, but no other countrymen joined him in his quest for PGA Tour conquest. 2024 may herald the long-awaited arrival of a Canadian squad of tour winners. Over the past few years, we’ve seen Nick Taylor break the fifty-plus year dearth of homebred champions at the Canadian Open, and players like Adam Hadwin, Corey Conners, Adam Svennson, and Mackenzie Hughes have etched their names into the PGA Tour’s annals of winners.

This week, Taylor Pendrith joined his mates with a one-shot win at TPC Craig Ranch, the home of the Byron Nelson Classic. Pendrith took a lead into the final round and, while the USA’s Jake Knapp faltered, held on for the slimmest of victories. Sweden’s Alex Noren posted six-under 65 on Sunday to move into third position, at 21-under par. Ben Kohles, a Texan, looked to break through for his first win in his home state. He took the lead from Pendrith at the 71st hole, on the strength of a second-consecutive birdie.

With victory in site, Kohles found a way to make bogey at the last, without submerging in the fronting water. His second shot was greenside, but he could not move his third to the putting surface. His fourth was five feet from par and a playoff, but his fifth failed to drop. Meanwhile, Pendrith was on the froghair in two, and calmly took two putts from 40 feet, for birdie. When Kohles missed for par, Pendrith had, at last, a PGA Tour title.

360° and in!

A nervy par save by @TaylorPendrith to remain one back as he seeks his first PGA TOUR victory @CJByronNelson. pic.twitter.com/LVFXUSidSg

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 5, 2024

DP World Tour: China Open in Otaegui’s hands after canceled day four

It wasn’t the fourth round that was canceled in Shenzhen, but the third. Rains came on Saturday to Hidden Grace Golf Club, ensuring that momentum would cease. Sunday would instead be akin to a motorsports restart, with no sense of who might claim victory. Sebastian Soderberg, the hottest golfer on the Asian Swing, held the lead, but he would slip to a 72 on Sunday, and tie for third with Paul Waring and Joel Girrbach. Italy’s Guido Migliozzi completed play in 67 strokes on day three, moving one shot past the triumvirate, to 17-under par.

It was Spain’s Adrian Otaegui who persevered the best and played the purest. Otaegui was clean on the day, with seven birdies for 65. Even when Migliozzi ceased the lead at the 10th, Otaegui remained calm. With everything on the line, Migliozzi made bogey at the par-five 17th, as his principal competitor finished in birdie. To the Italian’s credit, he bounced back with birdie at the last, to claim solo second. The victory was Otaegui’s fifth on the DP World Tour, and first since October of 2022.

.@adrianotaegui birdies the 16th to tie the lead at -17 ?#VolvoChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/p4tfE5DRJa

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) May 5, 2024

PGA Tour Americas: Quito’s rains gift title to Longbella

Across the world, superintendents and their staffs will do anything to prepare a course for play. Even after fierce, nightime rains, the Quito TG Club greeted the first four groups on Sunday. The rains worsened after 7 am, however, and the tour was forced to abort the final round of play. With scores reverting to Saturday’s numbers, Thomas Longbella’s one-shot advantage over Gunn Yang turned into a Tour Americas victory.

64 held the opening-day lead, and Longbella was not far off, with 66. Yang jumped to the top on day two, following a67 with 66. He posted 68 on day three, and anticipated a fierce, final-round duel for the title. As for Longbella, he fought off a ninth-hole bogey on Saturday with six birdies and a 17th-hole eagle. That rare bird proved to be the winning stroke, allowing Longbella to edge past Yang, and secure ultimate victory.

.@TBalla21 eagles 17, shoots 65 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the KIA Open. pic.twitter.com/TTOL2LxSdh

— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) May 4, 2024

PGA Tour Champions: Dunlap survives Saturday stumble for win

Scott Dunlap did not finish Saturday as well as he might have liked. After beginning play near Houston with 65, Dunlap made two bogeys in his final found holes on day two, to finish at nine-under par. Hot on his heels was Joe Durant, owner of a March 2024 win on PGA Tour Champions. Just behind Durant was Stuart Appleby, perhaps vibing from his Sunday 59 at Greenbrier on this day in 2010. Neither would have a chance to track Dunlap down.

The rains that have forced emergency responders into action, to save hundreds of lives in the metro Houston area, ended hopes for a third day of play at The Woodlands. Dunlap had won once previously on Tour Champions, in 2014 in Washington state. Ten years later, Dunlap was the fortunate recipient of a canceled final round, and his two days of play were enough to earn him TC victory number two.

Off the green? No worries for @ScottDu12500063

8-under solo leader @InsperityInvtnl pic.twitter.com/hoj5OujL5C

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 4, 2024

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Morning 9: Pendrith’s maiden Tour win | Morikawa back with former coach | Brooks victorious

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7 hours ago

May 6, 2024

Ben Alberstadt

By Ben Alberstadt with Gianni Magliocco.

For comments: [email protected]

Good Monday morning, golf fans, as the PGA Tour gives us yet another breakthrough winner.

1. Pendrith wins first PGA Tour title

AP Report…”Taylor Pendrith took advantage of Ben Kohles’ final-hole meltdown to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title.”

“Kohles overtook Pendrith with birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 for a one-shot lead then bogeyed the 18th after hitting his second shot into greenside rough. After having to chip twice from the rough and already looking stunned, Kohles missed a 6-foot putt that would have forced a playoff.”

“Pendrith two-putted for birdie on the 18th, holing a 3-footer for a 4-under 67 and 23-under 261 total at the TPC Craig Ranch. The 32-year-old Canadian won in his 74th career PGA Tour start.”

Full piece.

2. Koepka takes LIV title in Singapore

S.I.’s Bob Harig…”Brooks Koepka became the first player to win four times as part of the LIV Golf League, shooting a final-round 68 at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on Sunday to beat Cam Smith and Marc Leishman by two strokes.”

“His timing wasn’t bad, either.”

“A few days after offering concern about his game in light of a poor Masters performance, Koepka stepped up and won the LIV Golf Singapore even to give himself a boost heading into the defense of his PGA Championship title in two weeks.”

“The year’s second major begins on May 16.”

Full piece.

3. Otaegui wins Volvo China

AP report…”Adrian Otaegui overturned a five-shot deficit to win the Volvo China Open on Sunday, the Spaniard’s fifth tour title.”

“Otaegui had been trailing the in-form Sebastian Söderberg after Friday’s round – Saturday’s was cancelled because of thunder and lightning – and he shot 7-under 65 in his final round to win by one shot from Guido Migliozzi, who finished runner up with a 67.”

Full piece.

4. ICYMI: Teen Kim makes the cut

Guardian report…”English teenager Kris Kim became the youngest player to make the cut on the PGA Tour in 11 years after a birdie at the last saw him get through to the weekend of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Texas with a shot to spare.”

“Amateur Kim, the son of former LPGA player Ji-Hyun Suh, made a second-round four-under-par 67, which included a run of five birdies and one bogey over his front nine.”

“At 16 years and seven months he became the youngest player to make the cut on tour since 14-year-old Guan Tianlang at the 2013 Masters, and, according to the PGA Tour, the fifth youngest in history.”

Full piece.

5. Winner in a rainout

AP report…”Scott Dunlap was declared the 36-hole winner of the Insperity Invitational when rain washed the final round Sunday, giving Dunlap his first PGA Tour Champions title in nearly 10 years.”

“Devastating rain in the Houston area previously washed out the opening round Friday. Players managed to play 36 holes on Saturday, and Dunlap posted a 2-under 70 to take a one-shot lead over Joe Durant and Stuart Appleby.”

“That proved to be the winning score when rain soaked The Woodlands Country Club. It was the second 36-hole event in the last three weeks on the PGA Tour Champions because of weather. The other was in the Dallas area.”