Tour News
Tour Mash: Scott’s Epic Comeback, PGA-LPGA Tours Announce Strategic Alliance
Scott overcomes two double bogeys to win at Doral
Last week’s trivia question revolved around the last golfer to win a PGA Tour event despite making a quadruple bogey during the event. No doubt this week’s water cooler discussion will center on Adam Scott’s epic comeback from two front-nine double bogies to steal the first WGC event of 2016 and win on the PGA Tour for the second consecutive week and 13th time overall.
Scott went swimming on both the 3rd and 5th holes, but recovered with a run of five birdies in seven holes (Nos. 8 through 14) and a spunky up-and-down from the rough on the 18th green to finish at 12-under par on the week. One stroke behind was Bubba Watson, who nipped Scott by the same margin in February at the Northern Trust Open.
The champion came down the challenging closing stretch with a few nerves. Scott drove into a fairway bunker on No. 17, but recovered to the green and made a two-putt par. On No. 18, his tee shot found the rough, as did his approach to the green. He was able to coax his pitch to within 7 feet, then made the putt to secure his par and victory.
When asked how he turned things around after the horrific start, Scott answered:
I think after the second double-bogey, winning was kind of far from the front of my mind. And at that point, I took a moment to think about kind of just gaining some traction on the round before it slips away and I shoot 80 because it’s possible around this is course. To keep missing it like I did in the water, there’s just no escape from it.
Related: See the clubs Scott used to win at Doral
Beyonce Ha Na Jang dances to HSBC Women’s Championship victory
If you’re Pornanong Phatlum (last name pronounced ‘PAT-lum’) and you close with three birdies in your final seven hole on Sunday, shoot 68 on the day to finish 15-under for the week, you like your chances. Oh, and there’s a gap of four strokes between you and the next golfer. Problem is, the gap extends the other way as well, so Pornanong’s excellent week only earned her second-place money.
Ha Na Jang smiled and danced her way to victory No. 2 of 2016. In early February, the young Korean golfer bested Canada’s Brooke Henderson by two stroke in Ocala, Florida. This week, Jang turned out the lights on everyone else with birdies on Nos. 12 through 14, then hit a three-metal over sand and water on the last hole to within eight feet of the cup. When that putt went down, Jang stood four clear of the field at 65 on the day and 19-under for the week.
And then she danced a Beyonce-inspired dance:
“You don’t see the Super Bowl right now?” she said. “Oh, really, I’m going to try. So I see the Super Bowl, really nice. Then I’m watching maybe three weeks, last month maybe, I’m watching the TV and really good music with Beyonce, and watching Beyonce, she’s really nice. I try, I think about, like I’m trying to dance after my putt, it’s really good today.”
We just can’t get over this epic celebration by Ha Na Jang! #HSBCWomensChamps pic.twitter.com/p68aMNZr2o
— LPGA (@LPGA) March 6, 2016
PGA-LPGA Tour Strategic Alliance
Know why the coffee tastes so good on United flights? It’s Starbucks. Oh, and why is the internet so good in Starbuck’s cafes? Google provides it. In both cases, you have a strategic alliance between two companies, and the PGA and LPGA tours have high hopes that their recent revelation of a strategic alliance will generate similar successes.
To clarify, matters of the alliance are quite unclear. The five pillars of the understanding are: schedule coordination, joint marketing programs, domestic television representation, digital media and exploring the potential development of joint events.
Mike Whan, commissioner of the LPGA Tour, explained that there are no timetables, nor any quantifiable outcomes, just an intention to do things better. What is interesting is this: two days after the Friday, March 4 news dump, mention of it was nowhere to be found on the front page of the LPGA site, while it was a three-second scroll down the PGA Tour’s internet home. Hmmm…
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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News
Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
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.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Brian
Mar 7, 2016 at 5:02 pm
“Know why the coffee tastes so good on United flights? It’s Starbucks.”
No way. I fly United nearly four times a month and the coffee is horrendous. Either you’re getting the good stuff, or your taste buds are completely ruined!
Ronald Montesano
Mar 7, 2016 at 6:10 pm
They might have renegotiated. I’ll check my sources!!
Brian
Mar 8, 2016 at 10:54 am
Too funny. Taste, like our preference for golf clubs, is totally subjective!
Buddy
Mar 7, 2016 at 10:22 am
At times it is extremely difficult to support the USGA. I often take great offense to how they set up courses for the US Open – especially when the dry out the greens to the extent that the players have to hit some secret spot just short or left or right of a sprinkler head in order for their ball to stay anywhere on the green.
Someone suggested that if they keep insisting on setting up courses that require the players to play the course completely different from how the court architect intended it to be played, they should at least place wooden clown cutouts (perhaps sporting a USGA cap?) with a big open mouth at all of their intended targets – but I often question wether or not they even have any intention of providing any possible targets for the players to play to.
However, in their defense, I will say that they did manage not to mess up Pinehurst #2 – But that was only because they were way too afraid of those domed greens to turn them into billiard tables for the week.
Do their course setups actually reveal who the best golfer is for the week? Or only who the luckiest golfer is for the week?
Ronald Montesano
Mar 7, 2016 at 10:53 am
Green sites are the only areas where they come under fire these days, in the US Open. They are always firm and shaven. I like the width and the lack of injurious rough, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the mid 1990s. Good stuff, in my opinion.
Ver
Mar 7, 2016 at 4:19 pm
You’ve got it completely backwards, Buddy.
The PGA is a joke to some, because the PGA sets their courses up for low-scoring for the purpose of entertainment on the television – as the saying goes, who wants to watch Pros struggle to score in any sport when the grand stage is on global television? The courses are set up mostly soft and the fairways are wide, and there aren’t many narrow targets, and the courses are large to accommodate huge crowds.
It’s amazing that the USGA manages to set up the course that the best score is generally around Par. That takes some serious skill and understanding of what golf really is. That’s why it was a big deal to take the modern game to a place like Merion where it is small, narrow, and tight, the viewing angles aren’t so good for the crowd nor for TV cameras. Which also made it part and parcel with the difficulty of having to shape shots and not being able to overpower the course.
If you look back at the Past, it wasn’t really about scoring the lowest score. It was more about seeing the best man win. Now we’re obsessed with bombing it and going as low as possible as many times as possible. There will always be some who can do both, but we set things up now to make it easier to do both for many more players.
Tim
Mar 7, 2016 at 9:08 am
How’s that anchor ban working for the usga???
Ronald Montesano
Mar 7, 2016 at 10:52 am
Wish I had a smiley or a love button to click.