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Tour Mash: Spieth adds another, Reid’s special win
One 72nd-hole eagle forced a playoff on the Web.com Tour. Another last-hole eagle notched a victory on the PGA Tour Champions. Oh, and a golden boy returned to the circle of titleists with a marvelous, 71st-hole birdie.
Great week across the tours, but slow down! Howzeabout we just keep calm and mash on? (not ready to retire that phrase just yet).
PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am goes to Spieth
Bang.
Absolutely perfect.@JordanSpieth now leads by 4 with 1 to play.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/yhY5C1IPO8
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 12, 2017
The last time Jordan Spieth had a sizable lead was a certain Sunday in 2016 at a certain tournament held at a certain little club in Georgia. That one didn’t end so well. Spieth did win later that year in Fort Worth, but the question of holding a lead loomed until this week. On Sunday, Spieth carried a six-stroke advantage into the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Along came Kelly Kraft, the 2011 U.S. Amateur champion, with five birdies in six hole on the front nine. A sixth birdie on the 11th moved him to within three of Spieth. Unfortunately for the challenger, his momentum was exhausted and he closed with seven straight pars, good for solo second. Dustin Johnson, the reigning U.S. Open champion, closed with 68 for the third spot, one behind Kraft.
Related: See the clubs Spieth used to win
As for Spieth, the 23-year-old and two-time major champion was on cruise control the entire day. The birdied the second and made a passel of pars until the penultimate hole, where hit the green at the famous par-three. He made the 30-foot putt for birdie and secured a four-stroke win, his ninth on the PGA Tour. The sixth-ranked golfer in the world now returns his attention to that little course in Augusta as he prepares to regain the green jacket he first won in 2015.
LET: Reid seizes Oates Vic Open title during Mum’s birthday week
Final @VicOpenGolf leaderboard:
-16 @melreidgolf
-16 @TheSandraGal
-14 @suohgolf
-14 @angelyinlol
-12 ChoiAll: https://t.co/1jQAQY6Z9r pic.twitter.com/NrAEqEGBse
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) February 12, 2017
If your memory stretches back five years you’ll remember the story of Melissa Reid‘s mum, who was killed in a car crash while watching her daughter compete in Germany in 2012. Joy Reid would have turned 67 this week while daughter Melissa was competing in Australia in the first event of the 2017 Ladies European Tour schedule.
The Thirteenth Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads greeted all the golfers with windy conditions (gusting up to 30 miles per hour), forcing them into British Open mode. None was more suited than Reid, who took the third-round lead and looked suited to the title. The fourth round began poorly for the golfer from Derby, who made a seven on the par-five second to drop from the lead. Chasing her down was Germany’s Sandra Gal, who signed for a stellar 69 on day 4 to match Reid’s total of 16-under par and force a playoff.
The 18th green was not kind to Reid on this day. In regulation, the Englishwoman reached the par-five hole in two, but then she three-putted. She did the same on the first extra hole, allowing Gal to extend matters. Finally, on the third go-round in overtime, Reid made a three-foot putt to eliminate Gal and claim her sixth career European Tour title.
European Tour: Willett gives way to surprise winner at Maybank Championship
Relive one of the best final rounds you'll ever see in 150 seconds. pic.twitter.com/GwbJLTBco1
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) February 12, 2017
Reigning Masters champion Danny Willett made only two bogeys over the first three days of the 2017 Maybank Championship, assuming the tournament lead along the way. When he posted five of the duds on Sunday, a change in the leaderboard was predictable. Would it be Bernd “Mr. Nine Straight Birdies” Wiesberger? How about Chinese sensation “Super Bowl Li” Haotong? Or unheralded American David Lipsky? Nope, none of the three.
It was perhaps the coldest player in the field, Fabrizio Zanotti, who seized the tiger trophy. Zanoti began the 2017 season with three missed cuts, so a final-round charge of 63 was the last thing on anyone’s mind, including the Paraguayan. Seven birdies in 17 holes weren’t enough for the man from Asuncion, so he eagled the par-five 18th for good measure, finishing at 19-under. Lipsky had a chance to force extra holes with a 15-foot birdie putt of his own, but it stayed out of the hole and Zanotti had his second-career European Tour title. Wiesberger was one stroke back of Lipsky, in third alone.
PGA Tour Champions: McCarron flat-out steals Allianz Championship
Big-boy golf shot from @ScottMccarron. He'll have this eagle putt for the win at the @AllianzChamp. pic.twitter.com/nPJIsi1vyd
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) February 12, 2017
Kenny Perry and Carlos Franco had spent a good while in preparation for a playoff. The two were tied for the lead at 16-under with few golfers left to challenge them. Then along came Scott McCarron with a final-hole eagle, and Franco and Perry headed home with second-place money.
Perry had stuffed an approach into the final green some 15 feet beyond the hole, but his try at eagle and the outright lead lipped out in excruciating fashion. Franco had made a bunker save for birdie at the last to match Perry.
Web.com Tour: Tracy rockets to top at Club Colombia Championship
Ethan Tracy, to win the Club Colombia Championship …
Never a doubt. ???? pic.twitter.com/UyVuR8zQlp
— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) February 12, 2017
If you lower your score each day from Thursday through Sunday, chances are pretty strong that you will find your way to the top of the leaderboard. In the case of Ethan Tracy of the U.S., he made it all the way to first place at the Club Colombia Championship.
Tracy began the day in seventh place, but a 6-under 65 sent him soaring. A birdie-eagle finish tied him with Roberto Diaz of Mexico, whose Sunday 64 vaulted him over 10 golfers and into a playoff. Diaz and Tracy played the par-five 18th hole, site of the latter’s hole-out heroics at the end of regulation, two times. On the second go-round, Tracy knocked down a 20-foot birdie putt to claim his first Web.com Tour title and the second of the young season for the former Arkansas Razorback.
Overnight leaders Andrew Landry and Brandon Harkins were unable to forge enough birdies to remain in first position. Landry struggled all day and dropped to T-17 after a 75. Harkins was in the lead for most of the day, but bogeyed three of his final six holes to finish one agonizing shot out of the playoff.
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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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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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McPickens
Feb 13, 2017 at 10:18 pm
Mel Reid is my favourite lady golfer
Ronald Montesano
Feb 14, 2017 at 5:42 am
You’ve made an excellent choice. She offers wonderfully-human qualities and super-human golf skills.
ooffa
Feb 13, 2017 at 3:37 pm
And all of them happily signing autographs except Jordan Speith who was just acting pretentious and playing way way way too slowly.