Geoff Ogilvy was a wizard with the wedge, unflappable in the wind, found a new ally with his 5-wood and opened the PGA Tour season with another victory at Kapalua in the SBS Championship.
Lucas Glover finally hit his stride when the wind shifted and finished with a birdie for a 2-under 71 that allowed him to stay in the lead at the SBS Championship.
Jack Nicklaus believes this is a big year for Tiger Woods to get closer to his record 18 major championships because three majors are held on courses where Woods has won.
It looked like an act of desperation last year when Retief Goosen, whose pure stroke brought him a pair of U.S. Open titles, switched to the belly putter at the start of the season.
Y.E. Yang was surprised to hear in May that Seoul Broadcasting System had signed up to sponsor the season-opening tournament at Kapalua, the first time a South Korean company had agreed to sponsor a PGA Tour event.