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Even though he was well out of contention at The Players, Woods said he was pleased with his game heading into the year’s first major next month at the Masters.
Can Jon Rahm keep his cool? Can Rory McIlroy deliver on a Sunday? Can Tommy Fleetwood win a big one? They’ll battle tough conditions, one another and themselves Sunday.
Normally, a swing change of any kind takes time to solidify and requires patience from a PGA Tour pro. But for Brandt Snedeker, it only took a week.
We took a very informal poll of PGA Tour pros, asking whether they would have thought to drop on the walkway at 17. They would not have.
It turns out Tiger Woods had another option after hitting his tee shot into the water on the par-3 17th hole at The Players on Friday.
“They don’t do anything about it. It’s become somewhat of an epidemic on Tour,” McIlroy said after another round that took well over five hours.
Tommy Fleetwood got off to a “dream start” Friday, playing his first three holes in 4 under par. The challenge now is turning the dream start into a dream weekend.
A tournament source told GolfChannel.com that Tiger Woods will not play in the Valspar Championship, where he finished runner-up a year ago.
If his play this week at TPC Sawgrass is any indication, the over-50 circuit can wait. At 48 years young, Jim Furyk has been re-energized.
Vaughn Taylor wasn’t among those who lobbied to convince the PGA Tour that The Players Championship should be moved from May to March, but he should have been.
Keegan Bradley shares The Players lead after an opening 7-under 65, but his relationship with TPC Sawgrass remains complicated.
Before Ryan Moore put his tee into the ground on No. 17 during Round 1 at The Players, there were 857 tee shots hit since the last hole-in-one during tournament play.
Just days after his “Moliwood” partner won at Bay Hill, Tommy Fleetwood shot 65 Thursday to take a share of the lead at The Players. But can Fleetwood finally close the deal on the PGA Tour?
An aggressive approach paid off on Day 1 as Rory McIlroy started 2 under through his first three holes on his way to a bogey-free 67.
Joel Dahmen’s caddie Geon Bonnalie three-putted to lose a putt-putt contest last week, and had to pay up in a fiery way Wednesday at TPC Sawgrass.
Henrik Stenson’s victory at the 2009 Players Championship was a career breakthrough for the Swede, but it wasn’t that four-stroke triumph or his bogey-free 66 to close the week that he remembers.
After winning three major championships in two years it might be difficult for some to find motivation. Not Brooks Koepka.
“I’ll be OK,” Merritt said. “Just going to enjoy it and see what happens.”
Whether The Players should be held in March or May isn’t really up for discussion – it had to move. But only time will tell which version of the event at TPC Sawgrass is better.
At the height of the debate over golf’s new rules this year, some suggested it might be time for the game to consider two sets of rules, one for the amateurs and another for those who play professionally.
Eddie Pepperell will tee off in his first Players this week and next month will be his first Masters. Pepperell has been dreaming - quite literally - about his first trip to Augusta National.
Justin Thomas’ putting coach, Matt Killen, has been a hot topic at the Players Championship after being spotted working with Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods has always been a go-to source for younger players on the PGA Tour. Jason Day, however, sought a different kind of advice from Woods last week.
Coming off a withdrawal and some poor putting performances, what we see from Tiger Woods this week at The Players could determine how his 2019 turns out.