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After a string of recent poor finishes, Billy Hurley III was happy to close Friday’s round with strong approach shot and a good up-and-down.
Don’t get us wrong - it’s not that there wasn’t any news. It’s just that most of the news was, unfortunately, about slow play.
A line of storms moved through the area early Friday delaying the start of Round 2 at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Learning a new course on the fly is nothing new for PGA Tour players, but this week’s stop at Eagle Point Golf Club lacked the normal predictability.
Thanks to Brian Gay’s persistence (and math skills), he secured a spot in the Players Championship and saved Ian Poulter’s season.
Francesco Molinari has had a solid season with just a single missing element – putting. That changed Thursday at the Wells Fargo.
Willy Wilcox didn’t find out he was in the field until Tuesday afternoon and didn’t arrive at Eagle Point Golf Club until Wednesday.
For a player who hasn’t played a PGA Tour event since March and spent the last three weeks recovering from a lower back injury, it was an encouraging start.
Alex Noren’s opening 67 at the Wells Fargo could go a long way to helping him secure a coveted PGA Tour card.
Brandt Snedeker has withdrawn from next week’s Players Championship, a precautionary move that he hopes will allow his ailing hand to heal.
Phil Mickelson made a detour on his way to the Wells Fargo Championship to play Quail Hollow Club, site of this year’s PGA Championship.
Several players asked Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Championship were in favor of outlawing green-reading books.
Dustin Johnson is returning for the first time since withdrawing with a back injury from the Masters, an event he found difficult to watch.
Dustin Johnson was playing the best golf of his life until he injured his back. Now can the world No. 1 pick up where he left off?
“Flawless” was how Adam Scott described Eagle Point Golf Club, the temporary home this year’s Wells Fargo Championship.
A new format in New Orleans has players and fans raving, while a Twitter fire was stoked over an alleged $6,000 debt.
In “modernizing” the Rules of Golf, the sport is reducing the role of technology. That’s not a step in the right direction.
The Wells Fargo Championship won’t be played at Quail Hollow, but early reviews of this year’s replacement venue have been encouraging.
Tiger Woods’ continuing back woes make us wonder whether he’ll ever play Augusta again. Wesley Bryan, on the other hand, will definitely be there next year.
There’s plenty of golf left in 2017, but the season is at the midway point. Rex Hoggard hands out his grades as we make the turn.
Could Sergio Garcia’s major breakthrough inspire Lee Westwood? And the boys are back, taking the world with them via social media.
After three weeks off, Anirban Lahiri returned to work this week at the RBC Heritage motivated to turn his competitive fortunes around.
It’s been an eventful few days for Billy Horschel and that had nothing to do with his opening 1-under 70 at the RBC Heritage.
At 57 years old, Fred Couples’ tie-for-18th finish last week at the Masters came as no surprise to good pal Davis Love III.