Reigning champion David Micheluzzi can achieve a slice of history not seen in more than 30 years after taking over as interim No.1 on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit.
Cleveland Golf has long geared its club designs towards golfers seeking to minimise their bad shots rather than optimise their good ones. The company continues down that path with the introduction of its game-improvement ZipCore XL irons and, for those needing even more help, its Halo XL Full-Face irons.
Murray’s big breakthrough came last year, with two victories on the Korn Ferry Tour, and now, after an improbable 38-foot putt on the first playoff hole at the Sony Open in Hawaii, he can add a PGA Tour win to his remarkable comeback story.
Nothing has come easy for Murray, who has battled addiction and depression, which makes coming out the other side successful even more dramatic than his winning putt.
The final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii was already sufficiently dramatic, when one of five co-leaders hit a second shot at the par-5 18th at Waialae Country Club that, well, mysteriously disappeared.
Sydney-based tour pro John Lyras has seen his Korn Ferry Tour debut cut short today in the worst fashion possible way: a rules-based disqualification after an error on the first hole of the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic.
For all that the immediate future remains unknown – save for the fact that Pelley will remain with the tour until April to try to help see the negotiations with the PGA Tour, the PIF and the SSG through to a conclusion – the perennial problem facing the DP World Tour (what was the European Tour) is unlikely to change.
There are a lot of PGA Tour rookies making their debuts at this week’s Sony Open, and it’s possible one of them learned a very important rule on the opening day: the cameras are always rolling.
The 38-year-old has been on a renaissance after overcoming alcohol abuse and depression in 2019 and returning to the winner’s circle in 2023 after almost eight years – and was recently recognised with the PGA Tour’s 2023 Courage Award at the end of last year.
Australian Golf Digest
