Duncan wound up playing nine of the best holes of his life, shooting a four-under 31 that included birdies on the 17th and 18th holes, the latter of which came from 24 feet.
The pace of play on the PGA Tour is likely to accelerate after the Masters. That is when the new pace-of-play guidelines passed on Monday by the tour policy board will go into effect, sources told Golf Digest at the RSM Classic.
The RSM Classic is the last official tournament on the PGA Tour schedule in 2019. It’s also the first to feature a gigantic capsized cargo ship in plain view for tour pros and fans. Talk about fun for the whole family!
With 272 yards to the front of the par-5 18th green on the Jumeirah Estate’s Earth course and another 19 yards to the pin, McIlroy “nutted” a “perfect” 3-wood through the slightly left-to-right headwind.