Building a stance

January 8th, 2026

Rules Review: My opponent dug his feet in a bunker, then got another club and did it again. Isn’t that building a stance?

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Virginia 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Lucas Herbert	-9	4	2
2	Sergio Garcia	-7	5	2
T3	Tyrrell Hatton	-5	4	2
T3	Dean Burmester	-5	5	2
T3	Marc Leishman	-5	4	2
T3	Sebastian Muñoz	-5	5	2
T3	Graeme McDowell	-5	5	2
T8	Richard Bland	-4	5	2
T8	Ian Poulter	-4	5	2
T8	Jon Rahm	-4	5	2
T8	Thomas Detry	-4	6	2
T8	Younghan Song	-4	5	2
T8	Jeongwoo Ham	-4	6	2
T14	Dustin Johnson	-3	5	2
T14	Anthony Kim	-3	5	2
T14	Paul Casey	-3	6	2
T14	David Puig	-3	6	2
T14	Charles Howell III	-3	6	2
T14	Victor Perez	-3	5	2
T14	Joaquin Niemann	-3	6	2
T14	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	6	2
T22	Bryson DeChambeau	-2	5	2
T22	Adrian Meronk	-2	5	2
T24	Lee Westwood	-1	5	2
T24	Caleb Surratt	-1	5	2
T24	Cameron Tringale	-1	5	2
T24	Charl Schwartzel	-1	5	2
T24	Carlos Ortiz	-1	5	2
T24	Elvis Smylie	-1	5	2
T24	Bubba Watson	-1	6	2
T24	Björn Hellgren	-1	5	2
T24	Yosuke Asaji	-1	6	2
T24	Tom McKibbin	-1	6	2
T24	Martin Kaymer	-1	6	2
T24	Talor Gooch	-1	6	2
T24	Abraham Ancer	-1	6	2
T37	Scott Vincent	E	5	2
T37	Josele Ballester	E	6	2
T37	Jason Kokrak	E	6	2
T37	Richard T. Lee	E	6	2
T41	Laurie Canter	+1	5	2
T41	Branden Grace	+1	5	2
T41	Brendan Steele	+1	6	2
T41	Miguel Tabuena	+1	6	2
T41	Cameron Smith	+1	6	2
T41	Byeong Hun An	+1	6	2
T47	Sam Horsfield	+2	5	2
T47	Matthew Wolff	+2	5	2
T47	Thomas Pieters	+2	6	2
T50	Danny Lee	+4	5	2
T50	Anirban Lahiri	+4	5	2
T50	Ben Campbell	+4	5	2
53	Minkyu Kim	+5	5	2
54	Harold Varner III	+6	5	2
55	Michael La Sasso	+7	5	2
56	Peter Uihlein	+8	5	2
57	Luis Masaveu	+9	5	2

Truist Championship - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Matt McCarty	-8	-	2
2	Sungjae Im	-7	5	2
3	Sepp Straka	-6	6*	2
T4	David Lipsky	-5	8*	2
T4	Tony Finau	-5	7	2
T4	Justin Thomas	-5	5*	2
T4	Lucas Glover	-5	3	2
T4	Kristoffer Reitan	-5	3	2
T4	Tommy Fleetwood	-5	2	2
T4	Corey Conners	-5	2*	2
T4	Nick Taylor	-5	-	2
T4	Harry Hall	-5	-	2
T4	Nicolai Højgaard	-5	-	2
T14	Akshay Bhatia	-4	6	2
T14	Cam Young	-4	5*	2
T14	Xander Schauffele	-4	5*	2
T14	Keegan Bradley	-4	1*	2
T14	Harris English	-4	1*	2
T14	Alex Fitzpatrick	-4	-	2
20	Michael Kim	-3	8*	2
T21	Jacob Bridgeman	-2	6	2
T21	Patrick Cantlay	-2	6	2
T21	J.J. Spaun	-2	5	2
T21	Jhonattan Vegas	-2	4	2
T21	Ludvig Åberg	-2	2	2
T21	Ricky Castillo	-2	2*	2
T21	Viktor Hovland	-2	1	2
T28	Patrick Rodgers	-1	8	2
T28	Daniel Berger	-1	7	2
T28	Kurt Kitayama	-1	7*	2
T28	Ryan Gerard	-1	7*	2
T28	Alex Noren	-1	7*	2
T28	Chris Gotterup	-1	5*	2
T28	S.W. Kim	-1	5*	2
T28	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-1	3	2
T28	Matt Wallace	-1	2*	2
T28	Rory McIlroy	-1	1	2
T28	Justin Rose	-1	1	2
T39	Tom Hoge	E	8	2
T39	Gary Woodland	E	6	2
T39	Jordan Spieth	E	6*	2
T39	Andrew Putnam	E	4	2
T39	Max Homa	E	4*	2
T39	Mackenzie Hughes	E	3*	2
T45	Ben Griffin	+1	6	2
T45	Robert MacIntyre	+1	5	2
T45	Sahith Theegala	+1	4*	2
T45	Taylor Pendrith	+1	3*	2
T45	Min Woo Lee	+1	2*	2
T45	Denny McCarthy	+1	2*	2
T45	Andrew Novak	+1	2*	2
T45	Nico Echavarria	+1	1*	2
T45	Brian Campbell	+1	-	2
T45	Bud Cauley	+1	-	2
T55	Sam Burns	+2	6	2
T55	Alex Smalley	+2	3*	2
T55	Ryo Hisatsune	+2	2	2
T55	Pi Coody	+2	2	2
T55	J.T. Poston	+2	-	2
T55	Chandler Blanchet	+2	-	2
T61	Ryan Fox	+3	5*	2
T61	Brian Harman	+3	2	2
T61	Matt Fitzpatrick	+3	1	2
T61	Rickie Fowler	+3	-	2
T65	Jason Day	+4	8*	2
T65	Austin Smotherman	+4	7	2
T65	Hideki Matsuyama	+4	6*	2
T65	Webb Simpson	+4	4	2
T65	Adam Scott	+4	2	2
T65	Maverick McNealy	+4	-	2
71	Sam Stevens	+5	8	2
72	Aldrich Potgieter	+6	4*	2