Rickie Fowler snapped a winless streak dating back to the European Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship 13 months ago to claim the Honda Classic in Florida.
If you polled casual golf fans, “What is the toughest stretch in golf?” a handful of responses would be universal. Amen Corner. The closing three holes at TPC Sawgrass. The Cliffs of Doom at Pebble Beach. All valid answers. Yet, a formidable group often lost in the bunch is PGA National Golf Club’s “Bear Trap”.
Hurricane Junior Golf Tour has grown tremendously in its first decade of existence. And adding two of the biggest names on the planet as backers certainly won’t hurt that development.
Jordan Spieth had an unusual partner for yesterday’s pro-am at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He’s the owner of a record 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them made of gold.
Gifted Spaniard Jon Rahm signed off on his first US PGA Tour victory in commanding fashion, holing a 60-foot eagle putt on the 72nd green to win the Farmers Insurance Open by three strokes.