Min Woo Lee leads a seven-strong Australian contingent at the Players Championship having opened the tournament with a four-under-par 68 at TPC Sawgrass.
In the midst of chopping his way to a one-over-par 73 on Thursday in the first round of the Players Championship, Hayden Buckley accomplished a feat never seen before at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass that still gave him reason to smile.
As for the pressure of trying to lock in a second appearance at Augusta National, Lee is not letting himself look beyond the Players and the WGC–Match Play in two weeks times.
Harrison Endycott is a PGA Tour rookie from Sydney playing his first Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Endycott, who graduated from the secondary Korn Ferry Tour courtesy of a win, sat down with our man Evin Priest to chat about life on tour and his excitement to tee up in the PGA Tour’s $25 million flagship event.
Justin Lower has so many stories to tell it’s difficult to pick just one. Some golf fans may recall the awful tragedy the Ohio native experienced as a teenager when he lost his father and brother in a single-car accident.
In the interview area at Bay Hill, Rory McIlroy stood hunched over a small TV that sat on the ground inside a black plastic tub, watching just like so many others along with him, the moment that Kurt Kitayama finally proved himself to the golf world. McIlroy had finished his 72 holes at the Arnold Read more…
Despite being six shots off the lead when making the turn Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Rory McIlroy was in the lead by one shot while standing on Bay Hill’s par-3 14th tee box. He just didn’t know it.
With one hole remaining in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, there were as many as five players who had a chance to claim the title – and the $US3.6 million prizemoney payout – in the PGA Tour’s latest “designated” event.
As far as front nines go for a 54-hole leader, Kurt Kitayama’s was as smooth as they come on Sunday at Bay Hill. Well, at least it was for the front eight.
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