During a press conference on the eve of his second appearance at the Saudi International, the US Open champion revealed he had “nothing controversial” to say about the prospect of the R&A and USGA introducing equipment changes sometime in the relatively near future.
Justin Thomas is still without an apparel sponsor, Ralph Lauren having parted ways with the World No.3 two weeks ago after he uttered a homophobic slur during the third round of January’s Sentry Tournament of Champions.
At the Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour, that meant a new driver shaft and wedge grind for Adam Scott, a putter switch for Jon Rahm and Lefty doing Lefty things. On the European Tour, Paul Casey had a new driver in the bag for his win in Dubai.
Reed has long been known as one of the tour’s top scramblers, but he put extra pressure on that part of his game this week. And boy, did that touch around the greens come in handy as he notched a ninth PGA Tour title.
You didn’t have to scroll far on any social-media platform to figure out the sentiment towards Patrick Reed and his use of the embedded-ball rule Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Two-time Farmers Insurance champion Jason Day will make his 2021 debut at Torrey Pines with a Frankenstein bag set up and a new swing as he looks to return to the top of the PGA Tour.