Tiger Woods has apologised for a prank involving a feminine hygiene product that he pulled on fellow golfer Justin Thomas during Thursday’s first round of the Genesis Invitational.
Adam Scott leads the Australian tilt at the Genesis Invitational after an opening round 69 left him two under and five shots behind co-leaders, Max Homa and Keith Mitchell (64, seven under).
In his prime, Tiger Woods was expected to win at any course he played on the PGA Tour, particularly any course he’d played more than once. En route to claiming a record-tying 82 tour titles, there were a handful of venues—notably Bay Hill, Firestone and Torrey Pines—where Woods won on several occasions, only fuelling expectations.
Like many golf pros, England’s Aaron Rai grew up a fan of Tiger Woods. It started by watching him play on old VHS video tapes. Then he got to see him in person, at an Open Championship 10 years ago.
Adam Scott loves the game like all of us. But after more than 20 years on the PGA Tour, the 42-year-old’s favourite tournaments to play have shrunken to the four majors, the Players Championship and this week’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera CC in Los Angeles, where he’s won twice.
On a trip last fall to Augusta National Golf Club, Larry Mize played the member tees for just the second time since he stunned Greg Norman in a playoff to win the 1987 Masters Tournament. It was a revelation, of sorts.
Marcus Byrd was like a bunch of other kids who played golf and idolised Tiger Woods in his prime. When the superstar was competing at Congressional Country Club outside Byrd’s hometown of Washington, DC, he attended with his father, decked out in Woods’ signature red and black.
In September, Michael Hopper won the 65th edition of the Southwest Section PGA Championship at Sewailo Golf Club in Tucson, beating Derek Shelburne of Desert Highlands by seven strokes.
In an interview with Golf Digest last year, comedian Nate Bargatze promised he was working some golf into his next comedy special. Turns out, the entire title of it is a not-so-subtle tribute to Tiger Woods.
Major winners Adam Scott and Collin Morikawa are the latest golf stars committed to join Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in playing virtual golf under Monday night lights starting next year.
Australian Golf Digest
