Akshay Bhatia won – or maybe the better word is “survived” – the Valero Texas Open today by beating Denny McCarthy on the first hole of sudden death. And he did it playing injured.
Adam Scott has performed well in his last competitive start before the Masters at Augusta National, registering a tie for 14th at the Valero Texas Open.
In an attempt to get away from a ball quickly, Mr Volunteer, wearing a navy blue bucket hat, took an awkward, yet hilarious fall and created an instant viral moment.
McIlroy swapped his 4-iron, going from TaylorMade’s P760 model to a prototype with a muscle cavity after a visit to TaylorMade’s test centre in Carlsbad, California.
This was Conners’ second PGA Tour victory, and it came in the same place as the first; four years ago, he grabbed his maiden tour win at this same tournament.
When you rank first in strokes gained/approach, strokes gained/tee to green and first in greens in regulation, third in driving accuracy, have the fewest bogeys and are T-1 in birdies, it doesn’t take a maths major to understand you have a good chance to win.
A hot putter wasn’t enough to earn Matt Jones the final place in the field for The Masters as he finished tied for second at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
Andrew Landry had a dream start to his 2017-’18 campaign on the US PGA Tour, collecting three finishes inside the top seven before February and breaking through for his first victory in April at the Valero Texas Open.
Muirfield Village, the site of his first victory in 2014, proved to be the slump buster Matsuyama needed, as he carded a seven-under 65 highlighted by a five-hole stretch of six-under par on his final nine
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