In team golf, the short game usually plays a huge role in either establishing or keeping momentum and that held true for Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy in winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Ruffels sat down to discuss team golf, his relationship with Jason Day and how he assesses his team’s chances in the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana this week.
CBS TV analyst Dottie Pepper is one of the more outspoken, opinionated voices in the sport. She doesn’t suffer fools, and her assertive tone is a welcomed cadence in the chummy landscape of golf media. It’s also a spirit that some construe as abrasive, a sentiment she occasionally brings on herself. Which brings us to this peculiar news item.
A routine four-footer did it, the kind of putt Charlie Wi had sized up thousands of times and regularly converted without much fuss in his 20-plus years in professional golf. But he missed it this time, and as the ball broke away from the hole, something broke inside him.
Interestingly, Smith uses a full set (3- through 9-iron) of Titleist’s T-MB iron (shown), a club only available in full sets to the masses via special order.