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Quick Hits with Keith Mitchell: Best shot ever isn’t his putt to win Honda Classic

A winner on the PGA Tour, Keith Mitchell dishes on what he’d do if he wasn’t a professional golfer, his best shot and much more.

If you made a 15-footer for birdie on the final hole of a tournament to win your first professional event, chances are that putt would be your best shot ever, right?

For most the answer is a resounding yes. But not for Keith Mitchell.

The Georgia grad avoided a playoff with Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka to earn his first PGA Tour win at the 2019 Honda Classic with a 15-foot birdie putt. According to Mitchell, his best shot was actually three holes earlier, a 9-iron to the par-3 15th green that landed just a few feet away for an easy birdie.

For more on the shot, his favorite club in the bag and what he’d be doing if he wasn’t a pro golfer, check out the latest edition of Quick Hits.

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Quick Hits with Lanto Griffin: PGA Tour pro is superstitious about golf balls and shoes

PGA Tour pro Lanto Griffin is superstitious on the course when it comes to golf balls and shoes. He explains in Quick Hits.

Lanto Griffin is superstitious when it comes to golf balls.

The 31-year-old pro recently took No. 5 golf balls out of his rotation and it’s paid off. Here’s why.

“I’m superstitious in the fact that if a golf ball number, if it’s working for me, I run with it,” Griffin said in the latest edition of Quick Hits. “So fives and sevens lasted for a while this year and then I ran out of sevens so I had to use a six. I think I wasn’t playing that great so I threw some sixes in and I think I shot 5 or 6 under so then now the last two weeks I’ve been using No. 6 ball instead of No. 5. So five came out of the rotation.”

But it’s not just golf balls.

Griffin, who won his first PGA Tour event at the Houston Open in October, is also superstitious about shoes.

“If I play well with a certain type of shoe, I’ll run with it for a while and if I have a couple bad rounds, they come out immediately and I’ll have a new style.”

In the latest edition of Quick Hits, Griffin also reveals what he’d be doing if he wasn’t a professional golfer and his favorite club in his bag.

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Quick Hits with Keegan Bradley: Best piece of golf advice was from his dad

If you’re a professional golfer, you’ve received some pretty good golf advice over the years. Four-time PGA Tour winner Keegan Bradley shared with Golfweek the best piece of golf advice he’s received is from his dad. “My dad used to always tell me …

If you’re a professional golfer, you’ve received some pretty good golf advice over the years.

Four-time PGA Tour winner Keegan Bradley shared with Golfweek the best piece of golf advice he’s received is from his dad.

“My dad used to always tell me to hit us hard as I could,” Bradley said on the latest edition of Quick Hits With.

Bradley, 33, competed in 12 events this season before the 2020 Tour season was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Bradley was cut in two of his last four events. His highest finish this season was T-12 Sony Open in Hawaii in January.

Bradley, who last won on Tour at the 2018 BMW Championship, also shared with Golfweek what his favorite on course snack is and what he’d be doing if he wasn’t a professional golfer.

Check out this edition of Quick Hits.

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Quick Hits with Rory Sabbatini: Best shot ever was an ace at Augusta

Veteran PGA Tour pro talks about the best shot of his career and says it didn’t come in a tournament, but rather in the Par 3 Contest.

A year ago, Rory Sabbatini posted a T-5 finish in the AT&T Byron Nelson, a tournament that originally was on the PGA Tour calendar for this week. The coronavirus pandemic obviously changed those plans.

That T-5 was one of his five top-ten finishes over the last two seasons. Sabbatini did also team up with Kevin Tway to win the QBE Shootout, an unofficial event, in December.

Born in South Africa, he played his college golf at the University of Arizona and turned pro in 1999. He’s won six PGA Tour events and over the course of his pro career, Sabbatini has won more than $34 million in on-course earnings.

When asked about his best shot ever, Sabbatini says it was a hole-in-one, the first one ever got, in the Masters Par 3 contest. It’s one of 94 all-time aces in the Par 3 contest.

Check out this edition of Quick Hits.

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Quick Hits with Kevin Kisner: Favorite golf club is the ‘money maker’

PGA Tour veteran Kevin Kisner says his favorite club in the bag is the putter. “The money maker,” he calls it.

Kevin Kisner is currently 82nd in Shots Gained: Putting on the currently halted PGA Tour season.

But no matter. Kisner says his favorite club in the bag is the putter.

“The money maker,” he calls it.

When asked, Kisner, without hesitation, says the one golf course he’d play if he could only play one for the rest of his life would be the Palmetto Golf Club in his hometown of Aiken, South Carolina.

As for his profession if he wasn’t a pro golfer: “I’d be working outside on something.”

And his favorite vacation spot?

“When someone can wait on me so I don’t have to do anything,” Kisner says.

Watch this video to see this edition of Quick Hits.

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Quick Hits with Gary Woodland: The Tour star reveals his favorite non-major and why

Gary Woodland joins Golfweek’s series “Quick Hits With” to discuss his favorite club and tournament and what he’d do if he wasn’t a golfer.

There are a few special PGA Tour events outside of major tournaments.

Gary Woodland’s favorite non-major is the Memorial Tournament because it’s hosted by someone who thinks like a player.

“Jack (Nicklaus) treats us so good and obviously he gets it from a player standpoint (and) the golf course is awesome,” Woodland told Golfweek on the latest edition of Quick Hits With.

A four-time Tour winner and reigning U.S. Open champion, Woodland also revealed his favorite club in his back is the 8-iron because he uses it the most. He even said it’s the only club he hits twice when he warms up.

This season, Woodland had four top-10 finishes including a T-3 at the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges before the season was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Woodland, No. 18 in the Official World Golf Ranking, also talked superstitions, what he’d be doing if he wasn’t playing golf, which course he would play for the rest of his life if he had to pick one and the weirdest thing in his golf bag.

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Quick hits with Kevin Na: Playing with idol Tiger Woods is the best

The four-time PGA Tour winner talks about how he could work in sales if he wasn’t making a comfortable living in his current vocation.

Kevin Na lets his putter do most of the talking on the golf course, but when he’s away from the links he’s pretty sure he can talk you into spending money you shouldn’t spend.

That’s just one of the funny notes Na serves up in our most recent edition of Quick Hits.

The four-time PGA Tour winner talks about how he could easily work in sales if he wasn’t making a comfortable living in his current vocation.

“If I wasn’t a golfer, I think my occupation would be a salesman,” Na said. “Because I think I can sell you something that you don’t need.”

Na’s first win came in Nevada back in 2011, when he captured the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open title by two strokes. Coincidentally, Na lives with his family in Las Vegas and talks about it being one of his favorite places. And he talks about his favorite player to play with, which comes as no great surprise.

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Quick hits with Adam Scott: Le golf à Paris est magnifique, and more

In answering a series of quick-hitting questions from Golfweek, Scott revealed his favorite course and playing partner.

He’s been tagged The Big Queenslander, so who does Adam Scott prefer to play a round with? The Big Easy, of course!

“My favorite player to play with on tour is Ernie Els,” said Scott, who hails from Australia. “Because I like watching his rhythm.”

That’s just one of the tidbits Scott drops during this edition of Quick Hits, as the former No. 1 player dishes on topics like his favorite shot, his favorite club and even his favorite course — which might not be on the continent you think it is.

Scott, who ranks No. 6 on the all-time money list in PGA Tour history, has amassed over $55 million in career earnings.

He’s posted a total of 31 professional wins, including 14 on the PGA Tour. Of course, his brightest moment came while winning the 2013 Masters, a moment he touches on during this segment.

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Quick hits with Cameron Champ: Best advice (and best snacks) according to a young pro

In answering a series of quick-hitting questions from Golfweek, Champ revealed everything from superstitions to advice to favorite snacks.

No one will be surprised that Cameron Champ’s favorite club in the bag is driver (after all, he did lead the Tour in driving distance in 2019). Champ, at age 24, has already won two PGA Tour titles and his big drives bring him plenty of attention.

In answering a series of quick-hitting questions from Golfweek, Champ revealed he has benefited from the tutelage of another long hitter on Tour, Bubba Watson.

“He took me under his wing a little bit,” Champ said in naming Watson as one of his favorite Tour players to be paired with.

What else did we learn about Champ? He’s big on snacks (particularly a certain kind of protein ball that one physio in particular tends to keep on hand), is superstitious about his golf ball number and will always remember a very clutch hooded 6-iron he hit to seal his 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship title.

Check out what else he had to offer.

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Quick hits with Davis Love III: Why a 4 iron and a 1964 penny mean so much

Golfweek’s Steve DiMeglio catches up with Davis Love III, whose best shot came off his 4 iron and a 1964 penny “is crucial to my game.”

Davis Love III is 14th on the all-time money list in PGA Tour history, with close to $45 million in career earnings.

He has 21 career Tour victories, most recently the 2015 Wyndham Championship.

Love was hired by CBS last fall for a full-time analyst gig, but he’s not closing the door on playing because he views his interactions and insights into players as his “advantage” over others.

“It helps me when I play with them and I know the caddies and am not just a guy standing on the range,” Love said.

In this edition of Quick Hits, Love talks about what he’d be doing if he weren’t a golfer, what his favorite tournament is (no surprise there), what his best shot ever was and what items he’s superstitious about.

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