In all, 15 golfers have withdrawn from the Pro-Am.
It’s been a challenging week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the Monterey Peninsula and the leaderboard has been filling up with withdrawals.
Before his Thursday round started, Philip Knowles was the first of 15 WDs of the week. He was replaced in the field by Jonas Blixt.
During the first round, Justin Suh WD’d due to a shoulder injury. Prior to Friday’s second round, Cameron Percy withdrew.
Weather started rolling in Friday and the wind really picked up Saturday. Third round tee times were moved up an hour and the high winds eventually forced the suspension of play, guaranteeing a Monday finish.
Sunday morning, the PGA Tour announced that nine more golfers were calling it a week at Pebble, including two – Will Gordon and Carson Young – who are on the list for the Monday qualifier for the WM Phoenix Open at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale.
Gordon shot a 69 on Pebble Beach Golf Links on Thursday despite a triple-bogey 8 on the 18th hole. He was 4 over through 15 in the third round. Young shot 69-77 and was 2 over with four holes to go in his third round before calling it.
In all, 15 golfers have withdrawn from the Pro-Am.
During the third round of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, there was plenty of action, including a pair of aces and another near one on a par 4. Last week’s winner made a big jump on the leaderboard. However, the name at the top remains the same as it was when play began Saturday.
Collin Morikawa, who admitted before the tournament he’s trying to find his form, had his second straight round in red figures, and the first putting coach of his career may be to thank.
Here are some takeaways from the third round at El Cameleon Golf Course at Mayakoba in Mexico.
“For Will (Gordon), the biggest thing was for him to understand how good he truly is.”
On Wednesday night, on the eve of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Scottie Scheffler took part in a cooking class at the Fairmont Mayakoba in Riviera Maya, Mexico, host of the tournament. How is Scheffler, the reigning Masters and PGA Tour Player of the Year, in the kitchen?
“I mean, I get by,” he said. “Last night was fun having them show us what to do. Yeah, it was definitely a lot of fun.”
Scheffler’s game was cooking on Thursday morning at El Camaleón Golf Course as he carded a bogey-free 6-under 65, his lowest opening round score to par on Tour this year and three strokes off the lead set by Will Gordon in the first round.
“I think when you’re hitting the ball well here, you’re going to get a ton of looks,” said Scheffler, who enjoyed a bunch of tap-in birdies. “No. 9 may have been the longest birdie putt I made today and it was like seven feet.”
Scheffler’s 30-week reign at World No. 1 ended two weeks ago when Rory McIlroy won the CJ Cup in South Carolina, but a victory or solo second would lift him back to the top spot. Scheffler’s sizzling start was matched by Norway’s Viktor Hovland, who played in the same threesome and is striving for his own unique measure of achievement this week.
Hovland is the two-time defending champion of the event and seeking to become just the fourth player to win the same tournament three consecutive years in the last 30 years on the PGA Tour. Hovland started slowly, mixing two birdies and two bogeys on his first nine holes, before coming alive.
“I just kept telling myself that I’m playing well,” he said. “I was a little frustrated being only even par after that front nine making really nice birdies, but bogeying 13, that’s usually – I mean, that’s two shots right there. Then hit it in the water on 17 as well and that just shouldn’t happen. So I gave away a few shots on that side, but really happy on the back there.”
Hovland carded four birdies and holed a bunker shot for eagle at the par-5 seventh hole to post 65, two strokes better than his opening-round performance on his way to his two victories in the Yucatan Peninsula.
“So even improved on that,” said Hovland, who is 49 under in his last nine rounds at El Camaleón.
It was a day to go low or be left in the dust. Over an inch of rain fell on Wednesday, leaving the course soft and meant the Tour implemented preferred lies. The big guns weren’t the only ones who took advantage. Second-year Tour pro Will Gordon, the 2019 SEC Player of the Year out of Vanderbilt and a first-team All-American, birdied the first four holes on the back nine en route to shooting 9-under 62. Gordon turned pro the same year as Hovland and Scheffler but is still searching for his first Tour title.
Will Gordon of United States plays his shot from the 14th tee during the first round of the World Wide Technology Championship at Club de Gold El Camaleon at on November 03, 2022 in Playa del Carmen. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
He earned his Tour card for the 2020-21 season but finished 159th in the FedEx Cup standings and needed another year of seasoning on the Korn Ferry Tour. Last season, the 26-year-old notched his first professional victory at the Albertson Boise Open to return to the big leagues.
“For Will, the biggest thing was for him to understand how good he truly is,” said Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio’s John Rollins. “I think he’s finally starting to figure that out and kind of get his feet underneath of him. Expect some good things out of Will Gordon this season.”
So far, so good. He’s made the cut in all four of his starts this season and played the weekend at nine straight tournaments in all. Gordon’s prodigious length off the tee and a dialed in putter – he took just 25 putts – were a winning combination in the first round.
“I don’t know what the rest of the week holds, nothing’s promised and nothing’s given, so I’ve just got to continue to try to go out and earn it,” he said.
There are nine players within a shot of the lead after the first round of the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson. Davis Riley, from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Will Gordon lead at 6 under, but there are seven golfers who are tied for third a shot behind.
Will Gordon earned more than a tournament win at the 2022 Alberton’s Boise Open.
Will Gordon parred the first playoff hole while Philip Knowles and Will Daffue each double-bogeyed it, allowing Gordon to escape with the title at the Albertson’s Boise Open, the first leg of the three-tournament Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Gordon also locked up his PGA Tour card for the 2022-23 season.
Gordon and Erik Barnes each fired final-round 63s on Sunday, the best scores of the day. Gordon punctuated his 63 with birdies on Nos. 12-16. He parred the last two to make it into the playoff.
Knowles had the round of the week, a 10-under 61 on Thursday, doing so with two eagles, eight birdies and two bogeys. He followed that up with a 64 on Friday and after his 68 on Saturday, he led by two and was threatening to go wire-to-wire but couldn’t quite get it going on Sunday, closing with a final-round 1-under 70. On 18, he had two putts to win but needed three to find the hole.
There have still been no wire-to-wire winners on the Korn Ferry Tour this season. Despite coming up short in the playoff, Knowles secured his PGA Tour card for next season. He came into the event needed a solo fifth or better and got a tie for second to seal the deal.
Up next
The Boise Open is the first of three Korn Ferry Tour Finals events in 2022. Next week, it’s the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship at the Ohio State University Scarlet Course in Columbus. The season finale is the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, Sept. 1-4, at Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, Indiana.
At the conclusion of the KFT Championship, 25 players will have earned their 2022-23 PGA Tour cards.
Two golfers withdrew from the Valspar Championship on Monday after testing positive for COVID-19.
Two golfers withdrew from the Valspar Championship on Monday after testing positive for COVID-19.
The PGA Tour announced that Will Gordon and Brice Garnett both tested positive. Gordon is being replaced in the field by J.J. Spaun, while Tim Wilkinson gets Garnett’s spot.
It’s been several days of comings and goings for the event at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort, home of the Snake Pit, a brutal three-hole finishing stretch.
Earlier on Monday, Cameron Champ and Steve Stricker withdrew. Sebastian Cappelen gets Champ’s spot, while Ryan Brehm will replace Stricker.
Brehm was earlier bumped out of the field by Peter Uihlein, who, based on his third-place finish at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, earned a spot in Tampa. Uihlein is still fresh off his win in the Korn Ferry Tour event in Las Vegas eight days ago.
According to @RobBoltonGolf, Brehm can’t be bounced again, so he’s in locked in the field.
Also, three days ago, the tournament got word that Phil Mickelson will play at Innisbrook for the first time in 17 years.
Paul Casey is the two-time defending champion and he’s back looking for a three-peat. The PGA Tour says that since World War II, only 10 golfers have won an event three times in a row.
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson and No. 2 Justin Thomas are also in the field.
The tournament was canceled in 2020 due to COVID precautions. Tournament organizers will allow fans in at 20 percent of normal capacity.
The 2021 Farmers Insurance Open will continue on Sunday afternoon from Torrey Pines Golf Course, stream all the action live right here.
The PGA Tour is back for its 2021 season with its first tournament, the Farmers Insurance Open with the final round taking place on Sunday afternoon from Torrey Pines.
Patrick Reed and Carlos Ortiz are currently tied for first place with five players right behind them tied for third. At this point in the tournament, anybody can win with a big day on Sunday.
This should be a fantastic Sunday of golf, follow the leaderboard today as there will be plenty of movement, and here’s what you need to know to watch the first round this afternoon.
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The PGA Tour is back for its 2021 season with the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Thursday.
The PGA Tour is back for its 2021 season with the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Thursday.
Unfortunately, we won’t see Tiger Woods or the top-ranked player, 2020 Masters champion Dustin Johnson, as they both decided to sit out this tournament. This will be an opportunity for Jon Rahm to make a run but will face the toughest field yet including Rory, Phil, Xander, Bubba, Rickie, and more.
You can catch all the PGA Tour action this weekend, we’ll keep the leaderboard updated, and here’s what you need to know to watch the first round this afternoon.
12:00 p.m. – Kyle Stanley, Rory Sabbatini, Kelly Kraft
12:10 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Lucas Glover, Joel Dahmen
12:20 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Ted Potter, Jr., Jason Dufner
12:30 p.m. – Corey Conners, Martin Trainer, Troy Merritt
12:40 p.m. – Richy Werenski, Sung Kang, Francesco Molinari
12:50 p.m. – Danny Lee, Byeong Hun An, Harold Varner III
1:00 p.m. – Tyler McCumber, Ryan Brehm, Willie Mack III
1:10 p.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Matt Every, Chesson Hadley
1:20 p.m. – Brian Stuard, Cameron Tringale, Scott Harrington
1:30 p.m. – Jon Rahm, Marc Leishman, Jason Day
1:40 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Matthew Wolff
1:50 p.m. – Charl Schwartzel, Camilo Villegas, Cameron Percy
2:00 p.m. – Mark Anderson, Kramer Hickok, Tyler Strafaci
Torrey Pines GC (South) Tee No. 10
12:00 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, John Huh, Maverick McNealy
12:10 p.m. – Jamie Lovemark, J.J. Spaun, Robby Shelton
12:20 p.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Pat Perez, Tony Finau
12:30 p.m. – Harris English, Ryan Palmer, J.B. Holmes
12:40 p.m. – Max Homa, Keith Mitchell, Steve Stricker
12:50 p.m. – Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Norlander, Doc Redman
1:00 p.m. – Chase Seiffert, Michael Gligic, Tain Lee
1:10 p.m. – Matt Jones, Sam Ryder, Adam Schenk
1:20 p.m. – Hunter Mahan, Harry Higgs, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
1:30 p.m. – Charles Howell III, Scott Piercy, Satoshi Kodaira
1:40 p.m. – Carlos Ortiz, Tyler Duncan, Hideki Matsuyama
1:50 p.m. – Adam Hadwin, Erik van Rooyen, Bo Hoag
2:00 p.m. – Doug Ghim, Nelson Ledesma, Kyle Mendoza
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Gordon finished T-3 at the Travelers Championship to earn special temporary membership and is positioned to earn privileges for 2020-21.
After Will Gordon opened with a 68 at the Travelers Championship last week, he texted his Vanderbilt coach Scott Limbaugh this simple message: “I’m trending.”
Indeed, he was. The 23-year-old Gordon, the 2019 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, made the most of a special invite and followed with a 62 on Friday en route to a career-best T-3 finish that earned him special temporary membership for the remainder of the PGA Tour season.
That’s a big deal for Gordon, who had already earned enough FedEx Cup points to qualify for the Korn Ferry Finals only to see those events postponed until next year.
Gordon was overshadowed by his graduating class’s Big 3 of Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Matthew Wolff. While they were making noise on Tour last summer, Gordon made nine starts on Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada, making eight cuts and earning two top-10 finishes to end the season No. 21 on the Order of Merit. Then he flunked out of the second stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School. A return to Canada appeared to be his best option until the season north of the border was canceled due to the global pandemic.
Gordon has made seven starts on the PGA Tour this season, and can receive unlimited sponsor exemptions for the rest of the season – he said he’s got one secured for the Wyndham Championship and is waiting on others. To earn full status for the 2020-21 season, Gordon must earn as many or more points through the non-member FedExCup points list as No. 125 on the 2019-20 season FedExCup standings. Gordon currently has 296 points, which would fall between Nos. 78 and 79 in the current FedExCup standings. (No. 125 currently has 191 points.)
A Sunday 64 for Will Gordon.
Why does it mean so much?
With a T3 finish @TravelersChamp, the 23-year-old earns enough non-member #FedExCup points to secure Special Temporary Membership and unlimited sponsor exemptions for the rest of the season. pic.twitter.com/5LJbIruY5A
Gordon had three invites into tournaments canceled by COVID-19. But Limbaugh said that when he visited Nashville during quarantine he never had a woe-is-me attitude. Gordon spent most of his time in Charlotte and played in regular money games with the likes of Webb Simpson and Harold Varner III. Gordon is a bomber, but he learned a great deal playing alongside Simpson, who is known for shaping the ball and suggested they play some holes from the member’s tees, taking driver out of Gordon’s hands. As part of his effort to become a more complete player, Gordon began working with Sea Island Resort instructor Justin Parsons, and the mentorship of Simpson and Patton Kizzire bolstered his confidence.
“It just furthers my belief in myself that I can hang with those guys,” Gordon said.
Gordon has displayed his power game, routinely ranking in the top-5 in driving distance, and posted four top-25 finishes in his last five starts, but it was his putter that did the most damage at TPC River Highlands.
“The overlooked aspect of his game is his putter,” Limbaugh said. “The dude hoops with his putter.”
All Gordon wanted was a chance to compete and he capitalized on his opportunity at the Travelers. On his 10-hour drive from Hartford to Detroit for this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, Gordon FaceTimed his coach (while his caddie drove) and opened by saying, “Thank you.”
“You don’t get a ton of those moments as a coach,” Limbaugh said, “but you could just tell that it was starting to hit him that he’s got a really good chance to be a PGA Tour member now.”
