The victory by Phil Mickelson on Sunday at TPC Scottsdale still proves that Lefty is as good as it gets when he turns it on. A brush with a 59 on Thursday, followed by a wire-to-wire victory proved just that.
Mickelson won early in 2012 though as well, and from there went on to have a very mediocre year by his standards. He wasn’t in real contention in the Major championships, and now it is coming up on three years since Mickelson won his last Major championship at the 2012 Masters. Continue reading
Al Geiberger was the first player on the PGA tour to shoot a 59. That came back in 1977 at the Memphis Classic at Colonial Country. Since then, it’s happened just four more times in the history of the sport on the PGA Tour, through the hundreds or thousands, if not, millions of golf rounds that have taken place.
The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass might be the most famous golf hole in the United States, but there is another on the other side of the country that rivals it, and in terms of excitement, knocks it out of the park.
It’s a familiar feeling on the PGA Tour right now. Tiger Woods is at the top of the leaderboard chasing yet another victory. But it’s not simply the fact that Woods is at the top of the lead, it’s the fact that he is dominating the field at Torrey Pines for the Farmers Insurance Open.
Just a week after missing the cut at the HSBC Championship, Tiger Woods came to the Farmers Insurance Open for his 2013 PGA Tour debut. It was an event Woods skipped last season, opting instead to begin at Pebble Beach. But Woods couldn’t stay away from one of his favorite venues on the PGA Tour, in Torry Pines for very long.
Tiger Woods will play with Nick Watney and Rickie Fowler this week for the first two rounds at the Farmers Insurance Open. This will be Woods’ first event on the 2013 PGA Tour. The No.2 ranked golfer in the world did play last week at the HSBC Championship, but missed the cut by one shot.
We all know that the standard a player is measured against are the performances they make in big tournaments. That means Major Championships.
It didn’t take long rookies on the 2013 PGA Tour to make a name for themselves, or perhaps show that experience isn’t always required to win.
The first event of the West-Coast swing gets going on Thursday, with the playing of the Humana Challenge.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have been linked together for years, with McIlroy the new young superstar on the golf scene. The duo has even more in common now though, with McIlroy joining the Nike Golf family this week for an undisclosed amount.