No, he wasn’t close to the first-round lead shared by Retief Goosen and Ryo Ishikawa at 8-under. This year, the Quicken Loans National moves to Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, a course he’s never seen. Presidents Cup veterans Ernie Els and Justin Leonard were one shot back, along with Kevin Chappell.
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If it is, he’ll go back home to Florida and keep plugging away, noise and all.
“I’m lucky to be out here”, Goosen said. Just three others from the world’s top 50 are playing, leaving the Quicken Loans National with the second-weakest field among stand-alone PGA Tour events this season. It was so bad that one of his ex-coaches, Hank Haney, speculated that Woods had the yips.
Q. I know you’ve had a chance to play Baltusrol.
Woods is the host and a two-time victor of the Quicken Loans National, which is being played at RTJ for the first time.
It wasn’t the only hole-in-one hit Thursday.
Woods, the tournament host, birdied six of his last 13 holes to rocket into contention with an eight-under total of 134, his final birdie of the day coming at the par-five eighth where he drained a 35-footer before celebrating in roundhouse style.
“Last one was my first PGA Tour start as a pro at the Frys[.com Open in 2009]”. “They’re worth waiting for”.
Fowler said his putter went cold after his victory at the Scottish Open, and on Thursday he missed four birdie putts from inside 15 feet in a five-hole stretch. He said Tuesday that he doesnt feel a huge sense of urgency because he hasnt played much competitive golf, something caddie Joe LaCava is always reminding him.
Plus, the Mid-Atlantic region in the summer brings out some of Roses best golf. “We played some more up tees back then, but the game has changed the past 10 years”. Tiger is global, and I don’t think anyone is global like Tiger. “He had microscopic surgery”.
Despite the search for rhythm and form, Woods retains faith in his swing consultant Chris Como, who the American golfer started working with at the end of 2014. It’s a gorgeous golf course; it’s really pretty with some of those holes on Lake Manassas.
Fowler found the pin on the par-three 200-yard ninth with his tee shot, ending his round with a flourish.
However, he was bogey-free the rest of his round at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club and made six birdies.
That had a different meaning when it first began, when the player/host was at the top of his sport, a legitimate threat to win said tournament every time he stepped on the course.
Schedule released: The PGA Tour released its 2015-16 schedule, which included several changes because of golf’s return to the Olympics next August in Rio de Janeiro.
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Justin Rose, the defending champion, has been on the cusp of winning a couple of times this year, including at the Masters and the Memorial Tournament. “If you hit poor iron shots, you’re going to have a lot of tough two-putts up and over ridges”.
