Woods hit the course around 7AM for Wednesday’s Pro-Am, along with Los Angeles Clippers player and Wake Forest Alum Chris Paul.
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Won here in 2007 and has another 3 top 10 finishes.
Hurley, 33, is at No. 131 on the points list and is only here this week because he’s trying to secure his PGA Tour card for next year. “If I don’t win this event I’ll have my offseason early“.
“It’s going to be the last counting event for Ryder Cup points next year which is obviously a worthy stature”, Clarke said. Unfortunately, he has been unable to string together four solid starts in a row. Tiger will be pleased there are no more majors for eight months so that he can work on his game in regular tournaments. After a third missed cut on the spin at a major this season – on this occasion by four strokes after a second- round 73 – there is only futility in that.
Els may be well past his prime, but he’ll still have a chance at the FedExCup with a big weekend.
He had missed the cut in three straight majors and had not finished better than a tie for 17th at the Masters.
Thomas made his Tour debut as an amateur here in 2009.
The cast of characters in this week’s drama are a different group than last week since numerous top names will be resting this week between the PGA Championship last week and the FedEx Cup which tees off next week at The Barclays. It was his best round since 2013. Sandwiched between the Greenbrier and National, though, was the missed cut at the British Open.
McNealy wins opening match: Stanford junior Maverick McNealy, the second-ranked amateur in the world, advanced at the U.S. Amateur Championship with a 1-up victory over Canadian Austin Connelly at Olympia Fields CC near Chicago.
Hoge, playing in the day’s final grouping, made a late charge up the leaderboard, closing his round with a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th.
On his first day at the Wyndham Championship, his score finally did. Would not be surprising for him to win but at the very least, this writer would expect him to be a lock for a top 25 finish. Not only is Tiger playing in an event he has bypassed for several years, but now it actually means something.
He wasn’t planning on being home this early, though it wasn’t a surprise considering how his season has gone. If Tiger played first, the crowd was gone and racing ahead to the next tee box or green.
The Wyndham Championship will serve as a much needed breather for the golfing world.
But then Woods was put on the spot over competing in Greensboro, and whether it could be the end of his season, even though he will surely again host December’s non-PGA Tour Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
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If he fails to make The Barclays field he would likely have to wait seven weeks for the 2015-16 season to start at the Frys.com Open from October. 15-18, though he may opt to play overseas.
