News: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
March 19 2012
2:14 pm
Matchups Game set for Bay Hill
The pairings have been unveiled for this week’s PGA TOUR Matchups Game on Facebook. You can check out the Matchups for the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard below, or on the PGA TOUR’s Facebook page.
Participants have until 6 a.m. ET Thursday to make their picks. Log on to the PGA TOUR Facebook page and click the Matchups link to make your picks for this week, or to sign up.
GO TO FACEBOOK PAGE TO PLAY MATCHUPS GAME
| Phil Mickelson vs. Sergio Garcia | Mickelson won THE PLAYERS in 2007; Garcia won it the next year |
| Bill Haas vs. Jim Furyk | Furyk won the FedExCup in 2010; Haas won it the next year |
| J.B. Holmes vs. Jeff Overton | It’s the Kentucky Wildcats (Holmes) vs. Indiana Hoosiers |
| Justin Rose vs. Hunter Mahan | The two most recent winners of a World Golf Championship |
| Bubba Watson vs. Graeme McDowell | Tavistock participants will do battle twice this week in Orlando |
Round 1: Transitions Championship
March 15 2012
11:00 am
Watch: Early highlights, Transitions
Maggert birdies No. 1
Jeff Maggert chips it tight on the par-5 first hole to set up an opening birdie.
Overton birdies No. 1
Jeff Overton chips to 5 feet and makes the putt for a birdie on No. 1.
Round 1: Puerto Rico Open
March 8 2012
3:22 pm
Overton on eagles, Colts and QBs
By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM
After making the turn at Trump International in 1 over, Jeff Overton was just trying hang on — and hang in.
Turns out, he did both on a windy Thursday morning in Puerto Rico. Overton played the front nine, his second of the day, in 5 under, on the way to a 68 that left him one stroke behind the early leader, Ben Curtis.
Overton showed a flair for the dramatic on his final hole, the par-4 ninth, where he holed a 7-iron from 146 yards for eagle.
"(The) wind was howling off the right, and I started 25 yards right of the hole, and I hit a draw and I thinned it just a little bit which kept the ball down, otherwise I think the ball would have over-hooked and went in the bunker," Overton reported. "I really was just hoping it was going to be somewhat close, and the thing came down and just one‑hopper in the hole.
"I didn’t know it went in, because you couldn’t see it. Once I find out it was in, it was pretty exciting."
Overton, who was born and still lives in Indiana, wasn’t as excited by Wednesday’s official parting of the ways between Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.
"I understand both sides," Overton said. "It’s one of those things, it’s like Tiger Woods with the game of golf. I mean, people are like, holy cow, how does he make $100,000,000 a few years ago? Well, if you seen him every time you come out to the golf course, look at the crowds when he’s not there, and look at the crowds when he’s there, and last week, I don’t think I’ve seen that many people out on a course like that.
"You can’t put a price tag on greatness, and when you have perhaps the greatest quarterback of all time, and this injury could keep him from going down as that. It’s hard to justify not paying him the money that you know he probably deserves, but at the same time, you know, you’re trying to rebuild a program and you have no idea if the guy is going to be able to produce like he did.
"… We wish him the best and I just hope that the injury doesn’t affect the rest of his career, because he’s an awesome player and it … would be great to see him go off and do well somewhere else."
Round 2: Waste Management Phoenix Open
February 3 2012
3:45 pm
Overton withdraws with wrist injury
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jeff Overton has withdrawn from the Waste Management Phoenix Open with a lingering injury to his left wrist.
Overton had opened with a solid 67 on Thursday. But things headed south early during his second round when he made five bogeys on the front nine to turn in 40.
Overton made another bogey on the 11th hole and his only birdie at No. 17. He hooked his tee shot in the water on the 18th hole and did not finish the round. He walking in with his group and told tournament officials he was withdrawing.
“Tweaked my wrist yesterday on the firm turf,” Overton said in a text to his publicist. “It bothered me the last eight holes yesterday and I hoped it would be better today. Tried to tough it out as long as I could but kept getting sharp shooting pains as I’d start my downswing.”
News: Top 100 in 2012
December 9 2011
2:00 pm
Player Nos. 81-90 unveiled
Three players who won PGA TOUR events in 2011 are among the names ranked No. 81-90 that were unveiled Friday on PGATOUR.COM’s Top 100 Players to Watch in 2012.
Scott Piercy (Reno-Tahoe Open), Chris Kirk (Viking Classic) and Harrison Frazar (FedEx St. Jude Classic) each won for the first time on TOUR in 2011.
Below is a link to each of the 10 players who were revealed on Friday. PGATOUR.COM will countdown the players for the rest of December, with No. 1 unveiled on Dec. 30.
Be sure to check out this year’s new addition of the Three Wise Men – Chris DiMarco, Arron Oberholser and Craig Perks, who offer their takes on each of the players on the list .
Let’s us know how you think these players will perform in 2012 and whether we ranked ‘em too high, too low or just right.
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE ARCHIVE PAGE/SCHEDULE FOR THE TOP 100 PLAYERS TO WATCH IN 2012
News: Equipment notes
November 2 2011
2:43 pm
Belly putter key to The 25 for Anderson
By John Schwarb, PGATOUR.COM
In the year of the long putters, here’s one last success story – one that literally changed a career.
Mark Anderson, a second-year Nationwide Tour player, earned his 2012 PGA TOUR card last weekend at the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island. He finished 22nd on the money list, with nearly half of his $188,550 earned in the final three events.
Just at the time he put a Titleist Kombi belly putter in the bag.
“It’s changed my life, basically,” Anderson explained in a video on the Titleist Tour blog.
Anderson finished second at the Miccosukee Championship, T7 at the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open presented by Planters and T29 at the season finale.
“I put it in one week, felt a little awkward with it, but I putted great. I’m still in kind of the finicky, playing with it mode, trying to figure it out. But the putter’s great.”
Sounds like it will be going to the TOUR along with Anderson.
WINNING GAMBLE: Ken Duke won the Nationwide Tour Championship, sending him back to the TOUR for the fifth time in his long career.
The 42-year-old had a Never Compromise Limited Edition Black Gambler Royal in his bag (at right), part of a limited edition of 500. The distinctive theme is executed with playing-card suits on the hosel and bottom of the putter.
SURGING: Jeff Overton put Cleveland’s 588 MB irons in play for The McGladrey Classic, where he finished T6. Then, playing as a last-minute replacement for David Duval, he finished runner-up at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic.
WINNER’S BAG: Bo Van Pelt at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic:
Driver: Titleist 909D2 8.5º (Mitsubishi Fubuki 73 shaft)
3-wood: Titleist 910Fd 13.5º (Mitsubishi Diamana Prototype 80 shaft)
Hybrid: Titleist 910H 17º (UST Proforce V2 104 shaft)
Irons: Titleist CB 4-iron; MB 5-P (Nippon NS Pro shaft)
Wedges: Vokey Design Spin Milled (52, 56, 60 degrees)
Putter: TaylorMade Corza Ghost
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Round 4: CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia
October 30 2011
4:10 am
Van Pelt wins in Malaysia
Bo Van Pelt saved his best for last at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic.
The Richmond, Ind. native out-dueled fellow Hoosier Jeff Overton in the final pairing for a six-shot victory Sunday.
Van Pelt’s 64 was his second 7-under round of the week, but his first bogey-free mark. The 36-year-old played his last 34 holes at The MINES Resort in 13 under, reaching a tournament-record 23-under count for the week.
Overton, the 2005 Big 10 champion while playing at the University of Indiana, had three bogeys in a 2-under 69 that left him six shots behind Van Pelt.
2:51 am
Update: Van Pelt pulling away
Bo Van Pelt has reached 20 under at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic and is now five shots clear of his nearest competitors.
Van Pelt is 4 under through 13 holes in his final round, increasing his lead over the other half of the day’s final pairing, Jeff Overton, and Cameron Tringale, who is in the clubhouse at 15 under following today’s 7-under 64.
1:50 am
Mid-round update: Van Pelt still ahead
Bo Van Pelt, the 54-hole leader, has been steady thus far in the final round of the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic. He carded two birdies and seven pars on the front nine Sunday. At 18 under, he leads fellow-Hoosier Jeff Overton by two shots.
There are birdies out there at The MINES Resort as three players have already carded 6-under 65s. Cameron Tringale could be the next to reach 6 under. He has eight birdies through 14 holes and is 5 under for his round. That makes him 13 under for the week, tied for third with Camilo Villegas and Ryan Palmer.
Round 3: CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia
October 29 2011
4:31 am
Van Pelt leads after 54 holes
It’s going to be a very Hoosier final pairing Sunday in Malaysia.
Bo Van Pelt birdied holes 15, 16 and 17 Saturday at The MINES Resort to take a one-shot lead over another Indiana native, Jeff Overton, after 54 holes at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic.
Van Pelt’s 4-under 67 was his highest score of the week but was enough to leapfrog Overton (69) and leave him 18 holes away from his first victory since 2009.
After bogeying his first two holes Saturday, Van Pelt got back to even before the turn. He added a birdie on No. 12 before his trio of late birdies put him ahead by two shots. Overton got his first closing birdie of the week to narrow the deficit to one shot at day’s end.
“I’ve been in this position before and I’ve been playing this game a long time, and I just didn’t make that big a deal about (the early bogeys),” Van Pelt said. “I knew there was a lot of golf left. I made two good swings on 3 and made an easy birdie there and just kind of righted the ship.”
Mark Wilson and 36-hole co-leader Fredrik Jacobson are at 13 under, three behind Van Pelt.
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