Day: February 22, 2019

Inside the Field: The Honda ClassicInside the Field: The Honda Classic

How the field qualified for The Honda Classic as of 2/22/19: Winner – PGA/U.S. Open Championship Martin Kaymer Brooks Koepka Justin Thomas Jimmy Walker Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship Rickie Fowler Webb Simpson Winner – The Masters Tournament Sergio Garcia Winner – The Open Championship Zach Johnson Winner – World Golf Championship Event Russell Knox Adam Scott Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard & the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide (Last 3 Years ) Jason Dufner Winner – FedExCup – Last Five Seasons Billy Horschel Tournament Winner in Past Two Seasons Ryan Armour Daniel Berger Jonas Blixt Austin Cook Brice Garnett Cody Gribble Brian Harman Russell Henley Mackenzie Hughes Patton Kizzire Satoshi Kodaira Andrew Landry Adam Long Grayson Murray Rod Pampling Scott Piercy D.A. Points Cameron Smith Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele Chris Stroud Hudson Swafford Kevin Tway Jhonattan Vegas Gary Woodland Career Money Exemption Ernie Els Padraig Harrington Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Jim Furyk Graeme McDowell Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted Lucas Bjerregaard Talor Gooch Bill Haas Matt Wallace PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Andrew Filbert Life Member Vijay Singh Top 125 on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Emiliano Grillo Cheng Tsung Pan Byeong Hun An Alex Noren Chesson Hadley Luke List Jason Kokrak Brian Gay Ryan Palmer Peter Uihlein Chris Kirk Keith Mitchell Whee Kim Stewart Cink Nick Watney Kevin Streelman Bronson Burgoon Joel Dahmen Brian Stuard Kelly Kraft Tom Hoge Danny Lee Ollie Schniederjans Anirban Lahiri Sam Ryder Trey Mullinax Brandon Harkins Patrick Rodgers Charl Schwartzel Sean O’Hair Harold Varner III Alex Cejka Rory Sabbatini Richy Werenski Sung Kang John Huh Tyler Duncan Seamus Power J.T. Poston Vaughn Taylor Sam Saunders Ryan Blaum Scott Brown Nick Taylor Bud Cauley Harris English Top 125 (Prior Season Nonmember) Joaquin Niemann Kiradech Aphibarnrat Major Medical Extension Lucas Glover Sangmoon Bae Freddie Jacobson Morgan Hoffmann Jim Herman Brandon Hagy Leading Money Winner from Web.com Tour & Web.com Tour Finals Sungjae Im Denny McCarthy Top Finishers from Web.com Tour Prior Season (reordered) Michael Thompson Scott Langley Carlos Ortiz Robert Streb Sam Burns Adam Schenk Anders Albertson Chase Wright Peter Malnati Max Homa Cameron Davis Hunter Mahan Julián Etulain Jim Knous Roberto Castro Stephan Jaeger Dylan Frittelli Wyndham Clark Matt Jones Sebastián Muñoz Adam Svensson Roger Sloan Kramer Hickok Seth Reeves Kyoung-Hoon Lee Hank Lebioda Sepp Straka Kyle Jones José de Jesús Rodríguez Roberto Díaz Shawn Stefani Alex Prugh Ben Silverman Brady Schnell Curtis Luck

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Tiger Woods live blog: Woods shoots 66 on Friday at WGC-Mexico ChampionshipTiger Woods live blog: Woods shoots 66 on Friday at WGC-Mexico Championship

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Zac Blair makes cut after sleepless trip to Puerto Rico OpenZac Blair makes cut after sleepless trip to Puerto Rico Open

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – Zac Blair barely slept Wednesday night. But he made his tee time in Puerto Rico – as the last guy in the field – shot 1 under, and then, it was time for a nap. “I told myself I’d rather be here and not get in and be at home and get in,� said Blair Friday in Puerto Rico after a 1-over-par 73. Blair is even par through two rounds and will play the weekend. It’s his first PGA TOUR event of the year. Blair was far down the alternate list when the week got started, but after a myriad of withdraws, he found himself as first alternate by mid-day Wednesday. He decided to head to the airport and test his luck and got the call from PGA TOUR officials that he was in the field at 2:30 p.m. ET. He had a flight that was supposed to get into Puerto Rico at 2 a.m. local time, but that flight got cancelled. He was scrambling, he said, to just get to the East Coast somehow, but all flights from Utah – where Blair lives – were grounded for nearly three hours. Blair finally made it to New York and left on a flight at 1 a.m. ET that landed Wednesday morning in San Juan at around 5:30 a.m. local time. He arrived at the course at 6:30 a.m. for a 7 a.m. tee-time. “I hit three balls and two putts and went to the tee and hit it as good as I’ve hit it in a long time,� said Blair with a laugh. “I thought, ‘Man, I should come in on Wednesday all the time.’� Blair said he struggled with the putter Friday, but he’s happy to see the weekend. He admitted he’s got unlucky with the draws on the Web.com Tour so far this year but chalked that up to just the nature of professional golf. He finished T8 at the opening Web.com Tour event of 2019 but has missed the last four cuts in a row. “It’s okay. It’s new down (on the Web.com Tour) for me. I’ve never played out there a full year so I’m seeing some new courses,� said Blair. “But I’m excited to be here and hopefully rip it up on the weekend.� Blair already played five weeks in a row on the Web.com Tour to start the year, but he wasn’t going to pass up an opportunity to play on the PGA TOUR this week. “It’s the PGA TOUR,� he said. “Having a good week changes a life.�

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