Pro golfer amazingly finds missing clubs for sale

AUSTIN, Texas — Three down after the first seven holes against Justin Thomas, Luke List just wanted to make their match last until the 18th hole. List managed to do exactly that on Wednesday in the first round of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Overcoming such a large deficit against the FedExCup leader is never easy, but List also had an unexpected challenge to overcome. He had to use a wedge as his putter for the final 11 holes.  Frustrated with his putting as he walked to the 8th tee, List took a swipe at what he thought was a small group of bushes, only to realize there was a brick wall behind them that took the brunt of the punishment and bent his putter in the process.  “It bent the putter a fraction of an inch just below the grip,” List said. “Unfortunately, I couldn’t use the putter the rest of the way. It was stupid on my part.” With his putter out of commission — a club bent outside the course of play is deemed non-conforming — List switched to a lob wedge and something clicked. He went on to halve the next five holes before rallying with three birdies on Nos. 13-16 — the highlight was an 18-footer for birdie on 15 — to take the match to the last.  Thomas birdied the final hole for a 2-up victory in the rematch of their playoff at The Honda Classic, which Thomas won on the first hole. This was just Thomas’ second win in seven matches at this event. He went 0-3 in his debut in 2016 and 1-2 last year. “I was thinking about it, how bad that would hurt if I couldn’t get it done,” said Thomas, who was battling the effects of strep throat after having his wisdom teeth removed two weeks ago. “He hit some great putts and he made some good ones when he needed to. “I told Jimmy we just need to hit a lot of greens and make him have to make putts with that wedge. He made — I was looking at a putt that was going to possibly win the match there on 15, and he makes it and I have a nasty lip-out and lose the next hole. Next thing you know, I’m looking at maybe losing the match” List’s furious charge on the back nine with a lob wedge in his hands was reminiscent of Robert Streb’s final round at the 2015 Greenbrier Classic, where he managed to card five birdies while using a sand wedge on the greens. He played his way into a four-way playoff won by Danny Lee.  List, the No. 60 seed, wound up making more birdies with the wedge (three) than he did with his putter (one) on Wednesday. Despite his lack of success with the putter early in the match, List said the plan was to get the club back in game shape for the final two matches. “I’ll get the club fixed and it’ll be ready to go tomorrow,” said List, who’s making his debut in this event. “I have two more matches so anything can happen.”

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Justin Thomas has always had the game. After an epic comeback that left little doubt about that, he has a second PGA Championship to show for it.

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In addition to winning the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday at Torrey Pines, Justin Rose also made a big move into the top 10 of the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 standings.  Rose went from 40th to 6th in the FedExCup standings. The top 10 in the standings after the Wyndham Championship — the final event of the PGA TOUR’s regular season — will receive a portion of the $10 million bonus in the new Wyndham Rewards Top 10 competition. First place after the Wyndham Championship will receive $2 million, followed by $1.5 million for second, all the way to $500,000 for 10th place, the final spot eligible for a bonus. As the reigning FedExCup champion, Rose knows full well the value of these bonus opportunities.  Rose’s jump of 34 spots in the standings wasn’t the biggest of the week at the Farmers Insurance Open. Here are the top 10 biggest moves (tournament result in parentheses) in the FedExCup standings: 73 — Hideki Matsuyama (T3), 114 to 41 69 — Adam Scott (2), 84 to 15 61 — Scott Brown (T9), 151 to 90 56 — Sepp Straka (T13), 195 to 139 48 — John Huh (T25), T214 to 166 45 — Matt Jones (T13), 160 to 115 34 — Justin Rose (Won), 40 to 6 33 — Jason Kokrak (T20), 134 to 101 33 — Rory McIlroy (T5), 82 to 49 32 — Talor Gooch (T3), 59 to 27 LOOKING AHEAD Going into this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, five of the top 10 players in the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 are in the field, including the top three of Xander Schauffele, Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland. Also playing are No. 8 Kevin Tway and No. 10 Cameron Champ. Kuchar, Woodland and Tway are the only players with an opportunity to supplant Schauffele as the points leader. Click here for full coverage of the Wyndham Rewards Top 10

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