He’s just 5, but the resident of Bonita Springs, Florida, is already an accomplished trick shot artist who just made his second hole-in-one.
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Harold Varner Jr., better known to his family and friends as Duece, is the unofficial ticket broker for this week’s World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. And Varner is more than happy to help. After all, that’s one less thing for his son, Harold III, to worry about as he makes his debut in the exclusive global series in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. “I got 20 a day,â€� the second-year PGA TOUR pro says with a smile. “He’ll take care of it.â€� The younger Varner punched his own ticket to play at Firestone Country Club when he won the Australian PGA Championship in December. He closed with a 65 to beat Andrew Dodt by two and former world No. 1 Adam Scott by four. Varner dedicated the win at RACV Royal Pines Resort to his “Day 1s,â€� which is what he calls the people who have been “pulling for me since day oneâ€� of his pro career. Plenty of “Day 1sâ€� will be in his gallery at Firestone this week. Varner, who was born in the same hospital as his favorite athlete, LeBron James, lived in Akron until he was 6 years old. That’s when Varner’s father, a car salesman, moved his brood to Gastonia, N.C., which is about half an hour west of Charlotte, where next week’s PGA Championship will be played. But most of his extended family still resides in Akron. “I really don’t know what it will be like,â€� Varner said when asked about playing in his hometown. “… All (but one of) my aunts and uncles on my mom and dad’s side live in Akron, so it’s great.â€� In fact, one of those aunts, Janet Varner, spent nearly two decades working at Firestone as a cook. Varner’s father, also an avid golfer, got to play there a couple of times before they moved but his son was too young. Still, the elder Varner, who usually shoots between 75 – on a really, really good day,â€� Harold III says, grinning – and 85, got his son Fisher-Price golf clubs when he was 2 years old. It didn’t take the youngster long to gravitate toward the game as he grew older in N.C. “He just dropped me off on the way to work,â€� Varner recalls. “I loved it. There was a lot more opportunity, obviously, down in North Carolina, especially when it comes to golf. You play year around.â€� Varner used to come back to Akron in the summers to visit his grandparents, though. When he was in the Rubber City, he’d often go practice and play at J.E. Good Park, a municipal course designed by Bert Way in 1924, two years after the Englishman created nearby Firestone South, which not coincidentally hosts the Bridgestone Invitational this week. (Robert Trent Jones redesigned the South course in 1960). Varner even played in the Good Park Junior twice. He won it the first time he played, when his age group only played nine holes, but the following summer was somewhat forgettable. “I moved up the next year and I played so bad,â€� Varner said, shaking his head. “I had to be 12, 13, 14 maybe. I was obviously young because I remember the course being so long.â€� Varner, who turned pro in 2012 after earning a marketing degree from East Carolina, has enough length to tackle any course these days, averaging 301.2 yards off the tee to rank 28th on TOUR. He is looking for FedExCup points, though, so this week’s Bridgestone Invitational is much more than a trip down memory lane. Varner ranks 133rd right now and has three weeks to work his way into the top 125 to make the Playoffs and secure his card for next season. He’d also like to play his way into the PGA and have back-to-back “hometownâ€� events. “It’s a great opportunity for me to get the year going back in the right direction,â€� says Varner, who tied for 23rd last week at the RBC Canadian. “Starting to play well, so I’m excited.â€� Not only has Varner been preparing for the Bridgestone Invitational, he also found time to give PGATOUR.COM these 18 things people might not know about him. And he wrote this piece published Tuesday in The Players Tribune. 1. I’m allergic to shellfish. 2. I am a huge NBA fan. 3. I am a huge NFL fan. 4. I am a huge fan of Lebron and any team he plays for (you heard me Cleveland). 5. My girlfriend and I love HGTV. 6. I am a big-time neat freak. 7. My closet is color coordinated. 8. During an off week I love being on the lake to boat and jet ski. 9. I hate the ocean (you can’t see anything down there). 10. I listen to every type of music except techno (give me some words….) 11. I am addicted to working out. 12. I am huge East Carolina University fan (not a fan of UNC or Duke….) 13. My favorite color is purple. 14. I love Gas Town (Gastonia, N.C.) 15. I am a brand-new uncle to my niece. 16. Someday I am going to pound the drum at the Carolina Panthers game. 17. I credit my dad, aka Deuce, for getting me into golf. 18. We Here – that’s my motto.
James Adducci’s made $1.2 million after Tiger Woods won the Masters. Now he’s betting another $100K on an even bigger long shot.Â
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – The PGA TOUR released today the four featured groupings for Thursday and Friday at this week’s inaugural 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. Full groupings and starting times for the first two rounds at the 3M Open will be released officially at approximately 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 2. HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:45 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. (featured groups). Saturday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (featured groups), 3-6 p.m. (featured holes). International subscribers (via GOLF.tv): Thursday-Friday, 12:00 to 22:30 GMT. Saturday-Sunday, 13:30 to 22:00. RADIO: Thursday-Friday, noon-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com). FEATURED GROUPS Brooks Koepka, Kevin Na, Patrick Reed • Koepka is No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking and No. 2 in the FedExCup standings, having won twice during the 2018-19 season (THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, PGA Championship). • Na’s victory at the 2019 Charles Schwab Challenge was the 23rd all-time by a Korean-born player. • Reed finished T5 at last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, his first top-10 since his first start of the 2018-19 season (T7/WGC-HSBC Champions). Bryson DeChambeau, Charles Howell III, Keegan Bradley • DeChambeau has four wins in the last two seasons, tied with Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka for the most during that span. • Howell earned his third career victory at The RSM Classic earlier this season and enters the week 14th in the FedExCup standings; he has not qualified for the TOUR Championship since 2011. • Bradley has three top-10s this season, highlighted by a runner-up at the Travelers Championship in his most recent start. Phil Mickelson, Tony Finau, Nate Lashley • Mickelson won his 44th PGA TOUR title at the 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; he first played in Minnesota at the 1991 U.S. Open (finished T55 as an amateur). • Finau finished second to Na at Colonial Country Club, one of his two runner-up finishes this season; the other came in a playoff with Xander Schauffele at the WGC-HSBC Champions. • Lashley, the last player to get into the field at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, earned his first-ever PGA TOUR victory by a whopping six shots; adding to the story, Lashley has also overcome off-course adversity as his parents and girlfriend tragically died in a plane crash in 2004.  Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama, Corey Conners • All three players are vying for positions on the 2019 International Presidents Cup Team. • A 12-time PGA TOUR winner, Day has six top-10s this season, including a tie for eighth at the Travelers Championship in his most recent start. • Matsuyama made the cut at last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic to extend his TOUR-best streak of cuts made to 24; has qualified for the TOUR Championship each of the last five years and sits 31st in the FedExCup standings. • Conners won the 2019 Valero Texas Open to become the first Monday qualifier to win on the PGA TOUR since 2010.
