Sitting at 10-under, Adam Hadwin and Ryan Armour lead a large chasing pack heading into the weekend at the 3M Open. (Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports)
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What were we watching in 2020? What moments defied expectations and practically screamed to be shared and clicked again and again and again? We were fascinated by golf balls diving into holes - and in one case coming out like it was scared of the dark. We loved the interplay between Tiger Woods and his incredibly talented doppelganger, 11-year-old son Charlie. And we thrilled at the Dustin Johnson-Jon Rahm mano-a-mano at the BMW Championship. Herewith, the five most watched moments of the year. RELATED: Top read stories of 2020 5. Tiger’s eagle bounces out of the hole He made it. He didn't make it. Tiger Woods' 141-yard approach shot at the Farmers Insurance Open took two hops and fell in the hoop. And then, a microsecond later, it popped back out as if it had crawled back up the cup lining. "Unbelievable," said Nick Faldo. 4. Charlie Woods’ first-ever eagle Charlie Woods, 11, had won junior events in South Florida but no one knew the extent of his game until the televised PNC Championship. When he hooked a 5-wood around a stand of trees to a few feet from the pin, Tiger's tiny partner had made eagle on his own ball. 3. Dustin Johnson's incredible birdie on No. 18 at BMW Up and over a ridge, swinging right and downhill, then turning left at the hole - it's hard to overstate the difficulty of Dustin Johnson's 43-foot birdie putt on 18 in the final round of the BMW Championship. Then he made it, forcing a playoff with Jon Rahm. 2. Rory McIlroy sticks approach with Tiger Woods tending flag With Rory McIlroy practicing in the group behind Tiger Woods at the Genesis Invitational, and sizing up his approach shot from far back in the fairway, Woods jokingly tended the flag. McIlroy hit, and the shot was so good Woods could only laugh. 1. Jon Rahm's 66-foot birdie putt to win playoff at BMW Jon Rahm should have been shaken by Dustin Johnson's crazy 43-foot birdie putt to force a playoff at the BMW Championship. Instead, Rahm returned to 18 and made an even harder putt from 66 feet and on a similar line to end it. Said NBC's Dan Hicks, "Is this really happening?"
The PGA TOUR announced Wednesday that FedExCup champion Justin Thomas has been named the 2017 PGA TOUR Player of the Year as voted on by the TOUR’s membership for the 2016-17 season. PGA TOUR members who played in at least 15 official money events this past season were eligible to vote. The balloting process ended on October 2. “On behalf of the PGA TOUR, our congratulations to Justin Thomas on being voted the PGA TOUR Player of the Year by his peers,� said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan. “With five remarkable wins and his season-long consistency that resulted in the FedExCup title, Justin is a deserving winner of PGA TOUR Player of the Year. We also salute his excellence off the course, as he is one of the many young stars that have been tremendous ambassadors for the PGA TOUR this year.� Thomas, a 24-year-old native of Louisville, Kentucky, captured the 2017 FedExCup following a five-win season that included his first major championship victory at the PGA Championship. His other victories came at the CIMB Classic, Sentry Tournament of Champions, Sony Open in Hawaii and Dell Technologies Championship. At the Sony Open, Thomas became the youngest player to shoot 59 on the PGA TOUR, doing so in the first round en route to a wire-to-wire victory. Thomas joined Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth as the only players since 1960 to capture five wins, including a major, in a season before the age of 25. In 25 starts, Thomas had a TOUR-best 12 top-10 finishes (tied with Spieth) with 19 made cuts. In addition to his five wins, Thomas added four additional top-five finishes, led by a runner-up effort at the TOUR Championship. He also took home the Arnold Palmer Award as the TOUR’s leading money-winner ($9,921,560) and finished third in Adjusted Scoring Average (69.359). Last week in his Presidents Cup debut, Thomas posted a record of 3-1-1 for the victorious U.S. Team at Liberty National Golf Club. Thomas, who will receive the Jack Nicklaus Trophy for winning PGA TOUR Player of the Year, was selected for the honor over Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama and Jordan Spieth.
Days after Tiger Woods was arrested for DUI, former Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger claimed that some of Woods’ peers believe pain meds have been a long-term “problem” for the 14-time major champ. Azinger appeared on “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1 Thursday to preview next week’s U.S. Open, but the conversation quickly turned to Woods’ May 29 arrest in Jupiter, Fla. Woods was found asleep at the wheel and blew a 0.000 on two separate Breathalyzer tests, but he failed multiple field sobriety tests. Woods told police he was taking a combination of medications that included the painkiller Vicodin, and he later released a statement citing “an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications.” “I know firsthand
