He is one of the more accomplished players in golf. But he doesn’t have a major. Nor does he have a win the size of the Players. With his fiancé at his side, Westwood heads into Sunday with his eyes on a missing prize.
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As Tiger Woods gears up for his return, he says the distance boom in pro golf is threatening to render classic courses obsolete.
HUMBLE, Texas — Ian Poulter won for the first time in six years on TOUR and booked his place in the Masters field with a sudden-death playoff victory over Beau Hossler on Sunday at the Houston Open. Down one on the last hole of regulation, Poulter stuck his approach to 19 feet and drained the putt to force extra holes. The Odyssey #7 putter he used to make the putt was recently called out of retirement at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play following a lengthy run in Poulter’s bag that included a memorable performance on the final day of the 2012 Ryder Cup. “It’s not going anywhere anytime soon,” Poulter said about the putter after the win. Poulter ranked 19th in strokes gained: putting for the week with the flat stick and said earlier in the week that going back to the putter gave him no excuses due to the success he’d had with it in the past. “When you’re tinkering, messing, trying, when you grab something that you know has done wonderful things, you have to take the onus then because you know it’s not the putter, it’s generally the person holding it,” Poulter said. “So I could go out, not blame anyone else and really try and find some good mojo, some good memories, some good feelings like I’ve had with that and take on the course because my game’s in shape and I just need to hole a few putts and it’s happening.” Here’s a look at Poulter’s entire equipment setup: Driver: Titleist 917D2 (Mitsubishi Tensei Orange CK 60TX shaft), 9.5 degrees 3-wood: Titleist 917F2 (Matrix Ozik TP7HDe 7X shaft), 16.5 degrees Hybrid: Titleist 816 H2 (Aldila Tour Green ATX85H TX shaft), 21 degrees Irons: Titleist 716 T-MB (4-iron; Project X LZ 130 7.0shaft), Titleist 718 AP2 (5-PW; Project X LZ 130 7.0 shafts) Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM7 (52.12F, 56.14F and 60.04L degrees; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts) Putter: Odyssey #7 Ball: Titleist Pro V1x PGA TOUR SUPERSTORE: Buy equipment here
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Quail Hollow’s practice putting green is only 200 yards from the area adjacent to the clubhouse where players meet with the media. The setup was especially convenient for Tiger Woods after a first-round 71 that was defined by poor putting. He needed 31 putts in the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship. Woods headed directly to the practice green after finishing his post-round interview around 6:30 p.m. He started stroking 5-foot putts between two tees that guided his putter down the proper path. Woods said he had trouble judging the speed of greens whose firmness belied their slow speed. He missed four putts inside 8 feet, including 4-footers on Nos. 14 and 16. He three-putted the 16th hole from just 15 feet after running his birdie putt by the hole. He had to hole a 17-footer for par on the par-3 17th hole after leaving his first putt well short and missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th green after a strong approach from a fairway bunker. “(The greens) feel springy and they feel fast, especially as I’m walking on them, but they’re not putting that way,� Woods said. “What I was feeling and sensing just didn’t match up.� Woods lost 1.27 strokes on the greens Thursday, ranking 120th in the 156-man field in strokes gained: putting. He started the week ranked eighth (+0.74) in that statistic. Woods won the Wells Fargo Championship in 2007, and finished no worse than 11th in his first four appearances here, but this is his first time at Quail Hollow since 2012. The greens were bentgrass when Woods won but have since been changed to Bermudagrass. He ranked 17th in strokes gained: off-the-tee on Thursday after hitting 13 greens. “Ball-striking-wise, I’m fine,� Woods said. “If I make a couple putts, I’d be 2 or 3 under par, which is fine.� Besides the short putts he missed at 14 and 16, Woods also made bogey with a wedge in his hand on the par-5 10th hole. He won’t have to wait long to try to make amends for those mistakes. He is scheduled to tee off at 7:40 a.m. He’ll start the second round six shots behind leader John Peterson, who used back-to-back eagles to shoot 65.
