Golfers can play with someone outside their household, says Government

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Welsh golfer Jamie Donaldson followed his opening 62 with a solid 3-under-par 69 to take the clubhouse lead in the weather-interrupted second round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. Tee times were delayed for nearly three hours because of thick fog. That led to none of the afternoon groups, including Rory McIlroy and defending champion Sergio Garcia, being able to finish their second round when darkness suspended play. Donaldson is 13-under 131 at the halfway stage, with Li Haotong second, one shot behind after a consecutive 66s. Branden Grace shot 65 to lie third in the clubhouse at 11 under. Miguel Angel Jimenez showed at 54 he could still compete with the youngsters as he moved to 10 under with a 68. Thomas Aiken (67) was tied with Jimenez. Among those still on the course, McIlroy was 10 under after 11 holes. Garcia and Henrik Stenson were 6- and 7-under par respectively playing alongside McIlroy. Rory has two top-3 finishes in his last three starts worldwide. He finished T5 when play was suspended. Tommy Fleetwood was 2 under for the day after 10 holes to move to a 5 under total. Donaldson has been ranked as high as 23rd in the world and has fallen to 292nd. He made four birdies and bogeyed the par-3 11th in his 69. He attributed his return to form to almost two months of not touching his clubs over the winter break. “We play so much golf all year. I’ve got two young kids; it’s time to have some family time with them for a couple of months and it was great,” said Donaldson, a three-time winner on the European Tour. “I came out for the season nice and fresh and you’re reacting more to what you’ve turned up with, as opposed to slogging yourself to death over the winter. To each his own. And then nearer the time, start playing a little bit. “Worked on my putting with Phil Kenyon, and that made a big difference. I have putted much better this week. It’s a case of playing the shots that you know you can play.” Li, who was a star for the Asia team recently in their narrow loss to Europe in the EurAsia Cup, made a double bogey on the first hole – his 10th – but 10 birdies more than made up for that mishap. The Chinese who has risen to No. 60 in the world rankings, said the morning delay did not bother him and in fact helped him relax. “I saw another Chinese player (Wu Ashun) and we stayed in the players’ lounge and played FIFA on PlayStation. So it was fun. Just had a lot of time to relax,” said Li, who won that match 3-1. The second round will start early, and the third round will be played as a three-ball.

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Tiger Woods made the cut at Augusta National, but a second-round 75 on Friday left him 13 shots off the lead at the Masters.

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif – Stampings on wedges can often reveal a lot about a golfer; their relationship with family, college pride, or a nickname. For Aaron Rodgers, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, his wedge stampings reveal his quirky sense of humor, and one wedge that shows his competitive nature. While on the range at the 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Tuesday, we took a look inside the golf bag of Aaron Rodgers, who is a Super Bowl champion, Super Bowl MVP, and two-time NFL Most Valuable Player for the Green Bay Packers. Check out the clubs — the very dirty clubs — in his bag below, and the story behind his hilarious wedges. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Rodgers called The Life Aquatic his favorite movie of all-time. This stamping of Bill Murray’s Steve Zissou should make fans of the cult-classic very happy, even though critics didn’t take kindly to the 2004 Wes Anderson-Noah Baumbach collaborative movie. It’s not the first time Rodgers has expressed his love for the movie, however, since he dressed as the character for Halloween in 2017: Chubbs, for the win Rodgers said he has Chubbs, a character from the golf movie Happy Gilmore, stamped onto his wedge because of his long-standing Twitter war with @ShooterMcGavin_. He said he wants to get under the skin of the fake Shooter McGavin. Here’s a taste of the beef: While Rodgers seemingly had the Twitter war handled as it was, this wedge stamping might put it over the top. The Office wedge For those who are not privy to the ridiculousness of The Office’s Michael Scott character, the show’s protagonist would say “That’s what she saidâ€� to innocent phrases that sounded not suitable for immature audiences. Rodgers called The Office his favorite television show ever, and him stamping that specific running quote from the show onto his wedge reveals Rodgers’ sense of humor. Each of Rodgers’ TaylorMade Milled Grind wedges (52, 56 and 60 degrees) is equipped with KBS Tour C-Taper 125S+ shafts. The rest of Rodgers’ bag At the top-end of Rodgers’ all-TaylorMade setup is an M3 460 (9.5 degrees) with a Fujikura Pro XLR8 71X shaft, an M3 T3-wood (13 degrees) with a Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 70TX shaft, and an M1 Rescue (19 degrees) with a Matrix Ozik Black Tie HM4 X-Flex shaft. Rodgers has all TaylorMade P-790 irons (4-9), and they’re equipped with KBS Tour C-Taper Lite 115X shafts. As for his flatstick, Rodgers has arguably the least clean TaylorMade Spider Itsy Bitsy Limited-Edition Black putter in existence.

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