Surrounded by cheering spectators, Tiger Woods flashed some classic skill in a strong outing in the second round of the Honda Classic, sitting four back off the lead.
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With the holiday season in the rearview, the 2019-20 PGA TOUR season gets going again next week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. Thirty-four golfers will tee it up at the winners’ only event at the re-imagined Kapalua Resort, led by last year’s winner Xander Schauffele. FIELD NOTES: There are 15 first-time winners making their debut at the Sentry Tournament of Champions including: Corey Conners, Tyler Duncan, Dylan Frittelli, Lanto Griffin, Max Homa, Sung Kang, Nate Lashley, Adam Long, Keith Mitchell, Collin Morikawa, Sebastian Munoz, Joaquin Niemann, J.T. Poston, Martin Trainer, and Matthew Wolff … Justin Thomas (2017), Patrick Reed (2015) and Dustin Johnson (2013, 2018) join Schauffele as past champions in the field … Chez Reavie returns to the Sentry Tournament of Champions for the first time in 11 years. He won the RBC Canadian Open in 2008 but didn’t win again on the PGA TOUR until the 2019 Travelers Championship. FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 points COURSE: Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort, 7,518 yards, par 73. The course was one of the first Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore designs (opened in 1991) and the pair as since gone on to become one of the most iconic duos in golf course architecture. Coore and Crenshaw undertook an “expansive� renovation of the course in 2019. STORYLINES: Seven members of the victorious US team at the Presidents Cup will start their 2020’s in Hawaii including Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, and Gary Woodland … Woodland is 2019’s lone major champion in the field … A quick start to the calendar year is paramount to a long run through the FedExCup playoffs – the last three winners at the Sentry Tournament of Champions went on to finish in the top 5 of the FedExCup standings (Schauffele finished 2nd, while Johnson and Thomas both won the FedExCup) … Schauffele has a chance to become the first golfer since Geoff Ogilvy (2009-10) to win the Sentry in back-to-back years … Jon Rahm plays his first event as a married man and looks to build off his success in Hawaii – he finished runner-up in his debut two seasons ago, and T8 in 2019 … Johnson and Fowler are playing their first PGA TOUR events since the 2019 TOUR Championship in August … Johnson underwent knee surgery this fall but went 2-2 at the Presidents Cup. 72-HOLE RECORD: 261, Ernie Els (2003) 18-HOLE RECORD: 62, K.J. Choi (3rd round, 2003), Graeme McDowell (4th round, 2011), Jason Day (4th round, 2015), Chris Kirk (4th round, 2015), Xander Schauffele (4th round, 2019). LAST TIME: Xander Schauffele teed off Sunday a year ago at the Sentry Tournament of Champions feeling like he had nothing to lose – and he played that way all day. Schauffele tied the course record at Kapalua with a Sunday 11-under 62 to top Gary Woodland by one shot. Past champions Justin Thomas (third) and Dustin Johnson (T4) were nipping at his heels all day, but Schauffele – who started the round with a bogey – was too much on Sunday. He went out in 31 and fired a matching 31 on the inward nine holes, including birding four of his final five holes to win. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC), 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (Golf Channel). Sunday, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. (Golf Channel) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 4 p.m.-10 p.m. ET. Saturday, 3 p.m.-8 p.m. ET. Sunday, 5 p.m.- 10 p.m. ET (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).
Gary Woodland and Marc Leishman began the day tied for the lead. Can the rest of the field catch up in Round 3?
CHICAGO – RSM US LLP (“RSM”) – the nation’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market and title sponsor of The RSM Classic – is pleased to announce that Taylor Montgomery has won $300,000 through the RSM Birdies Fore Love on-course competition for recording the most birdies (or better) over the first nine events of the 2022-2023 PGA TOUR Season. As part of the program, the money will be donated to Montgomery’s charity of choice. The $1 million dollars given through RSM’s Birdies Fore Love on-course competition is combined with the donations made through The Power of Love, which combines two of RSM’s marquee stewardship programs, Birdies Fore Love and Volunteer Day, under a common banner. The top three players who accumulated the most birdies (or better), beginning with the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California, and concluding with The RSM Classic at Sea Island, Georgia, were awarded with $300,000, $150,000 and $50,000 respectively for charitable donations to the players’ choice of children- and/or family-focused charitable organizations that are building tomorrow’s middle market leaders. Patrick Rodgers finished second and will donate $150,000 to his charity of choice, while Will Gordon finished third in the RSM Birdies Fore Love competition and will donate $50,000. “The RSM Classic and our relationship with the PGA TOUR and the Davis Love Foundation provide an incredible opportunity to enhance RSM’s commitment to stewardship,” said Brian Becker, managing partner & CEO with RSM US LLP. “We are honored to have donated more than $6.7 million to support children- and family-focused nonprofits across the United States, Canada, India and El Salvador through this year’s Power of Love efforts, including the on-course RSM Birdies Fore Love program.” In alignment with the RSM US Foundation, winning players designated funds to charitable organizations dedicated to building tomorrow’s middle-market leaders through programs that support education, as well as organizations committed to improving the lives of youth through a focus on hunger, housing and health. “We had an incredibly successful week, with an exciting tournament won by Adam Svensson, and the Power of Love program raising more than $6.7 million,” said PGA TOUR Professional, Team RSM Member and RSM Classic Tournament Host Davis Love III. “I am proud of how The RSM Classic has evolved over the years and enhanced its support of the community. Congratulations to our RSM Birdies Fore Love competition winners. I am excited their winnings will positively impact deserving charitable organizations benefiting children and their families.” Since the inception of The RSM Classic in 2010, RSM and the Davis Love Foundation have donated nearly $35 million to nonprofit organizations that support children and families in the areas of hunger, housing, health and education. More than 80 organizations across the U.S. have benefited from these donations, including the Boys and Girls Club and Special Olympics.
