Kizzire beats Hahn in extra holes, wins in Hawaii

Matt Kuchar continued his stellar play in Mexico with a third-round 65 to grab a 4-shot lead in the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Kuchar is looking to win for the first time in more than four years on TOUR. Whee Kim is his nearest chaser at 16 under after his 66 on Saturday. Richy Werenski and Danny Lee are five back while Aaron Wise, J.J. Spaun and Cameron Champ will start Sunday six behind. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the fourth round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic: Leaderboard Round 4 tee times HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN (ALL TIMES ET) TELEVISION: Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com) NOTABLE GROUPINGS 11:05 a.m.: Matt Kuchar, Whee Kim, Richy Werenski 10:55 a.m.: Danny Lee, Aaron Wise, J.J. Spaun 10:45 a.m.: Cameron Champ, Brice Garnett, Jim Furyk 10:35 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Abraham Ancer, Pat Perez 10:25 a.m.: Tony Finau, Anirban Lahiri, Adam Hadwin MUST-READS Kuchar builds upon lead at Mayakoba Golf Classic Kuchar’s wife fills in for Z. Johnson’s sick caddie TOUR Insider: Mexico boasts four fully exmept players in field

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We patrolled the Copperhead Course prior to this week’s Valspar Championship to see what the pros have in their bags for one of the toughest tracks on the PGA TOUR. We spotted no shortage of creative attempts to improve putting, plenty of testing, and a combo set that should be an inspiration to all amateurs. Putting mats are where it’s at Putting mats are quickly picking up steam on TOUR. Players used to use shafts or alignment rods to work on their setup and the path of their stroke. These mats are a simpler way to accomplish the same objective. The mats can be quickly and easily set up and they are lightweight and compact. Let this be a lesson for every golfer out there that even the best golfers in the world work on putting fundamentals week-in and week-out. DJ is sticking with the TaylorMade Brandon 1 Dustin Johnson looks to be sticking with a new TaylorMade Brandon 1 prototype putter built with an LA Golf graphite putter shaft. He initially put this club in play for the final round of the RBC Heritage. “I really like it. It’s got a different shaft in it and a different head, but rolled good, so we’re going to keep it up,” Johnson said after shooting a Sunday 66 at Harbour Town. He gained more than three strokes on the greens that day, shooting his best score since the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January. This is the same prototype putter Tommy Fleetwood put into play a couple of weeks ago too (image below via TaylorMade). Nobody is going to confuse clubs with Patrick Reed One of the great benefits of having your own signature iron set is that no one is going to mistake their bag for yours. That’s certainly the case for Patrick Reed, who has his own signature set of blades from Japanese manufacturer Grindworks. Adam Hadwin like to supersize his combos Adam Hadwin isn’t really known as being a big gearhead in the traditional sense, but his approach to building his combo iron set is something a lot of golfers can learn from. Hadwin’s Callaway iron set consists of three different models, which include the Apex MB (blade), Apex TCB, and an older model Apex UT. This is a perfect example of using the right tools to fine-tune a bag and achieve proper distance gapping. Ian Poulter is testing drivers Titleist staffer Ian Poulter was spotted with two TSi series drivers in the bag on Tuesday of the Valspar Championship, and although we don’t know the exact reason for testing, it could be that he is trying to pick up a bit more distance off the tee by using a longer shaft. Ian currently ranks 27th on TOUR in driving accuracy but is well back in distance and outside the top 200. A few extra yards could go a long way for the Ryder Cup stalward.

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Defending champion Phil Mickelson won’t be at the PGA Championship. But Tiger Woods, Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and more will be chasing the year’s second major.

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