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Louis Oosthuizen withdraws from The RSM Classic with back injury

Louis Oosthuizen, the highest-ranked player at The RSM Classic, withdrew Friday morning with a lower-back injury. On Thursday, Oosthuizen made birdie on three of his final five holes to salvage a 1-under 69 on Sea Island’s Seaside Course. He was scheduled to start the second round at 10:50 a.m. Friday on the Plantation Course alongside Max Homa and Scottie Scheffler in one of the day’s featured groups. Oosthuizen, who has a history of back trouble, is No. 9 in the world after a 2021 season that included four runners-up and two third-place finishes. He finished second in this year’s PGA Championship and U.S. Open and T3 in The Open.

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Tiffany Eckert and her children have seen the dark side of war that few of us ever will see. On May 8, 2005, her husband, U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Gary “Andy” Eckert of Toledo, Ohio, died from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near the Humvee in which he was traveling in Samarra, Iraq. Andy was 24, Tiffany only 23, a young mother to a daughter, Marlee, then 20 months, and a month-old son, Myles. Tiffany Eckert will be 40 in December, having spent nearly half of her life as a military widow. Marlee and Myles are now in high school, and there are reminders each day, some subtle, some not, about the giant hole in their lives left by their father not being here. Tiffany told her family’s story Wednesday night on the eve of the inaugural Folds of Honor Cup at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club. (The event would be contested the next day, Veterans Day, beneath blue skies.) The clinking of glasses and echoes of conversation ceased as she spoke of loss, gratitude and her tough, sometimes awkward moments as a single parent – even just being the only female on her block who shovels her own driveway in winter. It was a message of hope, an awakening for all those with “conventional” lives: Don’t take for granted the little, yet poignant daily moments that so easily pass on by. “When I speak about ‘our side of war,’ I talk about the real-life moments, the ones that everyone else might take for granted,” Tiffany said a day later, seated inside a quiet room in the Lake Nona clubhouse. “When I’m trying to play catch with my son, we look at each other, and it’s unspoken. His dad would have been better at this. Or when Myles learned how to shave. I bought him a razor and said, ‘Do you want me to help you?’ He told me, No, I’ll figure it out,’ and he did. But his dad should have been there for that.” Both Marlee and Myles have been helped greatly by being Folds of Honor educational scholarship recipients. The Folds was started by Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, an F-16 fighter pilot who flew three combat tours in Iraq. He’s also a PGA professional, motivational speaker, and author whose life changed one night in 2006. He was a passenger on United #664 to Grand Rapids, Michigan, watching out his window in tears as the flag-draped casket of Army Cpl. Brock Bucklin was lowered down the cargo ramp. Bucklin’s twin brother, Brad, was on that flight, escorting his brother home one last time; Brock’s family watched from the tarmac, among them his 4-year-old son, Jacob. In was a transformative moment for Rooney, compounded by his anger and frustration when half the flight’s passengers stood up and nonchalantly departed the aircraft after they’d been asked to respectfully remain seated as the casket was lowered off the plane. There were no connecting flights for anyone to catch. That anger mixed with the sadness of seeing a young boy outside who never would go fishing with his father, or attend a baseball game. How could Rooney “undo” just a small part of this family’s pain? Later that year, Rooney and his dad, John Rooney, held a tournament at a Michigan golf course they owned called Grand Haven (now American Dunes). The event raised about $8,700. They kept going, and today, the Folds has distributed more than 35,000 educational scholarships (most at the $5,000 level) totaling more than $160 million. The Folds is rated a 4-star (out of 4) charity by Charity Navigator, with nine cents on every dollar generated going to scholarships. Thanks to big fundraising events such as the Folds of Honor Cup, 7,000 scholarships will be awarded in 2021. Forty-one percent of the scholarships awarded are given to minority recipients. Rooney and his foundation not only are changing lives, but raising awareness for a tremendous need. Out of 2.5 million dependents of military members killed or disabled, nine of 10 receive no federal education assistance. “That’s where the Folds of Honor steps in,” Rooney said. “The world we live in, it’s so easy to forget that freedom isn’t free, especially as conflict winds down. People don’t realize the true lasting impact, when it comes to the context of the Folds of Honor, are the families. “To be able to create events like this one that give people a vehicle to understand what the Folds is, and give back, makes Veterans Day much more meaningful than just saying, ‘Thank you for your service.’ If you are truly thankful, if you love your country, then what better way to invest in the future of our families who have been impacted in conflict?” On this Veterans Day at Lake Nona, a mix of celebrities and athletes played in fivesomes alongside foundation donors and military members. 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Today, on Veterans Day, I thank them for giving us so much.” Rooney once pinned pictures of his young scholarship recipients to the refrigerator at home in Oklahoma, where he lives with his wife, Jacqy, and their five daughters, all of whom make sacrifices themselves when their dad hits the road for yet another appearance or speaking engagement. Some 14 years after the Folds was created, Rooney is seeing those young students graduate from college. They are an impressive group, and collectively doing amazing things. One recipient attending the Folds of Honor Cup was Do’Monique Noel . She is only 18, but when she stepped on campus at the University of Central Florida this fall, she already had earned 61 college credits, the equivalent of an Associate’s degree. She is a Biomedical Sciences major who will graduate in 2023, and wants to become a pediatrician. Donna Noel, Dominique’s father, is a retired Army E-8 master sergeant. 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Justin Thomas conquers one of the TOUR’s toughest testsJustin Thomas conquers one of the TOUR’s toughest tests

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Justin Thomas hopes his winner’s check doesn’t take too big of a hit, but he just couldn’t help himself. Thomas used an expletive to emphasize his excitement after winning The Honda Classic on the first playoff hole. He admitted afterward that he’d hoped the cameras missed his celebratory remarks “Let’s go. (Expletive) yeah, baby,� he said after holing his 3-footer for the win. He just got caught up in the moment after a hard-fought victory on one of the PGA TOUR’s toughest tests. “Please don’t fine me very much, PGA TOUR,� he sheepishly pleaded in his post-tournament press conference. “That’s not something I wanted to get on TV. It just was an emotional win and I was happy to get it done.� Thomas continued his incredible play with his second win of the season. The reigning FedExCup champion now leads this season’s standings. He’s won seven of his past 31 PGA TOUR starts (23 percent). Increased consistency was his goal after last season’s five-win campaign. He seems to be on the right track, finishing no worse than T22 in seven starts this season. He believes he’s playing even better than in his FedExCup-winning campaign, which also included six missed cuts and nearly as many top-10s (12) as finishes outside the top 25 (11). “I feel very confident in pretty much every part of my game right now,� he said. It showed as Thomas parred PGA National’s penal finishing holes, then stiffed a wedge shot on the final hole of regulation to tie Luke List atop a tightly-packed leaderboard. On the first playoff hole, Thomas flew a 5-wood over water and two-putted for victory. His victory at last year’s PGA Championship also came on a tough track with a finishing stretch notorious enough to earn its own nickname, but the margins were much slimmer this time. At Quail Hollow, Thomas had some shots to work with after his chip-in at the 13th hole. The final-round leaderboard at The Honda Classic saw as many as four players share the lead on the back nine. “I just hit some really, really well-executed shots coming down the stretch. I haven’t done that on this difficult of holes before,� Thomas said. “One swing equals a double on those holes. It just was a big confidence booster, really.� It’s surprising Thomas would need one, considering his success over the past year, but each win is unique. He spoke on the eve of the final round about the satisfaction he’d get from winning on a course with such a penal reputation. The scoring average on the par-70 Champion Course at PGA National was more than two strokes over par. Thomas and List tied for the lead at 8-under 272; only 11 players broke par this week. Thomas’ five bogeys were second-fewest in the field (he also made one double-bogey). “When you get out of position, you have to get back in and try to salvage a par. That’s what I did so well,� he said. Three years ago, he estimates that he took nine penalty drops in 36 holes en route to a missed cut. He finished third here in 2016, but missed the cut again last year. He returned to PGA National to congratulate Rickie Fowler on his win, and Fowler returned the favor this year. “It’s definitely very satisfying when you can get the job done on a course that tests all parts of your game,� Fowler said as he watched Thomas accept the trophy. Thomas was bogey-free on the back-nine, making birdies on 13 and 18 and executing several clutch up-and-downs. He drove in the rough on the final hole before stuffing a 117-yard wedge shot to make birdie and match List.   “This was a hard win, it was,� Thomas said. “I was very calm and comfortable kind of those first 14 holes, and that’s the first time I’ve had to play the Bear Trap in that much pressure, and it was pretty nerve-wracking.� Mike Thomas was impressed with his son’s ability to go 72 holes without a penalty shot on a course lined by so many water hazards. “He’s ultra-aggressive, and he’s good enough to be aggressive,� Mike Thomas said. “I think he’s learned that he doesn’t have to attack every flag. … He just didn’t make any mistakes.� And so he walked away with yet another trophy.

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