Jack Nicklaus believes Tiger Woods has a chance to win at his Memorial Tournament this week and still has a shot at golf’s greatest career milestone.
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Zack Sucher is the surprise leader in Cromwell, CT, after following his opening 64 with a 65 on Friday. Paul Casey and Jason Day are among those in contention.
Here is your opportunity to own an autographed piece of Jack Nicklaus memorabilia from Augusta National, and support a good cause in the process. RELATED: Tee times, groupings | Nine things to know: Augusta National Golf Club The six-time Masters champion is going to wear a yellow glove and his signature Play Yellow hat while hitting the honorary opening tee shot Thursday at Augusta National. Nicklaus will then sign those items and they will be auctioned off on eBay. The starting bid will be $5,000. The winning bid amount will be donated to the donor's local children's hospital. Led by Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, the PGA TOUR and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Play Yellow strives to bring the entire golf world together to help the 10,000,000 kids treated at local children's hospitals each year. More information will be available on the social media channels of Nicklaus and golf.com.
BLAINE, Minn. – Dustin Johnson withdrew from the 3M Open on Thursday, citing a back injury, after shooting 78 in the first round. The round of 7 over followed a pair of 80s and a missed cut at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide last week for the world No. 4, who won the Travelers Championship last month. Johnson started on the back nine Thursday and actually was 1 under through his first six holes. But his troubles began when he bogeyed No. 16 and hit his tee shot at the par-3 17th into the water on the way to a double bogey. “I just hit a poor shot on 17,” Johnson said. “I hit it a little heavy in the water, made 5 there.” The 18th was a disaster, though. A good drive on the curving, dogleg-right par 5 left him 208 yards from the flag – a “perfect” 6-iron, Johnson later said – but that went into the water. So did two more balls, and suddenly he was signing for a quadruple bogey. “Hit it right at it and never once did I think it was going to go in the water,” Johnson said. “That never crossed my mind when it was in the air. Just went in the water and I hit two more shots in the water, then I hit a good one, made a tap-in for a 9.” Johnson made two more bogeys on the front nine before sinking a 19-foot birdie putt on No. 9 to finish off his round. Johnson placed the blame for his recent spate of poor play on his iron game. He hit 9 of 14 fairways on Thursday but just 13 of 18 greens in regulation. “I feel like I’m driving it well, but the iron play, first six or seven holes hit it close and then the rest of the day kind of struggled a little bit with iron play,” Johnson said. “Kind of the same last week, I just struggled with my iron play and makes it difficult.” At Muirfield Village, Johnson was similarly beset by big numbers. He had two doubles and three triples, along with nine bogeys, in two rounds at the Memorial.
