The moments before and after everything changed for Tiger Woods

HOUSTON — Inspired to raise funds to help people affected by the vast devastation from Hurricane Harvey, PGA TOUR players and Houston residents Chris Stroud and Bobby Gates, in partnership with Bluejack National, Houston Golf Association and Pro Links Sports announced the Hurricane Harvey Relief Pro-Am Fundraiser. This unique event, which takes place December 11-12, 2017, will bring together PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions and LPGA TOUR professionals to raise money for flood victims. “As a long-time Houstonian, I was compelled to call on the professional golf community to help our neighbors rebuild their lives after Hurricane Harvey,â€� said Stroud, professional golfer. “With the help of professional golfers from across the country, we will pool our resources and assist those in need over the coming months.â€� The golf event will be held on December 12 at Bluejack National in Montgomery, Texas, and will feature up to 20 golf professionals paired with corporate partners and amateurs to play in a Pro-Am format. Joining Chris Stroud and Bobby Gates in the event are Ben Crane, Ryan Palmer, Gerina Piller and Martin Piller. World Golf Hall of Fame member and major championship winner Mark O’Meara and major championship winners Stacy Lewis, Jimmy Walker, Fuzzy Zoeller and Steve Elkington, as well as Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup team member Patrick Reed have committed to participate in the Pro-Am fundraiser. On December 11, the eve of the Pro-Am, a draw party will be held featuring food, wine, live auction and live entertainment. “Immediately after the flood waters began to recede, my friends and I leapt into action helping our neighbors,â€� said Bobby Gates, professional golfer. “Those days cleaning out homes compelled me to want to do more for the communities impacted by Harvey. I’m excited to be a part of rebuilding the lives of those who live in our community and have lost so much.â€� Teaming up with the golf professionals to support the Pro-Am fundraiser are Pro Links Sports, management company for the Insperity Invitational and Houston Golf Association, host organization for the Houston Open.  To register, support and/or attend the Hurricane Harvey Relief Pro-Am, please visit http://www.harveyreliefproam.org/. Proceeds raised from the Pro-Am will go directly to individuals and families impacted by the floods. Families can apply for aid on the event website starting November 1, 2017.

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HOUSTON — Last week, the Equipment Report revealed the company that made Justin Rose’s unique irons that were stamped not with a brand’s logo, but his own personal “JR” mark. This week, GolfWRX.com caught up with the 2018 FedExCup champ at the Cadence Bank Houston Open to go more in-depth on those custom-made Miura irons and why he made a drastic change to his putting style at last week’s World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. More on Rose’s Miura irons At this year’s U.S. Open, GolfWRX spoke to Rose about the Titleist 620 MB irons he had recently put into play (link: ). Rose liked the shape of the 620 MB’s, but he found he was catching too many fliers out of the rough. That led him to task Miura with building him a set of custom irons, just as it had done for Adam Scott. “I was just catching a couple fliers with the Titleists, as you probably saw in Canada (where Rose shot a final-round 60 after a bogey on 18 when his approach flew the green),” Rose said. “It’s funny, you test clubs, but before you play them in competition, you don’t really know. In competition, you get all sorts of different lies and situations, and pressure, and adrenaline, and things like that. I loved the look of those Titleist irons, I just felt like the groove was not close to my TaylorMade groove, which I never catch a flier with. “I felt like there was maybe a best of both worlds. So I tasked … the guys at Miura there to make me something. I saw they did something cool for Adam Scott. They came, and I thought they had a touch more offset than I had anticipated. Testing that was really interesting. I felt like I hit them straighter because of that. “I’d go back to my TaylorMade, the P730, and I’d miss it a little right, straight away. So I’ve gone with (the Miuras). They’re still a little new on me, almost like half shaft offset.” The claw has disappeared For years, Rose has been using an Axis1 Rose Proto putter, and he’d been gripping the putter using a “claw” style grip. At last week’s event in Mayakoba, however, Rose switched it up into a more conventional style. “Left hand is still the same, but the claw has disappeared,” Rose said. “I felt like with the claw I was just struggling with the shape of my backswing. I was getting a little too linear in the backswing, a little too straight back. I just felt like the way my right hand was it was guiding me straight down the line. And I felt like when I put my right hand in just close to my left hand, I felt like it makes me symmetrical in the forearms, and the sweetspot works up the plane a bit easier in the backswing. First time in competition last week, I felt like I putted pretty good. “It still doesn’t feel conventional to me. Conventional to me is the reverse overlap. I put the left finger down the side of the shaft, so it’s almost a two-thumbs style where my thumbs are very close together. So I don’t regard that as a traditional putting grip. I’m still quite a traditionalist in where the straight up reverse overlap, thin grip, Scotty Cameron style putter; that for me is traditional… but yeah, a slight modification. You know, a lot of guys are gripping it like that. Danny Willet has the exact same putting grip. Matt Wallace is quite similar. Matt Fitzpatrick has the exact same grip. It must be an English thing.”

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