The standout golf moment of Day 3 will be Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler blowing a comfortable 5-shot lead on the back nine and settling for a tie.
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Tiger Woods says he was worn out mentally, physically and emotionally after such a demanding year full of golf.
World Golf Hall of Fame will welcome its next class of inductees on March 9, 2022 during the week of THE PLAYERS Championship. The class includes competitors Tiger Woods and Susie Maxwell Berning along with contributors Tim Finchem and the late Marion Hollins. The Induction Class was announced earlier this year with the ceremony originally scheduled to take place in 2021. "Given the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving the ceremony back a year will give us a better opportunity to properly recognize and honor this important class," said Greg McLaughlin, chief executive officer of the World Golf Foundation. "We look forward to shining a light on their achievements and inspiring future golfers around the world through this ceremony and celebration." The inductees, who now will be recognized as the Class of 2022, will be enshrined at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, as part of the activities surrounding THE PLAYERS, the PGA TOUR's flagship event. A full schedule of Hall of Fame events surrounding the Class of 2022 Induction Ceremony will be released in the coming months. Additional information on the Class of 2022 is featured below. To learn more about the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Class of 2022 and our existing members visit www.worldgolfhalloffame.org. World Golf Hall of Fame - Class of 2022 Tiger Woods has won 93 worldwide events including a record-tying 82 on the PGA TOUR. He's a 15-time Major Champion and a three-time winner of the career Grand Slam. Woods completed the "Tiger Slam" in 2000-01 when he became the first golfer since Bobby Jones to hold all four major championship titles at the same time. A two-time champion of THE PLAYERS and the first two-time winner of the FedExCup, Woods has competed on eight Ryder Cup and nine Presidents Cup teams which includes when he served as a playing captain of the victorious U.S. Presidents Cup Team in 2019. He is an 11-time PGA TOUR Player of the Year winner and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 following his fifth career victory at the Masters. Four-time Major Champion Susie Maxwell Berning began playing golf at the age of 15 and won three-straight Oklahoma State High School Golf Championships. She was the first female to be offered a golf scholarship from Oklahoma City University and played on the men's team. After becoming an LPGA professional in 1964, she earned the Rookie of the Year title and went on to win 11 times including an impressive four Majors - the 1965 Women's Western Open and the U.S. Women's Open three times in 1968, 1972 and 1973 - all while balancing family life as a mother. Under Tim Finchem's 22-year tenure as the PGA TOUR Commissioner from 1994 through 2016, prize money skyrocketed, moving from under $100 million on three tours in 1994 to more than $400 million on six tours when he retired in 2017. He created signature events in today's game, including the FedExCup and the FedExCup Playoffs, the Presidents Cup and the World Golf Championships. His impact expanded beyond the PGA TOUR as he left his mark on the global game, spearheading efforts to coordinate the bid for golf's return to the Olympics, which became a reality in the 2016 Games after a 112-year absence. He also worked to ensure giving back was part of the fabric of the PGA TOUR's business model and was instrumental in founding the First Tee in 1997. Marion Hollins, one of the only female golf course developers in history, was a visionary golf course architect and pioneer of the game. Hollins won the 1921 United States Amateur and was captain of the first American Curtis Cup team in 1932. Her influence on the game stretched beyond the fairways of competitive play. One of history's few female golf course developers, she took a lead role in developing the Monterey Peninsula into a golf mecca, which is now home to some of the biggest tournaments in play.
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Dustin Johnson suffers a few shaky moments with a chunked pitch shot and back-to-back front-nine bogeys, but settles down to author a final-round 68 for a five-shot victory over Presidents Cup teammates Cameron Smith and Sungjae Im, who each carded 69s. Smith became the first player in Masters history to record four rounds in the 60s. Here are five stories you might have missed from the 2020 Masters. 1. This one came from the heart Johnson grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, just over an hour away from Augusta. He thought about the Masters whilst honing his game at the now defunct Weed Hill driving range, where he was often the last player practicing under the lights. When he'd actually won the green jacket, there was no mistaking how much this one meant to him. He began to tear up when his brother/caddie Austin did as they embraced on the 18th green. Then came the ceremony with CBS's Amanda Balionis as the usually stoic Johnson was overcome with emotion. "I had a tough time there speaking with Amanda on the putting green," he said. "Just because like I said, it means so much to me. It means so much to my family, Paulina, the kids. They know it’s something that I’ve always been dreaming about and it’s why I work so hard." That hard work, and the athlete in him, has put him over the top. Tiger Woods, who put the green jacket on Johnson Sunday, cited the winner's raw athleticism, plus his seemingly imperturbable nature. Johnson, who is 6 feet, 4 inches tall, could palm a basketball in the seventh grade and doesn't get too bent out of shape on the course. And he doesn't linger over losses. "As we've all seen, he’s an amazing athlete," Woods said. "He’s one of the first guys to ever bring athleticism to our sport. DJ has just an amazing ability to stay calm in tough moments ... and we all know as past champions how hard it is, the emotions we have to deal with out there. "There’s no one more suited to that, I think, than DJ." For more on Johnson's victory, click here. 2. It's been a rollercoaster One of the biggest pre-tournament concerns for the players was not to get the coronavirus. Paul Casey, who opened with 65 but closed with 77 to finish T38, was only half joking when he said he was so worried about getting it and missing Augusta he didn't let his kids have play dates. Johnson tested positive for the virus in Las Vegas on Oct. 11, and after withdrawing from THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, spent 11 days holed up in his hotel room. It had a little outside area where he would sometimes go sit, and he would get up to shower, but otherwise that was it. He watched a whole lot of TV, especially the series "Yellowstone." The silver lining was he figured now that he'd had it, he would be OK for the Masters. "I know 2020 has been a really strange year, but it’s been good to me," he said after his fourth win of the year. "I’ve played some good golf. You know, I can’t thank Augusta enough for just having the Masters. Obviously when it canceled in April, none of us knew if we were going to be able to play in it. I was just happy to be here playing, and it worked out OK for me." 3. DeChambeau wasn't himself The biggest pre-tournament storyline, whether the newly beefy, ultra-long-hitting DeChambeau would tear apart Augusta National, never materialized. If anything, Augusta tore him apart, exposing the runaway U.S. Open champion's susceptibility to the blowup hole. DeChambeau double-bogeyed the 13th hole in the first round, and triple-bogeyed the par-4 third hole (with a lost ball) in the second. Ironically, the third and 13th holes are two of the shortest on the course. He closed with a 1-over 73 (T34) that featured a double-bogey at the par-4 fifth hole. He also complained of dizziness and brain fog. "At the beginning of the week I felt like I could have a great chance to win the tournament if I just played my game," DeChambeau said. "... I made way too many mistakes that I’ve got to talk about with my caddie and go, ‘Hey, how do we not make these mistakes anymore? How can we work better as a team to have that not happen?' At Winged Foot we did a great job of it. This week we didn’t." 4. Tiger and Phil flashed form Phil Mickelson was 5 under through two rounds and "driving it like a stallion." If he could just shore up his faulty putting, he said, he could potentially make a run at his fourth Masters title. It didn't happen, as he shot 79-73 to finish T55. Defending champion Woods had a crazier week. He, too, was 5 under through two rounds, but went 72-76 to finish T38. His final round was especially topsy-turvy as he hit three balls in the water and made a 10 - the highest score of his PGA TOUR career - at the par-3 12th hole. He then birdied five of his last six holes, including the last four in a row, to finish the round. "I committed to the wrong wind," he said of his misadventure on 12. "This sport is awfully lonely sometimes," he added. "You have to fight it. No one is going to bring you off the mound or call in a sub. You have to fight through it. That’s what makes this game so unique and so difficult mentally. We’ve all been there, unfortunately." For more on Woods' wild 12th hole, click here. 5. McIlroy still knocking on the door Rory McIlroy, 31, keeps flirting with winning Masters, the one major that eludes him for the career Grand Slam. With his opening-round 75, he spotted the winner 10 strokes, but beat Johnson by one the rest of the way to lose by nine and finish T5 with Dylan Frittelli (72). "You know, when I birdied the 8th hole and I got to 11 (under), I saw DJ had dropped to 15, and I thought, maybe there’s a chance," said McIlroy, who hasn't won in over a year. In retrospect, there wasn't a chance, and he played his last 10 holes in even par with a bogey at 10 and a birdie at the par-5 13th, which had vexed him all week. He signed for a 3-under 69, his third straight sub-70 round, and now has six top-10 finishes in his last seven Masters. "The wind sort of got up as we hit the turn," he said, "and it just was hard to make birdies." TOUR TOP 10 The PGA TOUR Regular Season top 10 will receive bonuses for their efforts.
