What was in Woods' bag for his Masters wins

Will Zalatoris has failed to win multiple times, but he keeps getting closer and closer. On Sunday, he gets another 18 holes to try and finally give himself more than just a learning experience.

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KAPALUA, Hawaii – Collin Morikawa is chasing more than a sixth PGA TOUR victory at the Sentry Tournament of Champions as the 24-year-old can become the second quickest player to reach world No. 1 at the Plantation Course. Morikawa needs a top three finish and some help from current No. 1 Jon Rahm to become just the 25th player to ascend to the top of the world since the Official World Golf Ranking was launched in 1986. In just his 62nd start as a professional Morikawa would be the second quickest player to get to the top, behind only Tiger Woods who took just 21 starts to make the move. Currently Jordan Spieth, with 77 starts, is the next best. If Morikawa, who opened with a 5-under 68 on Thursday to be three off the lead, wins in Maui he needs Rahm to be placed lower than a stand-alone runner-up. Rahm was just a shot out of Cameron Smith’s lead after an opening 66. Second place alone from Morikawa would be enough if Rahm placed lower than tied fifth with one other player while third alone would get the job done if Rahm placed lower than tied thirty-second with one other player in the 38-man field. “It’s been a dream my entire life to get to No.1 in the world, but it’s not just about getting to No. 1 it’s about sustaining that,” Morikawa said earlier this week. “And it’s not like that’s a peak… I get to No. 1 and I can go retire and relax on the beach, like there are still so many things that I’m going to keep pushing myself when that, if or when that does happen. “Having an opportunity here, it’s all in my control, all I can do is try and win the tournament and that’s all I’m going to focus on. But it’s a huge goal, it always has been and it means something that when you do get there it means you’re doing something right or at least a good amount of things right.” The Californian had the chance to claim top spot during the Hero World Challenge last month, taking a five-shot lead into the final round knowing a win would be enough. But he struggled on Sunday and surrendered the tournament to a surging Viktor Hovland. Morikawa would become just the fourth player to reach world No. 1 before turning 25, joining Woods, Rory McIlroy and Spieth. He turns 25 on Feb. 6, 2022. In 2021 Morikawa won the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession to join Woods as the only players to win a major and WGC before turning 25. He also claimed his second major at The Open Championship and was the victor at the DP World Tour Championship to take the season long Race to Dubai title.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR announced today that Loaves, Fishes & Computers (LFC), a non-profit beneficiary of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, has been named the 2022 PGA TOUR Charity of the Year. LFC was recently surprised with the honor. LFC was founded in 2009 to help address the growing digital divide throughout the greater Monterey Bay region, especially in rural areas like Salinas. Despite providing most of the nation’s lettuce among many other crops consumed globally, many Salinas Valley families struggle daily to put food on their tables and face extreme economic disparity. LFC’s programs and services aim to empower low-income and underserved individuals by providing low- or no-cost computers, tech support, computer repair and hands-on digital fluency instruction. It also provides technology- and business-related work experience for volunteers who are recruited directly from the communities they serve. Powered by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am surpassed $200 million in all-time charitable contributions in 2022. “All of the 200-plus charitable organizations we support are special, but LFC provides particularly meaningful technology and digital literacy assistance serving a broad population throughout our tri-county region,” said Steve John, Tournament Director and CEO of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. The Charity of the Year award comes with a $30,000 grant from the PGA TOUR to assist LFC, which will be utilized to provide additional computing devices for low-income families, digital fluency classes, and facilitate its volunteer program in teaching job training skills to its constituents. “The entire team of staff and volunteers at LFC is overwhelmed to receive this honor from the PGA TOUR,” said Gabriela López Chávez, Executive Director of LFC. “Bridging the digital divide for our most vulnerable residents is one of the most important issues we can address to ensure healthy and prosperous lives for all community members. We are deeply grateful that the importance of this work is being recognized on a national scale by the TOUR and for our ongoing partnership with the Monterey Peninsula Foundation.” With the support of more than 100,000 volunteers annually, the PGA TOUR assists approximately 3,000 charities each year. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving, and to date, tournaments across all Tours have generated more than $3.37 billion. The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, won in 2022 by Tom Hoge, will be held February 2-5, 2023, at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

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