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Pebble Power Rankings: Dustin Johnson Aims for Hat Trick

February 10, 2011   B.J. George   No comments

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Dustin JohnsonThe Tour heads back to California for one of the most scenic stops all year at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Players will be competing on three courses, all of which measure less than 7,000 yards and demand accuracy and a solid short game. Tiger Woods might be on the other side of the world this week, but the field in Northern California doesn’t lack star power.

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Dustin Johnson — After back-to-back top 10s to open the year, Johnson (pictured) might have made it three straight had the weather in Scottsdale not caused delays everyday. Less than 30 minutes after his opening-round 64, he was back on the tee for round two and shot nine strokes worse. The two-time defending champ at this event was a disastrous final round away from winning the U.S. Open here last summer.

Vijay Singh — Don’t look now, but the Big Fijian looks to be regaining his form. Winless since 2008, Singh has improved each week and earned his first top three finish in three years, which is pretty unbelievable. The 2004 winner here also has three runner-up finishes at the AT&T

Mark Wilson — Winner in two of his three starts this season, Wilson’s game is primed for the trip to Pebble Beach. He sits top 5 on Tour in greens in regulation, scrambling, and scoring, and his consistency will benefit him this week. While his past results here aren’t spectacular, the FedEx Cup points leader hasn’t missed the cut at the AT&T since 2003.

Jim Furyk — Last season’s FedEx Cup winner took a month off since missing the cut at the Sony Open. He also took a month break after playing both tournaments on the islands to open 2007, returning to the AT&T and finishing T6. Maybe that trend could be a bit of a stretch, but there’s no doubt Furyk enjoys Pebble Beach – he hasn’t finished outside of the top 40 since 1999.

J.B. Holmes — The two-time Tour winner nearly added number three at the AT&T a year ago. Holmes finished one stoke behind Dustin Johnson in a tie for 2nd and hasn’t missed the cut in four starts at this tournament. One of the longest hitters on tour, he also sits sixth in birdie average after a T5 at the WMPO.

 

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Waste Management Phoenix Open Preview: PGA Party Continues

February 02, 2011   Mick Elliott   No comments

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Hunter MahanThe PGA Tour is enjoying a nice little run right now.

This week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open could very well keep it going.

Two weeks ago the Bob Hope Classic produced a feel-good story: Venezuela native Jhonattan Vegas, who first learned the game hitting rocks, brought a big smile and excitement. It was followed by last week’s popular win by Bubba Watson, in an exciting dual with Phil Mickelson.

Now, it’s time to party.

The Waste Management Phoenix Open is loud, wacky and usually pretty interesting. The tournament traditionally draws the largest galleries in golf with a week-long attendance of some 500,000 attending what is called “a golf tournament wrapped in a social event.”

Mickelson, No. 4, is the only player among the world’s top 10 in the field, but other headliners will include Dustin Johnson, defending champ Hunter Mahan (pictured) and last week’s Farmers Open winner Watson.

 

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BMW Championship Preview: Playoffs Keep Rolling

September 08, 2010   FanHouse Staff   No comments

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Tiger WoodsA year ago, it still looked easy for Tiger Woods.

He came to the BMW Championship at Chicago’s Cog Hill and shot a third-round 62 to build a seven-shot lead to take into the final day.

He then closed with a 3-under 68 for an eight-shot victory over Jim Furyk and Marc Leishman.

It was Woods’ sixth victory of the 2009 season, and propelled him to the FedExCup title and its $10 million bonus.

He has not won on the PGA Tour since.

“It felt like we had a tournament within a tournament,” Furyk said. “Tiger was seven ahead. He was kind of running away. It was kind of a tournament for second place.”

At least something about the week was interesting.

More than Woods’ victory, last year’s BMW is remembered for the cruelty it dispatched to Brandt Snedeker.

With 30 players advancing from Cog Hill to the season-ending Tour Championship, Snedeker, playing in the final group with Woods, walked to the 18th green needing only a bogey to assure he advanced. He then missed a 12-foot par putt followed by a shocking misfire from three feet that caught the left lip of the cup and came out. Snedeker was so stunned that he missed the next two putts and took triple bogey.

“I can’t believe I did this,” Snedeker said. “I just made a mess of it.”

That allowed John Senden to capture the 30th spot by less than a half-point over Ian Poulter, two players who were hardly clutch down the stretch. Senden had a 90-yard wedge to the green at the 15th and chunked it so badly that it traveled only 50 yards. Two holes later, he nearly hit a bunker shot over the green and into the water to make double bogey.

Senden finished with 1,532.41 points. Poulter, who hit his approach into the water on the 18th, wound up with 1,531.95 points.


But a lot has changed this year. Tiger is still looking for his first win since last year’s BMW, and now his hopes for qualifying for the Tour Championship look slim. Will the world’s No. 1 golfer finally get a win? What you need to know about Cog Hill, plus who’s hot and who’s not are all in this week’s FanHouse Roundtable.

 

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Jason Day Edges in Front; Tiger 10 Back at Deutsche Bank

September 05, 2010   FanHouse Newswire   No comments

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Jason Day NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Jason Day capped off an exciting day with a routine birdie to take the lead Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship, setting up a Labor Day finish with all sorts of possibilities.

Day watched a three-shot lead evaporate in two holes, only to get it back on the par-5 18th with a shot just off the back of the green, leaving him a simple two-putt for birdie and a 5-under 66. He had a one-shot lead over Brandt Snedeker, who made a mess of the 18th until chipping in for par and a 67.

Just like so many other times at this tournament, the Deutsche Bank Championship could be up for grabs.

And so could the No. 1 ranking.

Tiger Woods could only manage one birdie over the last 11 holes and shot a 2-under 69, leaving him tied for 23rd and 10 shots out of the lead. That set the stage for Phil Mickelson or Steve Stricker to end his five-year run atop the world ranking.

Stricker is closer to the lead. Mickelson has better odds.

Both of them might have a tough time catching up to Day, the 22-year-old Australian who won the Byron Nelson Championship in May and is starting to play his best golf during the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Day was at 17-under 196, matching the 54-hole record at the TPC Boston set by Mike Weir two years ago.

Luke Donald, winless on the PGA Tour in more than four years, was steady again in his first tournament since being picked for Europe’s Ryder Cup team. He birdied the last hole for a 66 and was two shots behind.

Defending champion Stricker played his third straight round without a bogey for a 67 and was at 13-under 200 with Charley Hoffman, who had a 69.

 

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Jason Day, Brandt Snedeker Survive Weather to Share Deutsche Lead

September 04, 2010   FanHouse Newswire   No comments

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Brandt SnedekerNORTON, Mass. (AP) — Jason Day and Brandt Snedeker played in far different conditions Saturday and wound up with a share of the lead halfway through the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Tiger Woods, meanwhile, kept his playoff hopes alive with a 6-under 65. One day after he bogeyed four of his first six holes, he birdied four of his first seven to not only make the cut, but give himself thoughts of winning. He was seven shots behind at the halfway point.

Snedeker went from the rain showers of Hurricane Earl to breezy conditions Saturday morning in his second round and had a 7-under 64. The wind got stronger throughout the afternoon for Day, who did well to shoot 67 and join Snedeker at the top of the leaderboard.

“I wasn’t liking my odds in the draw when I teed off yesterday,” Snedeker said. “That being said, I think it’s going to end up working out exactly the same. I think these guys in the afternoon are going to have the tough conditions we had yesterday afternoon.”

Woods turned his game around at the right time. In danger of missing the cut and missing out on the rest of the FedEx Cup playoffs, Woods didn’t hit a bad shot through six holes and played bogey-free for the first time in more than a year for a 6-under 65 that left him in the middle of the pack.

Woods, who started in a tie for 87th, moved up to a tie for 29th.

 

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Snedeker, Atwal Share Lead at Wyndham

August 20, 2010   FanHouse Newswire   No comments

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Brandt SnedekerGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Brandt Snedeker feels right at home in central North Carolina, no matter which course he plays.

Snedeker shot a 65 Friday and shared the lead with Arjun Atwal at 12-under 128 after two rounds of the Wyndham Championship.

Snedeker had an eagle and three birdies to move into familiar territory atop the leaderboard of golf’s final pre-playoff event. He won this tournament in 2007 and shared the lead after a rainy first day last year.

He again has company in the lead: Atwal, who lost his tour card last month and is bidding to become the first Monday qualifier to win an ensuing tournament in 24 years. He followed his tournament-record-tying first round with a 67.

Since the Wyndham returned to the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club in 2008, both winners — Carl Pettersson in 2008 and Ryan Moore last year — either held or shared the lead after two rounds.

 

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Wyndham Leader Arjun Atwal’s Opening 61 Ties Tournament Record

August 19, 2010   FanHouse Newswire   No comments

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Arjun AtwalGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — If Arjun Atwal keeps this up, he’ll have a new PGA Tour card in no time.

Atwal tied a tournament record with a 61 Thursday and took a two-stroke lead at the Wyndham Championship.

Matching Carl Pettersson’s 2-year-old mark at the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club course, Atwal was 9 under through the first round of the PGA Tour’s final event before the playoffs.

Brandt Snedeker shot a 63. John Rollins, Kevin Streelman, Lucas Glover, Boo Weekley, David Toms and Jeev Milkha Singh were at 64, and six players shot 65s during an occasionally wet day that left Sedgefield’s greens soft and its leaderboard crowded.

It was quite the encouraging start for Atwal, who lost his tour card last month and had to play his way into this event in a Monday qualifier across town at Forest Oaks Country Club — where this tournament was held from 1977-2007.

 

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Pebble Beach a Wonder Unto Itself

February 10, 2010   Mick Elliott   No comments

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The 7th hole at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — If you know that golf balls have dimples, you know Pebble Beach, site of this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, is sacred ground.

Hugging the rugged Pacific Ocean coastline, it is golf’s gift to photography. It is one spot where even PGA Tour players feel compelled to stop, take off the blinders and take in the sights.

“There’s a lot of downtime between golf shots,” Luke Donald said. “You have to tune off some times between shots and nothing’s better than looking out at the ocean and seeing great views.”

That could be the reason Jack Nicklaus once said if he could choose only one golf course to play every day of his life, it would be Pebble Beach.

Of course, the Golden Bear would be wise to bring his Platinum Card. The world’s No. 1-ranked public course demands a $495 green fee, plus tax. And that’s if you are staying on site at the property’s upscale resort.

Otherwise, it’s $495, plus $35 cart fee.

 

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