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☆ Players Championship: Ben Silverman spent all morning practicing one do-or-die shot. Here’s how it went
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Needing to make one miracle shot to stay in The Players Championship, it was do-or-die for Ben Silverman. “Let’s go make it happen,” his caddie quipped as he left the range, recorded in a video posted by the PGA Tour on X. pic.twitter.com/sfH6F6iNyl — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 16, 2024Yet there were no regrets from Silverman, a 14-year professional who has won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour, the PGA Tour’s developmental circuit. “There’s no point in putting so much pressure on it, just do the best I can,” reflected Silverman, who was making his Players Championship debut. The Japanese golfer teed off from the same hole Saturday morning at even-par overall, but saw his make-or-break 34-foot birdie putt come up just short to fall one shot short of the cut line.

Persons: Ben Silverman, Silverman, Ryo Hisatsune, “ Let’s, Silverman –, sfH6F6iNyl, ”, “ Didn’t, ” Silverman, Mike Ehrmann, Hisatsune, teed, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Thomas, Wyndham Clark, Xander Schauffele, Nick Taylor Organizations: CNN, PGA, TPC Locations: –

☆ Players Championship: Adam Hadwin hurled his club into the water in disgust. His wife saw the funny side
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Golfer Adam Hadwin had built a superb reputation for staying dry at The Players Championship. On Thursday, the water took its long-awaited revenge by claiming two of his balls – and even a club. Across more than four decades, hundreds of the PGA Tour’s finest players have watched in horror as their tee shot splashed into the lake at TPC Sawgrass’ iconic par-three 17th hole. Yet on all of his 28 previous visits to the penultimate tee at the ‘fifth major’, Canada’s Hadwin had safely found the island green. Ten players had found the lake from the tee during the first round, though New Zealand’s Ryan Fox aced the hole, becoming the 14th golfer in Players history to do so.

Persons: Adam Hadwin, Canada’s Hadwin, Hadwin, Sam Greenwood, Hadwin –, Jessica, ” Hadwin, Mike Carlson, Wyndham Clark, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy –, Maddox, day, a, Ze Organizations: CNN, PGA Locations: eled by

☆ Nick Taylor wins raucous WM Phoenix Open in playoff after crowd trouble bedevils tournament
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Canada’s Nick Taylor completed a dramatic late fightback to win the WM Phoenix Open in a playoff on Sunday, after crowd trouble marred the notoriously raucous PGA Tour event at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona. Taylor sealed his second playoff victory in under a year. Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images“He [Hadwin] dodged security this time, so it’s good,” Taylor, who jumped 27 places to world No. During Friday’s second round, a fan suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a fall at the 16th hole, a statement from the PGA Tour said. Police and staff apprehend a fan dressed as William Wallace from "Braveheart" after he ran onto the 11th hole during the second round.

Persons: Nick Taylor, Taylor, Charley Hoffman, birdied, Adam Hadwin, Orlando Ramirez, ” Taylor, “, ” Hoffman, Scottie Scheffler, Scheffler, Steve Stricker, John, Sam Burns, Gretzky, Canada's Taylor, Steph Chambers, Jock Holliman, Carlos Ortiz, William Wallace, ”, Christian Petersen, Zach Johnson, Billy Horschel, Buddy, ” Horschel, “ He’s Organizations: CNN, WM, Winnipeg -, RBC Canadian, PGA, John Deere, Getty, Sky Sports, Police, Thunderbirds, Ryder Locations: Scottsdale, Arizona, Winnipeg

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler surged into contention to win a third straight Phoenix Open on Sunday, overcoming a huge mistake on the 18th hole to shoot a 5-under 66 in the weather-delayed third round. Scheffler was at 13 under, two shots behind Sahith Theegala and Nick Taylor as players struggle to avoid a Monday finish amid a second straight week of weather issues on the PGA Tour. Theegala matched Taylor's two-putt birdie on the short par-4 17th to tie for the lead and shot 69. Charley Hoffman had four straight birdies to close out a 64 and was tied with Andrew Novak at 14 under. A long weather delay pushed the first round into Friday, and the tournament has tried to play catchup ever since.

Persons: Scottie Scheffler, Scheffler, Sahith Theegala, Nick Taylor, Steve Stricker, Taylor, Theegala, Charley Hoffman, Andrew Novak, catchup, Zach Johnson, Tom Hoge, ___ Organizations: PGA, John Deere, Scottsdale Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz

Taylor tied the course record with an 11-under 60 in the first round and shot 70 in the second. That moved much of the second round into Saturday and there was another delay — this one for just 21 minutes — in the morning because of unplayable conditions. Scottie Scheffler — eyeing his third straight Phoenix Open win — shot 66 and is four shots back at 8 under. Theegala shot up the leaderboard on the back nine, with birdies on Nos. The 26-year-old — a three-time All-American at Pepperdine — earned his first PGA Tour win last year at the Fortinet Championship.

Persons: Theegala, Nick Taylor, Andrew Novak, Taylor, Novak, It’s, McNealy, Doug Ghin, Scottie Scheffler — eyeing, He's, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Pepperdine —, ” Theegala, ” Organizations: TPC Scottsdale, Phoenix, PGA, American, Pepperdine, “ Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz

☆ Spieth, Thomas headline notable players to miss U.S. Open cut
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Jun 16, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Jordan Spieth on the 7th green during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY SportsLOS ANGELES, June 16 (Reuters) - Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Max Homa will miss out on a chance at major glory this weekend as they all failed to take advantage of unusually low U.S. Open scoring conditions and missed the halfway cut on Friday. The other top-20 golfers to miss the cut were Kurt Kitayama and South Korea's Im Sung-jae. Among the other notables to miss the cut are Masters joint runner-up Phil Mickelson (74), Jason Day (76), Adam Scott (72) and former U.S. Open champions Martin Kaymer (73) and Justin Rose (68). Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jordan Spieth, Kiyoshi Mio, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Thomas, Homa, Kurt Kitayama, Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose, Nick Taylor, England's Tommy Fleetwood, Taylor, Frank Pingue, William Mallard Organizations: U.S, Los Angeles Country Club, LOS ANGELES, U.S ., Canadian, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, USA, Thursday's, Toronto

☆ Adam Hadwin mistakenly leveled by security when celebrating Nick Taylor's fairytale Canadian Open win
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hadwin was quickly helped back to his feet, with footage showing him stood arm in arm with the security guard shortly after. A security guard stops Hadwin as Taylor celebrates. It put him level at the top of the leaderboard with England’s Tommy Fleetwood, in pursuit of a first PGA Tour title. That sent the pair into the first PGA Tour playoffs of their careers, and after three holes, they still could not be separated. A remarkable uphill putt saw Taylor eagle for the win to become the first Canadian since Pat Fletcher in 1954, and the sixth in history, to win his country’s National Open.

Persons: Nick Taylor’s, caddie Dave Markle, Adam Hadwin, Hadwin, Taylor, Markle, Nathan Denette, ”, ” Taylor, “, –, Jessica, “ I’m, revelled, Justin Thomas, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Pat Fletcher, Mike Weir, Corey Conners, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Canadian, Oakdale, Twitter, ” CNN, PGA, –, Fleetwood, Minas Panagiotakis, Getty Locations: Canadian, Winnipeg

☆ Taylor and Conners to try and make it Canada Day at national championship
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Jun 10, 2023; Toronto, ON, CAN; Nick Taylor hits his tee shot at the 17th hole during the third round of the RBC Canadian Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY SportsTORONTO, June 10 (Reuters) - Perhaps no sporting event in Canada goes out of its way to tug at the heritage heartstrings more than the Canadian Open. But entering Sunday's final round there is plenty of Canadian content on the leaderboard with Nick Taylor and Corey Conners in position to make history. Six will start Sunday's final round two off the pace including Taylor, who rocketed into contention with a course record nine-under 63. "I would love to win the Canadian Open for the third time.

Persons: Nick Taylor, Dan Hamilton, Caesar, Bloody Mary, Pat Fletcher, Corey Conners, Taiwan's, Pan, Rory McIlroy, Taylor, Northern Ireland's McIlroy, LIV, McIlroy, I've, Steve Keating, Andrea Ricci Organizations: RBC Canadian, Sports TORONTO, Canadian, Oakdale Country, PGA, Thomson Locations: Toronto, Canada, Muskoka, Australia, Zimbabwe, Canadian, Saudi

☆ Scheffler takes top ranking back from McIlroy after Phoenix Open win
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Scottie Scheffler knocked Rory McIlroy off the top of the world rankings on Sunday after the Masters champion retained his Phoenix Open title in Arizona. Scheffler carded a final round of six-under-par 65 for a 19 under total to claim his fifth PGA Tour title and regain the number one ranking he had held for 30 weeks until October. Scheffler, who took the $3.6 million top prize, won his first PGA Tour title in Phoenix to kick off a run of four wins in six starts. The American won his first major at Augusta National last April and was voted PGA Tour Player of the Year. Spaniard Jon Rahm, who also had a chance to become number one with a win on Sunday, was third at 14-under after closing with a 68, while McIlroy carded a 70 to finish joint 32nd on four under for the tournament.

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