SHORT GAME
SOUND BITES
“I APOLOGISE TO WHOMEVER I AM PLAYING WITH THIS WEEK. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER I HAVE BEEN TOLD I AM 0.569 OF A SECOND SLOW. SOUNDS LIKE SOME F1 CARS. IF I PLAY OUT OF TURN I AM SORRY, IF I’M READY I’M HITTING” Ian Poulter’s Instagram response to being put on the PGA Tour’s slow-play observation list
“SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE NIGHTS WHERE THEY WOULDN’T EAT, JUST TO GIVE ME SOME FOOD”
After his first PGA Tour start at the Valspar Championship, journeyman pro Michael Visacki spoke about his parents’ sacrifices
“WELL, TIGER’S A WEIRDO. IT DOESN’T REALLY COUNT. HE DOESN’T SLEEP ANYWAY”
Justin Thomas on Tiger getting up four hours before early morning rounds
“THE PERSON WHO IS IN A POSITION TO TELL YOU THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE WORLD WOULD BE MIKE WHAN. HE RUNS THE LPGA TOUR”
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan couldn’t name the top-ranked female golfers in the US Women’s Open field last year
BRIEFS
Titleist ball players
Ex-england cricketer defies rare heart condition
Having retired in 2016 due to a heart problem, former England cricketer James Taylor took up golf and recently got down to scratch for the first time.
Bryson Dechambeau’s cut confusion
While on a flight home to Dallas, Bryson Dechambeau found out he’d made the cut at the Wells Fargo and had to fly back to Charlotte hours after landing.
STATS
Garrick Higgo matched Tiger’s record for the fewest number of events needed to win three European/pga Tour titles since 1990