Martin Laird waited seven years to return to the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour. The fact it took two extra holes Sunday just seemed appropriate.
Golf
Patrick Cantlay and Martin Laird have a two-stroke lead on a day when Matthew Wolff shoots a 61 and Bryson DeChambeau struggles to a 71 in the third round at TPC Summerlin.
Bryson DeChambeau carded a 9-under 62 Thursday at TPC Summerlin to take the first-round lead at the Shriners Open.
Bryson DeChambeau may have overpowered Winged Foot to win the U.S. Open last month, but don’t expect Fowler to copy his model for success.
Collin Morikawa recently claimed his first major championship and climbed into the top 10 in the world rankings, but he’s looking forward to the next three weeks as among the most special of his blossoming career.
Former U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson was among a handful of last-minute entries that have joined the field for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin.
Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau are among 10 players who have committed to play in the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek Golf Club.
The winners of both majors played during the 2020 PGA Tour season are bringing their games to Las Vegas next month.
Bryson DeChambeau’s approach to the game — hit the ball as far as you can, accuracy be damned — has some players and fans in awe and others alarmed.
The good news for Southern Nevada golf fans is that the Shriners Hospital for Children Open remains on the PGA Tour schedule for early October.
A second PGA Tour event in Las Vegas in October is being floated as a possibility as officials scramble to replace the likely loss of three fall events in Asia later this year.
Executive Director Patrick Lindsay won’t care as much about the leaderboards as how these early PGA Tour events are being run in the middle of a global pandemic.
