Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

MEXICO CITY – Rickie Fowler wasn’t the first player to find himself on the wrong side of the new rule that requires players to take drops from knee-height, but his infraction was certainly the most high-profile. Fowler began his second round at the WGC-Mexico Championship on the 10th hole and things started to go wrong quickly […]

MEXICO CITY – Tiger Woods nearly gave me a heart attack at the par-4 ninth but I lived long enough to write this blog. Thoughts and observations from Big Cat’s 5-under 66 Friday at the WGC-Mexico Championship. · The sum total of my thoughts on his second shot from the bunker at No. 9: Feel like I’m […]

MEXICO CITY – Just when he looked like he was going to give away a shot on his final hole Friday, Tiger Woods did what he does best, something most everyone else would never even think to try. After finding the right fairway bunker off the tee at the par-4 ninth, Woods found himself blocked […]

MEXICO CITY – Dustin Johnson is enjoying thinking. He said so. The 2017 winner at the WGC-Mexico Championship is once again atop the leaderboard following bogey-free rounds of 64-67 at Club de Golf Chapultepec. Through 36 holes, he leads Rory McIlroy and Matt Kuchar by two at 11 under par. While this golf course does […]

MEXICO CITY – Matt Kuchar went birdie-birdie to begin his second round at the WGC-Mexico Championship and was already trailing his playing partner Tommy Fleetwood by two strokes for the day. Fleetwood became the first player to begin his round with back-to-back eagles on the PGA Tour since 1983 and moved into a tie for […]

Amy Olson and Ariya Jutanugarn created a buzz over whether they violated a rule against “backstopping” during the second round of the Honda Thailand tournament, but the LPGA ruled before either player began Saturday’s third round that no infraction occurred. “After speaking with Amy Olson and Ariya Jutanugarn, the LPGA rules committee determined that there […]

It’s no secret that Dustin Johnson is one of the longest hitters on Tour, and the thin Mexico City air is only helping that this week. On the 369-yard, par-4 second hole, Johnson could have taken the traditional route down the middle of the fairway, but that would have been too easy. Instead, he did this.  […]

Click: Near aces on par-4s are becoming rather commonplace on Moving Day at the WGC-Mexico Championship, and Patrick Cantlay treated Kevin Kisner to a front row seat for the latest one. Cantlay took a direct line with the driver on the par-4 12th on Saturday, and nearly holed out while Kevin Kisner was cleaning up […]

MEXICO CITY — Dustin Johnson had gone 45 holes without a bogey at the WGC-Mexico Championship. He was cruising along at 14 under par for the week – five clear of the field – when he finally dropped a shot at the par-4 10th – two of them. Johnson hit his tee ball 348 yards into […]

It was just yesterday that Tiger Woods displayed one of the best shots of his storied career on Tour. Today, the script was completely flipped on the 15th and 16th holes on Moving Day at the WGC-Mexico Championship. After finding the fairway on his drive on the par-5 15th, his second shot found the greenside […]