McIlroy pleased with opening 67 at BMW PGA

While a short miss on the final green denied him a share of the clubhouse lead, Rory McIlroy had plenty of reason to smile after opening the BMW PGA Championship with a 5-under 67.

McIlroy won the European Tour’s flagship event in memorable fashion in 2014, erasing a seven-shot deficit on the final day. But the West Course at Wentworth has otherwise been a house of horrors for the Ulsterman, as he missed the cut in his three other appearances since 2012 and has played the course in a combined 10 over in his eight career appearances.

This marks his first return to the event since 2015, and he’s now one shot off the early pace after a round that at times offered glimpses of his commanding form from recent years.

 

Full-field scores from the BMW PGA Championship

 

“I think I did everything pretty well,” McIlroy said. “I drove the ball much better, put the ball in play off the tee a lot more than I’ve done the last couple weeks, so that’s been really good. I thought I gave myself a lot of chances, and I took most of them.”

McIlroy started slowly, and a bogey on No. 9 after a poor approach from the middle of the fairway meant he made the turn in just 1 under. But he got that dropped shot back on the next hole, then added birdies on Nos. 14 and 16 to climb up the leaderboard. He appeared poised to add at least one more tally, but was unable to birdie either of the two closing par-5s at Wentworth including a miss from inside 4 feet on No. 18.

“A little frustrated that I couldn’t get a birdie or two out of the last couple holes, but overall a really good start,” he said.

Making his first start since a missed cut at The Players Championship, McIlroy sits two shots behind Lucas Bjerregaard with hopes for “more of the same” from his game over the weekend on a course that has often had his number.

“If I can hit the ball like I did today over the next three days,” McIlroy said, “I think I’ll be right there.”

 

Source: golfchannel.com

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Golfweek’s Best 2018: Courses You Can Play

 

By:  | April 17, 2018 4:03 pm

Welcome Golfweek’s annual Best. Each spring, we publish the three lists that are the foundation of our course-ratings program: Golfweek’s Best Classic Courses, Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses and Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play.

The members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course.

Those overall ratings on each course are averaged together to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in its state, or nationally, to produce the final rankings.

We hope you enjoy poring over these rankings, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on this Best Courses You Can Play list:

Alabama

1. FarmLinks at Pursell Farms, Sylacauga (m)
2. Grand National (Lake), Opelika (m)
3. Oxmoor Valley (Ridge), Birmingham (m)
4. Cambrian Ridge (Sherling/Canyon), Greenville (m)
5. Ross Bridge, Hoover (m)
6. Grand National (Links), Opelika (m)
7. Kiva Dunes, Gulf Shores (m)
8. Magnolia Grove (The Crossings), Mobile (m)
9. The Shoals (Fighting Joe), Muscle Shoals (m)
10. Limestone Springs, Oneonta (m)

Alaska

1. Anchorage GC, Anchorage (m)
2. Chena Bend, Fairbanks (m)
3. Moose Run (Creek), Fort Richardson (m)
4. Settler’s Bay, Wasilla (m)
5. Moose Run (Hill), Fort Richardson (m)

Arizona

1. We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro), Fountain Hills (m)
2. Quintero, Peoria (m)
3. Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain (Saguaro/Tortolita), Marana (m)
4. Wickenburg Ranch, Wickenburg (m)
5. TPC Scottsdale (Stadium), Scottsdale (m)
6. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes, Maricopa (m)
7. Troon North (Monument), Scottsdale (m)
8. Troon North (Pinnacle), Scottsdale, (m)
9. Verrado GC, Buckeye (m)
10. We-Ko-Pa (Cholla), Fountain Hills (m)
11. Ventana Canyon (Mountain, Tucson (m)
12. Boulders Resort (North), Carefree (m)
13. Laughlin Ranch, Bullhead City (m)
14. Sewailo, Tucson (m)
15. Boulders Resort (South), Carefree (m)
16. La Paloma (Ridge/Canyon), Tucson (m)
17. Apache Stronghold, San Carlos (m)
18. Talking Stick (North), Scottsdale (m)
19. Grayhawk (Raptor), Scottsdale (m)
20. Grayhawk (Talon), Scottsdale (m)
21. Ventana Canyon (Canyon), Tucson (m)
22. Gold Canyon (Dinosaur Mountain), Gold Canyon (m)
23. SunRidge Canyon, Fountain Hills (m)
24. Papago Municipal, Phoenix (m)
25. Camelback GC (Ambiente), Scottsdale (m)
26. Victory at Verrado, Buckeye (m)*
27. Los Caballeros, Wickenburg (m)
28. Legacy Golf Resort, Phoenix (m)
29. Wigwam (Gold), Litchfield Park (m)
30. Wildfire at Desert Ridge (Faldo Course), Phoenix (m)

Arkansas

1. The Ridges at Village Creek, Wynne (m)*
2. Mystic Creek, El Dorado (m)*
3. Hot Springs CC (Park), Hot Springs (c)
4. Big Creek, Mountain Home (m)
5. Hot Springs CC (Arlington), Hot Springs (c)

California

1. Pebble Beach GL, Pebble Beach (No. 8 c)
2. Pasatiempo, Santa Cruz (No. 36 c)
3. Spyglass Hill, Pebble Beach (No. 27 m)
4. Rams Hill, Borrego Springs (m)
5. Torrey Pines (South), San Diego (c)
6. Rustic Canyon, Moorpark (m)
7. CordeValle, San Martin (m)
8. PGA West (Stadium), La Quinta (m)
9. Barona Creek, Lakeside (m)
10. Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach (m)
11. Poppy Hills Golf Course, Pebble Beach (m)
12. Pelican Hill (Ocean North), Newport Coast (m)
13. Pelican Hill (Ocean South), Newport Coast (m)
14. Torrey Pines (North), San Diego (c)
15. The Grand GC, San Diego (m)
16. Coyote Moon, Truckee (m)
17. Bayonet, Seaside (c)
18. Saddle Creek, Copperopolis (m)
19. Maderas, Poway (m)
20. Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (Champions), Carlsbad (m)
21. SilverRock, La Quinta (m)
22. Darkhorse, Auburn (m)
23. Desert Willow (Firecliff), Palm Desert (m)
24. Park Hyatt Aviara GC, Carlsbad (m)
25. Silverado Resort and Spa (North), Napa (c)
26. Indian Wells Golf Resort (Players), Indian Wells (m)
27. Trump National GC, Rancho Palos Verdes (m)
28. Classic Club, Palm Springs (m)
29. Indian Wells Golf Resort (Celebrity), Indian Wells (m)
30. Journey at Pechanga, Temecula (m)

Colorado

1. Redlands Mesa, Grand Junction (m)
2. The Broadmoor (East), Colorado Springs (c)
3. Red Sky (Fazio), Wolcott (m)
4. Haymaker, Steamboat Springs (m)
5. CommonGround, Aurora (m)
6. The Broadmoor (West), Colorado Springs (c)
7. Bear Dance, Larkspur (m)
8. Red Sky (Norman), Wolcott (m)
9. The Ridge, Castle Pines (m)
10. Lakota Canyon, New Castle (m)

Connecticut

1. Wintonbury Hills, Bloomfield (m)
2. Keney Park GC, Hartford (c)
3. Lake of Isles (North), North Stonington (m)
4. Great River, Milford (m)
5. Oxford Greens, Oxford (m)
6. Fox Hopyard, East Haddam (m)
7. Mohegan Sun GC, Baltic (m)
8. Hotchkiss GC, Lakeville (c)*
9. Shennecossett CC, Groton (c)
10. Richter Park, Danbury (m)

Delaware

1. Bayside Resort GC, Fenwick Island (m)
2. Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club, Newark (c)
3. Baywood Greens, Long Neck (m)
4. White Clay Creek, Wilmington (m)
5. Bear Trap Dunes, Bethany Beach (m)

Florida

1. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium), Ponte Vedra Beach (No. 21 m)
2. Streamsong (Black), Fort Meade (No. 31 m)*
3. Streamsong (Red), Streamsong (No. 35 m)
4. Streamsong (Blue), Streamsong (No. 55 m)
5. World Woods (Pine Barrens), Brooksville
6. Trump National Doral Miami (The Blue Monster), Doral (m)
7. Black Diamond Ranch (Quarry), Lecanto (m)
8. Bay Hill Club, Orlando (m)
9. Innisbrook (Copperhead), Tarpon Springs (m)
10. PGA National Resort & Spa (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens (m)
11. Hammock Beach Resort (Ocean Course), Palm Coast (m)
12. Camp Creek, Panama City Beach (m)
13. Turnberry Isle Resort (Soffer), Aventura (m)
14. World Woods (Rolling Oaks), Brooksville (m)
15. Sandestin Resort (Burnt Pine), Destin (m)
16. Victoria Hills, Deland (m)
17. Black Diamond Ranch (Ranch), Lecanto (m)
18. PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker), Port St. Lucie (m)
19. Mission Inn Resort (El Campeon), Howey-in-the-Hills (c)
20. Hammock Beach Resort (Conservatory), Palm Coast (m)
21. The Breakers (Rees Jones Course), West Palm Beach (m)
22. PGA Golf Club (Dye), Port St. Lucie (m)
23. Capital City CC, Tallahassee (c)*
24. Southern Dunes, Haines City (m)
25. Gasparilla Inn & Club, Boca Grande (c)
26. Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne, Key Biscayne (m)
27. Trump National Doral Miami (Gold), Doral (m)
28. Turnberry Isle Resort (Miller), Aventura (m)
29. Reunion Resort (Watson Course), Reunion (m)
30. Orange County National (Panther Lake) Winter Garden (m)

Georgia

1. Sea Island GC (Seaside), St. Simons Island (No. 88 m)
2. Reynolds Lake Oconee, (Great Waters), Oconee (m)
3. Arrowhead Pointe, Elberton (m)
4. Harbor Club, Greensboro (m)
5. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Oconee), Oconee (m)
6. University of Georgia GC, Athens (m)
7. Achasta, Dahlonega (m)
8. Woodmont, Canton (m)
9. Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa, Young Harris (m)
10. Sea Island GC (Plantation), St. Simons Island (c)
11. Sea Island GC (Retreat), St. Simons Island (m)
12. The Georgia Club (Chancellor’s), Statham (m)
13. Reynolds Lake Oconee (The Landing), Greensboro (m)
14. The Club at Savannah Harbor, Savannah (m)
15. Bear’s Best Atlanta, Suwanee (m)

Hawaii

1. Kapalua (Plantation), Maui (No. 45 m)
2. Four Seasons Resort (Manele), Lanai (No. 64 m)
3. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel GC, Kona (m)
4. Princeville Makai, Kauai (m)
5. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Kailua-Kona (m)
6. Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa (Poipu Bay), Kauai (m)
7. Wailea (Gold), Maui, (m)
8. Turtle Bay Resort (Arnold Palmer), Oahu (m)
9. Wailea (Emerald), Maui (m)
10. Kapolei GC, Kapolei (m)
11. Ocean Course at Hokuala, Kauai (m)
12. Kapalua (Bay), Maui (m)
13. Mauna Lani (North), Kona (m)
14. Wailua Municipal, Kauai (m)
15. Ko Olina, Oahu (m)

Idaho

1. Circling Raven, Worley (m)
2. Jug Mountain Ranch, McCall (m)
3. Coeur d’Alene Resort, Coeur d’Alene (m)
4. Whitetail, McCall (m)
5. BanBury, Eagle (m)

Illinois

1. Cog Hill (No. 4-Dubsdread), Lemont (m)
2. Highlands of Elgin, Elgin (m)
3. TPC at Deere Run, Silvis (m)
4. Thunderhawk, Beach Park (m)
5. Eagle Ridge (The General), Galena (m)
6. Preserve at Oak Meadow, Addison (m)*
7. Mt. Prospect GC, Mt. Prospect c)
8. Stonewall Orchard GC, Grayslake (m)
9. Weaver Ridge, Peoria (m)
10. Cantigny, Wheaton (m)
11. Bowes Creek, Elgin (m)
12. Metamora Fields, Peoria (m)*
13. Ravisloe, Homewood (c)
14. Mistwood, Romeoville (m)
15. The Glen Club, Glenview (m)

Indiana

1. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye), French Lick (m)
2. French Lick Resort (Ross), French Lick (c)
3. Birck Boilermaker (Kampen), East Lafayette (m)
4. Fort GC, Indianapolis (m)
5. Chariot Run, Laconia (m)
6. Warren GC at Notre Dame, South Bend (m)
7. Brickyard Crossing, Speedway (m)
8. Otter Creek, Columbus (c)
9. Harrison Hills, Attica (m)
10. Sultan’s Run, Jasper (m)*

Iowa

1. Spirit Hollow, Burlington (m)
2. Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort, Larchwood (m)*
3. Blue Top Ridge, Riverside (m)
4. Brooks GC, Okoboji (c)
5. Amana Colonies, Amana (m)

Kansas

1. Firekeeper, Mayetta (m)
2. Buffalo Dunes, Garden City (m)
3. Colbert Hills, Manhattan (m)
4. Sand Creek Station, Newton (m)
5. Iron Horse, Leawood (m)*

Kentucky

1. Marriott Griffin Gate Resort & Spa, Lexington (m)
2. Heritage Hill, Shepherdsville (m)
3. Wasioto Winds, Pineville (m)
4. Lassing Pointe, Union (m)
5. Kearney Hill, Lexington (m)

Louisiana

1. TPC Louisiana, Avondale (m)
2. The Country Club at the Golden Nugget, Lake Charles (m)
3. Black Bear, Delhi (m)
4. Carter Plantation, Springfield (m)
5. English Turn Golf & Country Club, New Orleans (m)

Maine

1. Sugarloaf GC, Carrabassett Valley (m)
2. Belgrade Lakes GC, Belgrade Lakes (m)
3. Sunday River, Newry (m)
4. Kebo Valley, Bar Harbor (c)
5. Ledges, York (m)

Maryland

1. Bulle Rock, Havre de Grace (m)
2. Lodestone, McHenry (m)
3. Lake Presidential, Upper Marlboro (m)
4. Links at Lighthouse Sound, Ocean City (m)
5. Whiskey Creek, Ijamsville (m)
6. Musket Ridge, Myersville (m)
7. Rocky Gap Casino Resort, Flintstone (m)
8. Worthington Manor, Urbana (m)
9. Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay (River Marsh), Cambridge (m)
10. Queenstown Harbor (River), Queenstown (m)

Massachusetts

1. Cape Cod National, Brewster (m)
2. Miacomet, Nantucket (m)
3. The Ranch CC, Southwick (m)
4. Farm’s Neck, Martha’s Vineyard (m)
5. Crumpin-Fox, Bernardston (m)
6. Pinehills (Jack Nicklaus), Plymouth (m)
7. Red Tail, Devens (m)
8. George Wright Municipal GC, Boston (c)
9. Pinehills (Rees Jones), Plymouth (m)
10. Franklin Park GC, Boston (c)*

Michigan

1. Arcadia Bluffs, Arcadia (No. 43 m)
2. Forest Dunes (The Loop – Red & Black), Roscommon (No. 69 m)
3. Greywalls at Marquette, Marquette (No. 82 m)
4. Forest Dunes (Weiskopf Course), Roscommon (m)
5. Gull Lake View GC & Resort (Stoatin Brae), Augusta (m)*
6. Belvedere, Charlevoix (c)
7. LochenHeath, Williamsburg (m)
8. Eagle Eye, Bath (m)
9. Tullymore, Stanwood (m)
10. University of Michigan GC, Ann Arbor
11. TimberStone, Iron Mountain (m)
12. Pilgrim’s Run, Grand Rapids (m)
13. Treetops (Signature), Gaylord (m)
14. Lakewood Shores Resort (Gailes), Oscoda (m)
15. Orchards, Washington (m)
16. Sweetgrass, Harris (m)
17. Black Lake, Onaway (m)
18. Bay Harbor Golf Club (Links/Quarry), Bay Harbor (m)
19. Angels Crossing, Vicksburg (m)
20. Hidden River Golf & Casting Club, Brutus (m)

Minnesota

1. Giants Ridge (Quarry), Biwabik (m)
2. The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, Tower (m)
3. Breezy Point Resort (Deacon’s Lodge), Brainerd (m)
4. The Classic at Madden’s Lake, Brainerd (m)
5. Chaska Town Course, Chaska (m)
6. Meadows at Mystic Lake, Prior Lake (m)
7. Jewel GC, Lake City (m)
8. Dacotah Ridge, Morton (m)
9. Rush Creek, Maple Grove (m)
10. Legends Club, Prior Lake (m)*

Mississippi

1. Fallen Oak, Saucier (No. 56 m)
2. Mossy Oak, West Point (No. 98 m)
3. The Preserve, Vancleave (m)
4. Grand Bear, Saucier (m)
5. Dancing Rabbit (Oaks), Philadelphia (m)
6. Dancing Rabbit (Azaleas), Philadelphia (m)
7. Shell Landing, Gautier (m)
8. Windance, Gulfport (m)
9. The Bridges GC at Hollywood Casino, Bay St. Louis (m)
10. Timberton, Hattiesburg (m)

Missouri

1. Branson Hills, Branson (m)
2. Buffalo Ridge Springs, Hollister (m)
3. Swope Memorial, Kansas City (c)
4. Old Kinderhook, Camdenton (m)
5. Creekmoor, Raymore (m)*
6. Ledgestone, Branson (m)*
7. Missouri Bluffs, St. Charles (m)
8. Shoal Creek, Kansas City (m)
9. Stone Canyon, Blue Springs (m)*
10. Silo Ridge, Bolivar (m)*

Montana

1. The Wilderness Club of Montana, Eureka (m)
2. Old Works, Anaconda (m)
3. The Ranch Club, Missoula (m)
4. Buffalo Hills, Kalispell (m)
5. Canyon River, Missoula (m)

Nebraska

1. Wild Horse, Gothenburg (No. 89 m)
2. Prairie Club (Dunes), Valentine (m)
3. Tatanka Golf Course, Niobrara (m)
4. Prairie Club (Pines), Valentine (m)
5. Quarry Oaks, Ashland (m)

Nevada

1. Shadow Creek, North Las Vegas (No. 9 m)
2. Cascata, Boulder City (m)
3. Wolf Creek, Mesquite (m)
4. Coyote Springs (Chase), Coyote Springs (m)
5. Conestoga, Mesquite (m)
6. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort, Henderson (m)
7. Edgewood Tahoe, Tahoe (m)
8. Paiute (The Wolf), Las Vegas (m)
9. Incline Village (Championship), Incline Village (m)
10. Paiute (Sun Mountain), Las Vegas (m)

New Hampshire

1. Omni Mount Washington, Bretton Woods (c)
2. CC of New Hampshire, Sutton (c)
3. Hanover CC, Hanover (c)
4. Portsmouth CC, Greenland (c)
5. Breakfast Hill, Greenland (m)

New Jersey

1. Atlantic City CC, Northfield (c)
2. Crystal Springs Resort (Ballyowen), Hamburg (m)
3. Twisted Dune, Egg Harbor Township (m)
4. Shore Gate, Ocean View (m)
5. Neshanic Valley, Neshanic Station (m)
6. Architects GC, Lopatcong, (m)
7. Ballamor, Egg Harbor Township (m)
8. Scotland Run, Williamstown (m)
9. Stockton Seaview (Bay), Absecon (c)
10. Knoll (West Course), Boonton (c)
11. Heron Glen, Ringoes (m)
12. Crystal Springs Resort (Wild Turkey), Hardyston (m)
13. Galloping Hill, Kenilworth (m)
14. Union League National GC, Swainton (m)
15. Hominy Hill, Colts Neck (m)

New Mexico

1. Paa-Ko Ridge, Sandia Park (m)
2. Red Hawk, Las Cruces (m)*
3. Rockwind Community Links, Hobbs (m)
4. Piñon Hills, Farmington (m)
5. Twin Warriors, Santa Ana Pueblo (m)
6. Taos CC, Taos (m)
7. Sandia, Albuquerque (m)
8. University of New Mexico (Championship), Albuquerque (m)
9. Inn of the Mountain Gods, Mescalero (m)
10. Black Mesa, Espanola (m)

New York

1. Bethpage State Park (Black), Farmingdale (No. 25 c)
2. Trump Golf Links Ferry Point, New York (m)
3. Leatherstocking, Cooperstown (c)
4. Sagamore, Bolton Landing (c)
5. Turning Stone Resort (Atunyote), Verona (m)
6. Pound Ridge GC, Pound Ridge (m)
7. Bethpage State Park (Red), Farmingdale (c)
8. Grossinger’s CC, Liberty (m)
9. Ravenwood, Victor, (m)
10. Turning Stone Resort (Shenendoah), Verona (m)
11. Saratoga National, Saratoga (m)
12. Conklin Players Club, Conklin (m)
13. Montauk Downs State Park, Montauk Point, (m)
14. Seneca Hickory Stick Golf, Lewiston (m)
15. Turning Stone Resort (Kaluhyat), Verona (m)

North Carolina

1. Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst (No. 14 c)
2. Mid Pines, Southern Pines (c)
3. Dormie Club, Pinehurst (m)
4. Pine Needles, Southern Pines (c)
5. Linville GC, Linville (c)
6. Tobacco Road, Sanford (m)
7. Pinehurst No. 8, Pinehurst (m)
8. Bald Head Island Club, Bald Head Island (m)
9. The Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville (c)
10. Ocean Ridge (Leopard’s Chase), Sunset Beach (m)
11. Duke University GC, Durham (c)
12. Southern Pines GC, Southern Pines (c)
13. Cape Fear National GC, Wilmington (m)
14. Ocean Ridge (Tiger’s Eye), Sunset Beach (m)
15. Mount Mitchell GC, Burnsville (m)

North Dakota

1. Links of North Dakota, Williston (m)
2. Hawktree, Bismarck (m)
3. Bully Pulpit, Medora (m)
4. Riverwood, Bismarck (m)
5. Vardon GC, Minot (m)

Ohio

1. Manakiki, Willoughby (c)
2. Fowler’s Mill (Lake & River), Chesterland (m)
3. The Virtues, Nashport (m)
4. Boulder Creek, Streetsboro (m)
5. Sleepy Hollow, Brecksville, (c)
6. The Quarry, Canton (m)
7. Stonelick Hills, Batavia (m)
8. Little Mountain, Painesville (m)
9. Cooks Creek, South Bloomfield (m)
10. EagleSticks, Zanesville (m)

Oklahoma

1. Karsten Creek, Stillwater (No. 85 m)
2. Jimmie Austin GC at The University of Oklahoma, Norman (c)
3. Chickasaw Pointe, Kingston (m)
4. WinStar, Thackerville (m)
5. Cherokee Hills, Tulsa (c)

Oregon

1. Pacific Dunes, Bandon (No. 2 m)
2. Old Macdonald, Bandon (No. 5 m)
3. Bandon Dunes, Bandon (No. 8 m)
4. Bandon Trails, Bandon (No. 15 m)
5. Tetherow, Bend (m)
6. Pronghorn (Nicklaus), Bend (m)
7. Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek), North Plains (m)
8. Aspen Lakes, Sisters (m)
9. Crosswater, Sunriver (m)
10. Reserve Vineyards (South Course) (m)

Pennsylvania

1. Nemacolin Woodlands (Mystic Rock), Farmington (m)
2. Omni Bedford Springs (Old Course), Bedford (c)
3. Olde Stonewall, Ellwood City (m)
4. Golf Course at Glen Mills, Glen Mills (m)
5. Nemacolin Woodlands (Shepherd’s Rock), Farmington (m)*
6. Hershey CC (West), Hershey (c)
7. Wyncote, Oxford (m)
8. Inniscrone, Avondale (m)
9. Toftrees Golf Resort, State College (m)
10. Berkleigh, Kutztown (m)

Rhode Island

1. Newport National, Newport (m)
2. Triggs Memorial, Providence (c)
3. Meadow Brook, Richmond (m)
4. North Kingstown GC, North Kingstown (c)
5. Montaup CC, Portsmouth (c)

South Carolina

1. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course) (No. 12 m)
2. Sea Pines Resort (Harbour Town GL), Hilton Head Island (No. 58 m)
3. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach (c)
4. May River GC at Montage Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton (m)
5. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Pawleys Island (m)
6. True Blue, Pawleys Island (m)
7. Tidewater GC, North Myrtle Beach (m)
8. Legends (Moorland), Myrtle Beach (m)
9. Sea Pines Resort (Atlantic Dunes), Hilton Head Island (m)
10. Heritage Club, Pawleys Island (m)
11. TPC Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet (m)
12. The Walker Course at Clemson, Clemson (m)
13. Sea Pines Resort (Heron Point), Hilton Head Island (m)
14. Palmetto Dunes (Robert Trent Jones Course), Hilton Head Island (m)
15. Grande Dunes (Resort Club), Myrtle Beach (m)

South Dakota

1. Golf Club at Red Rock, Rapid City (m)
2. Hart Ranch, Rapid City (m)
3. Meadowbrook, Rapid City (m)
4. Southern Hills, Hot Springs (m)
5. Meadowbrook, Rapid City (m)

Tennessee

1. Sweetens Cove, South Pittsburg (No. 50 m)
2. The Course at Sewanee, Sewanee (m)
3. Mirimichi, Millington (m)
4. Stonehenge, Fairfield Glade (m)
5. Heatherhurst (The Brae), Fairfield Glade (m)

Texas

1. Pine Dunes Resort & Golf Club, Frankston (m)
2. The Rawls Course at Texas Tech, Lubbock (m)
3. Black Jack’s Crossing, Lajitas (m)
4. Butterfield Trail, El Paso (m)
5. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Canyons), Austin (m)
6. TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks), San Antonio, Greg Norman (m)
7. TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas, Irving (m)
8. La Cantera Resort (Palmer), San Antonio (m)
9. TPC San Antonio (AT&T Canyons), San Antonio (m)
10. Wolfdancer, Lost Pines (m)
11. Old American, The Colony (m)
12. Cowboys GC, Grapevine (m)
13. Crown Colony, Lufkin (m)
14. Palmilla Beach GC, Port Aransas (m)
15. Brackenridge Park GC, San Antonio (c)
16. Stevens Park, Dallas (m)
17. Cottonwood Valley, Irving (m)
18. GC of Houston (Tournament Course), Humble (m)
19. Texas Star, Euless (m)
20. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Foothills), Austin (m)

Utah

1. Sand Hollow Resort (Championship), St. George (m)
2. Hideout, Monticello (m)
3. Soldier Hollow (Gold), Midway (m)
4. Thanksgiving Point, Lehi (m)
5. Entrada at Snow Canyon, St. George (m)
6. TalonsCove, Saratoga Springs (m)
7. The Ledges of St. George, St. George (m)
8. Coral Canyon, Washington (m)
9. Soldier Hollow (Silver), Midway (m)
10. Green Spring, Washington (m)

Vermont

1. CC of Vermont, Waterbury Center (m)
2. Jay Peak, Jay (m)
3. Okemo Valley, Ludlow (m)
4. Stowe Mountain Club, Stowe (m)
5. The Golf Club at Equinox, Manchester (c)

Virginia

1. The Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades), Hot Springs (No. 71 c)
2. Highland Course at Primland,Meadows of Dan (m)
3. Full Cry at Keswick Hall and Golf Club,Charlottesville (m)
4. Golden Horseshoe (Gold), Williamsburg (m)
5. Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg (m)
6. Kingsmill (River), Williamsburg (m)
7. Independence, Midlothian (m)
8. The Club at Viniterra,New Kent (m)
9. Potomac Shores GC, Potomac Shores (m)
10. Bay Creek (Nicklaus Course), Cape Charles (m)
11. Laurel Hill, Lorton (m)
12. Riverfront GC at Harbour View, Suffolk (m)
13. Golden Eagles GC at Tides Inn, Irvington (m)
14. Westfields, Clifton (m)
15. Mattaponi Springs, Ruther Glen (m)

Washington

1. Chambers Bay, University Place (No. 44 m)
2. Gamble Sands, Brewster (No. 49 m)
3. Wine Valley, Walla Walla (m)
4. Salish Cliffs, Shelton, (m)
5. Palouse Ridge, Pullman (m)
6. Olympic Course at Gold Mountain, Bremerton (m)
7. White Horse, Kingston (m)
8. Loomis Trail, Blaine (m)
9. Trophy Lake Golf & Casting, Port Orchard (m)
10. Semiahmoo, Blaine (m)

West Virginia

1. The Greenbrier (Old White TPC), White Sulphur Springs (c)
2. Stonewall Resort, Roanoke (m)
3. Raven GC at Snowshoe Mountain, Snowshoe (m)
4. The Resort at Glade Springs (Stonehaven), Beckley (m)
5. The Greenbrier (Greenbrier), White Sulphur Springs (c)

Wisconsin

1. Whistling Straits (Straits), Mosel (No. 7 m)
2. Sand Valley, Nekoosa (No. 42 m)
3. Lawsonia (Links), Green Lake (No. 64 c)
4. Blackwolf Run (River), Kohler (No. 86 m)
5. Erin Hills, Hartford (No. 99 m)
6. SentryWorld, Stevens Point (m)
7. Whistling Straits (Irish), Mosel (m)
8. University Ridge, Madison (m)
9. Troy Burne, Hudson (m)
10. The Bull at Pinehurst Farms, Sheboygan Falls (m)
11. Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys), Kohler (m)
12. Wild Rock, Wisconsin Dells (m)
13. Geneva National (Gary Player), Lake Geneva (m)
14. Big Fish, Hayward (m)
15. Trappers Turn, Wisconsin Dells (m)

Wyoming

1. Teton Pines, Wilson (m)
2. Three Crowns, Casper (m)
3. Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club, Jackson (m)
4. Bell Nob, Gillette (m)
5. Olive Glenn, Cody (m)

(m): modern
(c): classic

 

Source: Golfweek.com

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Jordan Spieth: Tiger ‘certainly playing well enough’ to win soon

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods left a lot of money, world-ranking points, FedEx points and his Bridgestone golf ball at the bottom of the water in front of the 17th green Sunday.

You would hardly know it based on his positive reaction after he tied for 11th at the Players Championship, shooting a final-round 69 after earlier being in a tie for second place behind eventual winner Webb Simpson.

“I really played really good today. I hit it so good,” Woods said after shooting rounds of 72-71-65-69. “I had control of it from tee to green. I made some putts. I felt good on basically every facet of the game, and it’s weird — not to really mishit a shot today and only shoot 3 under par is just weird … because I played much better than that.”

Woods began the day tied for eighth, 11 strokes behind Simpson. By the time Woods teed off, he had dropped to a tie for 17th.

He steadily climbed the leaderboard with birdies at the second, third, fourth and ninth holes. He added birdies at the 11th and 12th and was 6 under par for his round. At that point, he had closed to within four strokes of Simpson and was tied for second at 14 under par.

But like Saturday, when he was 8 under through 12 holes, the round stalled at the par-4 14th and this time was compounded by a tee shot into the water at the par-3 17th.

In both cases, Woods hit a sand wedge approach, but he said he did not misplay either shot.

“No. 14, it’s blowing downwind, and it’s off the left, and [the pin] is on top of that crown, and I thought it [the ball] was going to skip,” Woods said of the shot from 110 yards. “I thought I was going to have a hard time keeping it up top, and I spun it off the ridge. Left it short and hit a good putt. Just didn’t go in.”

The hole has been something of a nemesis for Woods. It is where he hit his tee shot in the water — leading to a controversial drop — on his way to victory in 2013. He bogeyed the hole Saturday. This time, he pounded a driver 355 yards into the fairway and had the short distance to the flag.

After it came up short and rolled off the front of the green, Woods elected to putt and left it 8 feet short then missed the par putt.

After failing to birdie the par-5 16th for the second straight day, he arrived at the par-3 17th and watched Jordan Spieth stick his shot to a few feet from a precarious pin that is typically on the right side on Sundays.

“I think I messed him up,” Spieth said. “He went and looked in my bag, and I had a 52-degree [sand wedge], which is a pretty aggressive play. I had to draw it from the water. And then he hit one, and the wind is just going like this the whole day, and if he caught this, he’s a tap-in birdie. It was unlucky there.”

Woods said Spieth’s shot did not impact him and that it was simply the wind.

“It was blowing downwind, and then, unfortunately, it switched in my face,” Woods said.

The resulting double-bogey bounced Woods out of the top 10, which meant a significant difference in prize money, FedEx points and the world ranking.

Woods finished at 277, 11 under par and seven shots back of Simpson and three back of second-place finishers Charl Schwartzel, Jimmy Walker and Xander Schauffele.

After beginning the week ranked 92nd in the world, Woods will move up to 80th. He would have been pushing the top 50 with a second-place finish. The drop also cost him approximately $600,000 in prize money, as the three players who tied for second each received $821,333, while Woods got $225,500. He will move from 53rd to 48th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Having won 14 major championships and 79 PGA Tour events in his career, Woods is not much concerned with where he is in the various rankings. But he noted Sunday that he would like to qualify for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August.

“One of my goals is to get into Akron, one last time, before we leave there,” Woods said of the tournament he has won eight times at Firestone Country Club. It is moving to Memphis, Tennessee, after this year. “I’ve won there eight times, and I would like to get there with one more chance. But I’ve [got] to do some work between now and then.”

 

 

Short of a victory, Woods needs to be ranked among the top 50 in the world as of July 23 or July 30 to qualify.

“He’ll win sometime soon enough,” said Spieth, who tied for 41st after a final-round 74 that included an 8 at the last hole. “He’s certainly playing well enough to do so. All in all, I think he played like a 5- or 6-under round, almost shot 7 or 8 and ended up with 3.

“So his game, if I compare it to other guys that are winning golf tournaments that I’m playing with day to day, it’s right up there.”

Woods will take the next two weeks off and is expected to return at The Memorial Tournament, held May 31-June 3, that he has won five times but hasn’t played since 2015. That year, he shot his highest score as a pro, a third-round 85.

He has come a long way from those days. Some 13 months after spinal fusion surgery, he has played nine worldwide events — eight on the PGA Tour — and posted five top-12 finishes. He has jumped from 1,199th in the world to 80th. And he has some confidence.

“I felt comfortable with every facet of my game today,” Woods said. “Everything felt good. I had control, I was hitting it high, low, right, left, didn’t matter what it was. I felt like I had control of it today.”

 

Source: ESPN.com

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WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!

In order to be in the drawing, you were required to like AND share our giveaway post on Facebook to win a voucher for 18 HOLES OF GOLF, INCLUDING CART! Valid ANY TIME during the 2018 Season! Giveaway ended Sunday, May 13.

We had 4 vouchers available (one pass per winner).

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Lydia Ko wins in a dramatic playoff, her first victory in two years

Lydia Ko has faced plenty of heat over the past couple years. The general questions surrounding her have been about why a teen sensation with 14 LPGA titles to her credit would change her coach, her equipment, her caddie—and why has it been two seasons since her last victory? Thankfully for her sanity, it sounds like she hasn’t been paying too much attention to all the critics.

And when she was faced with the chance to change the narrative, Ko stepped up. Five days after turning 21, the New Zealand resident celebrated by claiming her 15th LPGA title, a playoff victory over Minjee Lee at the MEDIHEAL Championship.

Ko didn’t just win, she won in style, making an eagle 3 on the first extra hole, the par-5 18th at Lake Merced Golf Club outside San Francisco after hitting her second shot from 234 yards to less than three feet.

The leader after each of the first three rounds, Ko was asked on Saturday night whether or not she felt pressure from people talking about if she’s going to win again or not. Ko responded to the question saying, “I’ve been very distant from like press and media. No offense.”

It was a typical Ko response: honest, yet perfectly considerate.

The last time Ko had slept on a 54-hole lead was at the 2016 U.S. Open. The last time she had won was a week later at the Marathon Classic. Since that victory, Ko has changed her swing coaches, going from David Leadbetter to Gary Gilchrist to her current instructor, Ted Oh, who she began working with in early 2018. She changed her clubs, moving from Callaway to PXG. And she changed her caddie, multiple times. When all of these changes didn’t add up to continued dominance on tour, some questioned whether or not she had made the right choices.

But Ko stayed patient, confident, and relatively quiet about all of the adjustments.

During Sunday’s final round, the lead changed hands multiple times. Ko had started the day one stroke ahead of Jessica Korda. A cold putter kept Korda from making a charge (she’d finish with a Sunday 74). Meanwhile, early bogeys from Ko brought Lee, who started the day three strokes off the lead, into the mix. Lee made five birdies on the back nine to finish 12-under for the tournament, posting a closing 68.

After making the turn with a 38, Ko improved on the back nine and was sitting at 11 under for the tournament, playing in the group behind Lee. She watched as Lee made her birdie putt to finish at 12 under. That putt meant Ko had to make birdie to force a playoff.

Ko’s approach shot came up short on the short par 5, and her chip for eagle grazed the high side of the cup. She tapped in for birdie and a Sunday 71, and the two 21-year-olds went back to the 18th tee for the first playoff hole.

Each player headed into the playoff having had experience winning at Lake Merced in the past. Lee won the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior, where Ko had lost in her semifinal match. Ko won the Swinging Skirts LPGA event in 2014 and 2015 at Lake Merced.

Both put their drives in the fairway. Ko, with a 3-wood in her hands from 234 yards out, hit a towering shot over some branches that hung over the left side of the fairway. It hit in front of the green, rolled up and almost into the hole. Lee made birdie, but it wasn’t enough. Ko’s short eagle putt rolled in and she left the 18th green in tears.

After the win, Ko opened up more about what it felt like to play 43 starts without a win.

“I was frustrated because sometimes I would go into the Thursday feeling, Hey, I feel like I can actually play really well, and then miss the cut or shoot over par,” Ko said. “I think it was more frustration against myself from myself. I think sometimes self pressure is the biggest thing where you kind of put a lot of load on your shoulders. That’s what my mom actually said, hey, just clear your mind, just take away all the weight off your shoulders and just go out and play. That’s what I think I was able to do this week, which is always nice when you’re kind of playing without fear and you’re just out there freely.”

 

Source: Golf Digest

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Putting prepared Park’s path back to No. 1

Inbee Park brings more than her unshakably tranquil demeanor back to the top of the Rolex Women’s World Rankings this week.

She brings more than her Olympic gold medal and seven major championships to the Mediheal Championship on the outskirts of San Francisco.

She brings a jarring combination of gentleness and ruthlessness back to the top of the rankings.

Park may look as if she could play the role of Mother Teresa on some goodwill tour, but that isn’t what her opponents see when she’s wielding her Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball mallet.

She’s like Mother Teresa with Lizzy Borden’s axe.

When Park gets on one of her rolls with the putter, she scares the hell out of the rest of the tour.

At her best, Park is the most intimidating player in women’s golf today.

“Inbee makes more 20- and 30-footers on a regular basis than anyone I know,” seven-time major championship winner Karrie Webb said.

All those long putts Park can hole give her an aura more formidable than any power player in the women’s game.

“A good putter is more intimidating than someone who knocks it out there 280 yards,” Webb said “Even if Inbee misses a green, you know she can hole a putt from anywhere. It puts more pressure on your putter knowing you’re playing with someone who is probably going to make them all.”

Park, by the way, said Webb and Ai Miyazato were huge influences on her putting. She studied them when she was coming up on tour.

Webb, though, believes there’s something internal separating Park. It isn’t just Park’s ability to hole putts that makes her so intimidating. It’s the way she carries herself on the greens.

“She never gets ruffled,” Webb said. “She says she gets nervous, but you never see a change in her. If you’re going toe to toe with her, that’s what is intimidating. Even if you’re rolling in putts on top of her, it doesn’t seem to bother her. She’s definitely a player you have to try not to pay attention to when you’re paired with her, because you can get caught up in that.”

Park has led the LPGA in putts per greens in regulation five of the last 10 years.

Brad Beecher has been on Park’s bag for more than a decade, back before she won her first major, the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open. He has witnessed the effect Park can have on players when she starts rolling in one long putt after another.

“You have those times when she’ll hole a couple long putts early, and you just know, it’s going to be one of those days,” Beecher said. “Players look at me like, `Does she ever miss?’ or `How am I going to beat this?’ You see players in awe of it sometimes.”

Park, 29, won in her second start of 2018, after taking seven months off with a back injury. In six starts this year, she has a victory, two ties for second-place and a tie for third. She ended Shanshan Feng’s 23-week run at No. 1 with a tie for second at the Hugel-JTBC LA Open last weekend.

What ought to disturb fellow tour pros is that Park believes her ball striking has been carrying her this year. She’s still waiting for her putter to heat up. She is frustrated with her flat stick, even though she ranks second in putts per greens in regulation this season.

“Inbee Park is one of the best putters ever,” said LPGA Hall of Famer Sandra Haynie, a 42-time LPGA winner. “She’s dangerous on the greens.”

Haynie said she would rank Park with Kathy Whitworth, Mickey Wright and Nancy Lopez as the best putters she ever saw.

Hall of Famer Joanne Carner says Park is the best putter she has seen since Lopez.

“I thought Nancy was a great putter,” Carner said. “Inbee is even better.”

Park uses a left-hand low grip, with a mostly shoulder move and quiet hands.

Lopez used a conventional grip, interlocking, with her right index finger down the shaft. She had a more handsy stroke than Park.

Like Lopez, Park prefers a mallet-style putter, and she doesn’t switch putters much. She is currently playing with an Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball putter. She won the gold medal with it two years ago. She used an Oddysey White Ice Sabertooth winged mallet when she won three majors in a row in 2013.

Lopez hit the LPGA as a rookie in 1978 with a Ray Cook M1 mallet putter and used it for 20 years. It’s in the World Golf Hall of Fame today.

“I watch Inbee, and I think, `Wow, that’s how I used to putt,’” Lopez said. “You can see she’s not mechanical at all. So many players today are mechanical. They forget if you just look at the hole and stroke it, you’re going to make more putts.”

Notably, Park has never had a putting coach, not really. Her husband and swing coach, Gi Hyeob Nam, will look at her stroke when she asks for help.

“When I’m putting, I’m concentrating on the read and mostly my speed,” Park said. “I don’t think mechanically about my stroke at all, unless I think there’s something wrong with it, and then I’ll have my husband take a look. But, really, I rely on my feel. I don’t think about my stroke when I’m out there playing.”

Hall of Famer Judy Rankin says Park’s remarkably consistent speed is a key to her putting.

“Inbee is definitely a feel putter, and her speed is so consistent, all the time,” Rankin said. “You have to assume she’s a great green reader.”

Beecher says Park’s ability to read greens is a gift. She doesn’t rely on him for that. She reads greens herself.

“I think what impresses me most is Inbee has a natural stroke,” Beecher said. “There’s nothing too technical. It’s more straight through and straight back, but I think the key element of the stroke is that she keeps the putter so close to the ground, all the time, on the takeaway and the follow-through. It helps with the roll and with consistency.”

Park said that’s one of her fundamentals.

“I keep it low, almost like I’m hitting the ground,” Park said. “When I don’t do that, I miss more putts.”

Beecher believes the real reason Park putts so well is that the putter brought her into the game. It’s how she got started, with her father, Gun Gyu Park, putting the club in her hands as a child. She loved putting on her own.

“That’s how she fell in love with the game,” Beecher said. “Getting started that way, it’s played a huge role in her career.”

 

Source: GolfChannel.com

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2018 Native Tourism Conference

2018 Native Tourism Conference

NATOW tourism conference and golf outing fundraiser will be hosted by:

The Lac Courte Orielles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa at the
Sevenwinds Casino Lodge & Conference Center

June 11, 12, and 13, 2018
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Agricultural Tourism ~ Sustainability & Growth

We invite you to learn about Agricultural Tourism and other trends in Native tourism.

Agenda: https://natow.org/conference/

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