{"id":21908,"date":"2016-02-02T21:48:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T02:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=21908"},"modified":"2016-02-02T21:48:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T02:48:14","slug":"volume_four_hundred_sixty-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_four_hundred_sixty-three","title":{"rendered":"Volume Four Hundred Sixty-Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hittin' the Links\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/hittin_the_links\/htl_title.gif\" height=\"79\" width=\"125\" \/>With the women back in action this week at the LPGA&#8217;s Pure Silk Classic in the Bahamas we can officially say that all of the major tours are back in action. Paradise Island also saw what&#8217;s believed to be the <a href=\"http:\/\/golfweek.com\/news\/2016\/jan\/30\/jang-makes-history-ace-par-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">first par-4 ace<\/a> in the tour&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The annual drool-fest in Orlando took place last week as the golf industry rolled out its newest products that will soon be turning up in a pro shop near you. <\/p>\n<p>But the weather at the Farmers Championship and its effect on the players was the highlight of the week. Trees were down all over the course as play resumed on Monday, but scores were up.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hit the links.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole #1: Monday, Monday<\/strong><br \/>\nWow! Just how many stories came out of Torrey Pines this year? We&#8217;ll start with these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most of the really big names (Mickelson, Day, Fowler) missed the cut in the Farmers Championship. With the weather on Sunday, they were probably not all that sad about not being out there. In fact, Patrick Reed, who made the cut, withdrew on Sunday, and earned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/graham-delaet-rips-patrick-reed-for-withdrawing-from-farmers-insurance-open\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">the ire of Graham DeLaet<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Mickelson, by the way, not only missed the cut. He missed out on <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalmag.globalgolfpost.com\/20160201#&amp;pageSet=18&amp;page=0&amp;contentItem=0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">redesigning the North Course<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Scott Brown had a share of the lead on Sunday but turned in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/look-away-scott-brown-just-turned-in-one-of-the-ugliest-scorecards-by-a-54-hole-leader-ever\" class=\"external external_icon\">one ugly card<\/a> on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Brandt Snedecker shot an All-World 69 on Sunday in the wind and rain to post the clubhouse lead, a stroke back of Jimmy Walker who still had eight holes to play when weather halted the round. On Monday, Snedecker had to cool his heels all day while Jimmy Walker and K.J. Choi faded in the wind. Sneds won without hitting a shot. He now has a first, a second, and a third in his last three starts, and he&#8217;s defending champ at his next, which is nice. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/2016\/feb\/01\/farmers-insurance-open-snedeker-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hole #2: HJ Kim Wins LPGA Opener<\/strong><br \/>\nHyo-Joo Kim won the Pure Silk Classic on Paradise Island in the Bahamas by two strokes over Stacy Lewis, who has now been the runner up seven times (with no wins) since the start of 2015. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/35456315\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #: The Greatest Show in Golf<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen it comes to the toys we play with, the PGA Merchandise Show is like Christmas Morning. Here&#8217;s the inside scoop from a couple of The Sand Trap&#8217;s own. [<a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/forums\/topic\/86843-2016-pga-merchandise-show-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #3: Another Stroke of Grace<\/strong><br \/>\nWith the addition of a two-stroke win at the Qatar Masters this weekend, Brandon Grace has quietly amassed seven Euro Tour wins. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/35450479\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #4: The Rains of Singapore<\/strong><br \/>\nTorrey wasn&#8217;t the only place to get its share of weather this week. When play was suspended Sunday at the Singapore Open because of dangerous conditions, world #1 Jordan Spieth was left with just a five-foot putt to go on the 18th green. He made it on Monday, but South Korea&#8217;s Song Young=han hung on over his last three holes to win by a stroke over the American. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/35457501\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #5: The <em>Other <\/em>Most Interesting Golfer in the World<\/strong><br \/>\nHe was a physics major at SMU, his clubs are all the same length, and he once spent four months creating a drawing of Ben Hogan. Bryson DeChambeau is not your typical top amateur golfer. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/tour-and-news\/bryson-dechambeau-custom-clubmaker-and-teaching-pro-might-be-start-golfing-revolution\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHole #6: Well, He <em>Is<\/em> in High School<\/strong><br \/>\nPhil Mickelson took offense that young pro Ryan Ruffels, 17, revealed that he took $5,000 off Mickelson in a wager last December. Mickelson said that Ruffels&#8217; revelation was &#8220;high school stuff.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/golfdig.st\/1TpEWPI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #7: Long Haired Freaky People Need Not Apply<\/strong><br \/>\nThomas Pieters apparently got a  haircut courtesy of Photoshop and the PGA Tour. [<a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2611538-golfer-thomas-pieters-shows-how-pga-tour-gave-him-a-haircut-via-photoshop\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #8: Tree Runs into Car<\/strong><br \/>\nTo say that conditions were a little rough on Monday would be an understatement. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RRuffels\/status\/694172076882657280\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #9: Lydia Ko Gets 1st Car<\/strong><br \/>\nNeedless to say, it is nothing like the 1971 Oldsmobile Delta 88 that I first rocked. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/news\/grill-room\/lydia-kos-first-car-nicer-your-first-and-last-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Nino sinks Walker and Choi, and buries Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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