{"id":22025,"date":"2016-03-12T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=22025"},"modified":"2016-03-13T19:04:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:04:25","slug":"volume_four_hundred_sixty-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_four_hundred_sixty-eight","title":{"rendered":"Volume Four Hundred Sixty-Eight"},"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\" \/>The WGC Cadillac Championship turned out to be quite a spectacle. The Donald turned up on Sunday amid cheers and shouts of &#8220;small hands.&#8221; A crowded and quality leader board led to a late charge on Sunday by the eventual winner. There were rules controversies, big numbers, and narrow escapes. What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Adam Scott beat fellow countryman Steven Bowditch by 49 strokes. Let&#8217;s hit the links.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole #1: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat a final round&#8230; Two double bogeys, a shank and nearly dunking his approach on 18 still couldn&#8217;t stop Adam Scott from getting his second win in a row at 12-under. Don&#8217;t look now, but the new putting stroke really seems to be working well. Bubba Watson finished one stroke back. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-03-07\/scott-wins-wgc-with-incredible-final-round-recovery\/7225648\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #2: Jang Wins Second<\/strong><br \/>\nHa-Na Jang (or Jang Ha-Na if your reading an Asian story) got her second LPGA tour win at the HSBC Women&#8217;s Champions. She eagled the last to make the winning margin four strokes over runner-up Pornanong Phatlum. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/golf-jang-wins-hsbc-women\/2577412.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #3: Eleven-Year-Old Holes Out to Open Tiger&#8217;s Course<\/strong><br \/>\nTiger Woods was on hand for the grand opening of the Playgrounds at Bluejack National where he got to see Taylor Crozier make a hole-in-one on the par 3 course. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pga.com\/news\/golf-buzz\/tiger-woods-witnesses-first-hole-in-one-golf-course-he-designed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #4: Golf Strike<\/strong><br \/>\nA 492-foot strike, but I don&#8217;t think this is what they mean by rolling the course. [<a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/espn\/story\/_\/page\/instantawesomelongestbowlingstrike-160305\/world-longest-bowling-strike-reaches-ridiculous-492-feet-golf-course\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #5: Can You Wet Your Putter?<\/strong><br \/>\nJordan Spieth asked a rules official if he could wet his putter to make it less slippery on Doral&#8217;s shiny greens. The jury is still out, apparently. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/jordan-spieth-stumps-golf-world-with-rules-question\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #6: 37-Over<\/strong><br \/>\nSteven Bowditch failed to break 80 all four days of the no-cut WGC Cadillac Championship. &#8220;It&#8217;s just golf,&#8221; he said after carding an 84 on Sunday. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/2016\/03\/07\/bowditch-upbeat-despite-wgc-horror-show\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #7: Small Hands<\/strong><br \/>\nDonald Trump was still trying to shake off Marco Rubio&#8217;s &#8220;small hands&#8221; accusation. Friday he used how far he can drive a golf ball to defend his hand size. [<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/03\/04\/trump-boasts-how-far-his-hands-can-hit-golf-balls\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #8: TaylorMade Slowing Down<\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps the days of three or four driver releases in a year are gone for good. Longer product cycles have benefits for the golfer as well as the brand. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/erikmatuszewski\/2016\/03\/05\/taylormade-makes-right-move-stopping-flood-of-golf-club-market-as-sales-decline-again\/#5ab0c8fa168c\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #9: Global Warming<\/strong><br \/>\nThey&#8217;re golfing in Anchorage already. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/extra-spin\/golf-course-anchorage-opens-early-business\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wetting your putter, bowling on the course, and a tour pro can&#8217;t break 80. <\/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-22025","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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