{"id":22439,"date":"2016-06-27T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=22439"},"modified":"2016-06-26T22:42:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T02:42:24","slug":"volume_four_hundred_eighty-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_four_hundred_eighty-two","title":{"rendered":"Volume Four Hundred Eighty-Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hittin the Links\" src=\"\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/imgs\/hittin_the_links\/htl_title.gif\" height=\"79\" width=\"125\" \/>Billy Hurley III was the highlight of the weekend, winning the Quicken Loans National to earn his first career PGA Tour victory. He was joined in the winner&#8217;s circle this week by Lydia Ko on the LPGA Tour, Henrick Stenson on the European Tour, and very nearly by Charlie Woods on the junior circuit.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll also check in on the rapidly declining Olympic golf player pool, see how Oakmont looks after the U.S. Open, and find out why there won&#8217;t be a Greenbrier Classic this year. All that plus Gary Player being Gary Player. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hit the links.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole #1: Billy Hurley III Wins First PGA Tour Event<\/strong><br \/>\nBilly Hurley III, a Navy vet, wins his first PGA Tour event at the Quicken Loans National. \u201cI couldn\u2019t think of a better tournament for my first PGA Tour win,\u201d said Hurley. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/billy-hurley-iii-a-naval-academy-graduate-an-improbable-winner-of-quicken-loans-national\" title=\"Hurley III wins first event\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #2: Lydia Ko Wins in Arkansas<\/strong><br \/>\nPicking up her third win of the year, Lydia Ko won the Northwest Arkansas Championship, played at Pinnacle Country Club (shoutout to TST reader and forum member Kyle Paulhus, a member at Pinnacle CC). Ko has now shot under par in all 12 rounds she&#8217;s played at Pinnacle [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/news\/associated-press\/ko-makes-nw-ark-championship-third-win-year\/\" title=\"\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #3: Tiger&#8217;s Son Finishes T2 at Junior Event<\/strong><br \/>\nLook, I never said Tiger was better than Jack. I said the Woodses were better than the Nicklauses! [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/golf\/news\/tiger-woods-son-has-skills-like-his-dad-finishes-second-at-junior-golf-event\/\" title=\"Charlie Woods finishes T2\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #4: A Complete List of the Golfers Who Have Withdrawn From the Olympics<\/strong><br \/>\nI can&#8217;t really blame them. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/golf\/news\/rio-olympics-here-is-a-list-of-all-the-golfers-who-will-not-compete-this-summer\/\" title=\"Rory withdraws from Olympics\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #5: CBS Reporter Kyle Porter Plays Oakmont After the Open<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s an eerie thing, playing a golf course right after the professionals roll through. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/golf\/news\/playing-oakmont-after-the-u-s-open-is-hard-but-not-in-the-way-you-might-think\/\" title=\"Playing Oakmont after the Open\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #6: Rules Change Suggestions from Golf Digest<\/strong><br \/>\nLook, the Rules of Golf suck. They&#8217;re overbearing, they seem insane, and they&#8217;re impossible to memorize. And yet, they&#8217;ve evolved like that for a reason. Playing golf under any other set of reasons just doesn&#8217;t work. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/in-honor-of-dustin-johnson-golf-needs-to-lose-a-few-rules\" title=\"Rules changes\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #7: Gary Player, Olympic Captain and Competitor?<\/strong><br \/>\nDo not think for a second he won&#8217;t actually do it. Not for one second. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/gary-players-answer-for-the-south-africa-olympic-team-is-pretty-awesome\" title=\"Gary Player\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #8: PGA Tour Cancels Greenbrier<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Greenbrier, as well as much of West Virginia, has been overrun with flooding, causing much more damage than a cancelled golf tournament. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/pga-tour-cancels-greenbrier-classic-because-of-devastating-floods\" title=\"Greenbrier cancelled. \" class=\"external external_icon\"> Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #9: Stenson Wins in Germany<\/strong><br \/>\nIf I told you Henrick Stenson hadn&#8217;t won in three years, would you believe me? 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