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\"Hittin While most of the country was watching the Super Bowl, there was a bit of golf going on this weekend. Stateside, Hideki Matsuyama won his second consecutive Phoenix Open in a playoff over Webb Simpson, dispatching the U.S. Open champ after four playoff holes. Across the pond in the U.A.E., Sergio Garcia captured his 12th career European Tour victory, going wire-to-wire in Dubai. Among the field of vanquished competitors was Tiger Woods, who dropped out before the second round with back spasms. <\/p>\n

We’ll take a look at all of that plus an update from he USGA, a check-in on Nike Golf, and a stroll through the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. <\/p>\n

Let’s hit the links!
\n
\nHole #1: Matsuyama Wins Phoenix Open<\/strong>
\nIt took Hideki Matsuyama four playoff holes to finally dispatch Webb Simpson, but he was eventually able to win in Phoenix for the second straight year. The 24-year-old looks like he’s finally starting to put it all together. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #2: Sergio Wins in Dubai<\/strong>
\nSergio Garcia captured the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, and while he’s not quite a Masters favorite yet, he’s certainly someone to watch. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #3: Tiger WDs in Dubai Citing Back Spasms<\/strong>
\nTiger Woods’ back acted up between the first two rounds in Dubai, forcing him to withdraw from the event. His opening-round 77 certainly didn’t help ease the pain. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #4: A Deep Look into TPC Scottsdale’s 16th Hole<\/strong>
\nScottsdale’s 16th is routinely the most raucous hole in all of golf. Go on a deep dive with Golf Digest. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #5: USGA and R&A to Unveil Rules of Golf Updates in March<\/strong>
\nThe USGA and R&A have been planning a complete Rules overhaul for several years, and the results are scheduled to come out in March. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #6: U.S. Open to Be Richest Purse in Golf<\/strong>
\nThe 2017 U.S. Open will slingshot past the Players Championship and PGA Championship to become the richest tournament in golf. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #7: Nike Unveils Jordan Brand Golf Shoes<\/strong>
\nIt’s almost a little surprising that Nike hadn’t released a golf shoe previously, given how big a golf fan Michael Jordan is. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #8: Super Bowl Winning Coach Bill Belichick to Tee it Up at Pebble<\/strong>
\nBill Belichick, fresh off his fifth Super Bowl victory as an NFL head coach, will join up with Ricky Barnes at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #9: Weekly Woods Wrap-up<\/strong>
\nMike “Fluff” Cowen was on the bag for Tiger’s first career major. Let’s learn a bit more about the longtime caddy, shall we? [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sergio and Matsuyama win, Tiger Drops out, and Jordan releases some new kicks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"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-22881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume Four Hundred Ninety-Five (Hittin' the Links) - The Sand Trap .com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_four_hundred_ninety-five\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Volume Four Hundred Ninety-Five (Hittin' the Links) - 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