{"id":23030,"date":"2017-05-07T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=23030"},"modified":"2017-06-05T19:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T23:01:56","slug":"volume_five_hundred_two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_five_hundred_two","title":{"rendered":"Volume Five Hundred 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\" \/> Welcome back to another week of <em>Hittin&#8217; the Links<\/em>. This week &#8230; here it goes &#8230; John Daly won a golf tournament. Like, with competitors. Old competitors, sure. But competitors nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>He was joined by Brian Harman, who picked up his second PGA Tour win, and team Denmark, who won the GolfSixes Euro Tour event. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll cover all that, plus some new wedges from Titleist, more rumblings on the Rules front, and some Tony Romo news. Let&#8217;s hit the links!<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole #1: John Daly Wins on Champions Tour<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a weird turn of events, an official win by John Daly (his first since 2004) was this week&#8217;s biggest golf story. I&#8217;m still in awe that I just typed that sentence. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/watch-john-daly-win-1st-pga-tour-champions-title-get-drenched-in-booze\" title=\"John Daly Wins on Champions Tour\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #2: Brian Harman Wins Wells Fargo<\/strong><br \/>\nWith birdies on his final two holes Brian Harman collected his second career PGA Tour victory, besting the competition at Eagle Point Golf Course. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/brian-harman-holes-long-birdie-putt-at-18-to-win-by-one\" title=\"Brian Harman Wins Wells Fargo\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #3: Denmark Wins GolfSixes Euro Tour Team Match Play Event<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Denmark team of Thorbjorn Olesen and Lucas Bjerregaard (yes, I copied-and-pasted that name from the article) won the European Tour&#8217;s innovative six-hole match event. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/golfsixes-a-success-on-and-off-the-course-as-denmark-takes-the-inaugural-title\" title=\"Denmark Wins GolfSixes Euro Tour Team Match Play Event\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #4: The GolfSixes Concept, Explained<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m just going to leave this link here. But, since it was written by the BBC, you have to read it with a British accent. Promise? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/39839444\" title=\"The GolfSixes Concept, Explained\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #5: Will Wilcox WDs, then DQs, but Really MCs <\/strong><br \/>\nWill\/Willy Wilcox swapped out his putter during a break in play of the second round this week, meaning he used more than 14 clubs in a tournament. He withdrew from the event, anticipating that he would be disqualified. But the Rules of Golf don&#8217;t call for a disqualification, they call for a maximum four-stroke penalty. In didn&#8217;t end up mattering, though, as Wilcox would have missed the cut regardless. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/pga-tour-pro-withdraws-is-disqualified-after-calling-unusual-penalty-on-himself\" title=\"Will Wilcox WDs, then DQs, but Really MCs\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #6: Titleist Releases JP Wedges<\/strong><br \/>\nThey sure look damn good. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/equipment\/2017\/05\/04\/titleist-unveils-high-end-jp-wedges-one-one-fitting-sessions\" title=\"Titleist Releases JP Wedges\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #7: USGA\/R&amp;A Banning Green Reading Material?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe USGA and R&amp;A might be looking into banning green reading material, but would it hurt amateurs? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/tour-news\/2017\/05\/04\/usga-ra-ban-green-reading-materials-golf-innovator-says-disservice-amateurs\" title=\"USGA\/R&amp;A Banning Green Reading Material?\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #8: Romo to Attempt U.S. Open Qualifying<\/strong><br \/>\nFormer Cowboys quarterback and current newest CBS analyst Tony Romo will try for the second time to qualify for the U.S. Open. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/usopen17\/story\/_\/id\/19303290\/retired-tony-romo-try-qualify-us-open\" title=\"Romo to Attempt U.S. Open Qualifying\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #9: Weekly Woods Wrap-up<\/strong><br \/>\nThis week we&#8217;re going to hear from Jack Nicklaus, who could empathize with Tiger&#8217;s latest back surgery. 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