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The Best Story of the 2020 Golf Year Was That We Actually Had Golf

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Vol. 32, No. 43 R O C H E S T E R Monday, November 30, 2020 Monday Scramble: What The Best Story of the 2020 The European Tour, PGA Year Was That We Actually Had Golf

Tour Alliance Means by REX HOGGARD Consider that just last week 16 college football games were either canceled or postponed be- cause of COVID-19 infections. It was the second consecutive week college football lost dou- ble-digit games and even the games that are being played are coming with competitive asterisks. Last week’s college schedule included a dozen teams that played short-handed games, including Minnesota who was missing nearly two dozen players week and even though teams are already began. Even the mighty in its victory over Purdue. trying to create their own version NFL isn’t immune to the wreak- by RYAN LAVNER tours took a serious financial hit College basketball begins this of a bubble handwringing has Best Story — PAGE 5 The PGA and Europeans tours in 2020 because of the corona- form an alliance, Christian Be- virus pandemic. In a conference zuidenhout joins the game’s elite, call, European Tour chief exec- the PGA Tour wraps up its 2020 utive Keith Pelley took pains to The Life of Haley Moore Resonates slate and more in this week’s edi- describe this announcement as tion of Monday Scramble: something other than a potential During Holiday Season 1. The PGA and European merger, saying that won’t hap- tours took a big first step pen unless it’s beneficial for his BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Haley toward potentially creating a membership or his circuit is in Moore will never forget the shot. global golf calendar, agree- financial straits. Though a take- It was in April 2019 when stood ing to an alliance that will over is years away, if it happens on the 16th at Augusta Na- allow them to collaborate on at all, this partnership should tional, home of the Masters, 156 commercial opportunities, mark the end to the Premier Golf yards from the flag with a short media rights and scheduling. League, which had tried (unsuc- in her hands and watched TAKEAWAY: This seemed cessfully) to lure the top players the ball take flight. like an inevitable move, as both Monday Scramble — PAGE 6 It landed a few yards to the left of the hole on the sharply sloped green and gravity did the rest, the ball eventually rolling 2020–21 Qualifiers for Majors, to a stop close enough for a (Getty Images) tap-in birdie. Moore smiled on THE PLAYERS, WGCs her entire walk to the green, “It was pretty iconic,” Moore She made the winning putt in a the fans who lined all sides of said. to clinch the 2018 NCAA the hole roaring in delight and So is her story. championship for Arizona and appreciation. Moore is a 22-year-old LPGA qualified for the inaugural Augus- No bullies were in sight. rookie from Southern . Haley Moore — PAGE 6 Callaway’s New B21 Line Consists Of the Biggest, Baddest Berthas Yet

by JONATHAN WALL and ANDREW TURSKY If you’ve picked up a Call- Rickie Fowler has played in 10 consecutive Masters but has yet to qualify away club in the last few de- for the 2021 edition. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) cades, you’ve likely come across a driver or iron with the words by ROB BOLTON he remained inside the top 50 to “Big Bertha” emblazoned on has it secure his tournament debut. the head. all figured out. Win an event at His first appearance was de- Of all the names founder Ely home = Play the Masters. layed seven months. He made the Callaway chose to bestow upon In February (and pre-pandemic), cut and finished T38. However, his creations, Big Bertha is the the South African prevailed at the by then he had slipped to 60th in one that’s stood the test of time. Dimension Data Pro-Am. The vic- the OWGR with another top- Initially introduced in 1991 with tory in his homeland lifted him to 50 checkpoint looming at the a collection of oversized drivers Callaway’s new Big Bertha B21 driver and irons. (Jeffrey Westbrook/Prop Styling: 48th in the Official World Golf end of calendar-year 2020 for that took the industry by storm, Sophia Pappas) Ranking. A month later when the entry into the 2021 Masters. the Big Bertha line was expand- OWGR was used to fill the field at A T15 at the Joburg Open the ed by Callaway three years later lar traits: a generous profile, two decades later, Big Bertha’s the Masters (originally scheduled week after the 2020 Masters was to include irons. offset to eliminate a slice and new B21 line remains true to for its traditional date in April), Qualifiers— PAGE 7 The clubs all shared simi- game-changing distance. Nearly Biggest, Baddest — PAGE 5 See Local Holes-In-One at golfweekrochester.com Page 2 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 30, 2020 Leonard Kamsler, a Dissecting Golf Photographer, Dies at 85

by GLENN COLLINS though lugging a camera instead image suggestive of a pinwheel. Leonard Kamsler, a photo- of clubs. Beginning in 1963, he George Peper, his editor at journalist whose award-winning covered 40 consecutive Masters for 25 of Mr. pictures of professional golf for tournaments, 17 P.G.A. cham- Kamsler’s 60 years associated nearly 50 years pushed the en- pionships and 22 U.S. Opens, with the publication, said it was velope of sports strobe photog- freezing moments of action in Mr. Kamsler who “created the raphy as he amassed a trove of indelible images. swing-sequence in golf without more than 200,000 images on “His ability to take the perfect question.” the PGA Tour, died on Nov. 18 picture at the perfect time was Mr. Kamsler, he said, “learned in Bethel, N.Y. He was 85. unsurpassed by anyone in the at Edgerton’s knee,” referring His husband and only immedi- business,” the champion golfer to Harold Edgerton, a professor ate survivor, Stephen Lyles, said Tom Watson said in a video- at the Massachusetts Institute the cause was organ failure. Mr. taped tribute when Mr. Kamsler of Technology who pioneered Kamsler had homes in Bethel received the lifetime achieve- stroboscopic technology. Mr. and Manhattan. ment award. Kamsler began consulting with Jim Richerson, president of Mr. Kamsler’s technical innova- Mr. Edgerton in 1957. the PGA of America, called Mr. tions in high-speed strobe photog- He also developed a close re- Kamsler “the undisputed dean of raphy broke down the complete lationship with Charles Hulcher, golf photography.” Last month, arc of a from beginning who had developed a specialty Leonard Kamsler used stop-motion strobe photography to break down the complete arc of a golfer’s swing. He documented the swings of more Mr. Kamsler became the first to end in stop-motion exposures camera to record slow-motion than 400 pro golfers. (Leonard Kamsler/Popperfoto, via Getty Images) recipient of the organization’s — from address to backswing to studies of rocket launches. Lifetime Achievement Award in contact to follow-through — each Mr. Kamsler’s primary instru- for PBS. in Miami with the actor Jack Photojournalism. position of the hands, arms, ment was a hulking Hulcher high- Mr. Kamsler’s strobe-light- Nicholson, Mr. Kamsler reached Practically half of that lifetime feet, legs, torso, head and club speed 35-millimeter camera, orig- ing work also reached beyond over to push up the bill of Mr. was spent on the , contained in a single sequential inally designed to shoot at some golf. He devised one complex Nicholson’s hat because it was 70 frames per second. He was strobe system to capture the first hiding his eyes. “Nobody touch- able to push the limit to 100, and attempt at a quintuple somer- es Jake’s hat!,” Mr. Nicholson then 200, frames per second — sault by the Flying Cranes aerial barked. meaning that in less than three troupe of the Moscow Circus. Leonard Macon Kamsler seconds of lightning-fast expo- The picture ran in The New York was born on Oct. 18, 1935, in sures he could dissect an entire Times Magazine on Dec. 30, Raleigh, N.C., to Morton and golf swing. 1990, with a cover article about Helen (Strother) Kamsler. His Mr. Kamsler’s first sequential the troupe. father owned a retail store, and stop-motion study, of Arnold A circus aficionado, he also his mother was a homemaker. Palmer’s technique and clubhead photographed performances of His father gave Leonard his first dynamics, “created a sensation,” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum camera at age 12. He grad- Mr. Peper said, adding that as & Bailey Circus, the animal uated from Broughton High a teaching tool “it was posted trainer Gunther Gebel-Williams School in Raleigh and then from on every golf instructor’s wall in and the magicians Siegfried & Duke University, in 1957. Mov- America.” Roy’s stage act using tigers. ing to Manhattan, he became Howard Hanna • 2x5 • 061520 • JT Mr. Kamsler documented As a PGA Tour fixture, Mr. a $32-a-week assistant to the more than 400 golf-swing se- Kamsler could hardly be ignored. celebrity photographer Milton Expositor-Ledger Newspapers quences of other champion golf- For years he arrived at events in H. Greene. 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For all his involvement with Stop by our Sales Office, challenging holes 12 and 15 “He understood what that shark golf, the game itself never beck- 205 Lakeshore at Augusta National , bite meant,” Mr. Norman added, oned to more than his shutter where the Masters is played. in the video tribute, “that I was finger. After a lifetime of tourna- Some golfers abhorred being intense — and I was into my ment trudging, Mr. Kamsler was photographed up close during moment.” proud to say, “I never played a competition, so Mr. Kamsler Once, shooting an “18 holes single game of golf.” x would resort to subterfuge. He with” celebrity-golfing feature ©The New York Times once hid himself in a garbage bag to snap the camera-shy Aus- tralian Bruce Crampton. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.”  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 30, 2020 • Page 3 Pedersen Flawless in Spanish Open Win there, and I just need to give finish in solo third. there are nerves that I did not congratulations to Emily because “I think I could have asked to know and that today I have had what she has done this year is win, but today was super com- to live and I have known how to spectacular. I was already saying plete.2x3 • 2x3 I played • 053112 a •very DS goodHOUSE golf, control. I think that today I can’t to her on the 17th and I am very I have put myself to the test ask for much more.” x happy with my attitude. Today playing with Azahara because © golfpunkhq.com was a complicated day at first, but I am very happy because I have fought, and it has been a little more fun”. If you’re an The smiling Spaniard contin- advertiser who ued, “In quarantine, she must needs a little have worked very well and men- 2x3 space like this, call your Golf Week sales tally I see she is very strong. I representative today. You’ll find out you hope she can continue like that because it will be an enjoyment don’t have to spend a lot to reach the to play with her every year.” people who DO spend a lot. Rising star Ana Pelaez also made history, recording the best finish by an amateur in the long-standing event on the LET schedule. Playing with her idol 427-2468 Azahara Munoz, the 22-year-old 2535 Brighton-Henrietta TL Rd., Rochester is one to watch for the future as golfweekrochester.com she fired a sensational 67 (-5) to

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2020 will be remembered for the trees, to keep her nose in EASTMAN OPERA THEATRE PRESENTS many things but it will go down front before further gains at Nos. in LET history as Denmark’s 14 and 16 threatened to stretch Emily Kristine Pedersen pow- her lead, only for the smiling ered to Andalucía Costa Del Sol Spaniard to record four birdies Open De Espana victory, closing in five holes. with a bogey-free final round Not making it easy for the six-under-par 66for a four shot LET No. 1, the home-favorite win from home favorite Nuria fought back and pushed her right Iturrioz. to the end but the unflappable A model of consistency all Dane shut the door with clinical Immersive Composer Collaborations year, the 24-year-old has won an second shots with her famous impressive five LET titles from club into both the 17th Unique 12 starts and becomes the first and 18th to record another two Performances Composers player since Marie-Laure de Lo- birdies. Collaborations renzi to win three tournaments Holing out from 4ft on the last in a row. for the four-shot win, Pedersen Walking away with the let out a controlled fist pump to 12/16 @ 7:30 PM 12/18 @ 7:30 PM 12/19 @ 7:30 PM first-place winner’s check of match her control on the course $108,000, Pedersen also col- and added, Anthony Davis Lori Laitman Ben Moore lected $24,000 for winning “What I did on the 12th was 12/17 @ 7:30 PM 12/19 @ 2 PM 12/20 @ 2 PM the inaugural Race to Costa del the turning point, I was hitting it Sol and finishes the year with a well on the front nine, but I just Ricky Ian Gordon Missy Mazzoli Errollyn Wallen mammoth $500,000 in prize could not hole anything, and I money. started getting frustrated. I said Accompanied by her father on to my Dad on the 12th tee, let’s For more information, visit: the bag for her sixth career win, try and make some birdies and esm.rochester.edu/EOT/OurVoices an emotional Pedersen, said, then luckily, I had a shot from “It was very special with my the trees and started the birdie Dad here, he got me into golf run.” and he has been a big support The sensational performance the whole way, he kept me sees her add not only the Span- going when I was down and ish Open title to her ever-ex- it is really big for me to have panding trophy cabinet but also him here and win this amazing the coveted Race to Costa del trophy. I was really happy to go Sol award. through something really posi- “I can’t believe I’ve won the tive and good with him because Race to Costa del Sol, it’s always he is right beside me off the been a dream of mine and I am course and now, he has been so happy to not only be playing there on it.” well this year but to win it here Leading by one shot heading this week in Spain. The last few into Sunday, Pedersen used all months have been amazing.” her front-running experience Three-time LET winner Nuria and looked in control from the Iturrioz put up a valiant fight in start, opening with three pars front of her home fans, recover- before an uncharacteristic miss ing from a shaky start to record on the par four 4th hole. a final round of 69 (-3) to finish Undeterred, the serial winner in solo second place. The gutsy proceeded to chip in for bird- display was enough to claim ie from the back of the green the award for the highest Span- before steadying the ship with ish finisher and saw her walk seven pars to extend her lead to away with a consolation prize of four shots with seven holes to $62,000. play, with playing partner Nuria Moving to 7th in the Final Iturrioz trying to keep pace. Standings of the Race to Costa Another birdie at the short par del Sol, the 25-year-old said, four 12th followed, after a mi- “Little by little I am making raculous ‘shot-of-the-day’ from the adjustments I need to be Page 4 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 30, 2020 : Can Native Mexican Win on Home Soil? by TIM LETCHER The 2021 season is off to a fast start The Mayakoba Golf Classic off for Ancer. He has played in five events, on Thursday at El Camaleon Golf Club including two majors, and has made the in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. And the cut in all five. locals have a legitimate chance to see His season started with a tie for 56th at one of their countrymen win the event the U.S. Open. He was in decent shape this year. there through 36 holes, but shot 79-76 It’s never happened in the 13 years on the weekend to fall off the pace. that the Mayakoba Classic has been Ancer’s best finish so far this fall was played. However, it almost happened last a fourth-place showing at the Shriners season when Carlos Ortiz finished second Hospitals for Children Open. He shot to Brendon Todd. 66-66-65-67 that week in Las Vegas. Ortiz may be the best chance for a Since then, Ancer has tied for 28th at native Mexican to win this week. He the CJ Cup, tied for 35th at the Zozo comes into the event playing well. The Championship and tied for 13th at the Guadalajara, Mexico, native, won for the Masters. If not for a 76 on the final day first time on the PGA Tour by claiming at Augusta National, Ancer would have the title at the in early finished inside the top 10. November. That followed a tie for 35th (Getty Images) These two players face a field that at the and a tie for includes and Brooks 48th at the CJ Cup. for fourth in both the Houston Open and The other solid candidate to pull off the Koepka, among others, so it will be a The 29-year-old Ortiz played in 22 the Sanderson Farms Championship last feat would be Abraham Ancer. challenge. But it would be appropriate, events on tour last season and registered season. Ancer was born in McAllen, , but and frankly pretty cool, to have a native three top 10 finishes. In addition to his If Ortiz is unable to win this week, per- was raised in Reynosa, Mexico. He has Mexican win in Mexico this week. x runner-up at the Mayakoba, Ortiz tied haps one of his fellow countrymen can. dual American and Mexican citizenship. ©ProGolfNow.com PGA Tour Gets Share of European Tour TV as Part of Alliance

by DOUG FERGUSON — which golf executives have put an end to the Premier Golf (AP) — The PGA Tour has contemplated for more than a League, which a year ago was acquired a minority stake in the decade - remains some years courting the world’s best play- European Tour’s media pro- away. The immediate goal is ers for a team-based circuit and duction company as part of an to figure out a schedule that funded in part by Saudi money. alliance announced Friday, a keeps the tours from competing Rory McIlroy, and big first step toward developing against each other and strength- rejected the idea a more unified golf schedule ening events on both sides of the right before the pandemic. around the world. Atlantic and beyond. Pelley said The Raine Group, The deal effectively makes the Pelley offered few details on a private equity firm behind the two leading tours more partners scheduling, access to tours or Premier Golf League, presented than rivals. The tours said in even negotiating media rights. a “compelling offer to take the a statement the alliance would As part of the agreement, European Tour to another level allow them to collaborate on PGA Tour Commissioner Jay but in a different direction.” commercial opportunities and Monahan will join the European “We felt partnering with the global media rights in certain Tour board as a non-executive PGA Tour was the best option,” territories. member who would have a vote. he said. “The PGA Tour moves from a “They have a monetary invest- Pelley said the partnership competitor to a partner,” Keith ment in our business,” he said grew out of golf organizations Pelley, chief executive for the of the PGA Tour. having to work together at the European Tour, said on a con- Pelley said the board’s ap- start of the COVID-19 pandemic ference call. proval of the partnership was to rearrange the major cham- PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan answers a reporter’s question While seen as a pivotal first unanimous. pionship season for men and during a news conference ahead of the Zozo Championship PGA Tour at step, any notion of a world tour The announcement is likely to women. Accordia Golf Narashino C.C. in Inzai, east of Tokyo, , Wednesday, “We shared the challenges of Oct. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) working through a year neither of us could have ever imagined protect against the spread of the for the players. He said the Eu- and we found definite synergies coronavirus. Players would stay ropean Tour had a strong bal- in many areas of our respective in regions such as the Iberian ance sheet, which allowed it to tours,” Pelley said. peninsula and the U.K., though create 15 new events during the The announcement comes to- the total purse was rarely more pandemic and spend $3 million ward the end of a devastating than 1 million euros. on a health and safety plan. year financially for both tours. The exceptions were the “This is not a merger,” he The PGA Tour has lost more BMW PGA Championship at said. money than the European one Wentworth, the flagship event A week before the pandemic, because of its size, though it at its headquarters, the Scottish the PGA Tour announced a new had more in reserve to handle Open and the DP World Tour media rights deal that starts in the crisis. Championship next month in 2022 and is said to be worth $7 The PGA Tour shut down for Dubai. billion over nine years, which in- three months, and then resumed The gap between the tours has cludes digital. The tour also has June 8 and played a tourna- grown so much in the last de- a 12-year deal with Discovery, ment every week except for this cade there have been rumblings which owns Golf TV. one, with no reduction in prize of a merger of the tours, or London-based Discovery also money. Two of its Asia tour- even a takeover, given the PGA is a rights holder for the Euro- naments, in South Korean and Tour’s wealth. Monahan referred pean Tour, which has various Japan, moved to the western only to a partnership, and said contracts with TV companies, U.S. with a purse of $9.75 mil- “we look forward to working given its schedule that plays in lion (CJ Cup at Shadow Creek) together for the benefit of the more countries than any tour. All Ages. All Abilities. and $8 million (Zozo Champion- men’s professional game and The PGA Tour has become ship at Sherwood). for golf fans around the world.” so lucrative that Europe’s best In-Person or Online Lessons. The European Tour resumed Pelley strongly disputed the players have taken up member- in July with a series of new tour- notion of a merger, suggesting ship on both tours. Of the 20 We are Hochstein. Join us! naments geared toward giving that would happen only if the Europeans among the top 75 in Tuition assistance available. its members events to play while tour had financial difficulties or the world, only four are not PGA 50 N. Plymouth Ave. • 585.454.4596 • hochstein.org maintaining a strict bubble to there were significant benefits Tour members. x  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 30, 2020 • Page 5 Biggest, Baddest sidespin that causes wayward for those who need it near the plague high handicappers. shots to go off the map. top of the set. Each hybrid “This [face design] looks a lot The end result is a spin-killer was smartly designed with dual like what you’ve seen on a driver that doesn’t skimp on consisten- metalinjection molded tungsten or fairway from us re- cy and forgiveness. It’s a pack- weights in the sole to generate a cently,” said Dr. Alan Hocknell, age any high- slicer towering launch. For those who Callaway’s SVP of research and will no doubt appreciate when struggle to hit and hold the green design. “It’s unusually thick and they’re finding more fairways. from longer distances on their thin in areas, maybe unexpected For additional assistance on approach shot, this addition will areas of thick next to thin. This mishits, Callaway used its Flash be a welcomed sight. is the A.I. system driving the Face SS21 technology, which was Compared to Callaway’s over- design to greater efficiency of created using Artificial Intelligence, sized Mavrik Max iron, the Big ball speed, while still trying to to boost ball speeds on off-center Bertha B21 ($900; 7-piece steel achieve some targets.” strikes. The generous face profile iron set/$1,000; 7-piece graph- A visible tungsten energy core is paired with Callaway’s Jailbreak ite) features more offset in the — located in the sole — adds Technology — titanium bars con- mid and long irons to assist in another layer of forgiveness by nect the sole and crown — to squaring up the head at impact targeting more mass behind the enhance distance and stability. and sole widths that are up to 50 lower portion of the hitting area To further increase forgiveness, percent wider in certain parts of (heel to toe) to launch the ball Callaway removed weight from the set for enhanced turf inter- high, regardless of where it im- the crown by using lightweight action. pacts the face. carbon fiber, yielding an abun- Of course, there’s more to Big Housed inside the head, Cal- The Callaway Big Bertha B21 driver at address. (Callaway) dance of discretionary weight Bertha B21 than a generous laway’s proprietary urethane that was placed in the heel to profile. Callaway’s Flash Face microspheres are strategically (Continued from Page 1) low and rearward to increase help correct a slice. Cup design also received the positioned to soak up unwant- its roots with a super game-im- forgiveness. The problem with A similar recipe was used to A.I. treatment, fine-tuning the ed vibrations and improve the provement design ideally made the concept is it may cause too create the fairway woods ($300), thickness of the structure in spe- overall feel at impact, without for high-handicap golfers who much spin for big slicers. which feature increased offset cific areas to benefit golfers who impacting ball speed. don’t continually find the center To achieve the perfect balance and a shallow face profile that don’t consistently find the center “We know we’re targeting ad- of the face and struggle to corral of spin and speed, Callaway limits a slice while also assisting of the face. vantages for golfers in the mar- a noticeable slice. chose to freshen up the recipe in getting the ball airborne from The end result is an aggres- ket who need the most help,” There are plenty of clubs on with the Big Bertha B21 driver the turf at the same time. sive face pattern that produc- Hocknell said. “This design can the market made for high-hand- ($500), positioning the CG low Like the drivers and fairway es similar ball speeds across be literally transformational for icap slicers, but those clubs are and forward to reduce spin. The woods, the hybrids ($250) are the entire structure, mitigating certain types of golfers.” x typically designed with the cen- thought here is that reducing made to launch it high, reduce penalizing misses that usually © Golf.com ter of gravity (CG) positioned overall spin will also reduce the a slice and unlock more distance Best Story

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(Continued from Page 1) • August: FedExCup playoffs U.S. Open and Masters this fall. nament history and, like most fall > Tiger, and it’s not particularly by offering huge Saudi money. • September: BMW PGA; He’s a player to root for, with a events in this super-season, a sig- close), but even better is that It’s easy to see how they could Ryder/Presidents Cups compelling back story, after he nificant increase from a year ago, they raised millions of dollars for now collaborate on creating a • October: Asian swing received a doping ban as an ama- when Brendon Todd earned only historically Black colleges and global golf calendar that is a • November: Middle East swing teur because of medicine he took 34 world-ranking points for his universities. boon to both tours. Rather than • December: swing to combat anxiety and a stutter second consecutive fall victory. READY FOR THE BIG making elite players choose That’d be *amazing.* that was caused when he took rat At No. 49 in the world, Rickie LEAGUES: Emily Kristine Ped- which one to support, in theo- 2. Christiaan Bezuiden- poison as a child and nearly died. Fowler will be trying to remain erson. She closed out her year ry, a more cohesive worldwide hout won for the second There’ll be even more op- inside the top 50 in the world on the Ladies European Tour schedule would see the best play- time on the European Tour, portunity in 2021 to improve ranking. Will Zalatoris, now a with a bogey-free 66 and a vic- ers in the world tee it up against coming from behind to take his standing, as now he’ll be a special temporary member on tory at the tour’s season finale, each other more often on vary- the Alfred Dunhill Champi- fixture at all of the majors and Tour, is also back in the mix, becoming the first LET player in ing course designs. onship in his native South biggest events. playing for the first time since the 31 years to win three consec- Indeed, we’d be all for a world Africa. 3. The PGA Tour returns Bermuda. And Andy Ogletree, utive individual titles. She had tour that looks something like TAKEAWAY: This latest tri- to action this week at the the former U.S. Amateur cham- four victories in 12 LET starts this, with incentives for regular umph continues an upward trend Mayakoba Classic, marking pion who earlier this month was this year, which is why we’d PGA Tour players to travel and for Bezuidenhout, who is now the final official Tour event the low amateur at the Masters, love to see her compete full-time play internationally: firmly among the top 50 in the of the calendar year. is making his pro debut. against the best of the best on • January-February: Hawaii/ world (41st) after ending 2018 TAKEAWAY: An appeal- the LPGA. She’ll be in the field West Coast swing at No. 581. ing group of players has gath- This Week’s Award in two weeks at the U.S. Wom- • March: swing The 26-year-old had a limited ered in Mexico, even with the Winners... en’s Open. • April-May: Masters; Quail amount of success last season withdrawal of world No. 1 Dustin TIP OF THE CAP: The Match CONGRATS!: Jon Rahm. Hollow; Texas swing; PGA on the PGA Tour, finishing in Johnson dropping the tourna- III. Sure, the match with Sir The world No. 2 announced • June/July: Memorial; U.S. the top 25 in just four of his 10 ment to 46 world-ranking points Charles, Steph, Peyton and Phil on social media that he and his Open; Spanish, Irish, Scot- starts, but he appeared to get for the winner (the equivalent had some entertaining moments wife, Kelley, are expecting the tish Opens, etc.; Open more comfortable this summer strength of the Honda). It still (which reaffirmed our belief: in couple’s first child. x Championship and made the cut in both the marked the strongest field in tour- made-for-TV exhibitions, Phil © Golf Channel Haley Moore

(Continued from Page 1) with weight issues and self-esteem damage her personal property. winning youth tournaments and trying to succeed at professional ta National Women’s Amateur for much of her life. Bullies would Moore doesn’t hide from those escaping antagonists at school by golf, I was like ‘Wow, that’s pretty last year. She also has struggled call her fat, take her belongings, moments or the pain they caused practicing long hours. amazing,’” Speciale said. “So, my — or still cause. Instead, she talks , the two-time major brother and I, we just decided that about her story openly, sharing winner, has tweeted at Moore and if the opportunity ever presented what she went through and how it given her words of encourage- itself where we can help someone didn’t stop her from achieving the ment. And LPGA veteran Britta- like Haley to live her dream, we goal of playing on the LPGA Tour. ny Lincicome said she’s rooting were going to do it.” Her reason is simple: she thinks for Moore as well. Once the company started to she can help others. “I am so grateful that she told grow, The Comfy made Moore “Today, people are still strug- her story,” Lincicome said last an offer for both financial back- gling with being bullied by peo- week as she watched Moore finish ing and clothes to wear on the ple,” Moore said. “And some of a practice round. “A lot of people course. She doesn’t need to the people being bullied, they go through things and they kind worry about how to pay for flights really haven’t been able to turn of keep it in sometimes, but I am and hotels for now; all she needs their life around. I think just telling so grateful that she told her story. to worry about is her game. my story, what I did and how I She got it out there. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.”  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 30, 2020 • Page 7 Christiaan Bezuidenhout Wins Dunhill Title, Moves Comfortably Inside World’s Top 50 10 under, along with Meronk, Bezuidenhout has much to be this year at TPC Harding Park, Schaper and Bland, and four proud of. For those who need but he made the weekend at both shots behind the champion, the a refresher, here are the spark the U.S. Open and Masters this only contender who didn’t fall notes: Bezuidenhout nearly died fall. His T-38 showing two weeks apart down the stretch, Chris- when he was 2 years old after ago at Augusta National tied him tiaan Bezuidenhout. unknowingly drinking from a with Tiger Woods. You could call him the king of Coke bottle that had been con- Funny enough, his first trip this event's jungle, as Bezuiden- taminated with rat poison. The to Augusta helped him this hout was the most glaring ex- poison took a toll on his body, week, specifically an early-week ception to the rule in Sunday’s affecting his nervous system and practice round alongside coun- difficult final round, which players causing a stutter, which in turn trymen Louis Oosthuizen and estimated featured a nearly-three- led to bouts with anxiety and Charl Schwartzel, who both gave club wind. The 26-year-old South depression. When Bezuidenhout Bezuidenhout some tips about African, whose incredible story turned 14, his doctor prescribed playing Leopard Creek. of overcoming adversity is well him medication that helped him “They said you can't play this by BRENTLEY ROMINE eyeing his first pro win until he known, especially after his break- “enjoy my life again,” Bezuiden- course the way you played it with As winds swirled and Leopard kicked off his back nine with through European triumph last hout wrote last year in a blog post the previous grass on it,” Bezuid- Creek Country Club showed its a triple bogey and made three year in Spain, had his hiccups, for EuropeanTour.com, but the enhout said. “I never thought of it teeth, seemingly every challeng- more bogeys coming in for a most notably a double bogey at beta blockers were also a banned that way and I just came here with er for the Alfred Dunhill Cham- final-round 75. the par-3 seventh. But he also substance, and despite Bezuiden- a different frame of mind and I pionship title faltered at some ’s , also made six birdies and played flaw- hout being adamant that he filled played it like it's playing now — point Sunday. Bogeys, doubles chasing his first European Tour lessly on the final nine, including out the proper paperwork, he firm and fast.” and triples, oh my! Indeed, it was victory, albeit at 47 years old, holing birdie putts of 25 and 18 was disqualified from the 2014 Now, after getting the job no coincidence that the Malel- was just two back with nine holes feet on Nos. 14 and 15, respec- British Amateur and subsequently done at the Dunhill for his sec- ane, South Africa, layout borders to play but ran out of momen- tively, to shoot his fourth straight banned for nine months. ond career European Tour win, Kruger National Park, one of tum by playing his final seven round in red numbers, a 3-under “It felt like my life was over. Bezuidenhout can all but count Africa's largest game reserves. holes birdie-less and in 1 over. 69, and win for the first time ever ... I was inconsolable,” he wrote on a return trip to the Masters , the 54-hole And finally, , who in his native country. in the same post. “However, I next spring. The top 50 players leader who was vying to become was born in Zimbabwe but starred “It's incredible,” Bezuidenhout eventually turned this into energy in the world by year’s end qual- Poland’s first European Tour win- at USC in Los Angeles, had per- said. “This tournament has been to help me come back stronger.” ify, and with his win, the South ner, managed to lead after 11 haps the best chance of winning close to my heart since I played Bezuidenhout’s comeback African is projected to move holes before dropping three shots among those who fell short, but it for the first time. It's always keeps getting more impressive. to No. 41 in the world as he in his next three holes and finish- only trailing by a shot he hit two been a tournament I wanted to Since his maiden title last sum- prepares for the South African ing with a closing 4-over 76. balls out of play on the final hole win and to pull it off today is mer at the Andalucía Masters, Open next week and the tour’s Jayden Schaper, the 19-year- — a tee shot that ricocheted really, really special to me. Bezuidenhout has now played in lucrative season finale, the DP old South African phenom who off a cart and out of bounds “I'm proud of myself to stick all four majors. He missed the cut World , the earlier this year decided to fore- and another shot into the water. in there and to have pulled it off at last year’s Open Champion- following week. x go college and turn pro, was His closing triple left him at round here.” ship at Royal Portrush and earlier © Golf Channel Qualifiers

(Continued from Page 1) uled to compete in this week’s events thru the final week Dubai (Dec. 13). Points in the 2020 Playoffs solid but he dropped another slot Golf in Dubai Championship before the 2021 PGA Cham- • Top 2 from are weighted the same as a to 61st in the OWGR. Remain- presented by DP World. Erik pionship. Order of Merit, not otherwise WGC (Feb. 28). ing in South Africa for the Alfred van Rooyen (53rd) remains out • Top 20 from PGA Profes- exempt (TBD). • Top 10 in FedExCup points Dunhill Championship, he came indefinitely with an injured back. sional National Champion- • Top 2 from Order in 2020-21 only (March 1). from three strokes down on Sun- Aside from the end-of-year ship (TBD). of Merit, not otherwise ex- • Top 50 from Official World day to win by four. OWGR, winners of eligible PGA • Top 70 from special money empt (TBD). Golf Ranking (March 1). In the latest update of the TOUR events and special invita- list (i.e. “PGA Championship • Top 2 from Australasian Tour • If necessary to complete the OWGR, Bezuidenhout is 41st tions extended to internationals, Points”) on PGA TOUR from Order of Merit, not otherwise field of 144, golfers outside and all but assured of securing the OWGR on March 29 is the 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude exempt (TBD). the Top 10 in FedExCup his second berth into the Masters only other conduit for entry into Invitational/Barracuda Cham- • Top 10 from 2021 Race to points in 2020-21 only on when the last ranking of 2020 is the 2021 Masters. pionship thru 2021 Wells Dubai (TBD). March 1 will gain entry in determined. Fargo Championship (May 9). • Top 50 from Official World order of position. The 26-year-old is one of 10 Remaining Qualifying Criteria • All 2018 Ryder Cup mem- Golf Ranking (Feb. 15). • • • currently inside the top 50 who Criteria are listed in chrono- bers, provided they are inside • Highest-ranked golfer from WGC-DELL TECHNOLOGIES isn’t yet eligible for the 2021 logical order where possible. Top 100 of Official World Mexico in the Official World @ Austin Country Masters. The others are Tommy Best estimates are given but all Golf Ranking (May 10). Golf Ranking. If already Club — March 24-28 Fleetwood (16th), Matthew Fitz- are subject to change. • Special exemptions per PGA eligible, the second-high- • Top 64 inside Top 100 in the patrick (21st), (31st), of America. (This likely will est-ranked inside the Top 300 Official World Golf Ranking (34th), Victor Perez MASTERS @ Augusta National include all golfers inside Top of the OWGR (Feb. 15). (March 15). (38th), Bernd Wiesberger (39th), Golf Club — April 8-11 100 of the Official World Golf • Top 10 in FedExCup points Ian Poulter (46th), • Winners of PGA TOUR Ranking on May 10.) (Feb. 22). WGC-FEDEX ST. JUDE INVI- (48th) and Rickie Fowler (49th). events that award full FedEx- • If necessary to complete the • Top 50 from Official World TATIONAL @ TPC Southwind The European Tour will be Cup points allocation for the field of 156, golfers outside Golf Ranking (Feb. 22). — Aug. 5-8 concluding its season in Dubai TOUR Championship from Top 70 from special money • If necessary to complete the • Winners of official tourna- on Dec. 13, but the only remain- the originally scheduled 2020 list (three lines above) will gain field of 72, golfers outside ments from the Federation ing playing opportunity for Fowl- Masters (April 9-12) through entry in order of position. the Top 50 in the Official Tours with an Official World er on the PGA TOUR in 2020 is the week before the 2021 • • • World Golf Ranking on Feb. Golf Ranking strength-of-field at this week’s Mayakoba Golf Masters. U.S. OPEN @ Torrey Pines 22 will gain entry in order of rating of 115 points or more. Classic presented by UNIFIN. • Top 50 from Official World Golf Course (South) — June position. • Winner of undetermined He’s competed in 10 consecu- Golf Ranking (Dec. 31). 17-20 • • • Asian Tour event (TBD). tive editions of the Masters since • Top 50 from Official World • TBD THE PLAYERS CHAMPION- • Winner of undetermined Aus- his debut in 2011. Golf Ranking (March 29). • • • SHIP @ TPC Sawgrass (Stadium) tralasian Tour event (TBD). Of those ranked 51st-60th • Special invitations to inter- THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP — March 11-14 • Winner of undetermined in the OWGR, six are not yet national players per Masters @ Royal St. George’s Golf Club — • Winners of PGA TOUR Japan Golf Tour event (TBD). eligible for the Masters. That Tournament Committee at its July 15-18 events thru the final week • Winner of undetermined Sun- subset includes Kevin Streelman discretion. • TBD before THE PLAYERS. shine Tour event (TBD). (52nd), Chez Reavie (54th), • • • • • • • Top 125 in FedExCup • Top 50 from Official World Russell Henley (56th) and Will PGA CHAMPIONSHIP @ The WGC-MEXICO CHAMPION- points from the start of the Golf Ranking (July 26). Zalatoris (60th), each of whom Ocean Course at Kiawah Island SHIP @ Club de Golf Chapultepec 2019-20 season thru the • Top 50 from Official World is committed to play Mayakoba. Golf Resort — May 20-23 — Feb. 25-28 2021 WGC-Mexico Cham- Golf Ranking (Aug. 2). x (51st) is sched- • Winners of PGA TOUR • Top 20 from 2020 Race to pionship/. © PGATOUR.com Page 8 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 30, 2020

GOLF opinion & comment Fall Shows Winning is Never as Far Away as It Seems

by DOUG FERGUSON weak fields. That happens in the fall, es- ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — pecially this year with a U.S. Open and a Robert Streb was too young at age 33 Masters squeezed into the schedule. Laird to have look back at his only PGA Tour and Streb, however, won against fields victory six years ago instead of looking equal in strength to the . ahead to what might be his next one. Throw in Carlos Ortiz winning the That wasn’t the case for Stewart Cink. Houston Open this month at No. 160 He was three years away from joining in the world, and this makes two straight the 50-and-older set on the PGA Tour years that at least six fall events were won Champions, and 11 years removed from by players ranked outside the top 100. his last victory in 2009 at Turnberry in Brendon Todd won back-to-back last the British Open. year in the fall, both times when he was Both are part of a remarkable trend outside the top 100. He was No. 525 during this fall portion of the new PGA when he won in Bermuda and No. 184 Tour season. when he won in his next start at Mayako- Cink was No. 319 in the world when ba. Three of the other four winners from he won the season opener in the Safe- last fall reached the Tour Championship. way Open. Streb was at No. 380 when Winning is winning. he won last week in the RSM Classic. Robert Streb holds the trophy after winning a second hole playoff against Kevin Kisner at Those five players who were outside They are among five players in nine tour- the RSM Classic golf tournament, Sunday, Nov. 22, in St. Simons Island, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen the top 300 this fall are all headed to the naments this season who were outside B. Morton) Masters in April. They have all been to the top 300 in the world when they won. Augusta National because they have won That doesn’t include two majors on the winning when he received a sponsor just to get his PGA Tour card. He didn’t before. It’s just been awhile. fall schedule because of the pandemic. exemption to the Shriners Hospital for come close to making the FedEx Cup And it was no less sweeter. It’s a reminder that winning is never Children Open in Las Vegas and won in playoffs, and the only reason he kept his It all started with Cink, who had rea- easy, and that depth of talent worldwide a playoff. card was because the COVID-19 pan- son to believe that silver from is not limited to the top of the ranking. The other winner out of nowhere was demic shut down golf for three months his playoff win over Tom Watson would “We’re all so close out here. Even the Hudson Swafford, only three years re- and the tour thought it was only fair that be his last trophy from his PGA Tour 47-year-olds can compete,” Cink said. moved from his victory and recovering no one lose status. career. He just refused to accept the “If you just elevate a couple of little areas from injury. He had plunged to No. 345 A week ago, Streb was hoping to get possibility and kept trying “to squeeze in your game and just get a little bit bet- in the world when he won at Punta Cana into the Mayakoba Golf Classic to close every little bit of juice I can out of my golf ter, then you find yourself in contention in the Dominican Republic. out 2020. Now he’s in the Masters and game, out of that lemon.” or winning. If you go the other way, you Streb had been working hard — they the PGA Championship, and he has his “I’m no different than a 20- or 25-year- find yourself on the outside of the cut or all do — without seeing many results, so card locked up through August 2023. old kid out here who’s still got like his having a bunch of 50th-place finishes. Sea Island was a surprise. He made a late These are the kind of opportunities the entire career ahead of him,” Cink said It’s just that close.” birdie to force a playoff, and then won fall has always allowed since the PGA on the day he won. “I’m still working Brian Gay had gone seven years since it with a pitching from 158 yards Tour went to the wraparound season in like crazy to try to be the best golfer I his last victory when he won the Ber- away that landed in front of the cup and 2013. Six of the last seven years, at least can be.” muda Championship at No. 328 in the missed going in by an inch. one player from outside the top 300 has No matter the age or the world rank- world ranking and at 48 on his birth cer- The gratification was instant. won in the fall. ing, winning is never as far away as it tificate. Martin Laird was No. 351 in the Streb had to go through the Korn But five? might seem. x world and had gone seven years without Ferry Tour Finals more than a year ago Cink, Swafford and Gay each faced ©Yahoo!

The19th Hole . . . News, Notes & Quotes From the World of Golf Tom Weiskopf Q&A: On DJ’s Masters Win, Rory McIlroy, and More him disseminate and take apart ing him this forever, all of this my family the best possible life the great Augusta National. It’s became self-evident to him and they could have. Hunting and the greatest risk-reward, hole- he proved to himself that he fishing and the outdoors was after-hole, championship course finally understands how to play more important to me. Getting I’ve ever played. The greens were this game. the of sheep (a chal- soft but he was so much better, GW: DJ was labeled an un- lenge that consists of hunting smarter, his ability shined. He had derachiever because he only had all four wild sheep species) was the power and control off the tee, one major until winning the Mas- more important. That’s why I his short game was awesome, ters. What do you think a second gave up a Ryder Cup one year his putting and wedge game, his major does for him? so I could get my grand slam. demeanor and intelligence and TW: It’s far from over for him. I think I understand how to play plan of playing. The guy is un- He’s a physical specimen, too. the game now just being away believable. He had it going that Look at his power and the shape from it and watching on TV. I week, no doubt about it. There he’s in. He’s trained his body challenge myself all the time: Why are others who would challenge and put a lot of effort into it. couldn’t I have done that? Why him if they got it going, but they I heard him say he wants to couldn’t I have worked out? Why Tom Weiskopf didn’t. They couldn’t. He did. play real hard for the next 8-10 did I drink? Well, I’m 20 years GW: You mentioned that he years. I think he could win a sober. It’s my greatest accomplish- by ADAM SCHUPAK revealing his thoughts about de- played “smartly.” He’s often major every year until he stops ment. Because I was a partier, a Tom Weiskopf won 16 times signing golf courses and how he been criticized for doing just the playing. I don’t know him at all, good-time guy. I had so much tal- on the PGA Tour, including the transitioned into that business, opposite. What stood out as DJ but he impressed the hell out ent that I could turn it on at times 1973 British Open at Royal Weiskopf shared thoughts on playing strategically? of me. when I wanted to, when I needed Troon. At 78, he’s still active as the Masters, and TW: I think he finally figured GW: Is there a player today to, but it wasn’t important to me. a course designer, a subject we Rory, playing with Ben Hogan it out. When Amanda [Balionis that reminds you of yourself? I could tell that this guy finally fig- delve into in Part II of this Q&A and how he lost his gig broad- of CBS] tried to interview him, TW: I didn’t really have the ured it out that it is so important (coming Friday!). casting the Masters on CBS. he was so emotional. I think it passion or the effort that I want- for him because of all the effort Weiskopf has seen all parts of : What did you finally came to him that all this ed to put into it and everyone and help he got. You can’t stand the industry and has no shortage make of Dustin Johnson’s per- hard work that he’s put into it, kept pushing me to put into it. there and not find a word. He was of tales from every part of a golf formance at the Masters? all the experience by those that Golf was more a means to an so emotional, wasn’t he? It was life well lived in golf. Before Tom Weiskopf: I watched helped him, that have been tell- end for me. It was a way to give 19th Hole — PAGE 10  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 30, 2020 • Page 9

GOLF business The Lido of Thailand The Lido Club has been gone some 80 American masterpieces, from the likes of years now, but never was it forgotten. This Donald Ross, Alister Mackenzie and A.W. mythic 18 from the hand of American Tillinghast. But MacDonald and Raynor design pioneers Charles Blair MacDonald came first. Indeed, their body of work and and Seth Raynor opened for play on Long their unique practice of templating classic, Island, outside New York City, in 1917. It Old World golf holes — over and over closed during World War II. In between, again, at dozens of projects in the U.S. — it was considered the equal of any course proved foundational to this Golden Age. on Earth — and like James Dean, its Each hole at the original Lido Club, for premature demise only enhanced that example, was specifically inspired by exist- reputation. ing holes — some famous (the Redan at Come 2021, its spirit is reborn. In North Berwick), some obscure (the Chan- Thailand. nel at Littlestone), some not European Architect Gil Hanse will christen the at all. Several Lido holes were inspired full 18 at Ballyshear , a remarkable by those at the National Golf Links of hole-by-hole homage to The Lido Club, America, a 1911 MacDonald design on in August 2021. The new clubhouse the eastern end on Long Island. During will also make its debut this summer, its brief existence, however, The Lido completing a transformation complete- Club was considered the equal of Pine The 14th hole at Ballyshear Links, centerpiece of the Ban Rakat Club in Bangkok, Thailand. ly unique to the Southeast Asian golf (Courtsey of Ban Rakat Club) Valley Golf Club, which opened in 1919 market. and is still considered among the world’s Named for MacDonald’s own estate Come August, Ballyshear Links will open neiro, the Black Course at Streamsong top courses. on Long Island, Ballyshear represents for play on the site of the former Kiarti Resort in Florida, and the new Ohoopee The serendipities and mythos attached Hanse’s first design in Asia. It will serve Thanee Country Club, which partnered in Match Club in the sand barrens of central to The Lido are only enhanced with the as centerpiece of the Ban Rakat Club, a 2017 with Yokohama International Golf Georgia. The firm’s renovation portfolio passage of time. Just last spring, when the members club now taking shape on level Club Co. Ltd. — the Japan-based golf de- features dozens of Golden Age classics, PGA Championship was held at nearby ground just 35 minutes from center city velopment and club operations firm — to including three of four U.S. Open sites Bethpage Black, Golf Channel weighed Bangkok. Full membership will be limited redevelop the property in its entirety. on the trot: Winged Foot (2020), The in. Prior to the Lido’s construction, the to 400. Phase 1 of the clubhouse at Ban According to Ban Rakat Club Chair- Country Club (2022) and the North American magazine Country Life held a Rakat Club is also scheduled for comple- man Takeyasu Aiyama, “The goal has Course at Los Angeles CC (2023). design contest, whereby the winning golf tion in August 2021. always been to create something entirely “The Ban Rakat Club project will per- hole submission would actually be built, “Normally,” Hanse said, “we feel strong- new in the Bangkok market and it’s our fectly showcase Mr. Hanse’s skill and by Macdonald and Raynor, at The Lido ly that a golf course should be the product strong feeling that Ban Rakat Club and expertise, while introducing his work to Club. First place went to a then-unknown of its surrounds. But in the back of our Ballyshear Links will do exactly that.” an Asian audience for the first time,” Ai- Alister Mackenzie. His entry would become minds, my partner Jim Wagner and I have Aiyama is also chairman at Yokohama yama said. “What’s more, vintage design Lido’s 18th — reprised once more as the often wondered what we would do with a Country Club, where Bill Coore and projects such as Ballyshear have never 18th at Ballyshear. Another entrant was completely flat site — what can you do to recently renovated the before been undertaken in Thailand. In Raynor himself, whose runner-up effort distinguish it? The most famous example West Course. When Aiyama consulted these and other ways, Ban Rakat Club (called Dog’s Leg) was also realized at The of a manufactured golf course from The Coore about the redevelopment of Kiarti will bring something completely unique Lido — and reproduced at Ballyshear’s Golden Age was The Lido. Jim and I Thanee CC, the American recommend- to the market.” par-4 second hole. had always wanted to do a MacDonald/ ed Hanse and Wagner, arguably the The so-called Golden Age of Golf De- “I think I’ve played most all of the orig- Raynor, angular grass-faced bunker de- most sought-after architects in world sign, a period roughly bounded by the two inal templates, those that still exist,” said sign. We pitched the idea to the owner golf. Their original work includes the World Wars, is revered because it demon- Hanse, adding that he’s also played and at Ballyshear and he loved it.” 2016 Olympic Course in Rio de Ja- strably produced an outsized number of Golf Business — PAGE 10 Play Better Golf With Jack Nicklaus

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GOLF business CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 studied dozens of iterations real- ed to play the Biarritz eighth and sandy terrain at seaside. Soil ma- conditions in Rio. At Ballyshear, 200 courses in operation, Asia’s ized by MacDonald and Raynor Leven ninth. They are going to nipulation was easy and cheap. we’re using a local variety of strongest incoming golf tourism between 1915 and 1925. “Mac- make for a really cool corner of The construction effort in Bang- zoysia, cultivated in Thailand, sector and more than a million Donald and Raynor adapted these the property.” kok proved no such thing. The that should produce the hard and native players. templates over and over — and The word “homage” may not terrain was appropriately flat but fast conditions we need.” “Ballyshear is going to be so differently each time. Interpreta- do justice to Hanse and Wag- proved extraordinarily challenging The hard and fast conditions different from anything that ex- tion is part of the challenge. At ner’s work at Ballyshear, named in other ways. The high-water associated with links play, with ists there today, it’s going to be Ballyshear, I think the 17th and for MacDonald’s estate on Long table in Bangkok, for example, golf on sandy ground, is vanish- fascinating to see how the course 18th, with their shared waste Island. Each and every hole from required the construction team ingly rare in Southeast Asia. In- is received,” Hanse said. “The re- bunker between them, came the original Lido design has been to drive thousands of concrete deed, compared to North Amer- actions could be all over the map. out extremely well. The scale recreated and reinterpreted at pile-ons into the mucky soil — ica and the U.K., there is little It could be a landmark project for of those two holes at Lido was Ballyshear — almost entirely in the support the towering man- cachet attached to vintage design the country — and it could be impressive and we were able sequence. Only the second and made landforms created above in Thailand, where courses are that people don’t get it or like to capture that at Ballyshear. sixth holes were swapped in the the surface. generally newer, the conditions it all! It could be fairly polariz- The Redan 16th also came out Thai routing, due to constraints “The original Lido was also more lush and garden-like. Yet ing, which is fine so long as the real well. The Punchbowl 12th inherent to site boundaries. predicated on the ground game,” the country also boasts the most owner is happy and the club is a very moderate version and The original Lido Club design Hanse explained. “We used the sophisticated golf market/cul- thrives.” x works well. I’m also really excit- was entirely manmade on flat, new Zeon zoysia to create those ture in the region, with some ©Golf Course Industry

The19th Hole . . . CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 always be the longest hitters that pitched on and made birdie. At guy to work with. At the dinner have the biggest advantage at 15 he knocks 3-wood over the that night, the president of CBS Augusta if they hit it straight and water and on to the green. Dan came up to me and said, ‘I bet he did. It’s that simple. Jenkins brings that up to him. you had a great time working But the ball goes too far. You He says, ‘I’m confused. You laid with Brent this week?’ I had have to make these courses up at 13, but go with the 3-wood been drinking and I said, ‘he’s 7,500-7,700 yards long to chal- at 15. Explain your thinking at a f—ing a–hole.’ I said, ‘All he lenge these guys, There are so 13,’ and Hogan says, ‘I didn’t does is steal everyone’s informa- many great courses that they need 3 at the time.’ That’s the tion and he never thanks anyone could play if the ball went as far intelligence that comes into it at the end of the day for all the as it did when I played. at Augusta. I saw that in Dustin things he does for them’ and I GW: How much do you play Johnson. It was so smart how he said, ‘He’s just a self-centered these days? continued to play hole after hole. son of a bitch.’ That was it. I was TW: Hardly at all. I’ve got a There’s so much risk-reward. too outspoken. few buddies that we play just to It’s an intriguing golf course and GW: How did drinking affect have some fun. I’ve had a bad you’re challenged all the time by your career? Dustin Johnson celebrates with the green jacket after winning the Masters back. I had an MRI. My L-4 and previous experiences and memo- TW: It did in a big way. I knew golf tournament at Augusta National GC. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) L-5 disks give me problems. I ries of people having disasters at I had a problem. If you think you still love watching the game. certain times. This guy was so on have a problem, you do. My dad riveting to me. I think he’s going the Sub-Air system? The U.S. Open was fantastic. it. He’s going to be a force for was an alcoholic. I didn’t miss to go on just like he’s gone on for GW: What is it about Rory Winged Foot is a helluva course. a while. I think he understands any starting times, but I played — how many years has he been that makes you think golf is just Bryson put his game on the now how to play his game. hungover quite a few times and out there? something “to do” for him? line. It’s not a swing I like. It’s GW: Listening to you break didn’t play worth a damn. I said GW: He’s won at least a tour- TW: I don’t know what it is. very mechanical. I haven’t met down the Masters and Augusta some terrible things to people. nament in all 14 years of his Maybe the way he interviews. I him but I like the guy. I think National, I wish you were still Alcohol affects you in such a career. don’t see any frustration. Life is he’s great for the game. But you part of the broadcast team. Why negative way. I didn’t do drugs. I TW: That’s what I mean. good and it should be — he’s a can’t swing that hard and con- did you stop doing the Masters never fell in that trap. Everyone That’s hard to do out there. multi, multi-millionaire and has a trol the ball. He’ll have his week TV broadcast? drank out there. Some people I look at Rory McIlroy and I kid now — but I don’t see the when he’s on like he did at De- TW: We always had a party could control it better. Jack hard- think golf is something just for Tiger attitude. It’s like he’s satis- troit, but we all have that week. on Saturday night that [CBS ly drank at all. I closed a lot of Rory to do. I’ve said it for a fied all the time. The guy is not The game is a helluva game and executive producer] Frank Chir- bars down with Arnold Palmer while now that I don’t think he’ll a good . He can hit some there’s a lot of ways to play it. Of kinian threw for everybody. and Dan Jenkins. Do you call win much more than the four putts so off line with the wrong all the players I played with it, by That was about the third year it a lifestyle? I don’t know. Was he’s got or maybe five because I speed. He’s technically not a far, the greatest striker of the ball I worked with Brent Musburg- it dealing with the pressure? It don’t see that determination and good putter but one of the purest was Ben Hogan. Unbelievable. er down in the Butler Cabin. affected me in so many ways. It will to be the best. I think it is swings you’d ever want to watch GW: What was that like, play- He’d call Ben Crenshaw Bob cost me a marriage. Thirty-two there in Dustin Johnson. I think play in the game. Technically, ing with Hogan? Crenshaw. He didn’t know the years I was married to Jean. She he finally figured it out and this he’s superior to Dustin John- TW: I played with him six difference between a chip or a got tired of it. could propel him to win all four son, but Dustin has the confi- times. I played with him at pitch. I was there to babysit him. You’re angry when you drink. in one year. dence to do it every time. I know Champions Golf Club once. I He would ask me something You’re looking for an argument. Now, it’s hard to turn the Rory works out but I bet if you was paired with him once at during the commercial break I’m not going to incriminate any- switch on. It was his week where watched them both work out, Colonial and played with him and then come right back on body but all the guys I hung with everything worked right without Rory would be a lot of laughs based on score on Saturday and the air and use it so he sounded drank, you know what I mean. exception. What did he make, and giggles and Dustin would Sunday. I played with him three like the expert. He didn’t care It was just part of the Tour. x four bogeys? First player ever be balls to the wall and forcing times in a practice round, once about golf and he was a difficult ©Yahoo! to have less than five (at the a little bit more on himself and in Boston, once at Colonial with Masters). I think Jack and Tiger that’s what he’s done. The way Tommy Bolt and I think the had five once. I think it would be- that he’s played this year, who other was in Chicago. Every hoove you to call Dustin up and the hell can beat this guy? shot, every club, shot after shot ask him this one question: Every GW: Can you imagine shoot- was perfection. Sam Snead was day there is one shot or hole ing 20 under at Augusta Na- a close second. Nicklaus and that turns your round around. tional? Trevino were third. Tiger would Where were they each day? I’d TW: You could never do that have to be in there. I played like to know the answer to that in my day. When you’re hitting a practice round with Tiger in question. I think that would be wedges into the ninth green the 2004 at Troon. You could see very interesting. way DJ did instead of 6-iron that he was so much better than The birdie at 6 on Sunday was 40-50 yards back off the side anyone playing the game at the monumental. To throw that ball slope, you know what I mean, time. He was impressive. in as close as he did with that pin it’s a huge advantage. If ever But I mean Hogan… have you placement — those pin place- there was a year for Augusta ever heard the story of Hogan ments weren’t easy but it was to demand that ‘This is our ball during the last round of the ’53 throwing darts with the soft next year and everyone is play- Masters? He hit it around the Rory McIlroy looks over his putt on the tenth green during the final round greens. Another thing I’d like to ing it’ and change the game, corner at 13 and lays up, which of The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National GC. (Rob Schumacher/ know: Why didn’t they turn on this is when it should be. It will was an odd thing. Then he USA TODAY Sports)

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