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| February 8, 2012 | |||
| Fran Quinn | News: Quinn, Briny Baird and Peter Tomasulo have been removed from the field of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Notes: Added to the field are Brett Wetterich,Chris Riley, Woody Austin and Kent Jones.0 | ||
| Brandt Snedeker | News: Snedeker withdrew from this week's ATandT Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Notes: No reason was given for Snedeker's withdrawal. But Snedeker is coming off a lackluster T50 at the Phoenix Open, and he missed the cut at Pebble Beach last year.1 | ||
| February 7, 2012 | |||
| Tim Clark | News: Clark (elbow) will make his PGA Tour debut at the Northern Trust Open, Golf Digest South Africa reports. Notes: Clark hasn't played in a tournament since elbow surgery last August, but the report says he's been practicing and playing.2 | ||
| February 6, 2012 | |||
| Hunter Mahan | News: Mahan is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Mahan did not play in the Phoenix Open last week. He finished second with a 13-under at Pebble Beach last year. Pebble Beach will be Mahan's second event of the year.3 | ||
| Nick Watney | News: Watney is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Watney withdrew due to illness at the Phoenix Open last week. He finished sixth with a nine-under at Pebble Beach last year. Watney has made two of two cuts with one top-25 finish in 2012.4 | ||
| Harris English | News: English is in the field for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: English finished 15th with an eight-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He did not play at Pebble Beach last year.5 | ||
| Rod Pampling | News: Pampling is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Pampling finished 15th with an eight-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He did not play at Pebble Beach last year. Pampling has made two of three cuts with two top-25 finishes in 2012.6 | ||
| Bryce Molder | News: Molder is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Molder finished 15th with an eight-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He finished sixth with a nine-under at Pebble Beach last year. Molder has made three of four cuts with three top-25 finishes so far in 2012.7 | ||
| Chris Stroud | News: Stroud is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Stroud finished 12th with a nine-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He missed the cut at Pebble Beach last year. Stroud has made two of three cuts with two top-25 finishes so far in 2012.8 | ||
| John Huh | News: Huh is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Huh finished 12th with a nine-under at the Phoenix Open last week. A final round 72 kept him out of contention. Huh shot a final round 74 at the Farmers to stay out of contention two weeks ago as well.9 | ||
| Trevor Immelman | News: Immelman is in the field for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Immelman finished 12th with a nine-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He finished 69th with a plus-four at Pebble Beach last year.10 | ||
| Kevin Na | News: Na is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Na finished fifth with an 11-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He missed the cut at Pebble Beach last year.11 | ||
| Brendan Steele | News: Steele is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Steele finished fifth with an 11-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He missed the cut at Pebble Beach last year. Steele has made three of four cuts with two top-25 finishes so far in 2012.12 | ||
| D.J. Trahan | News: Trahan is in the field for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Trahan finished fourth with a 12-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He finished 48th with a one-under at Pebble Beach last year. Trahan made 16 of 30 cuts with six top-25 finishes last year.13 | ||
| Spencer Levin | News: Levin is in the field for the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Notes: Levin finished third with a 13-under at the Phoenix Open last week. He finished fourth with a 10-under at Pebble Beach last year. Levin has made four of four cuts with two top-25 finishes so far in 2012.14 | ||
| Tiger Woods | News: Woods is the overwhelming favorite at the ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, which begins Thursday. It's his first PGA Tour event of the season. Notes: Tiger's third-place finish at the HSBC Golf Championship seems to have inspired confidence; he's about 5-to-1 to win in most public casinos, while Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson are in the 18-to-20 range. Woods hasn't played Pebble in several years, but he's obviously made some memories here (see the 2000 U.S. Open).15 | ||
| Kevin Sutherland | News: Sutherland, playing in the Major Medical Extension category (MME), tied for 70th at the Phoenix Open. Notes: Sutherland earned $12,078 leaving him to earn $355,587 in his next 12 starts when he will be able to complete the season in the MME. He's in the field of this week's Pebble Beach Pro-Am.16 | ||
| Graham Delaet | News: Delaet, playing in the Major Medical Extension category (MME), tied for 55th, one-under, at the Phoenix Open. Notes: DeLaet earned $13,725 leaving him to earn $671,213 in his next 23 starts which could take him through the entire season.17 | ||
| Jeff Maggert | News: 48-year old Maggert tied for 26th, six-under, at the Phoenix Open. Maggert has cashed checks in his first three 2012 starts making a serious dent in the required earnings needed to continue to play in the Major Medical Extension category. Notes: Maggert tied for 13th (eight-under) at the Sony Open; fifth (21-under) at the Humana Challenge and this week's winnings, $43,310, leaving him six more starts to earn $202,609. He started the season needing to earn $567,086 so he is well along the way to attain the goal. He's in the field of this week's Pebble beach Pro-Am.18 | ||
| Arron Oberholser | News: Oberholser, who has been out of action for better than two years due to injuries, got started again in the Phoenix Open. While he missed the cut by one stroke, he should feel good to play that well after the long absence. Notes: Oberholser is playing in the Major Medical Extension category where he has 13 starts to earn $349,854 and continue to play for the rest of the season. He experienced wrist pain in digging out the rough after a wayward shot. He is in the field of this week's Pebble Beach Pro_Am where he was the winner on 2006.19 | ||
| Jamie Lovemark | News: Lovemark, playing in the Major Medical Extension category, missed the cut by one shot at the Phoenix Open. Notes: Lovemark is a proven talent that has us feeling he will hit his stride not only making cuts, but making some noise. He has 13 starts left to earn $622,105 and continue to play for the rest of the season.20 | ||
| Chad Collins | News: Collins, playing in the Major Medical Extension category (MME), missed the cut at the Phoenix Open. Notes: This missed cut leaves Collins with six starts to earn $484,656 and continue to play for the balance of the season.21 | ||
| Mike Weir | News: Weir (elbow) is in the field for this week's ATandT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. It's his first tournament since surgery on his right elbow last summer. Notes: Weir is playing on a Non-Exempt Medical Extension and has three events to earn $644,854 to retain his tour card. He may play on the European Tour, where he as a full exemption as a former major winner, after Pebble Beach.22 | ||
| February 5, 2012 | |||
| Mark Wilson | News: Wilson signed for a seven-under 64 Sunday to post his third top 20 this year. Notes: Wilson is known for starting the year with his best foot forward, and while he had to go nasty low to secure the top 20, he should have nice momentum and confidence going into his next start.23 | ||
| Dustin Johnson | News: Johnson finished in 61st at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Notes: Johnson struggled mostly with the driver this week and was punished on TPC Scottsdale's risk-reward layout, making a couple embarrassing double and triple bogeys throughout the week. Johnson has yet to come within sniffing distance of a top 10 so far this year, so wait until there's noticeable progress in his game before entrusting in him.24 | ||
| Phil Mickelson | News: Mickelson shot a 73 Sunday to finish in 26th at the Phoenix Open. Notes: Mickelson was actually on the outskirts of contention going into Sunday but he fell flat on his heels and made some mistakes he knew he couldn't afford to make. Nonetheless, knowing that he was in the mix at one point is an encouraging sign his daughter's health distractions are behind him and good golf is ahead.25 | ||
| Bubba Watson | News: Watson capped his week with a final round 70 to capture his third top-20 in as many starts this year. Notes: A little known fact was that Watson was actually leading the field in driving accuracy through three rounds while also being in the top five in driving distance. Sunday, however, was not a great ball-striking day for Watson but he finished solidly on the back nine to get inside the top five. He's playing well so keep an eye on him as he's getting closer and closer to breaking through for that first win in 2012.26 | ||
| Webb Simpson | News: Simpson ended with a 72 Sunday to post his second top 10 in three tournaments this year. Notes: Simpson would probably agree that his final round 72 was anything but pretty. In fact, it was just his second round over par this year in 12 total rounds. He found himself in the final group and never gave himself a glimpse of the lead despite the undoing of Spencer Levin. Simpson had self-proclaimed this a poor ball-striking week altogether, but if he can hit it that poorly and still rack up a top 10 then kudos to him and look out for when he is striking it well, because it must just be gold.27 | ||
| Ben Crane | News: Crane posted a final round 66 to finish runner-up at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Notes: Crane was hot out the gates Sunday and had his chances, but playing partner and eventual champion Kyle Stanley kept him at bay the last few holes and Crane never gave himself a putt to get in a playoff. Crane has quietly put together three top tens in four starts this year so don't be afraid to put this guy in your lineup going forward.28 | ||
| Kyle Stanley | News: Stanley fired a bogey-free six-under 65 to claim his first PGA Tour victory in his first appearance at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Notes: Oh how sweet it must taste to come back with such resiliency after last week's heart-breaker. Stanley played solidly all week and came up with a clutch up-and-down on the 16th, safely escaped from under a cactus on the 17th, and smoothed in the four-footer for par on 18th with a steely resolve to claim victory. It was only a matter of time before Stanley raised a trophy on the PGA Tour, but just one week after his own undoing is something no one could have foreseen.29 | ||
| Paul Lawrie | News: Scotland's Lawrie, 15-under, closed with a bogey-free seven-under 65 to win the Qatar Masters over Australian Jason Day (65) and Sweden's Peter Hanson (67) by five shots. USA's John Daly finished fourth at nine-under. Notes: 43-year old Lawrie, who won here in 1999, moves from 78th to 45th in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) thus earning spots in the WGC events and the four majors. This is Lawrie's 12th professional title. USA's Shawn Micheel tied for 25th at four-under; USA's Ben Curtis tied for 47th at two-under.30 | ||
| February 4, 2012 | |||
| Chris Kirk | News: Kirk withdrew during the suspended second round of the Phoenix Open. Notes: Kirk had a one-over 72 in round one that lead into his playing17 holes of round two when darkness cut short the day. Through 17 holes he was two-over with two birdies and four bogeys. He's not listed in the field of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am next week.31 | ||
| Stewart Cink | News: Cink withdrew during the second round of the suspended Phoenix Open. Notes: Cink was carrying the baggage of his opening round 12-over 83 which might be a career negative round, but definitely was guaranteeing a missed cut. After the round, Cink said he was embarrassed Through the 15 holes of the second round he bounced back with three birdies and one bogey when darkness choked out the rest of the day. He's not listed in the field of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am next week.32 | ||
| Vijay Singh | News: Singh withdrew after 17 holes of the dark suspended second round of the Phoenix Open. Notes: Singh was carrying the anchor of his first round 76 into round two. In the 17 holes he played he was one-under with five birdies, one bogey and a triple bogey. He'll be teeing it up next week at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am where he won with a 16-under score in 2004.33 | ||
| February 3, 2012 | |||
| Tommy Gainey | News: Gainey withdrew after nine holes of his second round at the Phoenix Open due to illness Notes: "I was coughing, sneezing, everything, out there", Gainey said. He started on the back nine where he had one birdie, three bogeys and two double bogies for a six-over 42.34 | ||
| Jeff Overton | News: Overton withdrew from the Phoenix Open after completing 17 holes of his second round. Notes: Overton had six bogeys with a lone birdie that came about at the 17th, where he withdrew. His first round 67 had good stats: GIR hitting 13 greens of 18, outstanding putts-per-GIR 1.692, and 28 putts for the round. At this time there is no information about injury.35 | ||
| Paul Goydos | News: Goydos, already having a difficult 2012 start, withdrew from the Phoenix Open after the first round. Notes: Goydos cites left wrist, right elbow and left ankle are simultaneously hurting. He's 47 now and the above aches and pains probably can be traced back to what were small things at the time.36 | ||
| John Daly | News: USA's Daly, five-under, continues to hold first place in the suspended second round of the European Tour's Qatar Masters. Play was suspended due to high winds forcing a resuming of play Saturday morning to complete round two. The event will be truncated to 54 holes, ending on Sunday. Notes: Spain's Gonzales Fernandez-Castano bogied two of his first five holes to fall to four-under prior to the suspension. USA's Hunter Mahan, T-48 at one-over, opted to return to the States to prepare for next week's Pebble Beach Pro Am.37 | ||
| February 2, 2012 | |||
| Ryan Palmer | News: Palmer, at seven-under, is the leader in the clubhouse in the suspended first round of the Phoenix Open. Webb Simpson is one stroke back. Notes: Play was delayed an hour at the start and the delay later caused the round to be suspended because of darkness. 42 players were left to start at 9:30 am Eastern tomorrow. Frost could again play havoc in getting in a complete second round on Friday..38 | ||
| February 1, 2012 | |||
| Ken Duke | News: Duke has moved from the Alternate list to the field of the Phoenix Open taking the open spot when Fred Couples withdrew. Notes: Duke hasn't been off to a rapid start so far. At the Sony Open he shot 66-69-68-ugly 77=280, T-59, even par. At the Humana Challenge he did better with 67-65-74-70=276, T-39, 12-under. He missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open.39 | ||
| Fred Couples | News: Couples withdrew from the Phoenix Open due to an illness. Notes: Couples was reported to have a recurrent of his chronic back problems during the Champions' Tour in Hawaii. So far, there hasn't been any description of this latest problem.40 | ||
| January 31, 2012 | |||
| Martin Flores | News: Flores' eighth place finish at the Farmers Insurance Open last week earned him a spot in the Phoenix Open. Notes: His top-10 finish was sparkling with birdies - second in the field. The two final Torrey Pines South rounds dampened his score but, overall, a big week.41 | ||
| Rocco Mediate | News: Mediate is no longer in the field of the Phoenix Open. Notes: Mediate is off to a poor start in three starts and needs to re-load for a new beginning.42 | ||
| Marc Turnesa | News: Turnesa, who had been listed in the field of the Phoenix Open, has had his name removed from the field. Notes: Turnesa exhausted his Major Medical Extension requirements which relegates him to play in the Past Champion category. His removal from the field could be a procedural matter.43 | ||
| Jarrod Lyle | News: Lyle will play in the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week after Nick Watney withdrew due to illness, PGATour.com reports. Notes: Lyle actually has a hole-in-one at the rowdy 16th hole in this tournament in the past. He has made the cut in all three tournaments he's played so far this year, with the best finish being a T26 at the Humana Challenge in Palm Springs.44 | ||
| January 30, 2012 | |||
| Duffy Waldorf | News: Waldorf, playing in the Major Medical Extension category (MME), 70-69-75=75=282, tied for 33rd at the Farmers Insurance Open. Notes: Waldorf earned $12,240 leaving him with three starts to earn $739,172. If he reaches those goals he will be able to continue playing in the MME for the rest of the season. Though he reaches age 50 in August and qualifying for the Senior Tour, Waldorf wants to retain his TOUR card so he can continue to play some PGA Tour selected events as well as playing on the Senior Tour.45 | ||
| Ernie Els | News: Els is working with two eye specialists in an effort to improve his putting this year. Notes: Els said his putting has improved since working with the eye specialists three weeks ago. Els has still yet to qualify for the Masters and he recently switched to a belly putter. Els is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week.46 | ||
| Keegan Bradley | News: Bradley is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Bradley finished 22nd with an eight-under at the Farmers last week. He did not play in the Phoenix last year. Bradley is starting the season strong, with top-25 finishes in each of his first three events of the year.47 | ||
| Rickie Fowler | News: Fowler is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Fowler finished 13th with a nine-under at the Farmers last week. He finished 13th with a 13-under at the Phoenix last year. The Farmers was Fowler's first event of the year and he looked sharp, ranking 40th in strokes-gained putting.48 | ||
| Bud Cauley | News: Cauley is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Cauley finished 13th with a five-under at the Farmers last week. He did not play in the Phoenix last year.49 | ||
| Jimmy Walker | News: Walker is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Walker finished eighth with a 10-under at the Farmers last week. He finished 49th with a seven-under at the Phoenix last year.50 | ||
| D.A. Points | News: Points is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Points finished eighth with a 10-under at the Farmers last week. He finished 18th with a 12-under at the Phoenix last year. Points made 18 of 26 cuts with six top-25 finishes in 2011.51 | ||
| Justin Leonard | News: Loenard is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Leonard finished eighth with a 10-under at the Farmers last week. He finished 41st with an eight-under at the Phoenix last year. He has made all three cuts this year, with one top-10 finish. He made 14 of 26 cuts in 2011, with one top-10 finish.52 | ||
| Cameron Tringale | News: Tringale is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Tringale finished fourth with a 12-under at the Farmers last week. He finished 73rd with a plus-one at the Phoenix last year. Tringale jumped to 62nd in all-around ranking this week, up from 106th last week.53 | ||
| John Rollins | News: Rollins is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Rollins finished third with a 14-under at the Farmers last week. He finished 53rd with a six-under at the Phoenix last year. Rollins currently ranks seventh in all-around ranking in 2012, up from 28th last week.54 | ||
| Bill Haas | News: Haas is in the field for the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week. Notes: Haas finished fourth with 12-under at the Farmers last week. He finished 29th with a 10-under at the Phoenix last year. Haas ranks 127th in strokes gained-putting in 2012.55 | ||
| Ryo Ishikawa | News: Ishikawa tied in 13th place at the Farmers
Insurance Open. Notes: After missing the cut at the Sony Open, this was a nine bounceback. While Ishikawa is playing more on the PGA Tour this season, he has less value in PGA-based leagues since he finished outside the top 50 world rankings last year and lost eligibility to some key events (like the Masters). He's climbed to No. 50 in the Offical World Golf Rankings, so there's still a decent chance he can qualify for many of the bigger events this season.56 | ||
| January 29, 2012 | |||
| Robert Rock | News: Englishman Rock, 13-under, shot a two-under 70 to edge Rory McIlroy (No. Ireland) by one stroke to win the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. Tiger Woods (USA) closed with an even-par 72 to tie for third with Graeme McDowell (No. Ireland) and Thomas Bjorn (Denmark). Notes: Rock had five birdies and three bogeys while Woods had three birdies and three bogeys to break their 54-hole tie. Charl Schwartzel (So. Africa) and Lee Westwood (England) tied for 17th at six-under; Luke Donald (England), K. J. Choi (So. Korea) and USA's Ben Curtis (USA) T-48, one-under. Final round stats not available.57 | ||
| January 28, 2012 | |||
| Miguel Angel Carballo | News: Carbello and the following players have been designated as MDF, Made Cut Didn't Finish, at the Farmers Insurance Open: Boo Weekley, Brenden Dodd, Troy Kelly. Notes: These players will earn prize money and FedEx points commensurate with their scores.58 | ||
| Peter Tomasulo | News: Tomasulo, playing in the Major Medical Extension category (MME), missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open. Notes: Tomasulo has 11 starts left to earn $552,349. He is not in the field of next week's Phoenix Open.59 | ||
| January 27, 2012 | |||
| Thorbjorn Olesen | News: Denmark's Olesen, at seven-under, has a one shot lead over Northern Ireland's Gareth Maybin and Italy's Matteo Manassero after 36 holes of the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. Tiger Woods (USA) with a three-under 69, is two shots back, tied for fourth. Notes: Three-time winner Martin Kaymer (Germany), with putter problems, added a one-over 73 to his opening round of 77 to miss the cut. First round leaders Rory McIlroy and Robert Karlsson both short even par 72 to slide down to a tie for fourth. Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington and Charl Schwartzel are tied for 11th at four-under.60 | ||
| January 26, 2012 | |||
| Rory McIlroy | News: McIlroy and Robert Karlsson with five-under 67s, share the first round lead at the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, being played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Tiger Woods (70) is three shots back tied for ninth. Notes: Woods was bogey free with two birdies. Luke Donald, tied at 20th, one-under. Martin Kaymer, four-time winner here, shot a horrible five-over 77 putting him at 115th. Sergio Garcia, T-20, one-under, got his first European Tour hole-in-one.61 | ||
| January 25, 2012 | |||
| Roland Thatcher | News: Thatcher has moved from the Alternate group to the field of the Farmers Insurance Open. Notes: Thatcher has 9:00 am Pacific tee time along with Brenden Steele and Robert Garrigus at the North course.62 | ||
| Scott Stallings | News: Stallings withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday. Notes: Stallings has an intercostal injury (ribs/chest) that developed last week. No clear date has been set for his return.63 | ||
| Matt Kuchar | News: Kuchar is not in the field for the Farmers Insurance Open this week. Notes: Kuchar ranked fourth in scoring average and sixth in all-around ranking in 2011 but failed to notch a win on the year. He has three career PGA wins in 257 events played.64 | ||
| January 24, 2012 | |||
| Luke Donald | News: Donald is in this week's European Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, the European Tour's first 2012 muscular field. Six of the top-10 in the Official World Golf Rankings are in the field with many other luminaries. Notes: The aforementioned six: #1. Luke Donald #2. Lee Westwood #3. Rory McIlroy #4. Martin Kaymer #8 Charl Schwartzel #10 Jason Day. USA's representatives are Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton and Tiger Woods. Woods is paired with Donald and McIlroy in the opening round. Kaymer, who apparently owns this place, is shooting to win for the third time in succession and fourth time in five years.65 | ||
| Neal Lancaster | News: Grizzled veteran Lancaster, at age 49 with 557 PGA Tour events behind him, has been added to the field of the Farmers Insurance Open, PGATour.com reports. Notes: In late 2009 he was successful in earning his 2010 playing card. However, lingering shoulder problems needed serious surgery that decked him immediately after earning the card. He has 23 starts to earn $786,977 in the Major Medical Extension Category to continue playing for the season.66 | ||
| Scott McCarron | News: McCarron has been added to the field of the Farmers Insurance Open. Notes: McCarron missed the cut at last week's Humana Challenge.67 | ||
| Fredrik Jacobson | News: Jacobson has withdrawn from the Farmers Insurance Open. Notes: Jacobson's left thumb is suffering from torn ligaments since late November. The injury for a left finger usually needs a complete recovery in order to avoid more damage by trying to play too early.68 | ||
| Robert Garrigus | News: Garrigus is in the field for the Farmers Insurance Open this week. Notes: Garrigus finished second with a 22-under at the Humana last week. He missed the cut at the Farmers last year. Garrigus made 17 of 26 cuts with three top-10 finishes in 2011.69 | ||
| John Mallinger | News: Mallinger is in the field for the Farmers Insurance Open this week. Notes: Mallinger finished second with a 22-under at the Humana last week. He did not play in the Farmers last year. Mallinger made just six of 15 cuts with one top-25 finish in 2011.70 | ||
| Anthony Kim | News: Kim is in the field for the Farmers Insurance Open this week. Notes: Kim missed the cut at the Humana last week. He finished sixth with a 10-under at the Farmers last year. Kim made 14 of 26 cuts with seven top-25 finishes in 2011.71 | ||
| Justin Rose | News: Rose is in the field for the Farmers Insurance Open this week. Notes: Rose did not play in the Humana last week. He finished 25th with a four-under at the Farmers last year. Rose made 18 of 23 cuts with 12 top-25 finishes in 2011.72 | ||
| January 22, 2012 | |||
| Ryan Moore | News: Moore signed for an 11-under 61 in his second round, but finished in just 42nd overall at the Humana Challenge. Notes: Moore's special round was improbable considering he started two over par through his first three holes. His round was highlighted by birdieing 11 of 12 holes during a flawless stretch and was 13-under through his final 14 holes.73 | ||
| Pat Perez | News: Perez capped his tournament low round honors in the final round, a nine-under 63. Notes: Perez likely brought back the vibes Sunday that produced his 2009 victory at this tournament. If not for his third round 74 he could've found himself in contention, but hindsight is 20/20.74 | ||
| Zach Johnson | News: Johnson carded an underwhelming final round 71 to finish eighth in the Humana Challenge. Notes: Johnson played third wheel in the final grouping Sunday, watching Garrigus and Wilson duel it out. Despite this, Johnson seemed to be returning to the type of golf he was playing late last year, up until the final round that is. Regardless, look for Johnson to build upon this performance going forward.75 | ||
| Johnson Wagner | News: Wagner got one stroke better each day posting 68-67-66-65 to follow up his win last week with a runner-up performance in La Quinta. Notes: Following Wagner's previous wins he had not fared well in subsequent tournaments, but he's on a mission to prove that won't happen this time around. He worked very hard on his game in the off-season, losing 20 pounds, growing a mustache, and now posting a first and second-place finish early in 2012. Ride Wagner's hot hand as long as you can.76 | ||
| Bob Estes | News: Estes, playing in the non-exempt Medical Extension category, tied for 22nd place, 15-under, at the Humana Challenge. Notes: Estes has two more starts in which he has to earn $18, 602. He is a grad of the 2011 Q-School so accomplishing the $18, 602 will put him in a more favorable playing category.77 | ||
| Branden Grace | News: 23-year old Grace, in an all-South African finish, birdied the first extra hole to win the European Tour Volvo Golf Champions after tying Ernie Els and Retief Goosen at 12-under. Grace's win last week at the Joberg Open earned his start in this week's event. Notes: In the 35 player field South African Charl Schwartzel finished fifth at 10-under, Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal and South African Louis Oosthizen tied for sixth at six-under, Ireland's Padraig Harrington finished 10th at four-under. Els is in the field for next week's PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open.78 | ||
| January 18, 2012 | |||
| Gavin Coles | News: Coles has been added to the field of the Humana Challenge. Notes: Coles shot four-under to tie for 38th at last week's Sony Open. His putting stats were very good: 11th in putts-per-GIR, 1.682 and a tie for 11th in putts-per-round, 27.8. The 1.682 is a number usually seen on a winner's scorecard, or top-five finishers. Coles' problem was the 12 bogeys that dragged down his eagle and 14 birdies.79 | ||
| Alex Cejka | News: Cejka has been removed from the field of the Humana Challenge. Notes: Cejka probably would like to avoid playing the first three rounds in the pro-am format - a guess. He has some pressure inasmuch as he is going to play in the Major Medical Extension category to make $323, 264 in five starts. Playing without the slow pace of pro-ams appeals to many pros.80 | ||
| Jhonattan Vegas | News: Vegas is in the field for the Humana Challenge this week. Notes: Vegas finished 46th with a three-under at the Sony Open last week. He won the Humana (formerly Bob Hope Classic) last year. Vegas did not have a top-50 performance stat ranking in 2011 but still finished 24th in the FedEx Cup standings.81 | ||
| January 17, 2012 | |||
| David Hearn | News: Hearn is in the field for the Humana Challenge this week. Notes: Hearn finished tenth with a nine-under at the Sony Open last week. He did not play at the Humana last year. The 32-year old made 19 of 26 cuts with six top-25 finishes in 2011.82 | ||
| Matt Every | News: Every is in the field for the Humana Challenge this week. Notes: Every finished sixth with a ten-under at the Sony Open last week. A disappointing 72 in the final round took him out of contention for the win. He did not play in the Humana last year.83 | ||
| Brian Gay | News: Gay is in the field for the Humana Challenge this week. Notes: Gay finished sixth with a ten-under at the Sony Open last week. He finished fifth at the Humana last year. Gay ranked fourth in driving accuracy percentage and 17th in strokes gained-putting in 2011.84 | ||
| Harrison Frazar | News: Frazar is in the field for the Humana Challenge this week. Notes: Frazar finished second with an 11-under at the Sony Open last week. He finished 54th at the Humana last year. Frazar ranked 17th in driving distance last year but had a negative strokes gained-putting percentage last year.85 | ||
| Sean O'Hair | News: O'Hair is in the field for the Humana Challenge this week. Notes: O'Hair finished second with an 11-under in the Sony Open last week. He did not play in the Humana last year. O'Hair did not rank in the top-50 in any performance stat in 2011 and even had a negative strokes-gained putting average. He has several top-20 stat rankings in 2012 and his two-for-two made cut ratio reflects that.86 | ||
| Carl Pettersson | News: Pettersson is in the field for the Humana Challenge this week. Notes: Pettersson finished second with an 11-under at the Sony Open last week. He did not play in the Humana (formerly Bob Hope Classic) last year. Carl finished 23rd in strokes gained-putting in 2011 and finished seventh in the FedEx Cup standings.87 | ||
| William McGirt | News: McGirt has been added to the field of the Humana Challenge. Notes: McGirt tied for 19th, seven-under, at last week's Sony Open. He was long off the tee last week at 304 yards with tight fairways limiting him to average of 6.5 of 14 fairways. Overall putting per GIR was 1.891 but, in rounds three and four, he had two putts per GIR and 30 or more putts in those two rounds. He racked up 12 birdies with only five bogeys.88 | ||
| Kevin Stadler | News: Stadler is no longer in the field for the Humana Challenge, PGA Tour reports. Notes: Stadler has had good results here in past years. He is replaced by William McGirt.89 | ||
| January 16, 2012 | |||
| Kyle Thompson | News: Thompson has been added to the field of the Humana Challenge. Notes: Thompson missed the cut at the Sony Open last week. His 75-73 put him eight-over with three birdies and 11 bogeys.90 | ||
| Charlie Beljan | News: Beljan has been added to the field of the Humana Challenge. Notes: He missed the cut, 73-74= seven-over at last week's Sony Open. He struggled to hit the tight fairways and his six birdies got smothered by seven bogeys and three double bogeys.91 | ||
| Kyle Reifers | News: Reifers has been added to the field of the Humana Challenge. Notes: Reifers missed the cut at last week's Sony Open by just one shot, He had some problems with the tight fairways which led him to eight bogeys that negated his eight birdies. This week is a birdie-fest and a player needs a ton of birds and very few bogeys.92 | ||
| Davis Love III | News: Love's name has been removed from the field of the Humana Challenge according to PGA Tour.com. Notes: Love missed the cut at the Sony Open last week. He may be taking time to address some swing problems.93 | ||
| Jesper Parnevik | News: Parnevik is no longer listed in the field of the Humana Challenge according to PGA Tour.com. Notes: Parnevik, at six-over, missed the cut at the Sony Open last week. Fantasy-wise says wait until you see some solid results in his game before signing up with him.94 | ||
| January 15, 2012 | |||
| Charles Howell III | News: Howell closed with a final round 69 en route to a second place finish at the Sony Open Sunday. Notes: Howell is a horse for the course at Waialae Country Club, but for whatever reason hasn't been able to win here despite all the top fives he's had. This week he played bridesmaid yet again as he watched playing partner Johnson Wagner steal the show and the big check. Howell will now catch the red-eye flight to the mainland and play in the Humana Challenge next week.95 | ||
| Steve Stricker | News: Stricker followed up his win at the Hyundai TOC with a 38th place finish at the Sony Open. Notes: Stricker was admittedly worn out early this week after his win this past Monday, but he held strong the first three days and was within four going into Sunday, but he ran out of steam with a final round 74.96 | ||
| K.J. Choi | News: Choi posted rounds of 65-73-67-71 to finish in 38th in Honolulu. Notes: The 2008 Sony Open champion rode the roller coaster this week and was never able to string together two solid rounds consecutively. Look for Choi to rebound as he heads back to the mainland.97 | ||
| January 14, 2012 | |||
| Chad Campbell | News: Campbell and the following players have been designated as MDF, Made Cut Did Not Finish, at the Sony Open: Billy Hurley III, Alex Aragon, Ryuji Imada, Jason Kokrak, Tadahiro Takayama, Alexandre Rocha, Nathan Green, Tommy Gainey and Steve Wheatcroft. Notes: These players will earn FedEx Cup points and receive official last place money according to their aggregate three round scores.98 | ||
| Shane Bertsch | News: Bertsch, playing in the reshuffle category, shot a 72-69, plus-one, to miss the cut at the Sony Open. Notes: Bertsch had one start to earn $241,285. Not attaining the target leaves him to play in Conditional Status having placed at 143rd in the 2011 PGA Tour money list.99 | ||