Vince Whaley was trying to win the Sanderson Farms Championship when he opted to do something that most people who aren’t playing for tour status and a pay cheque wouldn’t dare.
A new tee was designed around the placement of the new tree and there’s plenty of room for tee shots to fly underneath, but PGA Tour rules officials “want the players to think about it”.
During a Golf Channel segment, the three-time PGA Tour winner-turned analyst rebuked Rory McIlroy for his recent comments regarding the tour and LIV Golf.
When McIlroy assumes the role of player director next year, it will mark the first time that an international player has served on the tour’s policy board since its inception in 1969.
It was an improbable victory, as they generally are for Martin Trainer, who has developed a pattern of playing along in virtual obscurity until someone hands him a trophy.