Murray’s big breakthrough came last year, with two victories on the Korn Ferry Tour, and now, after an improbable 38-foot putt on the first playoff hole at the Sony Open in Hawaii, he can add a PGA Tour win to his remarkable comeback story.
Nothing has come easy for Murray, who has battled addiction and depression, which makes coming out the other side successful even more dramatic than his winning putt.
The final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii was already sufficiently dramatic, when one of five co-leaders hit a second shot at the par-5 18th at Waialae Country Club that, well, mysteriously disappeared.
Meeting with the media at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Woodland appeared to be his old self. He was relaxed. He smiled easily. It’s time to play golf again. He’s as ready as can be.
Kim’s irons are Callaway’s X-Forged CB, a cavity-back players iron, which he used to rank first in the field in strokes gained/approach-the-green, picking up more than eight shots on the field.
Now 80 years young, the Japanese octogenarian is still in the forefront of the game where he now serves as chairman of the Japan Golf Tour Organisation.