The Scorecard: Wyndham Championship

Published

11 years ago

Aug 19, 2013

Kevin Pahlau

The Front Nine

60 – Greens in regulation hit by Patrick Reed. That’s 83 percent and a career best for him.

1 — This marks Reed’s first professional win on the PGA Tour.

7 — The iron number used by Reed and number of feet from the hole on his approach shot on the second playoff hole.

500 — Number of FedEx Cup points earned by Reed this week.

22 — Reed’s new position in the FedEx Cup rankings.

297.8 — Reed’s measured driving distance (11th overall).

8 — The number of months Reed has been married to his wife/caddie.

7,130 — Number of total yards at Sedgefield Country Club.

$954,000 — Prize money earned by Reed for winning the Wyndham Championship.

Back Nine

5.482 — Number of Strokes Gained — Putting by Chris Stroud in Round 1, his second-best putting round of his career.

7 – Number of top-10 finishes by Jordan Spieth this season.

20’s – The age range of Patrick Reed is 23 and his playoff partner Jordan Spieth, is 20 years old.

0 — Status Jordan Spieth had on the PGA Tour at the beginning of 2013.

8 — Position Jordan Spieth finished in the regular season FedExCup standings.

116 — Total number of feet putted during the third round by Zach Johnson.

8 – Number of players tied for 29th place including defending champion, Sergio Garcia.

313.6 – Driving distance leader Charlie Beljan’s total measured driving distance.

14 — The toughest hole at Sedgefield Country Club.

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Spotted: Phil Mickelson testing Callaway’s mini driver

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6 days ago

Jun 12, 2024

Brian Knudson

There is some serious equipment testing going on at Pinehurst’s legendary No. 2 course before the 2024 U.S. Open starts! We spotted renowned club tinkerer Phil Mickelson on the range with a new setup. He was testing out the new Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Ti 340 Mini Driver with a new Mitsubishi Diamana BB (Blue Board) shaft.

Phil has long been a mini driver/2-wood/strong 3-wood guy, as he was the inspiration for the Callaway “Phranken Wood” about 10 years ago. For many pros, adding a strong 3-wood or mini driver allows them to turn it over easier and add a more consistent draw to their bag off the tee without losing too much distance.

Mitsubishi’s Diamana BB is the newest mid-launch shaft in the Diamana line. The “BB” on the shaft of course references the iconic Blue Board shafts from 20 years ago and this model will have a similar smooth feel.

Check out the rest of our photos from the 2024 U.S. Open

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Tour Photo Galleries

Photos from the 2024 U.S. Open

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7 days ago

Jun 11, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week from the third major of the season: the U.S. Open at historic Pinehurst No. 2.

Qualifier WITBs are the stars the the show so far — along with in-hand looks at what Tiger Woods and Bryson DeChambeau are playing.

Check back throughout the week as we continue to add more galleries.

General Albums

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

See what GolfWRXers are saying about the photos from the U.S. Open in the forums.

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Equipment

Why Wyndham Clark is playing a brand-new driver and an old putter this week

Published

2 weeks ago

Jun 6, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of an article originally filed for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report by our Andrew Tursky. Read the full piece here.

At the top end of the bag, Clark is set to change into Titleist’s new GT2 driver during the first week it’s being made available to PGA TOUR players. On Monday, Titleist officially unveiled its new lineup of GT drivers and fairway woods, and Clark plans to become one of the early adopters of the new technology as competition begins on Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Interestingly, Clark was relatively late to make a permanent switch into the company’s previous TSR3 driver. Although the TSR drivers first launched in 2022, Clark was back-and-forth with the 2020 TSi3 driver and the 2022 TSR3 driver until the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2024.

On Wednesday, GolfWRX.com caught up with Clark to get his take on the new GT2 driver, and why he’s switching so quickly.

“It’s faster (than my previous TSR3),” Clark said. “I felt like I got 2-3 mph more ball speed, which is amazing. And it has really consistent spin, which is obviously huge for what we do out here.”

…On the bottom end of the bag, Clark will likely play his first event since 2023 without an Odyssey Jailbird putter in the bag.

In case you forgot, Clark and Rickie Fowler were the trendsetters who brought the 2014 Odyssey Versa Jailbird back to the forefront of the golf market in 2023. Clark then switched into the upgraded Odyssey Ai Jailbird during the week of his win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

This week, however, Clark is going back in time, switching into a PXG prototype mallet that he used in 2022.