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Tweets of the week: Rare scores, Tiger’s ball, Bubba’s new irons, Rory’s repose

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Jim Furyk’s second-round 59 at the BMW Championship was certainly the most significant golf story of the week. That is, until Tiger Woods found himself playing a starring role in yet another rules-related drama. But really, Jim Furyk’s superlative second round, which vaulted him into the ranks of Geiberger and Duval was the centerpiece of the week that was.

On the LPGA Tour, Suzann Pettersen captured the Evian Championship for the second major victory of her career. Pettersen outlasted amateur phenom Lydia Ko, defeating the young New Zealander by two strokes. And On the Web.com Tour, Seung-Yul Noh of South Korea won the third of four Web.com Tour Finals series events convincingly to secure a PGA Tour card.

All this, plus a golfer’s 109 score on the European Challenge Tour and an appearance by Holly Sonders made this edition of Tweets of the Week.

First, a bit of levity (as long as your name isn’t Pawel Japol). Mr. Japol did not have his “A-game” all day long at the Kharkov Superior Cup, but a few holes were particularly atrocious for the 42-year-old Polish pro. The golfer carded a 13 at the par-5 13th hole and a 10 at the fifth.

Any time you hit double digits on a hole, you know you’re in for a big number at the end of the day. However, signing for a something in the three-figure range is a truly notable achievement on any professional golf tour. National Club Golfer tweeted the following as a point of comparison following Jim Furyk’s 59.

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Speaking of Jim Furyk’s 59, here are the sentiments of the man who played the best golf across four rounds at Conway Farms where Jim Furyk fired golf’s magic number on Friday. Zach Johnson’s tweet gets at the heart of the rarest of golf rounds: Johnson fired 65 on Sunday, and opened with 64, so he was clearly more than capable at Conway Farms (he did win the tournament, after all).

However, even he—arguably the man who could most understand Furyk’s 59, having played so well at the very same course four days in a row—couldn’t get his head around it.

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On the subject of Johnson’s win, here’s golf legend Gary Player congratulating Johnson for his win at the third leg of the FedExCup Playoffs and Johnson, class act that he is, thanking the Black Knight.

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Here’s Golf World‘s tweet (and great photo) of Suzann Pettersen celebrating after her second career major win, and her first since 2007. Pettersen topped someone half her age: Lydia Ko who, as a 16-year-old amateur, has already emerged as one of the most formidable players competing in LPGA tour events.

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Bubba Watson is gaming the new S55 irons, as of the BMW Championship. The left hander finally switched from Ping’s S59 irons, which he’d been using for the past several years. Because the S59’s were no longer sold by Ping, and were retailed with non-conforming grooves, the company was replicating the casting of the heads with blank faces and milling legal grooves onto them for Watson every time he needed a new set.

Watson tweeted the following photo of his new gamers.

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Much has been written about Tiger Woods’ Nike One and whether it moved or merely oscillated during the second round of the BMW Championship. It was only a matter of time before someone tried to cut through the competing perspectives and offered “proof” of what happened. Golf World relayed the following from Geoff Shackelford’s site.

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Elsewhere, Holly Sonders had “first pitch” honors at a Tampa Bay Rays game.

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And Caroline Wozniaki continued her campaign of unflattering photos of boyfriend Rory McIlroy at rest.

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Ben Alberstadt is the Editor-in-Chief at GolfWRX, where he’s led editorial direction and gear coverage since 2018. He first joined the site as a freelance writer in 2012 after years spent working in pro shops and bag rooms at both public and private golf courses, experiences that laid the foundation for his deep knowledge of equipment and all facets of this maddening game. Based in Philadelphia, Ben’s byline has also appeared on PGATour.com, Bleacher Report...and across numerous PGA DFS and fantasy golf platforms. Off the course, Ben is a committed cat rescuer and, of course, a passionate Philadelphia sports fan. Follow him on Instagram @benalberstadt.

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  1. Nick

    Sep 19, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    Good to know Rors can still sleep somewhere other than the golf course on Sunday.

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AVL: My U.S. Amateur local qualifying experience

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This past Monday, I played in the U.S. Amateur local qualifier at Rock Creek Country Club in Portland, Oregon. A full tee sheet from 7:30 a.m. to 1:55 p.m., the top 11 scores would make it to the U.S. Amateur final qualifying.

I teed off at 10:48 a.m.. With the 7:30 am tee time, you can get a feel for the leaders’ pace, and they were off and running on the challenging setup at Rock Creek.

 

 

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Getting to the highlight of the round on the par five 17th, a drive up the left side and 212 yards left to the front hole location. I took out a 5-iron with plans of middle of the green. The ball ended up 8 feet left of the hole, pin high. A slight downhill putt dropped in for an eagle 3 on the 17th. With the cut line looking to be anywhere from -2 to even par. This was the boost I had been waiting for all day.

With making par from the trees on 18, it was time to wait for a potential playoff with a posted score of one under par 71.

Three hours later, it was playoff time. 8 players for 6 spots. I made par on the playoff hole, which was good enough to advance to the U.S. Amateur final qualifying in July. USGA qualifiers sure deliver on all of the emotions in golf!

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