Back in early May, we announced that beards were the new fashion statement for the PGA following Lucas Glover win at the Wells Fargo Championship. This week, Tiger Woods showed up for his press conference sporting a full beard.  The beard turned out to be the only exciting news about Tiger. He announced that he does not have a timeline to return and that he is only working on putting while recovering from his injuries. So while Tiger’s beard grows, we wait for you return and a chance to see him back on top of the leaderboard and the world rankings. We just hope that his beard is not as long as Old Tom Morris’ beard when he makes it back.  

PGA Tour – This week on the PGA Tour Fredrik Jacobson won the Travelers Championship at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut by one stroke over John Rollins and Ryan Moore. Jacobson shot 6-under on Saturday followed by a 4-under on Sunday to post a 20-under for his first win on the PGA Tour. John Rollins made a serious charge on Sunday, shooting 7-under to tie with Ryan Moore. Moore was at 8-under and tied with Jacobson until he bogeyed the 18^th and fell back to 19-under and the tie with Rollins. The other outstanding player for the Tournament was Patrick Cantlay, the 19-year old armature that led the tournament going into the weekend at 13-under. He shot a 10-under on Friday to take the lead, but fell back on Saturday with a 2-over. He ended tied for 24^th place at 11-under.

LPGA Tour - On the LPGA, World No. 1 Yani Tseng was in control throughout the Wegmans LPGA Championship at the Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York. She shot a 19-under to dominate the field and solidify her number one ranking.  Her closest competitor was Morgan Pressel who was 10 strokes back at 9-under. Tied for third were Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer, and Cristie Kerr at 8-under. This was Yani Tseng 4^th Major on the LPGA tour.

Champions Tour – At the Dick's Sporting Goods Open at the En-Joie Golf Course, in Endicott, NY John Huston won the tournament by three strokes over Nick Price. Huston shot a 16-under with a final round 7-under to take the lead from Mark Wiebe. Wiebe had the lead until the back-nine when he shot four birdies and four bogeys to fall off the pace. He ended in third place at 12-under. Coming from behind was Nick Price, shooting 6-under to take second at 13-under. Huston’s victory earned him a $262,500 purse and his first Champions Tour victory.

European Tour – The other exciting event this weekend was the BMW International Open on the Golfclub Munchen Eichenried in Munich, Germany. Pablo Larrazabal and Sergio Garcia went head-to-head in a five-hole play-off after a tie at 16-under. It was Sergio’s putting that failed him in the end. He seemed uneasy and rushed his second putt on the fifth play-off hole and ended with a three putt and a bogey to give the title to Larrazabal.  Garcia has not won a tournament since November 2008. His second place finish did earn Garcia a spot at this month’s British Open.

See you on the tee box!