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Jordan Spieth will be in San Antonio to defend his 2021 title as the Valero Texas Open Champion. 

John Daly won the 1991 PGA Championship as a rookie.

When the field gathered for the 65th staging of the US Open at Bellerive Country Club near St Louis, Missouri, columnists such as Alfred Wright from Sports Illustrated prepared for a parade of new wave of powerful punishers at what at the time was the longest golf course America’s grandest championship had ever seen.

Better than most? One putt on the 17th that actually was By DOUG FERGUSONMarch 9, 2021 GMT PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The moment stands out as among the most famous at The Players Championship. Twenty years ago this week, Tiger Woods made a 60-foot birdie putt from the back of the island green on the par-3 17th to a front pin in the third round. Woods went on to win on Monday, and then two weeks later won the Masters to hold all four majors at the same time. The video, replayed endlessly in the weeks leading up to the tournament, features NBC analyst Gary Koch saying, “Better than mo...

AP PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — After taking on most of the water on the par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill, leaving only 88 yards to the pin on a 565-yard hole, Bryson DeChambeau was asked what bold play he might try at The Players Championship. He mentioned the idea of playing the 18th hole from the ninth fairway, meaning a massive drive over the water, which DeChambeau said would leave a better angle — over the same water — to the green. He didn’t sound too serious, and now it’s not an issue. The PGA Tour rules staff issued a statement Tuesday afternoon that internal out-of-bounds would b...