P\u00e1draig Harrington<\/a> \u2013 playing on his legends category \u2013 is the only Irish player in the field for this week\u2019s Qatar Masters in Doha on the DP World Tour.<\/p>\nA quintet of Irish players \u2013 James Sugrue, Conor Purcell, Gary Hurley, Liam Nolan and Max Kennedy \u2013 are competing in the Cape Town Open, a dual sanctioned event on the Hotelplanner Tour and the Sunshine Tour.<\/p>\n
Tom McKibbin moves back to LIV after a couple of early season appearances on the DP World Tour for this week\u2019s opening event in Riyadh.<\/p>\n
On this day: February 3rd, 1991<\/p>\n
Paul Azinger won the AT&T Pebble Beach \u2013 which he said was probably the \u201cdead last\u201d place he\u2019d expected to win, given his past history in the tournament \u2013 for a seventh career win on the PGA Tour but confessed much of this thoughts were in another part of the world, due to the Gulf War at that time.<\/p>\n
Coincidentally, US president George Bush had declared that Sunday of the tournament\u2019s final round a national day of prayer and Azinger \u2013 brought up in a military family, his father being a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force \u2013 admitted after his win:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was thinking about the troops all day. It really puts things in perspective for you. I was kind of nervous playing in a golf tournament and, at the same time, I\u2019m thinking about those guys over there and what they\u2019re trying to accomplish, putting their lives on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zinger shot a final-round 67 for a total of 14-under-par 274 for a four strokes winning margin over Brian Claar and Corey Pavin, earning a pay-day of $198,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of history here [at Pebble Beach]. It will always be the [Bing] Crosby in a lot of people\u2019s minds,\u201d said Azinger, who had previously struggled to be competitive in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Social Swing<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what\u2019s our take on LPGA cancelling events to 54 holes? I\u2019m sure there are valid reasons to an extent but in comparison, the PGA, while it seems to be their LAST resort, it seems to be LPGA\u2019s FIRST option. Thoughts? No shade just genuinely curious on other people\u2019s thoughts.\u201d \u2013 LPGA Tour player Danielle Kang unimpressed by the decision to reduced the season-opening Tournament of Champions, which went to Nelly Korda with no play on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not be able to participate in the first two LIV Events as Amy and I need to be present for a family health matter. I can\u2019t wait to compete again and look forward to rejoining my teammates as soon as possible. In the meantime, Ollie Schniederjans will step in for me in Riyadh as I root on HyFlyers GC from afar.\u201d \u2013 Phil Mickelson with genuine reason for missing out the start of the LIV season in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody from England has won more times on the PGA TOUR than @JustinRose 99.\u201d \u2013 The DP World Tour social media bigging up Justin Rose\u2019s 13th win on the US circuit, four ahead of Nick Faldo\u2019s nine and eight ahead of third-placed English player Luke Donald\u2019s five.<\/p>\n
Know the Rules<\/p>\n
Q: In stroke play, a player has interference to their stance from an immovable obstruction. They determine their nearest point of complete relief using a 5-iron (as that is the club he would have used had the immovable obstruction not been there) and drops the ball within one club-length of that point, no nearer the hole. The ball settles down in the rough, so the player changes club and plays the ball out on to the fairway with a sand wedge. What is the ruling?<\/p>\n
A: There is no penalty. Once the ball is dropped, it is back in play. The player must then decide what type of stroke they will make. This stroke, which includes the choice of club, may be different from the one that would have been made from the ball\u2019s original spot had the condition not been there.<\/p>\n
In the Bag: Justin Rose (Farmers Insurance Open)<\/p>\n
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max (9 degrees)<\/p>\n
3-wood: TaylorMade M6 (15 degrees)<\/p>\n
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D (21 degrees)<\/p>\n
Irons: Miura TC-502 (4 and 5), Miura MC-502 (6-PW)<\/p>\n
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52, 56 and 60 degrees)<\/p>\n
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom T-5 prototype<\/p>\n
Ball: Titleist ProV1x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Age is but a number for Justin Rose who, at 45, added the Farmers Insurance Open to his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,228289,196621,153765,85,81845],"class_list":["post-456130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-liv-golf-invitational-series","tag-padraig-harrington","tag-seamus-power","tag-sports","tag-tom-mckibbin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Ireland’s S\u00e9amus Power plays a shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open 2026 on Sunday. Photograph: Orlando Ramirez\/Getty Images Word of Mouth<\/p>\n