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Dustin Johnson expected to return at Farmers
Dustin Johnson, who’s been on a leave of absence from the PGA Tour since July 31, is targeting the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Feb. 5-8, 2015 to make his return.
His fiancee Paulina Gretzky is pregnant with the couples’ first child, and the baby’s due date reportedly coincides with the Farmers Insurance Open, so his return to competition isn’t definite.
Johnson’s last appearance on tour was at the 2014 RBC Canadian Open where he missed the cut. Upon taking his leave of absence after that event, Johnson was ranked No. 16 according to the Official World Golf Ranking. He’s still ranked No. 16 as of Tuesday Nov. 18, so he hasn’t lost any ground, but he did miss out on the 2014 PGA Championship and the 2014 Ryder Cup.
How will the 30-year old play upon his return to competition? He shot a 61 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., breaking Tiger Woods’ course record on Oct. 28, so maybe he won’t be as rusty as we’d expect, but no one is immune to the sleepless nights and pressures of having their first child.
I’m going to gush in this intro paragraph, to get the emo stuff done early. I’ve not pulled harder for a professional to win, than Cameron Young. I coach golf in New York state, and each spring, my best golfers head to a state championship in Poughkeepsie. I first saw Cameron there as a 9th grade student. I saw him three more times after that. I reconnecected with Coach Haas from Wake Forest, an old interview subject from my days on the Old Gold and Black, the Wake newspaper. He was there to watch Cameron. After four years at Wake Forest, Young won on the Korn Ferry Tour, made it to the big tour, almost won two majors, almost won five other events, and finally got the chalice about 25 minutes from the Wake campus. Congratulations, Cameron. You truly are a glass of the finest. #MotherSoDear
OK, let’s move on to the Tour Rundown. The major championship season closed this week in Wales, with the Women’s Open championship. The PGA Tour bounced through Greensboror, N.C., while the PGA Tour Americas hit TO (aka, Toronto) for a long-winded event. The Korn Ferry lads made a stop in Utah, one of just two events for that tour in August. The many-events, golf season is winding down, as we ease from summer toward fall in the northern hemisphere. Let’s bask in the glory of an August sunrise, and run down a quartet of events from the first weekend of the eighth month.
LET/LPGA @ Women’s Open: Miyu bends, but she doesn’t break
Royal Porthcawl was not a known commodity in the major tournament community. The Welsh links had served as host to men’s senior opens, men’s amateurs, and Curtis and Walker Cups in prior years, but never an Open championship for the women or the men. The last-kept secret in UK golf was revealed once again to the world this week, as the best female golfers took to the sandy stage.
Mao Saigo, Grace Kim, Maja Stark, and Minjee Lee hoped to add a second major title to previous wins this season, but only Lee was able to finish inside the top ten. The 2025 playing of the Women’s Open gave us a new-faces gallery from day one. The Kordas and Thitikulls were nowhere to be found, and it was the Mayashitas, Katsus, and Lim Kims that secured the Cymru spotlight. The first round lead was held at 67 by two golfers. One of them battled to the end, while the other posted 81 on day two, and missed the cut. Sitting one shot behind was Miyu Yamashita.
On day two, Yamashita posted the round of the tournament. Her 65 moved her to the front of the aisle, in just her fourth turn around a women’s Open championship. With the pre-event favorites drifting off pace, followers narrowed into two camps: those on the side of an underdog, and others hoping for a weekend charge from back in the pack. In the end, we had a bit of both.
On Saturday, Yamashita bent with 74 on Saturday, offering rays of hope to her pursuing pack. England’s Charley Hull made a run on Sunday closing within one shot before tailing off to a T2 finish with Minami Katsu. Katsu posted the other 65 of the week, on Saturday, but could not overtake her countrywoman, Yamashita. wunderkind Lottie Woad needed one round in the 60s to find her pace, but could only must close-to’s, ending on 284 and a tie with Minjee for eighth.
On Sunday, Yamashita put away the thoughts of Saturday’s struggles, with three-under 33 on the outward half. She closed in plus-one 37, but still won by two, for a first Major and LPGA title.
PGA Tour @ Wyndham: Young gathers first title near home
Cameron Young grew up along the Hudson river, above metro New York, but he also calls Winston-Salem home. He spent four years as a student and athlete at Wake Forest University, then embarked on tour. This week in Greensboro, after a bit of a break, Young opened with 63-62, and revved the engine of Is this the week once more. Runner-up finishes at the Open, the PGA, and a handful of PGA Tour events had followers wonder when the day would come.
On Saturday, Young continued his torrid pace with 65, giving him a five-shot advantage over his closest pursuer. Sunday saw the Scarborough native open with bogey, then reel off five consecutive birdies to remind folks that his time had, at last, arrived. Pars to the 16th, before two harmless bogeys coming home, made Young the 1000th winner of an official PGA Tour event (dating back to before there was a PGA Tour) throughout history. What’s next? I have a suspicion, but I’m not letting on. Mac Meissner closed with 66 to finish solo 2nd, while Mark Hubbard and Alex Noren tied for third.
Korn Ferry Tour @ Utah Championship: Are you Suri it’s Julian?
Who knows exactly when the flower will bloom? Julian Suri played a solid careet at Duke University, then paid his dues on the world’s minor tours for three years. He won twice on two tours in Europe, in 2017. Since then, the grind has continued for the journeyman from New York city. At age 34, Suri broke through in Beehive state, outlasting another grinder (Spencer Levin) and four others, by two shots.
Taylor Montgomery began the week with 62, then posted 64, then 68, and finally, 70. That final round was his undoing. He finished in that second-place tie, two back of the leader. Trace Crowe, Barend Botha, and Kensei Hirata made up the last of the almost quintet. As for Suri, his Sunday play was sublime. His nines were 32 and 31, with his only radar blip a bogey at ten. He closed in style with one final birdie, to double his winning margin. Hogan bloomed late…might Suri?
PGA Tour Americas @ Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates
Some tournament names run longer than others. This week in Toronto, at the Heathlands course at TPC Toronto, we might have seen the longest tournament title in recorded history. The OVOPBVCCBMA was a splendid affair. It saw three rounds of 62 on Thursday, but of those early risers, only Drew Goodman would stick around until the end. 64 was the low tally on day two, and two of those legionnaires managed to finish inside the top three at week’s end. Saturday brought a 63 from Patrick Newcomb, and he would follow with 64 on Sunday, to finish solo fourth.
Who, then, ended up winning the acronym of the year? It turns out that Carson Bacha had the right stuff in TeeOhhh. Bacha and Jay Card III posted 63 and 64, respectively, on day four, to tie for medalist honors at 23-under 261. Nathan Franks was one shot adrift, despite also closing with 63. If you didn’t go low on Sunday, it was about the check, not the championship.
Bacha and JC3 returned to the 18th hole twice in overtime. Card nearly chipped in from the thick stuff for birdie, while Bacha peeked and shoved a ten-feet attempt at the win. On the second go-round, Card was long with his approach, into the native grasses once more. He was unable to escape, and a routine par from the fairway was enough to earn the former Auburn golfers a first KFT title.
Card III and Bacha both miss their birdie tries on the first playoff hole.
We’ll play 18 again @OspreyOpen. pic.twitter.com/vNpHTdkHDg
— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) August 3, 2025
GolfWRX is live this week from the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season, the Wyndham Championship.
Photos are flowing into the forums from Sedgefield Country Club, where we already have a GolfWRX spirit animal Adam Schenk WITB and plenty of putters for your viewing pleasure.
Check out links to all our photos below, which we’ll continue to update as more arrive.
General Albums
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #2
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Scotty Kennon – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Austin Duncan – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Will Chandler – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Kevin Roy – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Ben Griffin – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Ryan Gerard – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Adam Schenk – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Kurt Kitayama – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Camilo Villegas – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Matti Schmid – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
Pullout Albums
- Denny McCarthy’s custom Cameron putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Swag Golf putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Karl Vilips TM MG5 wedges – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- New Bettinardi putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Matt Fitzpatrick’s custom Bettinardi putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Cameron putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying and join the discussion in the forums.
Kurt Kitayama just won his 2nd PGA Tour event at the 3M Open. Kurt is a Bridgestone staffer but with just the ball and bag. Here are the rest of the clubs he used to secure a win at the 2025 3M Open.
Driver: Titleist GT3 (11 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX
3-wood: Titleist GT1 3Tour (14.5 degrees, A3 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 TX
7-wood: Titleist GT1 (21 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7MB (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), Vokey Design WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 Tour Prototype
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B XS (with Mindset)
‘Why would anybody want to change that swing?’ – Brandel Chamblee says PGA Tour star was wrong to change his swing
‘The stupidest freaking thing I’ve ever heard’ – Billy Horschel slams Open idea suggested by Padraig Harrington
WITB Time Machine: Brandt Snedeker’s winning WITB, 2018 Wyndham Championship
Golfer proudly posts photo of ball mark on iron, receives immediate roasting
WITB Time Machine: Matthew Wolff’s winning WITB, 2019 3M Open
Oakmont Country Club bans Wyndham Clark over locker incident; Reveals specific conditions to earn reinstatement
Adam Scott puts Callaway blades in the bag at Wyndham Championship
Report: LIV star fires caddie and coach in shock shake up
Rickie Fowler makes equipment change to ‘something that’s a little easier on the body’
The championship formula: How 3 key stats separate winners from the field
Peter Malnati WITB 2025 (August)
Peter Malnati what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wyndham Championship. More photos from the event here. Driver: Titleist...
Cameron Young’s winning WITB: 2025 Wyndham Championship
Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees, A1 SureFit setting) Buy here. Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Pro Orange 70 TX 3-wood: Titleist...
Camilo Villegas WITB 2025 (July)
Camilo Villegas WITB accurate as of the Wyndham Championship. Villegas was undecided on a 3-wood when we shot his bag. ...
WITB Time Machine: Brandt Snedeker’s winning WITB, 2018 Wyndham Championship
Brandt Snedeker fired a final-round 65 at the 2018 Wyndham Championship to outlast Webb Simpson and C.T. Pan. His 5-under...
Joel
Dec 1, 2014 at 2:01 am
Let the man snort lines off Paulina…I could care less. I just miss seeing the guy play. I’ve never understood the testing for recreational drugs, if someone thinks doing cocaine or smoking pot is anymore than a hindrance to competing at the professional level than someone clearly hasn’t partied much.
HGH or other PED’s…I could still care less but I understand that argument a touch more. I think everyone on tour should have to clear a bong load and eat a bag of shrooms and then play…talk about must see TV!
Garrick Smith
Dec 24, 2014 at 12:39 pm
Just so I understand: you’re saying that its Ok if the PGA looks the other way if the players use recreational drugs and PEDs?
This IS sarcasm, right?
Davethegolfer
Nov 19, 2014 at 5:32 am
When is golf going to be transparent in its dealing with its athletes. Like it or not there are banned substances and sanctions apply for use of those substances. We are no longer in the days of the gentleman’s club where matter were dealt with privately and swept under the carpet.
Pat
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Exactly. You have guys on tour like Tiger, Rory, Camilo, and Adam Scott using PEDs and nobody talks about it. The testing for PEDs in most sports is ridiculous. They go by epi/test ratio. A normal, young, healthy male cannot exceed 2:1. Yet, all sports have loose standards/thresholds for these tests. For the NFL it’s 10:1, baseball 5:1 and for golf I’m guessing it’s 5:1 as well which leaves room for these guys to use small-moderate amounts of steroids depending on the sport. I have friend that used to play back up linebacker for the Bears and the ex-golf pro at my course was scouted by the Angels and used to play in Triple A so it’s not speculation on my part, but factual. Reasons why the PGA sweeps these positive tests under the rug and allows such high tolerances is because it would hurt the industry, ratings would plummet and they would lose sponsors and money. Maybe someday the PGA tour will be transparent with the drug use on tour, but it’s not going to be anytime soon.
Vinnie
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:23 pm
Because sports realized a long time ago that it is all about entertainment not athletes.
I work in the pro cycling industry and the Tour de France knew years (pre-Lance BS) that that race was all about entertainment. They had a very high hemocrit level so cyclists could dope (to a certain level) to be able to provide 3 weeks of entertainment for people watching. It made great TV, and was exciting to watch.
All pro sports are the same way. If they truly cared about a “clean sport” then one legit drug test would solve all that. Leagues keep ratios high so people can do it, perform at their best and then fans, ratings and TV contracts grow.
Carlos Danger
Nov 20, 2014 at 2:47 pm
Oh great…we now have the “I know for a fact this athlete did Steroids” guy commenting on the message boards. Im sure you have a buddy who played golf at a course that had a caddy who knew a girl whos best friend slept with a musician who liked golf and said he knew a janitor at a Taco Bell who saw that “golfer guy” with what looked like a steroid needle…or an ink pen. He wasnt sure but it could have been a steroid needle. So I figured Im just gonna spew that out on the message board because it seems pretty credible.
Video, failed drug test, testimony, etc…with some proof of your statement “Tiger, Rory, Camilo, and Adam Scott using PEDs” would be nice. Were waiting…
Pat
Nov 20, 2014 at 7:01 pm
Carlos, you are clearly ignorant and don’t have a clue on how sports at the highest levels works. You have no right to comment. I already told you that the standards for the epi/test ratio is very loose in sports. I gave specifics as well and cited my sources. You can go ahead and live in your lala fairy tale world. Must be nice being oblivious to so many things in life.
Carlos Danger
Nov 21, 2014 at 9:39 am
I have no right to comment? Well please let me know when you have granted me permission to speak about whether or not guys who play golf for a living take testosterone to help them hit a golf ball farther. How dare I speak without your approval.
I never said professional athletes dont take PEDs/Steroids. In fact I am well aware that they take them (and quite frankly I could care less).
I am simply pointing out that the “I know a guy who said these guys take steroids” comments are lame. If you have some evidence of Rory, Tiger, Scott, etc…taking this stuff or testing positive then provide to all of us. Point us to a link supporting this. Give us some pictures or videos of it happening. If not, then you are just another jackweasel making random accusations.
bradford
Nov 21, 2014 at 1:32 pm
Pat, your “cited” sources are nothing but made up stories and you know it as well as everyone who reads your comments. There is zero validity to your “citations” whatsoever. You should just bow out, as you know Carlos is correct and you will never post your alleged “proof” because it doesn’t exist. You got called out.
Pat
Nov 20, 2014 at 7:06 pm
Do you know or have a personal relationship with any ex or current pro athletes, Carlos? Yeah, I didn’t think so. I do, and it’s not just one, it’s two, so my statement is clearly confirmed not once, but twice. Also, there was that nobody years ago that got popped for a positive test for steroids on the PGA tour, so this proves too that PED use is apparent on tour. Like I said, go ahead and ignore facts and make yourself look ignorant.
Carlos Danger
Nov 21, 2014 at 9:50 am
I do know/have a personal relationship with professional athletes but who really cares. I certainly dont care if you do. And yes I have had these people tell me things about the pro sports world that are similar to what you stated…however its really no different than things I hear or see in regular life so who cares. I certainly wouldnt go around saying “my buddy who is a pro athlete told me other pro athletes do bad things sometimes.”
Im well aware that adults take drugs. I dont really care if they do as long as it does not affect me or my family.
IN terms of ignoring facts…you didnt provide any. Unless you want to count “I know people and they told me” as a fact.
And relax on the manufactured outrage of athletes taking PED’s. Do you really not have other things in your life that are more important than this? I would say family, friends, job, mortgage, etc…take a front seat to worrying about Camillio Villegas licking deer antlers to hit a golf ball 315 instead of 308.
bradford
Nov 21, 2014 at 1:35 pm
Name them. “Clearly confirmed”? Hardly. Again, We’re expected to believe this made up story solely because you said so? I don’t, because it’s false.
What facts are being ignored?
Carlos Danger
Nov 20, 2014 at 2:50 pm
When are people on message boards going to stop pretending to care if athletes take a PED so that you can be overly entertained?
Oh My God! Rory might have sniffed deer urine before the open championship! I feel so cheated having enjoyed watching him hit the ball 350 down the middle for 4 days. My manufactured outrage is making me really mad!
AZ Golfman
Nov 18, 2014 at 5:18 pm
And let the cocaine jokes start rolling in…
Ha
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:37 pm
Guess he won’t have to worry about the sleepless nights…
Booger
Nov 18, 2014 at 11:25 pm
Hope he can still rip it without the booger sugar.
Ponjo
Nov 19, 2014 at 5:37 pm
+1