From Layna Finau’s TikTok joke to Tiger’s Sun Day Red event, get caught up.
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Hello, associates, and completely satisfied Genesis Invitational week! Before we start, I’d wish to take a second to congratulate the Taylors on their spectacular wins on Sunday.
I flew from Phoenix to Los Angeles on Monday morning and am writing to you all from the perfect media heart on the PGA Tour. Our workspace is within the Riviera clubhouse this week, and the media heart is decked out with a barista and the perfect meals that golf media facilities have to supply.
Before we get into all of the golf motion, I ought to first take a second to share some thrilling information with you all: There is a full recording studio on the GOLF staff’s AirBnb this week. That’s proper, of us. We’ve acquired a drum set, guitars, a piano, a tambourine and microphones. Be looking out for my debut album dropping later this month — and sorry to my GOLF colleague James Colgan’s makes an attempt to sleep within the studio.
Layna Finau’s hilarious TikTok
If you’re not following Layna Finau on social media, you’re lacking out. She took benefit of a hilarious TikTok development earlier this week and joked that she was promoting Tony’s golf equipment as a result of he hadn’t requested her to be his Valentine.
Finau mentioned her husband’s golf equipment had been obtainable for simply 99 cents. The perks? They go far, have thick grips, include customized leather-based head covers and a Foresight launch monitor. Talk about a nice deal!
I may need to ask Tony Finau about this on Wednesday at Riviera. I hope for his sake that he’s made issues proper.
Sun Day Red event
I used to be fortunate sufficient to attend Tiger’s Sun Day Red launch event on Monday night in Pacific Palisades. Unfortunately, I didn’t be taught that it was cocktail apparel till the center of final week once I was already on the highway for the WM Phoenix Open, so I needed to go on an emergency procuring journey to organize for the event. My dearest thanks exit to Shannon on the Anthropology in Phoenix for choosing out my outfit.
My coworkers Darren, Sean and I arrived on the event at 4:30 p.m. sharp. We headed up the steps and into a room that was decked out in all issues crimson and black and waited for the person of the hour — you may test all of it out within the hyperlink to the video beneath.
I’ve to respect Tiger for making us all costume up and then displaying up in a hoodie and denims.
I used to be principally curious to be taught why the model is three phrases, Sun Day Red, as an alternative of merely Sunday Red, and I used to be completely satisfied to get my reply on Monday night.
Apparently, Tiger’s massive into the rule of threes. It was a fixed theme that got here up whereas speaking concerning the model, in addition to the truth that we (on the most effective days) play within the solar, and not simply on Sundays. And thus, Sun Day Red was born!
Then we acquired to take a look at the attire and even left the event with some Sun Day Red swag. Thanks for the glove, tees, golf towel, sweatshirt, sweat shorts and t-shirt, Mr. Woods!
It’s undoubtedly going to be an adjustment to get used to seeing Tiger with out the Nike Swoosh.
Following Tiger’s observe spherical
One of the various distinctive options of this week on Tour is that there aren’t any followers on web site till Thursday. So Tiger’s observe spherical was fairly empty, until you depend dozens of media members following him. But there have been no loud followers and I had the right morning catching the second half of his Tuesday 9 holes.
I don’t suppose sufficient is made about how stunning Riviera is. The course is fairly open, so that you get a nice view from principally wherever you might be. There are large properties on both aspect of the valley that the course is in, and the chilly mornings flip into completely heat afternoons fairly rapidly. I dropped my stuff within the media heart, grabbed a latte from the barista on web site and headed out to comply with Tiger.
He had his regular squad with him at present — Rob McNamara, his assistant and some safety. There’s additionally his new caddie, Lance Bennett, who I did my greatest to analysis this morning. He’s been looping since 2003 and has three children. He’s been on the bag for Matt Kuchar, Davis Riley, Juli Inkster, Paula Creamer and Lorena Ochoa.
Bennett additionally has Kingmade Jerky linked in his Instagram account which both means they sponsor him or he simply actually likes their stuff.
Tiger’s limping gave the impression to be at a minimal, and the trek from the 18th tee to the 18th fairway is not any joke. It’s a hill that needs to be climbed in single file order, and Tiger appeared to beat it with ease. Before heading out for the day, he greeted Justin Thomas, who had extra in his pockets than I do once I’m avoiding bringing a bag to an event.
Spieth and JT
I ended my day by following Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas’ observe spherical. They performed a handful of holes on the entrance and then the seventeenth and 18th, and we had been wrapping issues up when Bones invited me to get in on their putting contest. I didn’t even know whose putter I’d be utilizing once I agreed to take part, however quickly discovered that I used to be utilizing Spieth’s.
Unfortunately, I hit the putt approach too arduous and it trickled off the opposite aspect of the inexperienced. Sorry if I introduced your putter unhealthy luck this week, Spieth.
I surprisingly wasn’t too nervous for this, as a result of I spotted one thing essential: You’re by no means going to impress the world’s greatest gamers by being good. You would possibly, nevertheless, impress them by being unhealthy.
