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World News – CA – A return to Sherwood for Tiger, Mickelson but few others – SportsnetCalifornia

The Sherwood Country Club is once again welcoming some of the best players in the world, some of whom come back to memories of punches, free money and a happy time of year with the holidays on the way.

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THOUSAND OAK, Calif .– The Sherwood Country Club is once again welcoming some of the best players in the world, some of whom return to memories of punches, free money and a happy time of year with holidays around the corner

Another sign of a younger generation on the PGA Tour, defending champion Tiger Woods is one of 11 players out of the 78-player field for the Zozo Championship at Sherwood who competed on the Jack Nicklaus design

Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, and Xander Scheatele weren’t even on the PGA Tour when Sherwood hosted the unofficial World Challenge for the 14th and final time in 2013. PGA Champion Collin Morikawa was in Sherwood at the era, as a young spectator looking for an autograph (he didn’t understand it)

Patrick Reed was one month away from the world’s top 50 The top 5 remains out of reach so far

The happiest memories belong to Woods, who has won his tournament five times at Sherwood and has been a finalist five more times He was younger then, and there is another big change

« I’ve played well here over the years » said Woods « Let’s just say the pitch is a lot bigger than usual when I’ve played here I only had to beat 11 others guys So it’s very different «

His calculations were a bit wrong He must have beaten 15 other players except in 2011, when the field was extended to 18 players It was tough getting into Woods’ holiday tournament, and the same can be said now

The Zozo Championship debuted last year in Japan, and it was a great success despite the rain that wiped out one day and led to a finish on Monday He had Woods as the winner, his 82nd career title on the PGA Tour, to match Sam Snead for record

But with the COVID-19 pandemic – as well as the Masters moving through November – so many players were left behind that the Zozo Championship opted to move to Sherwood for the year And now everyone is playing

Sixty of the 78 players are from last year’s FedEx Cup rankings Single Player – US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, who is back at the Dallas lab working on his 48-inch driver – did not enter Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott had to withdraw after testing positive for coronavirus

Woods needed a sponsor exemption as defending champion Just like Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose

Woods has only played four times since the PGA Tour resumed in June, and not particularly well And while some of the Greens have changed, there’s no denying his Jack Nicklaus-designed history

“This golf course I think is typical of Jack,” said Woods “It’s pretty open in the fairways, but the second shots are very difficult and you have to miss the golf ball in the right places. over the years my iron game has been one of the stable parts of my game and normally Nicklaus golf courses reward good iron game »

Rory McIlroy played Sherwood twice, and the first time in 2010 was memorable It was his first time playing in a tournament with Woods, in the second round It was cool The finish, not so much

“I was very excited to be in this tournament And it’s an 18-man field. You have to be one of the best players in the world to play the game,” said McIlroy “Yeah, I was pretty much excited – nervous too I remember going down the last hole I think he had 5 pennies for the day and I had 4 pennies And I think: `If I birdie I can tie him up »

« He ended up birdie and I doubled the last one », he said « But still a great experience »

This week that experience comes back to Matthew Wolff, who grew up 10 minutes away in Agoura Hills and was so good so young that he was invited to play Sherwood as a young tee and still gets privileges on his return home

Wolff was 14 when he came to Sherwood to watch, and it felt like another winning moment for Woods, until Zach Johnson found himself tied in the drop zone on the 18th and won with a by in series

« While I’m sure I wanted Tiger to win then, it was really cool to just see the thrilling finish and those clutch shots down the home stretch, » Wolff said. » I think this is a great setup for a small field It’s going to be a lot of excitement and it’s one of those courses that I think you can tear it up if you hit the punches, but there are water and problems and the rough is quite thick So it will be a good test «

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