PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. On Wednesday morning, when the last bit of polish was being applied to the Stadium Course in advance of The Players Championship, word came that Vijay Singh had filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Golf is now played outside the ropes.
On Sunday afternoon, as a light rain turned steadily harder, Charles Frost, the head of instruction on pro Scott Davenport’s Quail Hollow Club golf shop staff, was busy doing the unseen work of bringing the Wells Fargo Championship to life.
Charlotte regional president of Wells Fargo says ‘everything feels good’ about the tournament’s future at Quail Hollow, and this week’s event is sold out. But negotiations for a new five-year commitment between Wells Fargo and the PGA Tour.
With less than a week before players arrive for the Wells Fargo Championship and no hope of getting the eighth and 10th greens in playable condition, officials took the dramatic step of resodding both putting surfaces.
Johnson Wagner paused in the 10th fairway at the Harbour Town Golf Links during a casual practice round before the RBC Heritage and tried to explain the underlying frustration of a season in which he’s missed as many cuts (five) as he’s made.
