When Yusaku Miyazato made two aces in the same round last week at the Reno-Tahoe Open, it was believed to be the first time anyone had accomplished the feat on the PGA TOUR. It has since been discovered that amateur Bill Whedon had two in the same round in the 1955 Insurance City Open (Hartford, Conn.). • The last player to make two aces in the same tournament on TOUR was Glen Day who had two at the 1994 Canon Greater Hartford Open. Earlier that same season, Bob Tway had two in the same tournament during the Memorial Tournament. • Rookie J.B. Holmes set a new one-tournament record for Driving Distance at last week’s World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational with a 350-yard average off the tee. The old mark was 347.3 by Scott Hend at the 2005 Bank of America Colonial. His eight measured drives were 307-405-338-413-321-364-272 and 380 yards. Holmes finished in a tie for 50th. • Not only did Will MacKenzie capture his first career TOUR title last week at the Reno-Tahoe Open, he also tied the TOUR record by recording three eagles in the first round. He had four for the week after making six in his previous 63 rounds this year. • More on MacKenzie: The second-year player had only one previous top-10 finish in his career -- a tie for eighth at the 2005 Michelin Championship at Las Vegas. His top finish previously this year was 23rd at the BellSouth Classic. The victory boosted him from 179th on the money list to 95th. • If the TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola were played this week, the 30-man field would feature 18 former Nationwide Tour players. |
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