January 9—Jordan Spieth is without doubt one of the highlights on the Sony Open at Waialae Nation Membership beginning Thursday.

Kapalua, Maui—Jordan Spieth is without doubt one of the key gamers competing on the Sony Open, held at Waialae Nation Membership beginning Thursday.

However he’ll have to do some searching for a brand new driver earlier than he will get to the primary tee.

Spieth broke his drive on the Professional-Am on Wednesday’s Plantation Course and had to make use of a reserve driver all the event, ending thirteenth underneath 19 years outdated.

Spieth managed the driving force effectively within the first two rounds and was three behind the lead at midpoint earlier than closing in with rounds 71 ​​and 69.

“Just a few rides have been shocking to me once I checked out the place they have been going,” Spieth mentioned. “I want I had a greater weekend. I made some actually, actually unhealthy choices over the weekend. I simply performed on some mistaken pictures or within the mistaken golf equipment.”

So what precisely does driver procuring seem like for a participant like Spieth?

“I do know my man at Timvanci, JJ, can be there subsequent week with a couple of heads and a few brisker ones to strive. He is aware of precisely what I want,” Spieth mentioned. “So I do not anticipate having a couple of days’ circuits going to be an issue. However I did not have any (this week) so it was troublesome.”

Spieth mentioned he often switches between drivers a yr in the past. He gained the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio in 2021 with a cracked driver, and mentioned one driver had cracked a day or two earlier than the Masters in each 2016 and 1919.

“Everyone does that. It is not simply me,” Spieth mentioned. “It is unlucky that it is Wednesday or Sunday. And sure, it is good that it isn’t within the spring. It is good that it is in January. It could be higher in November, however January is okay.”

Hoge will not must go far for the Sony Open at Waialae Nation Membership, midway via the 39-player courtroom on the Sentry Contest of Champions, which can see his TCU earlier than Waialae.

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Apart from Tom Hoge.

The TCU graduate hoped to catch a flight from Maui to Los Angeles Sunday night time to observe the faculty soccer nationwide championship recreation at Sofi Stadium between TCU and No.

He would then return to Oahu on Tuesday morning.

After closing Sunday with a 9-under-64 draw, Hoge placed on his analyst hat and gave a breakdown of at present’s match.

“I hope we are able to hold with them. The beginning of the sport can be essential, similar to within the Michigan recreation, we took the lead early and someway obtained caught,” Hoge mentioned. “It will be a enjoyable recreation. I hope we’ll be within the fourth quarter with an opportunity to win. (TCU quarterback) Max Duggan has been our type of hero that has taken us again all yr, so I hope he can do it once more.”

Hoge has been within the prime 15 in 5 of the seven video games he has began this season.

Zalatoris tied eleventh in PGA return Beginning the season and taking part in for the primary time because the 2022 BMW Championship, Will Zalatoris completed eleventh underneath 20, following three consecutive 69s with an 8 underneath 65.

Regardless of lacking greater than 4 months as a consequence of a again harm, Zalatoris dropped to solely eleventh place within the Wolf Golf Rankings as a consequence of his current success.

In 24 video games within the 2021-22 season, Zalatoris gained the FedEx St. Jude Championship, and his harm compelled him to withdraw from the BMW Championship every week later. He completed within the prime 10 9 occasions and was runner-up on the PGA Championship and US Open. He additionally completed sixth on the Masters.

“Simply 4 rounds of well being was type of a aim this week, and also you’re clearly method forward of the curve,” mentioned 26-year-old Zalatoris, “My coach Josh mentioned. The remaining feels nice. I ran into some silly stuff to get some cross at the beginning of the week.”