Wie sinks incredible birdie putt at last for win in Singapore

Michelle Wie keeps putting herself back together again.

Broken down by injury or illness or slump so many times in her career, she keeps finding ways to overcome.

She did it again Sunday in brilliant fashion, coming from five shots behind in the final round to win the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore with a dramatic putt at the final hole, a 36-foot birdie from just off the front of the green.

Wie thrust her fist into the sky when that last putt fell, and then she punched the air twice more in giddy delight.

“I think that has to be the best putt of my career so far,” she said.

Four long, frustrating years after winning the U.S. Women’s Open, Wie was finally able to claim her fifth LPGA title.

“It’s been a tough journey since 2014,” she said. “It’s been kind of well documented. I’ve had some injuries, had a really bad year, just lost a lot of confidence. I’m just really proud of myself for pulling myself out of it.”

Wie’s parents, B.J. and Bo, were in the gallery following, as they always are. Her parents have been scrutinized and criticized as much as any in the sport over their handling of the former phenom. Wie, 28, said they were on her mind when that last putt dropped.

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“When I made the putt, I could just picture my parents kind of celebrating,” Wie said. “My family believed in me relentlessly, and with that, I started to believe in myself.”

Wie beat a star-studded lineup Sunday that included 19 of the top 20 players in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings.

“This is Asia’s major,” Wie said.

With a bogey-free 7-under-par 65, Wie prevailed in a crazy afternoon of high drama, breaking out of a four-way tie for the lead with that birdie at the last. She finished at 17 under overall, a shot ahead of Brooke Henderson (67), Danielle Kang (70), Nelly Korda (71) and Jenny Shin (65).

“Everyone was really clustered up there on the leaderboard,” Wie said. “I’m just really proud of myself for making a lot of birdies, and [to] keep going.”

So many players got in the mix on the back nine, with one player after another mounting charges. The course record was 64, but five players equaled or broke the mark in the final round.

After her closing birdie, Wie had to wait in the wings and watch Korda and Kang miss birdie chances at the last that could have forced a playoff.

The victory was sweet for Wie for a lot of reasons, including her inability to close out a 54-hole lead in this event a year ago.

“I just wanted to get revenge after last year a little bit,” Wie said. “I kind of came with a slight chip on my shoulder in the morning.”

Wie overcame so much winning that U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst in 2014, when she finally looked ready to realize all her potential in a run to No. 1. But, she was derailed by a finger injury later that summer, and then by hip, knee and ankle injuries that led to an awful slump after that. When she finally looked as if she was turning a corner again last year, neck spasms and an emergency appendectomy derailed her in the summer.

“Definitely, my team and my family and my friends have pulled me out of the hard times and kept me going,” Wie said. “There have been moments where it was hard. It was hard to keep going and to keep playing.”

Wie’s longtime swing coach, David Leadbetter, has been there through all the challenges with her since she was 13.

“I can’t list all the injuries Michelle has had in her career,” Leadbetter said at year’s start. “I don’t think there is one joint or bone in her body that hasn’t had some sort of injury or issue.

“The main goal this year is really to see if she can go injury free.”

Leadbetter believes Wie hasn’t reached what she’s really capable of yet, but he’s hopeful this might be the year. There was promise loaded in Sunday’s victory.

 

Source: http://www.golfchannel.com/

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March Rates

3/1-3/10

Monday – Friday only

7:00-7:52 am = $39.25                      $42.00 w/ tax

8:00-11:22 am = $49.53                    $53.00 w/ tax

11:30-11:52 pm = $44.86                  $48.00 w/ tax

12:00-1:52 pm = $39.25                   $42.00 w/ tax

2:00 – 3:22 pm = $28.04                  $30.00 w/ tax

3:30 – close = $23.36                       $25.00 w/ tax

Saturday

7:00-7:52 am = $42.06                    $45.00 w/ tax

8:00-11:22 am = $49.53                  $53.00 w/ tax

11:30-12:22 pm = $44.86                $48.00 w/ tax

12:30-2:22 pm = $39.25                 $42.00 w/ tax

2:30 – 3:52 pm = $28.04                $30.00 w/ tax

4:00 – close = $23.36                     $25.00 w/ tax

Sunday

7:00-7:52 am = $42.06                 $45.00 w/ tax

8:00-11:22 am = $49.53               $53.00 w/ tax

11:30-11:52 am = $44.86              $48.00 w/ tax

12:00-1:52 pm = $39.25               $42.00 w/ tax

2:00 – close = $23.36                   $25.00 w/ tax

 

3/11-3/31 after Daylight savings Time

Monday – Friday only

7:15-7:52 am = $39.25                  $42.00 w/ tax

8:00-11:22 am = $49.53                $53.00 w/ tax

11:30-12:22 pm = $44.86              $48.00 w/ tax

12:30-1:52 pm = $39.25               $42.00 w/ tax

2:00 – 2:22 pm = $33.65              $36.00 w/ tax

2:30 – 3:52 = $28.04                    $30.00 w/ tax

Saturday

7:15-7:52 am = $42.06               $45.00 w/ tax

8:00-11:22 am = $49.53             $53.00 w/ tax

11:30-12:22 pm = $44.86           $48.00 w/ tax

12:30-1:52 pm = $39.25             $42.00 w/ tax

2:00- 2:22 PM = $33.65             $36.00 w/  tax

2:30 – 3:52 pm = $28.04            $30.00 w/ tax

4:00 – close = $23.36                 $25.00 w/ tax

Sunday

7:15-7:52 am = $42.06               $45.00 w/ tax

8:00-11:22 am = $49.53             $53.00 w/ tax

11:30-11:52 am = $44.86            $48.00 w/ tax

12:00-1:52 pm = $39.25             $42.00 w/ tax

2:00 – close = $23.36                 $25.00 w/ tax

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Friday night at MOC bar and grill

Friday night is Shrimp basket special at MOC Bar and grill and we have a couple of new items to introduce. New Chef Andrew has created a tasty crunchy grouper wrap served with French fries as well as his very own Award Winning sweet Bar B Que chili which we will have starting tomorrow. In the next couple of weeks we will be rolling out  a new menu with different specials as we will be discontinuing the current specials. We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

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Justin Thomas edges Luke List in playoff to win Honda Classic

By AP NEWS

Sunday, February 25, 2018

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Justin Thomas was down to his last chance when he delivered his most clutch shot of the final round in the Honda Classic.

Turns out he wasn’t finished.

Thomas nearly holed a gap wedge on the par-5 18th hole for a birdie to force a playoff with Luke List. Moments later, he hit 5-wood over the water, urged it to keep going and lost it momentarily in the darkening sky over PGA National.

“All I was looking at was the water to see if it splashed,” Thomas said. “And it didn’t. So I figured I was in the bunker, and then people started clapping and I could kind of see some little white dot on the green.”

That set up a two-putt birdie that made him a winner when List, who hit his own bold shot in regulation to the 18th to set up birdie, could only manage par in the playoff.

Thomas closed with a 2-under 68 and won for the second time this season. He also won in a playoff at the CJ Cup in South Korea last fall. With eight career victories, including seven in his last 31 starts on the PGA Tour, he moved to No. 3 in the world. He is one spot ahead of longtime friend Jordan Spieth for the first time, which was of little significance to Thomas.

“Not really,” he said. “Because there’s still two more spots that I want to climb.’

List, going for his first PGA Tour victory, shot 32 on the back nine and closed with a 69. His only regret was a tee shot wide right in the playoff that landed amid palm trees and left him little options. He went left against the bleachers, and hit a superb approach to about 25 feet and two-putted for par.

 

 

“Obviously, it hurts right now,” List said. “But I think that when I look back on it, I’ll be proud of the way I hung in there.”

Alex Noren (67) finished third. He was tied for the lead when he went for the green on the 18th, only for the ball to hit hung up on the side of the collar of a bunker, leaving him a tough chip. He missed a birdie chance from 20 feet.

Tiger Woods was briefly within three shots of the lead on the front nine. He closed with a 70 and finished 12th.

The 5-wood turned out to be the winner for Thomas. The wedge made it possible.

Jack Nicklaus was in the broadcast booth for most of the final round, leaving before Thomas and List reached the 18th hole. It might have all looked familiar to Nicklaus, the U.S. captain of the 1983 Ryder Cup at PGA National. The big moment that year was Lanny Wadkins nearly jarring a wedge on the 18th hole, a shot so meaningful to the outcome that Nicklaus kissed the divot.

Thomas missed the 18th fairway in regulation and had no choice but to lay up. List followed with his 4-iron to 35 feet.

“I have a lot of confidence in my wedge game,” Thomas said. “I knew if I got a decent number that I was going to be able to get inside 10 feet. That’s all I wanted was a chance to try to get into a playoff. And then ended up hitting a great wedge.”

Thomas and List finished at 8-under 272. It was the seventh playoff in 15 PGA Tour events this season.

Woods made that Sunday red shirt look a little brighter, at least for a while. With an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 eighth hole, he momentarily pulled within three shots of the lead. That only lasted the few minutes that it took Thomas to tap in for birdie on the par-5 third.

 

Woods made bogey to close out his front nine, and he still was four shots behind until getting swallowed up again by the water-filled closing stretch. He put his tee shot into water and made double bogey for the second straight day, three-putted the 16th for bogey and was out of hope.

“I made a big leap this week because I really hit it well,” Woods said. “I was able to control it, especially in this wind, which is not easy to do.”

Woods led the field in proximity to the hole on his approach shots at just over 29 feet.

Not to be overlooked was Sam Burns of LSU, who last year won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top college player who received a sponsor exemption. Playing alongside Woods in such a chaotic arena, he was bogey-free for a 68 to tie for eighth. That will get him into the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook in two weeks.

Five players had at least a share of the lead. Only three of them stuck around until the end.

Webb Simpson missed the fairway on the 11th hole and had to lay up instead of taking on the water. That led to the first of three bogeys in a four-hole stretch and sent him to a 72, four shots behind. Tommy Fleetwood was tied for the lead until a three-putt bogey from long range on the 14th, and a bogey from the back bunker on the 15th. A birdie on the final hole for a 69 left him two shots behind.

Source: Golf.com

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The MOC hosts the West Florida Golf Tour this Monday February 19th

The MOC plays host on Monday, February 19th to the West Florida Golf Tour, the Suncoast Regions developmental golf tour open to both professionals and amateurs. First place will take home the winners share of a guaranteed $1,000. We look forward to showcasing our golf course with improvements that have been including our Tif Eagle greens which we expect to be rolling at PGA Tour caliber speeds of between 11-12 on the stimpmeter.

There is also a West Florida AM tour playing Monday as well following the professionals. Amateur golfers play a point quota game as well.  There is room for some to sign up on wesrfloridagolftour.com to enter.

Tee times start at 7:30 AM off of the 1st tee. Come watch past, present , and future PGA , European Tour, Web.com tour, PGA Tour Latino America, and PGA tour Canada test their games at The Moccasin Wallow Golf Club.

 

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Every Wednesday Military and First Responders

On Wednesdays we welcome all of our heroes with 10% savings at Moccasin Wallow Golf Club for all active and retired military, police officers, firefighters and emergency responders on all golf and restaurant purchases.

Must show valid service I.D at check-in to validate discount otherwise prevailing rack rates will apply. Call (941)723-0500 or book online to set up your Wednesday game.

 

Membership and play card info 

The 2018 winter season is upon us  as  we have come up with our membership rates and other options for those interested in making The MOC their home club. We have a few options available depending on each golfers needs. Our 12 month membership rates have stayed the same with the exception of lowering our member cart rate from $20.50 cents to $18.00 as well as adding the option for a member to play a nine hole rate of $12.00 per round. We have  ten play cards to unlimited play with carts for 12 months.

As we took over the golf course in May 2016 we set out our vision of rebuilding and rebranding one of the best golf clubs in the area. We have made many of the improvements to the club we had promised including and starting with the Irrigation. New Computers, pump house overhaul, new tubing, wiring, heads, lines, everything that we needed to do to start our renovation. Next were the new TifEagle Greens that came from the same sod field that was used to rebuild TPC Sawgrass. We then decided to renovate and redo the fairways with Celebration Bermuda grass. It was a close call and were glad we had Mother Nature help us with a warm fall. While all of this was going on our family had created a great new vision for the clubhouse which many think is one of the nicest bar and restaurant areas at a golf club they have been to. We knew we weren’t done as we had to see how the golf course would play. The dry spring took its toll as our over seed had burned out and our tees and rough areas were really struggling. We had to act fast and hired a company to laser level 75,000 square feet of tees and our driving range. The grow in was a success and we will continue to make additional  improvements to our facilities. Our collars have grown in as well and our feedback from returnees have all given great reviews.

 

Punch card Fee schedule 

Cards are good for one year.

10 play card.                      $475. Plus tax   $47.50    per round

20 play card.                     $875 plus tax.   $43.75    per round

25 play card                      $1075 plus tax.  $43.00   per round

30 play card.                     $1275 Plus tax    $42.50  per round

40 play card.                     $1625 plus tax.   $40.63  per round

50 play card.                     $1975  Plus tax   $39.50  per round

80 play card (couples)     $2999.99  Plus tax   $37.49   per round

 

*all cards are non transferable and non refundable 

 

Listed below are our membership rates for those interested in becoming a member of the MOC.

Single 12 month membership rates

$1900 + tax

$150 per month x 12 =$1800 includes $100 for a warm up bag, USGA handicap, %10 off soft goods in golf shops, %10 off restaurant not including alcohol sales

 

Couple 12 month membership rates

$3500 + tax

$275 per month x 12 =$3300 includes $200 for a warm up bag, USGA  handicap, %10 off soft goods in golf shops, %10 off restaurant not including alcohol sales

6 month single membership rates

$1500

warm up bag, handicap, %10 off soft goods in golf shops, %10 off restaurant not including alcohol sale

6 month Couple  rates

$2625

warm up bag, handicap, %10 off soft goods in golf shops, %10 off restaurant not including alcohol sale

3 month single rates

$975

3 month couple rates

$1750

1 month membership

$350

*all rates are plus tax

Cart Fees

The first is a cart fee for each round played. $18.00 plus tax per round for 18 holes. Nine hole rate of $11.21 plus tax.

The second is a trail fee for homeowners that own their own cart and have a single or family trail fee to match.

12 month single trail fee $1500 125 x 12 months

12 month couple trail fee $2400 $200 x 12 months.

Second cart is an additional $1200 single trail fee.

3 month trail fee Single   $750

3 month couple trail fee   $1200

6 month trail fee single    $1125

6 month trail fee couple   $1800

The third option is unlimited use of a club cart for $1800 per person.

3 month unlimited use $900

6 month unlimited cart $1350

*if a couple with a private cart trail fee plays separate and must use a club cart there is a fee of $18.00.

*All members choosing to pay monthly must keep a credit card on file

* 3 and 6 month memberships can not be broken up and must be used consecutively. ​

*Let us create a membership or multiple play card that works best for you.

 

Thank you to everyone for their patience and support as we continue to improve our experience. Please call if you have any further questions.

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Taco Tuesday and Wing Wednesday

$1.25 Tacos

The Moccasin Wallow Golf Club Bar & Grill offers $1.25 beef tacos every  Tuesday!

Enjoy seasoned ground beef served in a crunchy taco shell, lettuce, and cheddar cheese, with salsa on the side.

Wing Wednesday – 75 cents each!

Wing Night ‧ 75 cents each!

Choose sauce:

Extra Hot Buffalo, BBQ, Garlic Parmesan, Honey Hot, Mild Buffalo, Sweet Hot Chili, Teriyaki.

(Quantity of 5; One sauce per order)

To check out our menu, click below.

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Moccasin Wallow Golf Club
9680 Buffalo Rd
Palmetto Fl
34221
TEL: (941) 723-0500
Moccasin Wallow Golf Club
9680 Buffalo Rd
Palmetto Fl
34221
TEL: (941) 723-0500
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WATCH: Billy Hurley III releases hilarious campaign video against Jordan Spieth

By SEAN ZAK

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

It was a quiet race for Chairman of the PGA Tour Advisory Council. That was until Billy Hurley III made a late splash this week.

Hurley III was going up against Jordan Spieth, Golden Child and no. 3 golfer in the world. It was tough competition, and with just one day left for Tour players to vote, he turned to a classic campaign strategy: mudslinging.

Hurley III released a video pinpointing all of Spieth’s flaws, from him being an elite, “one percenter” golfer, to the ways in which he treats his caddie Michael Greller. Beyond that, Hurley III called attention to his own military history.

The video swept across PGA Tour circles Monday, with many players tweeting it out saying Hurley III had captured their vote. Why? Well, because the video is hilarious and you’d need to watch it for yourself. The impact of the video was so great that Jordan Spieth himself even admitted he would vote for Hurley III.

Source: Golf.com

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February 10, 2018

Kenny Sikes and Jim Nowak played the 1st round of golf on Feb 10, 2017.

Today marks our 1 year anniversary of The MOC being open for business. When we first took over we had the vision to rebuild the golf course and facility to make it one that everyone could enjoy. In the next few weeks and months we will be continuing to improve the facility.

On the golf course we will be adding an Orange tee that will play to a distance of 3725 yards to open our course to all golfers. We encourage all golfers to find the right tee for them for enjoyment and ability.

The bridal suite will be completed over the next couple of weeks so that we can start hosting weddings as well as other catered events.

We will finish the exterior of the clubhouse to include the fountain, recarpeting the entry ways to the clubhouse, as well as in the future fixing the back patio and the clock tower.

There seems to be some activity on the sites out front as there are supposed to be clearing the land very soon.

We thank everyone for your support and it’s always a great day to golf the MOC.

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Gary Woodland wins in sudden death at Waste Management

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It had been five long years since he won, but that wasn’t what was on Gary Woodland’s mind when he made the final putt and pointed to the sky.

He was thinking of the family member who was gone but not forgotten.

“Yeah, that was just kind of a tribute to last year,” Woodland said after shooting a final-round 64 and beating Chez Reavie with a par on the first playoff hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. “Obviously, we lost a little girl, and being there, seeing my wife give birth to her, that’s real.”

Woodland’s eyes flooded with tears. “Just wanted her to know I still love her,” he said.

On March 29 of last year, Woodland released a statement that he and his wife, Gabby, had lost one of their unborn twins. He had just withdrawn from the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, and in the statement he added that “doctors will be monitoring the health of my wife and the other baby for the remainder of the pregnancy.”

Just over 10 months later, Gabby and their son, Jaxson, surprised him on the 18th green as the family celebrated Gary’s first victory since the 2013 Barracuda Championship. Woodland calls Jaxson his “miracle” son, and he and Gabby held him close and continue to do so after the trials of 2017.

“Really took off about four months,” said Woodland, who moves from 38th to fifth in the FedExCup standings. “But I found a way to get to the TOUR Championship, kind of battled through the end of the year, and I couldn’t wait for 2018 to start.”

Said Brennan Little, Woodland’s caddie: “His demeanor has been better. Last year was a bit of a mess. I mean, not really knowing his schedule, missing a few events, going home. Now the wife and the baby have been out; his attitude has been really good, which I think you can see in some of the rounds in Hawaii and San Diego, he got off to some bad starts and brought them back.”

Woodland was trending in the right direction after a T7 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and a T12 at the Farmers Insurance Open. Matt Kuchar, who hung around to congratulate Woodland after the victory, said he played nine holes with Woodland on Tuesday before the start of the WMPO and was wowed. “He was driving it just so well,” Kuchar said.

In addition to his wife and son, Woodland was cheered on by his parents, his sister and her husband, and others from back home in Topeka, Kansas. (He now lives in South Florida.) He got a text from his coach, Butch Harmon, on Thursday, urging him to put four good rounds together and not worry about the score. He did that, and recent putting lessons from friend Brad Faxon paid dividends, as well, as Woodland made 200 feet of putts on the weekend.

“I was in the zone,” he said. “I mean, I really had it going. My caddie asked me when I got done, did I know I made nine birdies. I didn’t even know I did that.”

Now it’s on to California for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and the resumption of a career that for five years was sidetracked by frustration, injuries and loss.

“It’s really hard to put in words right now,” Woodland said. “Last year we battled through it, couldn’t get to the off-season quick enough, couldn’t start 2018 soon enough. For [Jaxson] to be here, it’s obviously a miracle, but I’m just so excited to share this with him and my family, and hopefully it’s the start of something special.”

Source: PGATour.com 
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