Width & Angles: March 29th, 2026
Wonderful Woodland & Fitzmagic in India
Thoughts on Tiger
I really hate what happened this weekend with Tiger. Love him or hate him, he’s one of the best to ever play the game. I hope he’s finally able to get the help and peace that he needs. It goes to show that none of the all-time greats in sports never retire peacefully; they all do it in their own unique way.
Houston Open
I usually try to be somewhat funny and witty in this newsletter, but this week I want to take a different tone with Gary Woodland. What Gary has come back from over the last three years is truly incredible. I can’t imagine going through brain surgery and then dealing with the PTSD that followed, which was revealed just a few weeks ago. Unreal stuff - I’m not crying, you’re crying.
Gary beat one of the Højgaards (I think Nikolai) and Min Woo Lee by five strokes to dominate the week. He played like the Gary who won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 2019, taking over the tournament and overpowering the course with his insane driver setup (more on that later). I really want Gary to be a part of this new PGA Tour over the next few years. I feel like every week announcers make the winner sound like the best player to ever walk the earth, but with Gary, I actually believe it.
Memorial Park seems to be a hidden gem among the Tour’s normal rotation of high-end public and private courses. It gets more than 50k rounds per year, and if you live in the Houston area, you can play it for less than $70 on a weekend. Places like this and Harding Park are the true heartbeat of golf in major cities and should be prioritized by the PGA Tour.
Hero Indian Open
Alex Fitzpatrick won on the DP World Tour the week after his older brother Matt won the Valspar on the PGA Tour. It would be such a cool story if, at a future Ryder Cup, you had the Højgaards and the Fitzpatricks playing together. All credit to Alex, though—he’s been in Matt’s shadow for most of his professional career, and this is a huge step for him. Hopefully, it’s a launchpad to an extremely successful career of his own.
Aramco Championship
This week on the LPGA Tour, Nelly Korda lost to Hyo Joo Kim for the second week in a row. It’s great to see Nelly playing well again. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t tune into the LPGA Tour as much as I should, but if we can regularly get Nelly into contention, there will be more eyes on it.
That said, the LPGA Tour makes it difficult to watch the coverage, and they need to figure that out. Beth Ann Nichols said it best during Lydia Ko’s attempt to shoot 59.
Equipment News
Titleist GTS release on tour this week looked to successful. A few tour pros switched to it and will only grow in anticipation for the May release.
Jonathan Wall@jonathanrwallBright and early 🌞 with in-hand photos of @Titleist’s new GTS drivers from Houston. Here’s an off the rip breakdown of what I’m seeing…
1:04 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 90.1K Views8 Replies · 11 Reposts · 364 LikesGary Woodland plays a 7ish degree Cobra OPTM with a Ventus Black 8X.
Jack Hirsh@JR_HIRSHeyGary Woodland's OPTM Max LS-K Prototype Driver is a thing of beauty (and an absolute tank with a Ventus Black 8-X in there). God I hope we get something like this at retail. Not too many guys easier to root for than GW.
12:25 AM · Mar 30, 2026 · 15.7K Views1 Reply · 76 Likes
Random Thoughts
Other siblings in golf
Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard
Matt and Alex Fitzpatricks
Nelly and Jessica Korda
Trevor and Mark Immelman
Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn
Francesco and Edoardo Molinari
If you don’t tune into the ANWA (Augusta National Women’s Amateur) I would highly recommend it this Sunday
Do we think Bubba is going to get the earliest “retirement” from The Masters?
Rankings!
