PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — Standing on the 15th tee, Rich Beem had it made. He was 1-under for the tournament with four holes to play.
Friday Cut Line: THE PLAYERS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — He’s got a bad back and a bum knee. Oh, and that left shoulder of his has been bothering Bernhard Langer for about a year now.
Harmon’s side: He denies offering Daly an apology
Golf instructor Butch Harmon spoke to John Daly last week, but said he did not offer an apology for parting ways with the troubled golfer after reports that Daly had been drinking in a hospitality tent at a March PGA Tour event.

I told him that he had no one to blame but himself, that ‘until you start realizing that you’re the cause of all this and get some help, you’re going to continue to have problems.’ I told him I would be glad to help. But I wasn’t going to retract anything that I said. 
– Butch Harmon
Harrington timing schedule to peak for U.S. Open
British Open champion Padraig Harrington will skip next month’s PGA Championship at Wentworth, the European Tour’s flagship event, because it would disrupt his preparation for the U.S. Open.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Other players might have gotten frustrated. They might have let those back-to-back bogeys lead to even more dropped shots.



