The Honda Classic started on Thursday on the Champion course at PGA National but due to timing and some bad luck, it’s a bit light on star power. The event is now sandwiched between the Players Championship, the Tour’s flagship tournament with a $15 million purse, and the World Golf Championship Match Play event.
As a result of that as well as injuries and COVID withdrawals, the field doesn’t have any of the players ranked in the top 14 in the world.
The ever-popular Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler are in the field. So is the growing-in-popularity Lee Westwood, fresh off consecutive runner-up finishes in the Players and the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Former Honda champion and Masters winner Adam Scott and defending champion Sungjae Im are also playing this week.
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