In this video, Neil Tappin and Joel Tadman look at the coolest Masters gear 2020. They look at the special edition shoes and bags for this year's tournament plus they discuss some of the leading equipment stories of the week. 

In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by European Tour player Eddie Pepperell to look at how the Englishman builds a strategy on the course. Eddie plays the par 5 3rd at Frilford Heath and talks through his gameplan and the shots he hits. It is a fascinating insight into how a tour player thinks and there are some useful tips that could help your game too!

Kevin Sutherland makes birdie on 9th playoff hole at Schwab Cup Championship

PHOENIX — Kevin Sutherland made a 4-foot birdie putt on the ninth playoff hole to beat Paul Broadhurst on Monday in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Sutherland and Broadhurst were forced to return to Phoenix Country Club to finish the final PGA TOUR Champions event of the year after playing to a stalemate over six playoff holes in near darkness on Sunday. They continued to match each other through two playoff holes on a chilly morning in the desert, the second with dueling birdies.

Sutherland finally broke through on the ninth playoff hole, hitting his 163-yard approach shot from the fairway to 4 feet. He made the putt to win his fourth PGA TOUR Champions title after Broadhurst got up-and-down for par from short of the green.

Sutherland won at Phoenix Country Club to clinch the season title in 2017. His win this year was only for the tournament title. The season champion won't be crowned until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

After returning to the course Monday morning, Sutherland two-putted from 30 feet on No. 17, the seventh playoff hole. Broadhurst had it a little tougher after pulling his approach shot, but he chipped to about 4 feet and made the putt to extend the playoff.

Continuing with The Thunderbirds In the Community Conversations, last year’s WM Phoenix Open tournament chairman Tim Woods held a virtual discussion with Dr. Wayne Franklin, accomplished cardiovascular surgeon, Co-Director of Phoenix Children’s Heart Center and Director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH). The two leaders discussed healthcare challenges surrounding the current pandemic and how PCH modified its operations to stay safe while providing world-class healthcare here in the Valley of the Sun.

The Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open – and PCH have a long-standing friendship. To date, The Thunderbirds have provided more than $2.6 million in donations to PCH from monies raised from the popular golf event including a $500,000 donation in 2015 and a $400,000 donation in 2019 which was used to double the size of the hospital’s cardiovascular intensive care unit and fund new, state-of-the-art equipment.

Dr. Franklin spoke about how COVID-19 has impacted the hospital and the cardiovascular unit.

The Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open – unveiled a new tournament logo today that will be used in all event messaging, marketing and branding beginning with the 2021 WM Phoenix Open, scheduled to be played Feb. 1-7 at TPC Scottsdale, and beyond. The new moniker features the most iconic hole in golf – the 16th hole stadium at TPC Scottsdale – and partner Waste Management’s distinctive WM.

“We’re extremely excited to unveil our new tournament logo, which we feel reflects the modern look and feel of our event,” said 2021 WM Phoenix Open Tournament Chairman Scott Jenkins. “The new logo is recognizable and fitting for our world-class tournament and representative of an outstanding partnership with Waste Management – one of the very best on the PGA TOUR.”

In 2019, Waste Management extended its title sponsorship of the Phoenix Open through 2030, which replaced a 10-year agreement endorsed during the 2016 tournament. Since Waste Management became title sponsor in 2010, the WM Phoenix Open has raised more than $95 million for Arizona charities, while Waste Management’s zero waste approach – which began at the 2012 event – has diverted tournament waste through recycling, composting, donation, reuse or energy creation, making the WM Phoenix Open the largest zero waste sporting event in the world.