On Thursday of the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, Miura, a high-end Japanese club manufacturer known for its hand-crafted irons, announced that it signed Mexico’s Abraham Ancer as the first brand ambassador on the PGA TOUR in the company’s history, which started in 1957. As part of the agreement, Ancer, who’s currently 42nd in the FedExCup standings, “will work directly with the Miura family in Himeji, Japan, to craft his custom-designed forged irons, and will don the trademark Miura hat at TOUR events,” according to the company.

“I switched to Miura irons well before any partnership; I just wanted to play the best forged irons available,” Ancer said in a press release.

Although Ancer already plays Miura irons, it sounds as though he will have the opportunity to be more involved with the design process going forward.

Miura’s Master Fitter Genaro Davila originally custom fit Ancer two years ago into a set of Miura irons. Now, as part of Ancer’s new deal, the 27-year-old will team up with Davila, and entrepreneur Gerardo Benavides, to form Dead Solid Perfect (DSP) Golf Mexico, which is a fitting studio and club assembly facility located in Monclova, Coahuila, that will be fully stocked with Miura products.

Puerto Rico Open Preview

The Puerto Rico Open makes an official return to the PGA TOUR schedule after a one-year hiatus to recover from Hurricane Maria. Native Puerto Rican Rafa Campos welcomes D.A. Points to defend his title from 2017 and is joined by former PLAYERS champion David Duval, Daniel Berger and Hall of Famer Retief Goosen. Here's everything you need to know for Round 1.

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HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN (ALL TIMES ET)

TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 2:30-5 p.m. (GC). Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (GC).

From 1999-2013, Tiger Woods amassed 18 wins in World Golf Championships events in nine different locations, including seven victories in the tournament now known as the WGC-Mexico Championship.

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – After a one-year hiatus, the Puerto Rico Open is back on the PGA TOUR.

After Hurricane Maria caused catastrophic damage to the island in 2017, tournament organizers decided to host a Pro-Am in 2018 that ended up raising more than $500,000 for relief efforts.

The Pro-Am featured past PGA TOUR winners and stars of the LPGA Tour and Web.com Tour, but this year the tournament is back, and so is the island.

It’s recovered well from one of the worst natural disasters on record and the Puerto Rican people are eager to welcome the world’s best once again. 

D.A. Points captured the last Puerto Rico Open in 2017. At 20 under par, he won by two shots over Bryson DeChambeau, Retief Goosen and Bill Lunde.

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