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SOCIAL EYES

Welcome to this week’s Social Eyes. We’ll start with the big news of the week. No Tiger.

While his withdrawal from the Safeway Open was a blow to the vast majority of the golfing world, for PGA Tour player Max Homa, it meant he got a place in the event.

He summed his feelings up with this perfect tweet.

It also means the media centre at Silverado Resort may not be as full as anticipated…

Aussie Steven Bowditch, who made just three cuts in his last 18 events of the 2016 season, offered to help Woods rediscover his confidence… by playing a practice round with him.

But, above all, there was sadness and disappointment.

However, there is one man making an injury comeback this week. Ian Poulter.

But the Englishman has received a fair bit of stick for opting for the Macau Open on the Asian Tour over the European Tour’s British Masters – a tournament he hosted last year.

Two weeks on from the Ryder Cup, Dustin Johnson showed he’s still winning on holiday in Mexico…

familia

A photo posted by sara (@sara.cuse) on Oct 8, 2016 at 2:20pm PDT

Me and my beaches @sara.cuse @djohnsonpga

A photo posted by Paulina Gretzky (@paulinagretzky) on Oct 6, 2016 at 11:16am PDT

Bae Watch

A photo posted by Paulina Gretzky (@paulinagretzky) on Oct 7, 2016 at 1:21pm PDT

vs.

A photo posted by Trevor Gretzky (@trevorgretzky) on Oct 6, 2016 at 7:28am PDT

And that continued even when he returned, after being named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year.

A little over two years ago, Greg Norman almost lost his hand in a chainsaw accident.

And, in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, he was forced to pull out his old nemesis once more to clear his driveway.

And finally…

Eddie Pepperell, who explained to bunkered.co.uk back in July why he’d quit Twitter, has returned to the social media platform.

He can be found at @PepperellEddie and is already producing some cracking tweets, including this…

Poor Vaughan McCall.

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