PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Last Monday, Webb Simpson walked onto the range at his home club in Charlotte, North Carolina, to hit golf balls for the first time since January. The seven-time PGA Tour winner had been sidelined since the Sony Open with a bulging disc in his neck and his surgeon had finally given him a green light to start hitting again.
“I was so nervous,” Simpson laughed Monday at TPC Sawgrass. “My first session on the range I was like, man, this feels great.”
It also felt great to be preparing for a tournament in March and not April or even May.