SCOTTSDALE — The tributes to Kobe Bryant keep coming at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. On Sunday, the PGA Tour said it plans to get into the act, too.
There have been shoes and hats decorated with Bryant’s number by the likes of Gary Woodland and Bryson DeChambeau, stamped wedges by Justin Thomas, who also sported a white-and-red Lower Merion No. 33 jersey, Bryant’s high school jersey, while playing the par-3 16th every day.
Tournament leader Tony Finau has rocked Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey while playing 16 in 2 under this week. He nearly aced it in the third round.
On Saturday night, the PGA Tour tweeted out the hole location for Sunday’s final round, 24 paces on and 8 from the left, highlighting the two numbers that Bryant wore during his illustrious career. Bryant was killed along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven other people in a helicopter crash one week ago.
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The flag is embroidered with No. 8 on one side and No. 24 on the other.
Finau said he will definitely don the Bryant jersey, which he has put on in the tunnel leading to the 16th tee each day, on Sunday as he tries for his first win since 2016.
