As the endless intricacies of the European Ryder Cup qualification played out in the background, the BMW PGA Championship was claimed by an American, Billy Horschel.
Five years after overcoming a debilitating back injury that put him out of the game for more than two years, American Patrick Cantlay reached the PGA TOUR summit by winning the season-long prize, the FedExCup, and its $US15 million prizemoney.
ustralian Amateur champion Grace Kim will make her professional debut in just over a week when she enters pre-qualifying for the LPGA Tour’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout – the world’s 44th-ranked golfer and number-one most difficult name for golf writers to spell – had a great opening round at the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday.
Making his first competitive appearance at Wentworth in 15 years, Scott nipped round the 7,267-yard Burma Road layout in a nifty 65 shots to sit only one stroke behind the early leader at the BMW PGA Championship, Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
A confident Min Woo Lee has earned a share of the lead with a brilliant round of seven-under 64 on the opening day of the European Tour’s DS Automobiles Italian Open at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome.
On the opening hole in his opening round at East Lake, a 458-yard par-4, the Spaniard’s well-struck 160-yard approach shot was heading directly at the pin. So Garcia did what any player would do – “GO IN.” It listened
You ever see something so obviously beneficial to your own golf game that you haven’t been employing yourself that makes you wonder, what the hell have I been doing all this time?
Not even a $US15 million payday will convince Cam Smith to cut the mullet as the Queenslander prepares to give the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup finale one almighty shake.
With a green jacket already in his closet at home, Japan’s golf star Hideki Matsuyama is looking to conclude a “perfect” season when he makes his eighth successive appearance at the TOUR Championship this week.
Stuck in tie for 48th, miles from the top, Kizzire likely understood that his mission to make Atlanta was all but doomed. This clearly didn’t sit well, and after missing his short bogey putt, he gave himself body and soul to the gods of rage in what amounts to one of the best meltdowns on the PGA Tour in this or any other year.
It almost feels cruel to call a 60 “disappointing,” and it feels crueller that for the second straight year, the FedExCup Playoffs have delivered a superb round that would qualify for that catty adjective.
Australian Golf Digest
