Articles by Scott Michaux
Should there be Ryder Cup ties? A new poll of golf insiders has some strong takes
When it comes to ties, the Golf Power Poll family is a house divided. The first 14-14 tie in the 33-year history of the Solheim Cup last week prompted a lot of debate in the golf world on the eve of the 44th Ryder Cup over whether or not the wildly popular international team events Read more…
A new poll of golf insiders reveals the extent of slow play problem – and what can be done about it
A hearty 94 percent of poll respondents think slow play is a problem that needs to be fixed in tournament golf. And they heap the lion’s share of blame for slow play in the game on the shoulders of the players and tours (cumulative 79 percent).
New November dates for the Masters gives locals hope, but look and feel of tournament could be very different
But the first week of April in 75 years without a Masters cuts deep in this corner of the world – economically and psychologically.
Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Taylor Moore | -6 | F | 1 |
T2 | Joe Highsmith | -5 | F | 1 |
T2 | Scottie Scheffler | -5 | F | 1 |
T4 | Davis Riley | -4 | 16* | 1 |
T4 | Alejandro Tosti | -4 | F | 1 |
T4 | Adam Svensson | -4 | F | 1 |
T4 | Aaron Rai | -4 | F | 1 |
T4 | Beau Hossler | -4 | F | 1 |
T9 | Patrick Rodgers | -3 | 15* | 1 |
T9 | Mackenzie Hughes | -3 | 15 | 1 |
T9 | J.J. Spaun | -3 | 15* | 1 |
T9 | Max Greyserman | -3 | F | 1 |
T9 | David Skinns | -3 | F | 1 |
T9 | Tom Whitney | -3 | F | 1 |
T9 | Akshay Bhatia | -3 | F | 1 |
T16 | Raul Pereda | -2 | 12 | 1 |
T16 | Victor Perez | -2 | 12* | 1 |
T16 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -2 | 13 | 1 |
T16 | Kevin Dougherty | -2 | 13 | 1 |
T16 | Wilson Furr | -2 | 12* | 1 |
T16 | Chris Gotterup | -2 | 13* | 1 |
T16 | Sam Ryder | -2 | 14 | 1 |
T16 | Matti Schmid | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Davis Thompson | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Roger Sloan | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Ben Taylor | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Mac Meissner | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Andrew Novak | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Greyson Sigg | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Taylor Pendrith | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | S.H. Kim | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Nick Dunlap | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | K.H. Lee | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Peter Malnati | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Cam Davis | -2 | F | 1 |
T16 | Garrick Higgo | -2 | F | 1 |
T37 | Jorge Campillo | -1 | 11 | 1 |
T37 | Rico Hoey | -1 | 11 | 1 |
T37 | Rhein Gibson | -1 | 12 | 1 |
T37 | Robert MacIntyre | -1 | 12 | 1 |
T37 | Hayden Springer | -1 | 13* | 1 |
T37 | Alex Noren | -1 | 14* | 1 |
T37 | Tyson Alexander | -1 | 15 | 1 |
T37 | Wyndham Clark | -1 | 17 | 1 |
T37 | Tony Finau | -1 | 17 | 1 |
T37 | S.W. Kim | -1 | 17 | 1 |
T37 | Ryan Palmer | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Sam Bennett | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Pi Coody | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Joel Dahmen | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Martin Laird | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Mark Hubbard | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Gary Woodland | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Kevin Kisner | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Chez Reavie | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Josh Teater | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Harry Hall | -1 | F | 1 |
T37 | Stephan Jaeger | -1 | F | 1 |
T59 | Nicholas Lindheim | E | 13 | 1 |
T59 | Ben Silverman | E | 13 | 1 |
T59 | Tom Hoge | E | 15 | 1 |
T59 | Sahith Theegala | E | 16 | 1 |
T59 | Padraig Harrington | E | 16 | 1 |
T59 | Vincent Norrman | E | 16* | 1 |
T59 | Chad Ramey | E | 16* | 1 |
T59 | Daniel Berger | E | 17* | 1 |
T59 | J.B. Holmes | E | 17* | 1 |
T59 | Ryan Moore | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Callum Tarren | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Henrik Norlander | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Scott Gutschewski | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Bud Cauley | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Norman Xiong | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Pa Coody | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Thomas Detry | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Austin Cook | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Matt NeSmith | E | F | 1 |
T59 | Ryan Brehm | E | F | 1 |
T59 | James Hahn | E | F | 1 |
T80 | Chan Kim | +1 | 11* | 1 |
T80 | Callum McNeill | +1 | 11* | 1 |
T80 | Harrison Endycott | +1 | 12* | 1 |
T80 | Paul Barjon | +1 | 13 | 1 |
T80 | Chandler Phillips | +1 | 13* | 1 |
T80 | Nate Lashley | +1 | 14 | 1 |
T80 | Zac Blair | +1 | 14 | 1 |
T80 | Robby Shelton | +1 | 15 | 1 |
T80 | Billy Horschel | +1 | 15 | 1 |
T80 | Cameron Champ | +1 | 15* | 1 |
T80 | Patton Kizzire | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Joseph Bramlett | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Michael Kim | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Patrick Fishburn | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Jacob Bridgeman | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Ryan McCormick | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Lanto Griffin | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Keith Mitchell | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Doug Ghim | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Luke List | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Stewart Cink | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Nick Hardy | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Dylan Wu | +1 | F | 1 |
T80 | Ryan Fox | +1 | F | 1 |
T104 | Emilio Gonzalez | +2 | 12* | 1 |
T104 | Erik Barnes | +2 | 12* | 1 |
T104 | Trace Crowe | +2 | 13* | 1 |
T104 | Kris Ventura | +2 | 13 | 1 |
T104 | Jhonattan Vegas | +2 | 14* | 1 |
T104 | Kurt Kitayama | +2 | 15* | 1 |
T104 | Jason Day | +2 | 16 | 1 |
T104 | Scott Stallings | +2 | 17* | 1 |
T104 | Martin Trainer | +2 | F | 1 |
T104 | Vince Whaley | +2 | F | 1 |
T104 | Carl Yuan | +2 | F | 1 |
T104 | Cole Hammer | +2 | F | 1 |
T104 | Sung Kang | +2 | F | 1 |
T104 | Ben Griffin | +2 | F | 1 |
T104 | Justin Lower | +2 | F | 1 |
T104 | Aaron Baddeley | +2 | F | 1 |
T120 | Blaine Hale, Jr. | +3 | 11* | 1 |
T120 | Adam Long | +3 | 14* | 1 |
T120 | Alex Smalley | +3 | 14* | 1 |
T120 | Justin Suh | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Brandon Wu | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Brandt Snedeker | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Sam Stevens | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Car Young | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Bronson Burgoon | +3 | F | 1 |
T129 | Rafael Campos | +4 | 12 | 1 |
T129 | Hayden Buckley | +4 | 15 | 1 |
T129 | Alexander Björk | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Thorbjørn Olesen | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Kevin Chappell | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Matt Wallace | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Jake Knapp | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Will Zalatoris | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Chesson Hadley | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Taylor Montgomery | +4 | F | 1 |
T129 | Richy Werenski | +4 | F | 1 |
T140 | David Lipsky | +6 | F | 1 |
T140 | Jesse Droemer | +6 | F | 1 |
T140 | Dawie van der Walt | +6 | F | 1 |
T140 | Cody Gribble | +6 | F | 1 |
144 | Jimmy Walker | +7 | 14* | 1 |
Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abraham Ancer | -13 | 18 | 3 |
T2 | Paul Casey | -13 | 18 | 3 |
T2 | Cameron Smith | -13 | 18 | 3 |
T4 | Joaquin Niemann | -12 | 18 | 3 |
T4 | Carlos Ortiz | -12 | 18 | 3 |
T6 | Kevin Na | -11 | 18 | 3 |
T6 | Bryson DeChambeau | -11 | 18 | 3 |
T8 | Richard Bland | -10 | 18 | 3 |
T8 | Charles Howell III | -10 | 18 | 3 |
T8 | Graeme McDowell | -10 | 18 | 3 |
T8 | Dean Burmester | -10 | 18 | 3 |
T8 | Ian Poulter | -10 | 18 | 3 |
T8 | Henrik Stenson | -10 | 18 | 3 |
T8 | Jon Rahm | -10 | 18 | 3 |
T15 | Lucas Herbert | -9 | 18 | 3 |
T15 | Adrian Meronk | -9 | 18 | 3 |
T15 | Harold Varner III | -9 | 18 | 3 |
T15 | Eugenio Chacarra | -9 | 18 | 3 |
T19 | Sam Horsfield | -8 | 18 | 3 |
T19 | Louis Oosthuizen | -8 | 18 | 3 |
T21 | Dustin Johnson | -7 | 18 | 3 |
T21 | Talor Gooch | -7 | 18 | 3 |
T21 | Martin Kaymer | -7 | 18 | 3 |
T21 | Scott Vincent | -7 | 18 | 3 |
T21 | Tyrrell Hatton | -7 | 18 | 3 |
T21 | Matt Jones | -7 | 18 | 3 |
T21 | Sebastian Muñoz | -7 | 18 | 3 |
28 | Brooks Koepka | -6 | 18 | 3 |
T29 | Peter Uihlein | -5 | 18 | 3 |
T29 | Marc Leishman | -5 | 18 | 3 |
T29 | Patrick Reed | -5 | 18 | 3 |
T29 | Andy Ogletree | -5 | 18 | 3 |
T29 | Bubba Watson | -5 | 18 | 3 |
T34 | Brendan Steele | -4 | 18 | 3 |
T34 | David Puig | -4 | 18 | 3 |
T34 | Cameron Tringale | -4 | 18 | 3 |
T34 | Anirban Lahiri | -4 | 18 | 3 |
T38 | Caleb Surratt | -3 | 18 | 3 |
T38 | Sergio Garcia | -3 | 18 | 3 |
T38 | Pat Perez | -3 | 18 | 3 |
T41 | Danny Lee | -2 | 18 | 3 |
T41 | Jinichiro Kozuma | -2 | 18 | 3 |
T41 | Charl Schwartzel | -2 | 18 | 3 |
T41 | Kalle Samooja | -2 | 18 | 3 |
T45 | Lee Westwood | -1 | 18 | 3 |
T45 | Matthew Wolff | -1 | 18 | 3 |
T45 | Branden Grace | -1 | 18 | 3 |
T48 | Mito Pereira | E | 18 | 3 |
T48 | Thomas Pieters | E | 18 | 3 |
50 | Anthony Kim | +3 | 18 | 3 |
51 | Jason Kokrak | +6 | 18 | 3 |
T52 | Hudson Swafford | +8 | 18 | 3 |
T52 | Phil Mickelson | +8 | 18 | 3 |
54 | Kieran Vincent | +9 | 18 | 3 |
Pos | Team | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CRUSHERS GC | -35 | 18 | 3 |
2 | TORQUE GC | -33 | 18 | 3 |
3 | RIPPER GC | -32 | 18 | 3 |
4 | MAJESTICKS GC | -31 | 18 | 3 |
5 | CLEEKS GC | -29 | 18 | 3 |
6 | FIREBALLS GC | -27 | 18 | 3 |
T7 | SMASH GC | -24 | 18 | 3 |
T7 | 4ACES GC | -24 | 18 | 3 |
9 | STINGER GC | -21 | 18 | 3 |
10 | IRON HEADS GC | -20 | 18 | 3 |
11 | RANGEGOATS GC | -17 | 18 | 3 |
12 | HYFLYERS GC | -16 | 18 | 3 |
13 | LEGION XIII | -15 | 18 | 3 |