If you thought Rory McIlroy might be flagging just a little, following a run of terrific form interrupted only by his regular vociferous defences of the PGA Tour in the face of the LIV Golf threat, well … you’d be right.
I can’t take this anymore. I’m happy for Matt Fitzpatrick, and I know you are too, and I’m happy for the sport of golf. But sitting here alone, on another bleak Sunday night, watching the fireflies outside the window, I can’t escape my own truth.
Korda didn’t want to reveal the cause of her blood clots, citing medical privacy, but she did admit that it was painful to see the golf world proceed without her.
The Chilean will have plenty of thoughts and regrets to deal with later, but for now he deserves credit for standing up and treating this as it should be treated – like an unfortunate sports result, and not a world tragedy.
Afterwards, Frittelli posted a video of the incident from a different angle, with some commentary that hinted he was not necessarily happy with the rules decision.
You probably already know that Kevin Kisner is one of America’s best match play golfers. Coming into this year’s WGC-Dell Match Play, he was 16-6-1 all-time in the event, including a championship match run in 2018 (he lost to Bubba Watson) and a title the next year, when he beat Matt Kuchar in the final.
The US has not won a Ryder Cup on European soil since 1993, and Johnson himself has never been to Italy, but already there was a sense that he embraced the challenge of undoing 30 years of history.
Straka, who birdied three of the final five holes in shooting four-under 66 to beat Lowry by one, may have been the beneficiary of the meteorological whims, but nobody can say he didn’t seize the moment.
For everyone but the winner, it was a process of walking up to the tee, hitting a few shots, and then walking back to the carpark with nothing tangible to show for it.
Australian Golf Digest
