One of the best resources for a golf fan or a golf writer on the internet – maybe the best? – is Wikipedia’s chronological list of men’s Major winners.
Potentially, the offending sticker was on the club to help Sabbatini during a practice session on the Sea Island driving range but then wasn’t taken off in.
Knowing we have to make it through these last arduous hours, let’s revisit the highlights, such as they are, from the week when we over-analyse every small nugget of information in order to satisfy our craving for real golf.
The outcome will be decided by the players on the course, but it will be influenced – significantly, if you believe the words of the last two victorious captains – by the data wars being waged behind the scenes.
One of the big questions/problems facing US Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker this week is what to do with Bryson DeChambeau. That pertains to every single facet, but specifically, for our purposes, we’re referring to partnerships.
Cantlay, who played in the same pairing as DeChambeau in the final two rounds of last week’s BMW Championship, beating him in a six-hole playoff, offered an answer that was surprisingly long, forthright and thoughtful.
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
