The opening ceremony at the Byron Nelson Classic used to present a particularly dramatic tableau: among the double handful of dignitaries arrayed in the plaza between the TPC Las Colinas pro shop and the Four Seasons hotel sat the man himself.
Seeing Si Woo Kim’s nameplate hanging next to Lee Trevino’s in the Champions locker room at TPC Sawgrass says everything about the state of the game in 2017.
The secret to Si Woo Kim’s success, beyond a wiser-than-his-years head on his shoulders? A swing that doesn’t produce very much curve – even on his worst shots.
The financial meanderings of the golf business won’t ever be confused with the excitement of a Players Championship, but when one of golf’s leading companies changes hands, it reverberates in its own special way like a eagle-birdie-birdie finish at TPC Sawgrass.
Rory McIlroy says his MRI confirmed no new injury to his back or ribs. However, he is experiencing a “low grade response” to the injury suffered earlier this year.
It’s easy to scoff when a slumping touring pro proclaims, “I’m close.” Tiger Woods wore the line out in good and bad times. But the case of Si Woo Kim makes it clear that being among the best players in the world means never really being that far away from something special.
Regular golfers always feel just a little bit better about their own games after seeing top golfers struggle. So delight in watching every single one of the 11 shots that wound up wet on the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass in the final round of the 2017 Players Championship this morning.
This morning at Sawgrass wasn’t exactly the most exciting final round in recent memory. Nothing against winner Si Woo Kim, but if you were tuning in for drama and excitement at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium course you didn’t get much of it.
After his first round at the Players Championship, Rory McIlroy made the surprising announcement he’s been bothered by a back injury. Today, he revealed a lot more.
The latest evidence that Dustin Johnson is really, really good: the world No.1 put his approach on Sawgrass’ 11th hole in the water in round two of the Players Championship overnight, and still made birdie.
In their dreams, the Victorian men’s team probably contemplated toppling New South Wales to win the Interstate Series, but not one of its members would have dared contemplate the manner in which that dream was brought to life on a memorable day at Perth’s Melville Glades Golf Club yesterday.
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