Scheffler won the Memorial Tournament and enters this week’s US Open at Pinehurst as the first player since Tom Watson in 1980 to have five wins on the PGA Tour before America’s national championship.
Against the desert backdrop Tom Kim continued to prove why the high aspirations he carries have not been cast upon him but earned, with a performance that puts to rest any notion last year’s feats were nothing more than a ‘heater’ and begs to ask what lies on the horizon.
Unlike last year when Kim didn’t make a single bogey in his 72 holes, he made seven bogeys and a double this time around but offset it with a tournament-high 27 birdies along with one eagle.
Im has no doubt the camaraderie and bond that have been built and strengthened over the past few years will serve the team’s quest to finally upstage the Americans again.
If the PGA Tour does indeed resume at the Charles Schwab Challenge in June, the general consensus is it will do so with some significant changes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2019 Presidents Cup exceeded expectations, delivering an action-packed week that kept golf fans Ryder Cup-level captivated. Here are 18 parting thoughts.
The team drawn from all corners of the globe other than Europe has never before entered the biennial contest with the United States in a more optimistic mood.