A million different thoughts had to be racing through the mind of Emiliano Grillo as he waited to see if his blunder on the 18th hole at the Charles Schwab Challenge would cost him a shot at ending a nearly eight-year victory drought on the PGA Tour. Making a couple young kids’ days likely wasn’t Read more…
This week at Colonial showed Grillo has the game and form to be one of the game’s better international players, to be the performer that was promised so many years ago.
Last week, California club pro Michael Block had a flight booked for 10 a.m. on Saturday from western New York back to Orange County, where he lives. “So that gives you [an indication of] how much confidence I had in making the cut at the PGA Championship,” Block said.
Spieth will try to play up and through the US Open next month in Los Angeles, then will take a few weeks off to rest before heading to Europe for the Scottish Open and Open Championship. If at any point between now and then he feels more pain, he knows enough to instantly stop playing golf.
It’s been a while since any of these players had played for this kind of money, and no doubt it was entertaining to see how they handled final-day pressure once more.
DeChambeau drew attention from golf fans for his physical appearance during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge. But more so for the absolute bombs he was hitting all over Colonial Country Club.