For all the jockeying for position over 72 holes at Olympia Fields Country Club, for all the drama as players moved in and out of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points standings, only one player – Matt Fitzpatrick – was able to play his way into the Tour Championship.
Venerable East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, host of the annual Tour Championship and the venue Bobby Jones grew up playing, is the latest to reach into the past and return to pre-World War II versions of its architecture.
Horschel has been a vocal supporter of the PGA Tour. He said he’d had discussions with Smith about the LIV reports but did not try to convince Smith to say.
It’s not quite there yet. That’s the consensus from the players at East Lake who are taking part in the fourth year of the Tour Championship’s staggered start format.
McIlroy, bedecked in a gold jacket, replica Calamity Jane putter in hand, paid tribute to his fellow champion in an amusing meeting of reality and unreality.
Johnson now has earned $US40.44 million in his career in the FedEx Cup alone, which trails only Rory McIlroy for the most of an tour pro since the Playoffs began 14 years ago.