At age 45, Rose became the oldest winner on the PGA Tour in five years when he defeated reigning US Open champion J.J. Spaun on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff at the FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis.
Of all the players who hovered on either side of the bubble in the battle to advance to the second stage of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the most compelling story belonged to the man whose career has been on a bubble for seven years.
The three-time major champion said he is not concerned about his surgically repaired right wrist, even though problems persist almost a year after the operation.
On Monday night, Kim finally responded to backlash, posting an apology of sorts to his Instagram, calling his actions “clearly wrong” and claiming that he didn’t realise the severity of the damage he had done to the green in the moment.
Burns got hotter than Marble Bar in January when he pulled his tee shot badly on the par-4 ninth hole during the third round of the FedEx St Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
The win was the sixth of Glover’s career and continued an amazing run for the 43-year-old, who in June wasn’t even in the running to keep his PGA Tour card.
Among the infinitesimal number of factors large and small that might encroach on a golfer’s ability to post a score, we can now add a member of the Lepidoptera order of flying insects.
Australian Golf Digest
