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.
You’ll have to forgive Marc Leishman, who has played in just one major championship since the end of 2022. During that three-year span, he clearly forgot that they can be absolute slogs when it comes to pace of play.
Against a brutal start, arguably golf’s most unforgiving venue, punishing weather and a leaderboard of formidable contenders, Spaun prevailed through sheer determination in one of the most chaotic final rounds in recent major championship memory.
Adam Scott conceded he didn’t adapt to the brutal final round weather conditions and the significant delay in play for squandering a golden chance to win a second career major at the US Open.
You don’t win a US Open without fine iron play. Spaun employed a split set of Srixon irons, while his putter is from perhaps the hottest putter company in golf.
It seems only fitting that J.J. Spaun has a connection to Tiger Woods considering the latter has had the collective golf world hanging on edge with his “will he or won’t he play the Masters” news.
While the win feels a little out of left field considering Kuchar finished in a tie for 57th at the Shriners event last week, it didn’t feel that way for him.
Andrew Landry had a dream start to his 2017-’18 campaign on the US PGA Tour, collecting three finishes inside the top seven before February and breaking through for his first victory in April at the Valero Texas Open.