Adam Scott shared second at the BMW PGA Championship, as JJ Spaun claimed a dramatic win at Wentworth, admitting being snubbed for the Presidents Cup had fired him up.
It wasn’t exactly Davy Crockett and James Bowie at the Alamo, but J.J. Spaun dodged some bullets on the way to winning the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. It marked the second time Spaun has won the event, emerging victorious in 2022 as well.
On the PGA Tour’s policy board, Scott was part of what he said was a unanimous vote for the Returning Member Program policy that also included Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith, all of whom decided to stay at LIV Golf. For Reed’s return, there was no vote needed.
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 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.
Many fans and pundits questioned JJ Spaun’s club selection on the par-3 17th at TPC Sawgrass during the three-hole playoff at the Players Championship, but Spaun has some stern words for those critics.
A long day at the Players Championship on Sunday was extended into Monday when J.J. Spaun’s 30-foot birdie bid for victory at the 72nd hole stopped two rolls short, setting up a three-hole aggregate playoff with world No.2 Rory McIlroy.
There was a time on the ninth hole during the final round when Spaun could have played his way out of the tournament, only to figure out a way to use the Rules of Golf to his advantage and keep him momentum going.
Ben Kohles recorded the first-ever hole-in-one in the inaugural Black Desert Championship overnight, Australian time. We’re still trying to figure out how J.J. Spaun didn’t match him.
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