Golf’s “Golden Child” is at it again. Thanks to a slam-dunk birdie at the par-3 12th hole to begin his day and five birdies in his last eight holes at the end, Jordan Spieth began the 42nd Memorial Tournament with a six-under-par 66.
Winless for more than a year, since the Players in 2016, Day enters this week’s Memorial Tournament coming off a playoff loss to Billy Horschel at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
The financial meanderings of the golf business won’t ever be confused with the excitement of a Players Championship, but when one of golf’s leading companies changes hands, it reverberates in its own special way like a eagle-birdie-birdie finish at TPC Sawgrass.
Si Woo Kim’s victory in the Players Championship should not be considered a fluke given that, at 21, he now has won twice on the US PGA Tour and qualified to play the tour at 17 and won on the Web.com Tour at 20.
Australian Golf Digest
