Following an eventful Tuesday in which Jordan Spieth spent around 70 minutes on the driving range and played a nine-hole practice round with Jon Rahm at Oak Hill, it’s still not clear if the 29-year-old will even be playing come Thursday.
Jordan Spieth had his typical flair for the dramatic late Sunday at the RBC Heritage, but ultimately it was Matt Fitzpatrick who prevailed on the third playoff hole after hitting a 9-iron to a foot for a kick-in birdie on the par-4 18th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links.
Although Fitzpatrick ranked seventh in strokes gained/approach the green, picking up more than six shots on the field with his Ping S55 irons, it was around the green where the 28-year-old Englishman shone.
Every year at Harbour Town the defending champion hits a golf ball with a hickory-shafted club while wearing the winner’s plaid jacket while a canon literally goes off. The tradition would startle most golfers. Not Jordan Spieth, though.
Even amid doubts over the long-term advisability of playing events over three rounds instead of four, it is hard to argue the notion that the LIV players have deteriorated to a point where they do not belong in elite company.
Augusta National bought part of Augusta Country Club behind the 13th tee to complete a lengthening that debuts this week with a tee from the tips at 498 metres.
A mixed dose of brutal honesty and tough love from his father, Du Ryu, has kept Si Woo Kim well and truly grounded as he pushes to grow his legacy on the PGA Tour as one of Asia’s greatest golfers.
With one hole remaining in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, there were as many as five players who had a chance to claim the title – and the $US3.6 million prizemoney payout – in the PGA Tour’s latest “designated” event.
Kurt Kitiyama has some experience being on the first page of the leaderboard on the weekend. He also knows what it’s like to battle with some of the game’s best late on Sunday. He’s confident those experiences will work to his advantage as he enters the weekend at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a two-shot lead over Jordan Spieth after a crafty four-under-par 68 on Friday at breezy Bay Hill.
Spieth mentioned he misses a number of guys who have left for LIV, but Johnson is missed more than others because he never caused any trouble to others.
Australian Golf Digest
