During the final round, only six of 51 players hit the fourth green in regulation. And those players still shot a combined one-over on the 231-yard hole. But for the entire week, it wasn’t much better.
Thanks to his performance in Memphis, Fleetwood became the first player in PGA Tour history to cross $US20 million in earnings without a win to his credit.
Reed has long been known as one of the tour’s top scramblers, but he put extra pressure on that part of his game this week. And boy, did that touch around the greens come in handy as he notched a ninth PGA Tour title.
A decade and change of utterly dominant golf for Johnson could put him in the same class as Woods when it comes to the world ranking. He’ll be 47 then.
Bryson DeChambeau bullied both Winged Foot and his competition in winning the 120nd US Open by six shots. The victory was the culmination of a full-body transformation and a pivotal moment in the distance debate. We’re discussing all that and much more in our 18 Parting Thoughts from Winged Foot.