Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Jhonattan Vegas lead the way through 36 holes at The Northern Trust, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs at Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury, New York.
How Jordan Spieth came to partner Ryan Palmer at next week’s two-man Zurich Classic of New Orleans; how Wesley Bryan celebrated his US PGA Tour breakthrough; Ian Poulter’s malaise; a rare Tiger Woods sighting; the online furore over Jason Dufner’s ‘putter drop’; and is it time for a Ryan to win again?
He’s still nursing a back injury courtesy of a bizarre mishap during Masters week, but Dustin Johnson remains the bookies’ favourite for the US Open in June.
While the golf world applauds Sergio Garcia’s breakthrough, here’s a corollary to this result; chiefly, that Justin Rose left Augusta National without the green jacket.
Jordan Spieth departed the Masters for the second straight Sunday having deposited a ball in the water at Augusta National’s 12th hole. Rickie Fowler had to endure that sinking feeling of allowing a golden opportunity to win his first major drown in imperfection.
Just seven feet of smooth-as-felt Augusta National green separated Justin Rose on the 72nd hole of the 81st Masters from being able to seemingly slip his arms into sports’ most famous jacket.