The new head of the PGA of Australia, Gavin Kirkman, on leadership, attracting more young people to the game, his pet peeves, and who really is Australia’s greatest ever golfer.
There hasn’t been a repeat winner in the US Open in nearly 30 years, since Curtis Strange in 1989, but it sure looked like the same guy won the championship for a second year in a row.
Jordan Spieth ended his four days at the US Open before the last group even teed off on Sunday, finishing at one-over 289 after a final-round 69 on a breezy morning at Erin Hills.
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?
We feel you, Mr Player. Just like the rest of us, reserved to watching the #SB2K17 crew on social media as the crew tears up Baker’s Bay for a second straight year, it appears Gary Player is joining us in disappointment.
Last Friday, Smylie Kaufman looked me in the face and said #SB2K17 was in serious jeopardy of not happening. “We’ve talked, but I doubt we can get anything on paper,” Kaufman said. “Everybody’s got such busy schedules.” Well, either Smylie was a last-minute invite (unlikely since he was voted the MVP of #SB2K16) or he Read more…
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.
Australian Golf Digest
