Tommy Fleetwood got the bounce of a lifetime out of a forest at Delhi Golf Club, the site of this week’s DP World India Championship, which features such a narrow course that nearly 50 per cent of the players this week left a driver out of their bag.
Here’s one you don’t see every day. Or ever. Japan’s Keita Nakajima completely whiffed on an approach shot while standing on the right side of the 15th fairway at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Breteche.
For as long as anyone can remember golf has been predicated on two things: Solid contact and unbroken silence. Unfortunately, Keita Nakajima got neither on Thursday at the Open De France when a cough during his backswing led to one biggest – and most bizarre – whiffs you’ll ever see in professional golf.
Nearly every TV set in Japan will be tuned into Augusta this weekend, when three of Japan’s top Rising Sons will tee it up together in what will be a historic Masters for Japan.
Japan’s Keita Nakajima and China’s Yuxin Lin are two of the most compelling stories at this year’s event, but there are other interesting players to follow.
Jones has served as the national coach for the Japan Golf Association since October 2015 and has no doubt that Matsuyama’s win will inspire the next wave of Japanese golfers to chase equally lofty goals.