This week’s FedEx St Jude Classic on the US PGA Tour features a hole that’s a little reminiscent of the famous par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass, site of last month’s Players Championship.
Phil Mickelson’s stunning but entirely characteristic revelation that he’ll be skipping next week’s US Open to attend his daughter’s graduation is only the latest testament to the golfer’s dedication to his family. It’s also representative of a culture in which parents feel increasingly obligated to be in attendance at every game, ceremony, and mid-afternoon school party.
On the course, 2017 hasn’t been too kind to Rory McIlroy. You can’t say the guy hasn’t had a good year – getting married and signing a big-time equipment deal with TaylorMade surely will conjure up good memories for Rory down the road – but injuries have also plagued the 28-year-old.
In-Kyung Kim won the Shoprite LPGA Classic, shooting a closing 69 and an 11-under 202 in the 54-hole event at the Bay Course at Stockton Seaview Resort in Galloway, New Jersey.
The most pointed criticism of Chambers Bay at the 2015 US Open came from a former player, Gary Player, who went on Golf Channel on the morning of the third round and teed off on the course and its architect, Robert Trent Jones Jnr.
Jason Dufner endured a rough front nine, with three bogeys offsetting three birdies, but sprinted to the finish with four birdies on the back nine at Muirfield Village Golf Club to capture the Memorial Tournament – his first US PGA Tour win in more than a year.
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