Seeing Si Woo Kim’s nameplate hanging next to Lee Trevino’s in the Champions locker room at TPC Sawgrass says everything about the state of the game in 2017.
The secret to Si Woo Kim’s success, beyond a wiser-than-his-years head on his shoulders? A swing that doesn’t produce very much curve – even on his worst shots.
Rory McIlroy says his MRI confirmed no new injury to his back or ribs. However, he is experiencing a “low grade response” to the injury suffered earlier this year.
It’s easy to scoff when a slumping touring pro proclaims, “I’m close.” Tiger Woods wore the line out in good and bad times. But the case of Si Woo Kim makes it clear that being among the best players in the world means never really being that far away from something special.
Regular golfers always feel just a little bit better about their own games after seeing top golfers struggle. So delight in watching every single one of the 11 shots that wound up wet on the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass in the final round of the 2017 Players Championship this morning.
Si Woo Kim’s three-stroke victory over Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen this morning at TPC Sawgrass was the second of his career and easily the biggest.
The latest evidence that Dustin Johnson is really, really good: the world No.1 put his approach on Sawgrass’ 11th hole in the water in round two of the Players Championship overnight, and still made birdie.
In their dreams, the Victorian men’s team probably contemplated toppling New South Wales to win the Interstate Series, but not one of its members would have dared contemplate the manner in which that dream was brought to life on a memorable day at Perth’s Melville Glades Golf Club yesterday.
The hunt is on for two high performing female amateurs to compete in the professional field of the LPGA Tour’s McKayson New Zealand Women’s Open this spring.