We preview the Aussies around the golf world, including Min Woo Lee’s signature motivation on the PGA Tour, the Olympics, and the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler extended his dominance on the PGA Tour by winning the Travelers Championship for his sixth title of the season, becoming the first golfer to record six wins on the PGA Tour before July since Arnold Palmer in 1962. The FedExCup points leader defeated close friend Tom Kim of Korea with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. This is his blog from TPC River Highlands.
Rickie Fowler tasted victory for the first time in more than four years at last year’s Rocket Mortgage Classic. Now in his return to Detroit Golf Club as defending champion, he gets to taste something else.
With Scottie Scheffler’s betting odds so short, Dave Portnoy – founder of popular sports network Barstool – decided earlier in the year to bet big on the world No.1.
Australia’s two biggest stars in women’s golf, Hannah Green and Minjee Lee, fittingly shared the top Australian honours at the Women’s PGA Championship one day before they were set to be confirmed as the country’s Olympic golf team.
The PGA Tour commissioner continued to assert progress is being made in discussions with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment towards unification in professional golf, but stressed negotiations remain complex regarding an ultimate deal.
The 2022 Travelers winner called TPC River Highlands “outstanding” and that the small improvements were smartly done. But he used the opportunity to talk more generally about course redesigns at other courses the tour visits, and he didn’t hold back.
Rory McIlroy has pulled out of this week’s Travelers Championship, a $US20 million PGA Tour signature event, saying on social media that he will take time away from the game before the Genesis Scottish Open next month.
An emotional Bryson DeChambeau paid tribute to his late father, Jon, and his golf idol, the late Payne Stewart, when he won the US Open for a second time.
According to a report by Golf.com’s Sean Zak, the PGA Tour Policy Board will review a proposal next week during a regular meeting at the Travelers Championship in which Woods would be eligible to get into the tour’s $US20 million signature events.
Australian Golf Digest
