No warning, no explanation; he just gave the prosthetic leg to the most famous golfer on the planet. Even more remarkably, Tiger accepted it as though this were the most normal thing in the world.
Patrick Reed walked in smiling to his Tuesday press conference at Royal Melbourne, and the smile turned into a laugh – shared with Justin Thomas – when he saw the buzzing scrum of reporters gathered in front of his podium spot.
The friendly – or maybe not-so-friendly – Presidents Cup banter has officially commenced with Australian Marc Leishman taking a pot shot at bunker bandit Patrick Reed following one of the more explosive PGA Tour rulings in recent memory.
Though the United States’ Presidents Cup line-up is loaded in comparison to its International counterpart, a potential loss of Johnson would be a huge blow.
Day said in a statement that he had been practising in recent days in Palm Springs in preparation for the Presidents Cup and the Australian Open when he hurt himself.
Koepka, the No.1 player in the World Ranking, said he had been making efforts in his recovery to be ready to compete at Royal Melbourne. However, the healing had not progressed as he had hoped.
With just one official PGA Tour event (this week’s RSM Classic) left between now and Royal Melbourne, let’s take a look at the realistic candidates for a potential fifth captain’s pick.
Following the US Presidents Cup Captain’s announcement of his four captain’s picks Thursday, including the most newsworthy name among them – Tiger Woods – we put the question to the man himself.
Australian Golf Digest
