They say the Ryder Cup doesn’t start until someone screams, “I can’t hear you!” to the crowd. Well, thanks to Sam Burns, the Ryder Cup has officially started. It took until Saturday afternoon, but the U.S. is finally showing some signs of life. And no one was more fired up than the usually laid-back Louisiana Read more…
The sun had only just risen from behind the Lazio hills when Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton stood on the Marco Simone’s first tee to lead out the opening match of the 44th Ryder Cup. Just after daylight had broken, “Nessun Dorma,” an opera song from Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, belted out over the speakers.
The Ryder Cup Race ranks up there with all of them. Thanks to the return of the largest crowds since before the pandemic, Friday morning at Marco Simone Country Club was quite the spectacle.
AGE: 25 LIVES: Choudrant, LouisianaSTORY: Has two wins on the PGA Tour, both coming in 2021.GIVING BACK: I played in a lot of American Junior Golf Association events growing up. Junior golf is such an incredible experience. The AJGA reached out to me about hosting an event this year, and we got it done. For me, Read more…
While all eyes were elsewhere on welcoming the latest young gun to the sport, Sam Burns quietly and confidently captured the Sanderson Farms Championship.
The man who represented Mexico in the Tokyo Olympics, and became the fourth golfer from his country to win on tour, ranked T-5 in greens in regulation, fifth in strokes gained/approach-the-green, fourth in strokes gained/tee-to-green and first in scrambling.
We all make mistakes – heck, we make typos too! – so it’s all in good fun to have a laugh at these mistakes. Hopefully the social-media managers can, too.
Australian Golf Digest
