As always, a golf tournament is about so much more than the guy holding the trophy – or wearing the jacket – come Sunday evening. Here are 18 parting thoughts from Augusta National.
Only the top 125 players on the FedEx Cup points list after this week’s Wyndham Championship will qualify for the Playoff tournaments, which begin next week at the Northern Trust event.
Shane Lowry should be at Royal St George’s Golf Club defending the claret jug this week. Instead, he’s at Muirfield Village Golf Club after the Open Championship was cancelled and the Memorial was moved back six weeks.
Because of the 13 cancelled events, plenty of big-name golfers who thought they had time to play their way into the top 125 are now sitting on the bubble.
“European No.1” might be a nice moniker to own, but it doesn’t appear as if too many members of the tour’s elite are prepared to labour in its pursuit.
With Lowry now likely to garner more attention, it seems like a good time to further familiarise people with the Irishman who won at Royal Portrush Golf Club.
Australian Golf Digest
