Tiger is back playing, which sure beats the hell out of where he was a year ago this week – on the couch and watching on television as Brooks Koepka obliterated Erin Hills.
It sounds like Tiger is staying true to his “It’s winning time” comment from earlier this year and not being quite as chummy with his competition now that he’s healthy again.
This year, the Open returns to Shinnecock Hills, a course many consider among the best in the United States. For the USGA, it also marks the beginning of a run of timeless venues hosting its biggest championship.
DeChambeau said this week at the Memorial Tournament was the best he had putted since his US Amateur victory in 2015. So it was fitting that when he needed to hole a 10-footer for birdie to earn his second career US PGA Tour title in a playoff, he poured it in, defeating South Korea’s Byeong Hun An on the second extra hole.
Moving day was rescheduled for Friday at the Memorial Tournament, with some of the world’s best vaulting up the leaderboard and positioning themselves for the weekend.
Muirfield Village, the site of his first victory in 2014, proved to be the slump buster Matsuyama needed, as he carded a seven-under 65 highlighted by a five-hole stretch of six-under par on his final nine