As if the leaderboard through 36 holes wasn’t good enough, Dustin Johnson decided he wanted to take control of the tournament, setting up what could be DJ vs Brooks Koepka duel.
Henrik Stenson in his boxer briefs. Tommy Fleetwood blow-drying his hair. Colin Montgomerie driven to distraction by a fly. Justin Rose tossing expletives up a storm. And Gary Player, well, being Gary Player.
The group is competing in a number of challenges, one of which was an attempt to set a new Guinness World Records title by making the most putts from a “socially-distant” length of 6.5 feet in 60 seconds or less.
To be fair, while Azinger’s tone and cadence were measured, his comments felt unnecessarily acidic. Trying to belittle the European Tour to make his case isn’t right. That doesn’t mean Azinger was wrong.
Almost exactly halfway through his reign as “champion golfer of the year”, Shane Lowry doesn’t have to look far for good things in his professional life.
