It’s a slightly bizarre way of drawing player match-ups, but the pre-tournament selection spectacle adds to the drama of golf’s biggest individual matchplay event.
A birdie at PGA National’s par-5 18th was all he needed on the first playoff hole to capture his second win of the season, and the eighth of his career.
There won’t be any controversy involved with the European Tour’s Race to Dubai coronation this week. Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood are the only three players with a shot at the postseason crown.
Tommy Fleetwood shot 63 to break Carnoustie’s record during the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship that is contested on Carnoustie, the Old Course at St Andrews and Kingsbarns.