Stricker acknowledged that the uncertainty over Reed’s health and the resulting lack of tournament play became too much of a liability to pick him for the American team.
Rahm said that while he was upset that Finau’s (second) breakthrough victory came at his expense, it was still special to see him get it done, for a number of reasons.
A day after Hurricane Henri passed through America’s north-east and delayed the Northern Trust’s final round, Finau returned to Liberty National Golf Club and played like a man who hadn’t won in five years.
The win, which counts as an official tour victory, is Leishman’s sixth, his first since the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open. Smith now has three, two at the Zurich and one at the 2020 Sony Open.
According to the tour’s driving distance metric, both Finau and Champ are lagging behind Bryson DeChambeau, but what most players will tell you is that both Finau and Champ are not hitting it as long as they actually could.
A final-round 68 was good for a five-shot win, and Reed now has nine PGA Tour victories in his career. Here are five takeaways from the Farmers Insurance Open.
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