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.
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.
You didn’t have to scroll far on any social-media platform to figure out the sentiment towards Patrick Reed and his use of the embedded-ball rule Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open.
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.