A stunning 72nd hole eagle may not have been enough to win the DP World Tour’s Singapore Classic, but fan favourite Kiradech Aphibarnrat logged the best finish by a Callaway player across the major tours last week.
Thirteen runners-up seems like a lot, but is it really a lot based on Schauffele’s seven wins? I decided to look into how his “runner-up ratio” stacks up against his peers.
A hot week in every statistical category wasn’t enough for Callaway star Xander Schauffele to get over the line at the Players Championship, although a tie for second at TPC Sawgrass shows promise of the upcoming Masters.
With LIV abandoning its designs for OWGR inclusion and the PGA Tour appearing no closer to an agreement with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia that would reunite all of the game’s top players, it appears that the OWGR system will continue to come under scrutiny. Even among tour players who benefit from the current situation.
Adam Hadwin and Xander Schauffele led the Callaway ambassadors around the world of golf, with both sharing fourth place at the elite Genesis Invitational at Los Angeles’ famed Riviera Country Club.
Both players cited what will surely be widespread trust issues with the man in charge and both, understandably, pleaded ignorance as to what has been going on behind the scenes in what is supposed to be a member’s organisation.
While the Scottish Open might not be as old as the Open Championship or the other majors, it has been staged for more than 50 years and being tied to a country that is considered to be the “Home of Golf” speaks volumes for its richness.
Fowler and Schauffele struck record-breaking blows in round one. But the US Open’s record speaks for itself. Whatever ease can be found is usually fleeting.
Augusta National bought part of Augusta Country Club behind the 13th tee to complete a lengthening that debuts this week with a tee from the tips at 498 metres.