1. Sergio’s walk-off win
AP report…”Sergio Garcia delivered two key shots on the back nine, the last one an 8-iron to 30 inches on the final hole for birdie and a one-shot victory in the Sanderson Farms Championship.”
- “Garcia closed with a 5-under 67 and won for the 10th consecutive year worldwide, and the first time on the PGA TOUR since the 2017 Masters.”
- “Peter Malnati, whose lone PGA TOUR victory came at this tournament five years ago, closed with a career-best 63 and waited nearly two hours to see if it would hold up.”
2. Iron covers and a European Tour trophy
European Tour report…”Aaron Rai defeated Tommy Fleetwood in a play-off to win his first Rolex Series title at the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open.”
- “The Englishman signed for a wonderful 64 to set the target at 11 under but countryman Fleetwood holed a 20 foot putt on the last for a closing birdie to take it to extra holes at The Renaissance Club.”
- “It was advantage Fleetwood off the tee as Rai found a bunker but the 25 year old rescued his par and when Fleetwood three putted from just off the green, Rai had his second European Tour title.”
3. Mel Reid!
Keith Jackson for Sky Sports…“Mel Reid was relieved and delighted that her “huge sacrifice” in moving to the US was justified as she celebrated her maiden LPGA Tour title in New Jersey.”
- “Reid atoned for her disappointing finish in Portland last week as she clinched a two-shot win over Jennifer Kupcho at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, firing a final-round 67 to set a new tournament scoring record at 19 under par.”
4. Is must be the…pants?
Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine…“Evan Harmeling arrived in Savannah, Georgia, earlier this week with just one pair of golf pants.”
- “He should be able to buy at least a few more after Sunday.”
- “The 32-year-old Princeton grad, who two months ago didn’t even have a top-25 finish in his Korn Ferry Tour career, captured the Savannah Golf Championship in a playoff for his first KFT title.”
- “Harmeling sunk a 12-footer for birdie on the final hole of regulation at the Landings Club, and then birdied the par-5 18th hole again in the playoff to outduel Kevin Dougherty.”
- …”It likely helped that Harmeling was wearing his lucky outfit – yellow polo, blue pants, brown belt and white visor. The pants are Harmeling’s only golf pants, he says. Harmeling also wore the polo last year in Jamaica when he won on PGA Tour Latinoamerica.”
5. Johnny’s love/hate
I LOVE the power that Tiger Woods has over the game It’s completely earned, necessary, and I’m grateful. Not only did he change the way the game was played but he also put the game on the national stage in a way NOBODY ever dreamed nor predicted. The game itself hangs on his every move and rightly so. When was the last time you remember the No. 22-ranked player was the headliner at a tournament where the majority of the other 21 players ahead of him were also in the field? He doesn’t move the needle, he is the needle. Still.
I HATE that the game has changed so much that golf, even 15-20 years ago, is unrecognizable. With the change in equipment and the constant pursuit of speed, our sport (especially at the highest level) has morphed into the WWF. Now, I do love it and enjoy watching/covering every minute. However, it’s no longer the game I was taught; it’s something else, and at 43-years-old, it makes me feel old and weak. OK, I said it. I’m bitter. I wanna hit it like these kids do, and I can’t. I’ll retreat now to my pity party and maybe do a squat or two…until my back spasms.
6. Japan’s Takumi Kanaya, No. 1 ranked amateur in the world, set to turn pro
Ryan Herrington for Golf Digest…“The 23-year-old’s distinguished amateur career included a win at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, which earned him spots into the 2019 Masters and Open Championship. At August National, he made the cut and finished T-58. Then last November, he became the fourth amateur in history to win an event on the Japan Golf Tour.”
7. Lynch: A major champion says farewell, with no fanfare and no fans
Happy trails, Paul Lawrie. Eamon Lynch says it better than I could…”wear, tear and Scottish weather takes a toll, and this week – at age 51 – Lawrie announced his retirement from the European Tour during the Scottish Open, his 620th start on that circuit. The low-key announcement – a farewell with no fanfare and no fans – is oddly in keeping with Lawrie’s demeanor. It’s less than he deserves.”
8. Should golf be fair?
Our Ryan Barath examines the question…“It’s a fair test” is a phrase we often hear from golfers when they describe a course, but what does it really imply?
“The phrase itself is misleading when you take a step back and realize any course played by all competitors under the same conditions is “fair.” Even then, weather changes throughout the day force golfers to play under varying circumstances which can cause a course to become more difficult. Golf is an outdoor game and with that brings in an uncontrollable element that golfers must deal with whether it be wind, rain, heat, cold, and even on occasion snow. As unfavorable as the conditions might get, they will always be “fair.”
- “Next, we have courses, and they generally fit into two loose categories: resort-style with wide fairways and easily accessible greens and traditionally penal championship-style with longer rough, narrower fairways, and smaller or extremely sloping greens. Regardless of handicap, both styles can be enjoyed by golfers, and following the recent U.S. Open, it’s good to remind ourselves its ok to shoot a higher score sometimes-because it’s all relative to the day and conditions.”
9. Sergio’s winning WITB
Driver: TaylorMade SIM (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 Z
3-wood: TaylorMade SIM “Rocket 3” (14 degrees @14.5)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
5-wood: TaylorMade SIM (19 degrees @18.5)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
Irons: Ping Blueprint (3-PW)
Shafts: Nippon Pro Modus3 Tour 130 X
Wedges: Vokey SM8 (54-12D @52, 58-T)
Shafts: Nippon Pro Modus3 Tour 130 X
Putter: TaylorMade Spider X
Grip: SuperStroke Tour
Grips: SuperStroke S-Tech
Ball: TaylorMade TP5
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Alina
Oct 5, 2020 at 10:57 pm
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Yougogirls
Oct 5, 2020 at 9:39 pm
The inaccurate reporting by Sky News and Ron whatshisname on the other article in regards to Mel Reid’s victory Sunday tell me one thing: nobody give a hoot about the LPGA except simps like me.
Bob Pegram
Oct 5, 2020 at 5:22 pm
Most tournament courses are configured in a way that good shots are rewarded and bad shots are penalized. Most courses all the way to most municipal courses fit that description. However, one of the worst things that can be said about a course is that it sometimes rewards bad shots and penalizes good ones. It would be reasonable to say a course like that isn’t fair. However, courses like that are rarely chosen to host tournaments, at least in the pro ranks. Courses like that are relatively rare (Thanks God!).