After cementing his legacy as one of the most dominant players of his generation with a fifth major championship win at this year’s PGA Championship and a runner-up finish at the 2023 Masters, Brooks Koepka was announced today as one of six players selected to the 2023 United States Ryder Cup team by captain Zach Johnson.
Lee Hodges earns his first PGA Tour title in his 65th career start as well as Collecting 500 points and moving from No. 74 to No. 33 in the FedExCup standings.
As part of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour’s Strategic Alliance first announced in November 2020, the Genesis Scottish Open is co-sanctioned by the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour for the second year. Scotland’s national open dates back to 1972 and has been a permanent fixture on the DP World Tour schedule since 1986.
Rocket Mortgage ambassador Rickie Fowler defeats Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin with a birdie on the first playoff hole to record his long-awaited sixth PGA Tour title, and first since the 2019 WM Phoenix Open.
Keegan Bradley wins the Travelers Championship, earning his sixth PGA Tour title and second of the season meaning he has multiple victories in a season for the second time in his career, with the first coming in 2011. The American's 257 winning total sets new 72-hole tournament record (previously held by Kenny Perry in 2009 at 258)
World No. 1 and FedExCup leader Jon Rahm returns to the Mexico Open at Vidanta after winning the event in 2022.
Davis Riley and Nick Hardy win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with a tournament-record 30-under 258
There will be no Brooks and Bryson teeing it up together unless fate brings them together at the weekend. However, there are plenty of choice groups to follow at Torrey Pines when the U.S. Open gets under way tomorrow.
Bryson Dechambeau cam down to earth with a slight bump in the third round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Level par rounds are no good in a tournament where the leaders are averaging rounds of better than six under par! Round of the day came from U.S. Open runner-up Matthew Wolff who had an incredible run of three eagles in a five hole spell on the back nine of his round of 61.
The European Tour today confirmed the cancellation of the BMW International Open and the Open de France and the postponement of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, a Rolex Series event, due to the continuing threat posed by the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). At the same time, the PGA Tour announced its plans to resume the 2019-20 season with the Charles Schwab Challenge between 11th and 14th June.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the, PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
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