Jul 22nd, 2017 Article
The Battle of Birkdale
The final day of the Open Championship is upon us and it looks like a tussle between two men as they aim to lift the Claret Jug.
The final day of the Open Championship is upon us and it looks like a tussle between two men as they aim to lift the Claret Jug.
Putting is hard. Like really hard. That's why we at Golf Punk do everything in our control to make it as easy as possible. So with the brand new line of Golf Punk putters, no stronger statement for agreeing with our "make putting easy" mantra exists!
A Rai (Eng) M Greyserman (US) J Spaun (US), R Hisatsune (Jpn) L Clanton (US) BHorschel (US), A Eckroat (US) Englishman Aaron Rai, 29, gets his first win on the PGA Tour this week at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina in a 36 hole thriller of a final day.
Lucas Glover earns his fifth career PGA Tour title, his first since the 2021 John Deere Classic, and moves up 63 spots from 112 to 49 in the FedExCup standings.
Canada's Corey Conners claimed his second Valero Texas Open with a one-stroke victory over PGA Tour rookie Sam Stevens. It was the second time the Canadian had won the PGA Tour event in the last five years, having won the event in 2019. Conners shot a bogey-free four-under-par 68 to finish on fifteen-under to edge out Stevens, who had two eagles in his closing 66 at TPC San Antonio.
World No.6 Justin Thomas has confirmed that he will defend his title at the 2021 PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes, Dec.16-19.
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.
England's Matt Wallace and a resurgent Jordan Speith share the lead at the Valero Texas Open. Both players shot five-under-par third rounds of 67 to sit two clear of third place, Charlie Hoffman, on twelve-under-par.
Kevin Na is out after his loss against Adam Long on Thursday, but the group is wide open following Dustin Johnson and Robert MacIntyre's halved match. If both Johnson and MacIntyre win their games it is off to extra holes. It's going to a straight shoot out between Kevin Kisner and Matt Kuchar as both Justin Thomas and Louis Oosthuizen are eliminated after losing on day two.
It was a day of upsets at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. Bryson DeChambeau's loss to Frenchman Antoine Rozner was the shock of the day closely followed by the hefty defeat Rory McIlroy suffered at Ian Poulter's hands.
There were lots of hugs and high fives as Team USA fought back from a 10-8 deficit to win the Presidents Cup, once again, by a score of 16-14. That huge smile we saw after Wood’s victory at Augusta was back and the there was obvious emotion in the US Captain’s voice when talking after his team’s victory.
Well we have run out of majors but Tiger will still be coming out to play in August as the FedEx Cup Playoffs commence this week in Jersey City, with The Northern Trust. It’s all change with the play-offs and we had to read it a few times before we sussed it out. So here’s how it will work..