It seemed that no one wanted to win the Wyndham Championship as one by one the contenders failed to reach the magic sixteen-under total that would have secured the victory. In the end, it came down to the PGA Tour's first six-way play-off and it was Kevin Kisner who held his nerve best to win at the second extra hole.
South Korea's In Gee Chun went wire-to-wire to win the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. The one-shot victory over Lexi Thompson and Minjee Lee gave the 27-year-old a third major victory and her first in six years.
Well, was it worth the wait? The greatest golfer of our generation finally played a round of golf in anger. From the moment his first tee shot sailed 30 yards past Justin Thomas's we were riveted.
Well, there you have it. After all these years it seemed to be written in the stars that Tiger would deliver once again among the azaleas and pines of Augusta. Yes, he rode his luck a little, but ultimately he was the player that held his nerve the best coming down the stretch.
You couldn’t write the script. It all came down to the last putt on the last green and standing over that putt was none other than, controversial captain’s pick, the superb Suzann Pettersen. With nerves of absolute steel Pettersen stroked the putt right into the centre of the cup and the crowd went wild. Your writer’s children wondered what was going on with their father shouting at the television – “Unbelieveable, totally unbelievable”.
Rory McIlroy made a flying start to the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, opening with a seven-under-par round of 65 to lead by two shots in the final Rolex Series event of 2021.
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano tackles water hazard comando. Almost...
Robert Streb almost holed his second shot at the second playoff hole at The RSM Classic. The birdie was enough to win at Georgia's Sea Island Golf Club for a second time edging out Kevin Kisner. Streb, 33, won the event back in 2014 when he came from behind to prevail in a playoff this time he did it from the front.
What a first day at the British Masters... I mean, it was crazy...
England’s Liz Young fired a round of 67 (-5) on day two at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open and leads at the end of Friday’s play at Golfpark Holzhäusern. Round one was completed this morning after yesterday’s delay, with round two getting underway as planned but there was a 45-minute delay due to dangerous conditions at lunchtime.
We were there last year as Tom Watson came down the 18th in the fast fading light. Huge crowds were both following him, and waiting for him at the green. We were going to witness Tom’s last moment s at St Andrews ……or were we?
Well, that was exhausting. And I wasn't even playing. At times it was hard to watch. At other times it made you want to pull your eye lids off.
