Winner: Xander Schauffele
Around the wider world of golf: Nelly Korda picked up her first LPGA win at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship; Scott Parel won the Invesco QQQ Championship, the second of the Champions Tour playoff events; Khalin Joshi won the Panasonic Open India on the Asian Tour; and Cameron Champ got his first PGA Tour win at the Sanderson Farms Championship, the alternate event on the PGA Tour.
Everybody talks approximately how far Xander Schauffele hits a golfing ball, how he's up there with DJ and Rory and Brooks, and so forth. But it seems to me that Xander received his first WGC occasion due to the fact he controlled his recreation better than every person else and made a gaggle of putts.
Especially on the ones remaining holes that tortured the field all week. I don't know who had the fewest strokes on 17 and 18 for the week, but Xander become 5-under for the everyday rounds and 1-under within the playoff. By contrast, defending champion Justin Rose was 4-over for the week while Tony Finau changed into also five-underneath at the normal rounds... And extra importantly, most effective even inside the playoff.
I do realize that Xander's 68 become the fine round of the day on Sunday, enough to tune down Tony's three-shot lead and pressure the playoff. As important because the final two holes have been, it changed into Xander's sport management on the hard Sheshan course that were given him the win.
As I recall, Xander got surpassed over for the Ryder Cup group this past time. I surpassed over him as well, feeling that Tony turned into in better shape. But I don't think Xander will have to worry approximately making groups in the destiny -- as a minimum, now not if he keeps gambling like this. With three PGA Tour wins in much less than 18 months -- of them huge titles (a Tour Championship and a WGC) -- plus 3 Top6s in most effective seven important appearances, Xander goes to be getting a number of attention going ahead.
And of path, he gets all the Limerick Summary attention this week.
The final holes in each round
Seemed destined to tug the field down.
Not Xander, of path,
Who felt 0 regret
As he scored while the others’ hopes drowned. The photo came from the front page at europeantour.com.
0 comments