It's finally here -- the closing predominant of the 12 months. Twofer Tuesday hops across the pond in a look for the 2019 Champion Golfer of the Year.
The modern-day Champion Golfer of 2018, Francesco Molinari, may have his hands complete at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. Not simplest is the format strange to the pros, as nobody has performed this course underneath OPEN conditions due to the fact that 1951, however it will be the fourth longest course in OPEN records. (Don't ask me for the numbers; I heard them and right away forgot.) And with temps in the 60s F all week, along with the winds that normally play havoc with links gamers, this ought to be a wild week.
While Matthew Wolff isn't always at THE OPEN -- his win more than one weeks again did not get him one of the invitations -- most of the huge names we'd anticipate to peer could be there. The quantity of capability storylines is mind-numbing and, given how distinctive hyperlinks golf is from normal match golfing, any of those storylines should play out if a participant just gets it collectively for one week.
Into this insanity I now pass, in hopes of profiting from the momentum of picking my first Top10er in many weeks.
- For my Top10er this week I choose Brooks Koepka. I know the guy can't possibly win every major he enters, but he's only been outside the Top2 once in his last six majors. Whether he wins or not, I'm taking him in hopes of nabbing yet another Top10 finisher.
- But picking my winner is a tough one. As I said earlier, links golf is a different animal from what the pros play each week and all one of them needs is one good week. So I'm stepping a bit outside the box and picking Jon Rahm to get his first major. My logic is agonizingly simple: He won the Irish Open two weeks ago. Links golf, similar weather. Asking for another win so soon is probably crazy, but in similar conditions...
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