The Limerick Summary: 2019 US Open

Winner: Gary Woodland

Around the wider world of golf: Brooke Henderson became the winningest Canadian golfer ever (male or female) with her win at the Meijer LPGA Classic; Jillian Hollis won the Forsyth Classic on the Symetra Tour; Xinjun Zhang won the Lincoln Land Championship on the Web.com Tour; Jake Knapp won the GolfBC Championship on the Mackenzie Tour; Cyril Bouniol won the Suzhou Open on the PGA TOUR China; Scott Vincent won the Landic Challenge on the Asian Tour; and Emily Toy won the Women’s British Amateur.

While my Tuesday Twofer picks didn't do so well, I wasn't expecting much. I picked Tiger Woods (T21) to win and Phil Mickelson (T52) to Top10. At least both of them made the cut!

• Winners: 2 for 24
• Place well (Top10): 11 for 24 (6 Top5 finish, 5 more Top10s)
• Overall Top10s: 22 of 48 (11 Top5s, 11 more Top10s)

But it's hard to believe each person picked this week's winner. Gary Woodland hasn't had the best of luck at majors, except for a couple of Top10s at the last two PGAs. Even Justin Rose and Louis Oosthuizen were outliers of a sort, since neither seemed to be in the best of form lately.

And admit it -- you needed to parent that Brooks Koepka become the favourite, given that he had gained four of his ultimate eight majors (plus one runner-up end).

But Gary had an ace in his nook -- Amy Bockerstette, the Special Olympics golfer he have become friends with on the WM Phoenix Open in advance this yr. He credits her friendship, together with the highs and lows of turning into a father, with helping him benefit more perspective on his sport. And that new attitude changed into on full display Sunday, as he calmly dealt with Rose and Koepka's attempts to seize and bypass him on the leaderboard.

In case you failed to see the very last spherical, Rose tied him on the primary hollow, then dropped back on the second one hollow and neither Rose nor Koepka caught him after that. And simply to punctuate his victory, Gary birdied the very last hollow for a three-stroke victory.

The discussions have already started. You know the ones -- will this win "open the floodgates" and Woodland begin winning at an improved clip? Who is aware of? But I do know this: Gary Woodland has just picked up his first most important Limerick Summary. It won't be as bright as his first major trophy, however with a bit of luck he will get a few joy from it as nicely.

A win from the lead?S no longer a given,

So Sunday?S win ought to sense like heaven!

With Gary?S remaining round

He took Brooks Koepka down

And made this his first major. That’s livin’! The photo came from this page at chinadaily.com.cn.