Winner: Brooks Koepka
Around the wider world of golf: Kristen Gillman beat Jiwon Jeon to add a second US Women's Amateur to her record (the other was in 2014); Trevor Cone won the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic; Corey Pereira won the ATB Financial Classic on the Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada; Lauren Coughlin won the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour; and Team Sweden3 (Cajsa Persson and Linda Wessberg) won the gold medal in the women’s team golf event at Gleneagles PGA Centenary Course on the LET.
Let's get a pair of factors out of the manner first, earlier than I forget about them.
Teaching pro Ben Kern changed into the only club seasoned to make the reduce and he finished at T43 (-three), the quality finish by using a membership seasoned in thirteen years. Can't forget the membership pros, in particular after they play that well!
And both Adam Scott and Tiger, while neither won, should leave Bellerive with a huge confidence boost. Adam proved to himself that he actually can putt. And Tiger actually broke some of his own major records, which says something for how far he's come in less than a year. (Among other records, his 64 was his lowest score ever in a major.)
But the superstar of the display changed into Brooks Koepka. His performance became terrific, positioned him into a few uncommon corporation at the Majors Club, and almost certainly locked up the Player of the Year award. But you may be listening to about that each one this week, maybe all iciness until the Masters next April.
Let's communicate rather approximately how this victory likely modifications the competitive panorama on the PGA Tour for the next few months.
With three majors beneath his belt, Brooks has tied Jordan Spieth and lapped his pal Dustin Johnson. Even Rory is simplest one beforehand of him now! With this victory -- 3 of his remaining six majors -- Brooks has established himself because the "it" golfer of 2018. He's the Golden Boy now and, even as he won't be #1 on the OWGR after this win (he will ascend to the pinnacle of my own Ruthless Golf World Rankings), there may be absolute confidence that he's the person to beat going forward.
And with the FedExCup Playoffs and Ryder Cup simply beforehand, 2018 may want to get even higher for him.
So I'll virtually upload my Limerick Summary to his haul this week. And I'll do it with out a number of fanfare -- that seems to be how Brooks does matters recently.
Hey, Jordan and DJ?Step returned!
Make manner as Brooks gives it a whack
And steps into the file books.
Hist?Ry belongs to Brooks;
Now HE’S the head of the pack. The photo came from this page at pgatour.com.
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