Winner: Paul Casey
Around the wider world of golf: Matt Wallace beat Andrew "Beef" Johnston to win the Hero Indian Open on the ET; Ashleigh Buhai won the Investec South African Women’s Open on the LET; Vijay Singh won the Toshiba Classic on the Champions Tour; and Martin Trainer won the El Bosque Mexico Championship on the Web.com Tour.
And every other drought comes to an cease -- this time, it turned into 9 years within the making (seeing that 2009).
I've been looking forward to Paul Casey to break thru for years. (Some of you can don't forget the often I picked him as a tournament favourite, only to have him come up simply a chunk quick.) And this week it appeared like he may omit out once more, as he started the day 5 pictures off the lead of a loaded leaderboard. Justin Rose, Patrick Reed and Tiger Woods (of path!) had been all within the mix and all playing well.
And then... Casey got here out firing, extra than an hour in advance of the leaders. He tied his satisfactory round of the yr (65), highlighted by way of the fewest number of putts in all and sundry's round due to the fact that 2000 (21). And once he completed, he had a protracted wait to look what took place. After all, he figured one of the large weapons might trap him. Right?
But he turned into wrong. Reed made the largest run, starting with an eagle but bogeying his final hollow to overlook a playoff via simply one stroke. Rose got here out flat, taking pictures 2-over at the front nine. And Woods simply wasn't as sharp -- to be expected, I think, given how lengthy it is been when you consider that he become in contention -- although a birdie bomb on 17 stored his hopes alive. Nevertheless, he too came up a single shot quick.
And just like that, Casey discovered that his long wait was over. And given how properly he is played over the last few years, I'd say this win is clearly past due.
Will this "open the floodgates," as the analysts are wont to say? I don't know. Our recreation is virtually top-heavy with skills proper now, and with each Phil and Tiger both making a comeback, it is difficult to believe that Casey will all of sudden rocket to the top of the heap.
But that's beside the point right now. It's hard to win on tour, any tour, and Paul Casey has finished some thing many players cross their entire careers and by no means enjoy -- he is hoisted yet some other trophy. And due to the fact that I do only one Limerick Summary each week, this one puts him in elite organisation!
Once Casey?S rating made him ?The Man,?
A lengthy hour of ready began.
But although Woods, Rose and Reed
Made a run at the lead,
In the end, only Casey would stand. The photo came from this page at dailyherald.com.
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