Winner: Kevin Kisner
Around the wider world of golf: WOW! There's a lot to tell this week. Rory McIlroy won the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai as well as the Race to Dubai on the ET; Cristie Kerr won the CME Group Tour Championship, Inbee Park won the Vare (scoring ) Trophy, and Lydia Ko picked up the POY Award and Race to the Globe on the LPGA; Peter Senior won the Australian Masters (at age 56) on the Australasian Tour; Yusaku Miyazato won the Dunlap Phoenix on the Japan Golf Tour; Natipong Srithong won the Resorts World Manila Masters on the Asian Tour; Haimeng Chao won the Nine Dragons Open on the PGA TOUR China; Rodolfo Cazaubon won the Lexus Peru Open on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica; and Bo-Mee Lee won the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open for her 7th JLPGA win of the season (bangkokbobby has details).
"Could be epic."
That's what Kevin Kisner informed GC's Todd Lewis approximately the imminent birthday party after his leap forward win on the RSM Classic. (Formerly the McGladrey Classic, if you did not realize. It's still the same organisation; they simply modified their call.) After all, Kevin now lives at Sea Island so each person turned into right there, simply looking forward to him to get his first win.
Just as Kevin has been doing all yr.
As you already know in case you observe my blog, I've picked Kevin as a fave in several tournaments this beyond year. He's simply been gambling so nicely! When he is lost, it hasn't been because he performed badly... He just got beat, as regularly happens in golfing. (And within the rest of lifestyles as properly, however this is a whole 'nother subject matter.) He came up simply brief another time multiple weeks lower back at the WGC, his fourth runner-up of the year. He lost via two strokes.
Not this week. After getting his first 54-hollow lead -- a reasonably significant three-stroke lead -- he casually set about building on it. In fact, besides for checking returned a couple of times, I watched the LPGA's finale due to the fact Kevin already had a 5-shot lead when the LPGA broadcast began.
I got to see him end though. Back-to-lower back 64s gave him a 6-shot victory while it changed into all executed.
I don't know that I consider that vintage line about "after you get your first win, the floodgates open." I've seen -- as I'm sure you have -- that maximum of the time, that old pronouncing is inaccurate. There are simply too many variables in terms of guides and weather, and too many properly players at the numerous occasions, for us to trust all people is assured an less difficult road to victory than each person else.
But Kevin Kisner has proven that coming up brief -- and doing so A LOT -- doesn't get him down. He understands the chances and he accepts them. And with a mind-set like that, I suppose he has as properly a risk of commencing the ones floodgates as everybody obtainable. We'll see what occurs for him next yr.
But in the intervening time, Kevin rankings his first-ever Limerick Summary. Congrats on sooner or later breaking via, Kev!
His lead went to 6 up. It?S authentic?
Kevin?S runner-up streak is now thru.
Back-to-back 64s
Busted down all the doorways
To an epic post-game rendezvous! The photo came from the tournament wrap-up page at PGATOUR.com.
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