Winner: Emiliano Grillo
Around the wider world of golf: Thorbjørn Olesen won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the ET (the pro-am team of Florian Fritsch and Michael Ballack won the team division); Danny Chia won the Mercuries Taiwan Masters on the Asian Tour; and In-Gee Chun won the Japan Women’s Open, the second JLPGA major of the year (bangkokbobby has details).
I didn't get to see much of the final round of the Web.com Tour Championship on Sunday. I and some friends were trying to get back to North Carolina from Hilton Head, and the historically heavy storms that hit South Carolina were determined not to let us pass. First I-95 was under 10 feet of water and all the surrounding roads were shut down as well; we were forced to backtrack 20 miles or so to try another route. And while we made it home going that way -- trust me, we are extremely grateful to be home, because this is an unprecedented disaster in our region of the States -- we saw plenty of signs of the devastation, including a car completely submerged except for its roof where it was deserted while still clearly in the middle of an exit ramp!
While the conflict for Tour cards was rarely as lifestyles-threatening as those storms, it was nonetheless a life-changing event for some of gamers. Chez Reavie gained the Golden Ticket for the Tour playoffs while Patton Kizzire stored his preserve at the Golden Ticket for yearlong Web.Com Tour play. The guys who came in at the decrease cease of the cardboard privileges nonetheless get the threat to play the Big Tour, even if they aren't absolutely exempt. And the alternative men every have their personal testimonies of fortune or woe. You can see the final ratings for the 50 new card holders at this hyperlink.
Emiliano Grillo defintely receives one of the better stories. As yet some other member of 'Class of 2011' which incorporates Jordan Spieth and pals, there are a whole lot of expectations on him. If you've got been looking him this yr -- and in this event, with the stress on -- you already know he's going to likely be just as correct as his compatriots.
What I DID get to peer Sunday was nothing one-of-a-kind from what Grillo has proven us all 12 months. Tied with Reavie at the 18th hollow, all he did turned into drain a 20-footer for birdie, forcing Reavie to do the identical if he desired a playoff. Reavie couldn't do it, and Grillo walked off with the name. Just like Spieth and the opposite early-20-somethings, he has that 'some thing' that tells fanatics he means commercial enterprise... And that he can end that commercial enterprise as properly. I won't be surprised to peer him construct a huge following on Tour.
And considering that he holds the fourth card, I suspect he will have plenty of possibilities for the ones potential fans to peer him. He just may -- if you may forgive the pun -- take the Tour through hurricane.
In the intervening time, I provide the young Argentinian this congratulatory Limerick Summary to feature to his as a substitute massive haul:
His correct play is the motive
He?S bound for the Big Tour subsequent season.
His Spieth-like depth
Shows the propensity
Grillo might have for fan-pleasin’. The photo came from this wrap-up page at PGATOUR.com.
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