Winner: Rory McIlroy
Around the wider world of golf: Inbee Park won the Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout on the LPGA; Ian Woosnam got his first win on the Champions Tour at the Insperity Invitational; and Smylie Kaufman got his first Web.com Tour win at the United Leasing Championship. The Lexus Panama Classic on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica has been weather-delayed and will be completed today.
When I wrote in the day past's put up that Paul Casey was barely alive -- due to the fact he still had to complete Saturday's playoff with Rory McIlroy -- I failed to anticipate it to be pretty so prophetic. I observed at some stage in the publish-round interview Saturday night that Casey became wiping his nostril lots, but I idea it became simply the cold damp weather. Instead, the bug that stored him up all night vomiting probably cost him a danger at the Match Play name.
Just as well, I suppose, as he might be not likely to have lasted the day. An early begin to finish yesterday's playoff, then two greater full rounds could have probable been an excessive amount of for him.
Of route, although the rapid end to the playoff may also have spared McIlroy a few holes towards Casey, it still were given him up within the midnight for a protracted day in opposition to two different difficult warring parties. And those fighters -- Jim Furyk and Gary Woodland -- made him paintings. HARD.
In some approaches Rory got very fortunate this week. His recreation from tee to inexperienced wasn't mainly sharp for the duration of any round. His drives were a chunk wild and his distance manage on his technique pictures was quite horrific. He were given several true bounces that as a minimum gave him a hazard at recuperation shots. Perhaps most importantly, although his opponents were on a warm streak before assembly him in battle, their games have become fantastically inconsistent all through their rounds against him.
Not that I'm pronouncing Rory gained because he became fortunate -- a long way from it. When Rory got fortunate breaks, he capitalized on them most of the time with first-rate healing shots. And even if a shot did not come off pretty as deliberate, he nonetheless left himself in a playable position. Most of all, no matter how a whole lot he may war tee to inexperienced, his brief recreation turned into immaculate all week and his putting became spot on. When he needed to get the ball within the hollow, he put it in. How generally did he go to the 16th hole down in his match and still pull out a win? That's now not all good fortune, no longer with the aid of a protracted shot!
So Rory choices up his 10th PGA Tour win -- and his 2nd WGC win -- before turning 26, another time placing him in the rarified air breathed by means of Tiger and Jack. And I'm not entirely positive what number of Limerick Summaries this makes, but I realize he is the chief in that category for sure:
A playoff plus two rounds in one rush;
Play three guys in one day? That?S too much!
But Paul stuck a pandemic
Then the Luck of the Irish
With Rory’s skills left all their dreams crushed. The photo came from the tournament page at worldgolfchampionships.com.
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