New storylines came from anywhere on Thursday. It started out with the news that Dustin Johnson turned into taking a leave of absence from the Tour, to "are trying to find expert help for private challenges I have confronted." (That quote changed into taken from this ESPN.Com article. You can locate extra information on this PGATOUR.Com publish.) While everyone wonders what is up and needs him nicely, this development leaves a hollow inside the Ryder Cup crew because Dustin specifically said he might not be playing.
For Captain Tom Watson, it is a two-edged sword. He'll virtually leave out having Dustin at the group in Scotland however it does open up another spot considering the fact that #10 is now an automated select. (At this factor, it's Patrick Reed.) Let's face it -- the 3 Captain's choices are almost surely no-brainers at this point. With Phil currently at #eleven and Keegan at #sixteen, you can be fairly sure they're on the crew.
And of course, there may be Tiger. With not less than 6 rounds (and pretty probably 8) underneath his belt in the subsequent weeks, Tom Watson can have 14 rounds over the past 2 months to help him gauge wherein the Big Cat may be in late September.
If he continues up the way he did Thursday, he'll possibly make the group. Despite 2 bogeys -- considered one of them a sloppy 3-putt on the first hole -- and a double, he still finished out at -2, inside the Top10 and simply 4 off the lead. His irons, brief game, and (for the maximum component) placing seemed an awful lot sharper than they did on the Open. The problem is still the driving force but Thursday he scrambled like the Tiger we are used to seeing.
And given that he scored better than McIlroy (-1), Furyk (-1), Bubba (-1), Adam (-1), Spieth (+1), McDowell (+1), Stenson (+1), and Poulter (+3), and given that he absolutely obliterated playing partner Martin Kaymer (+7), it's hard to believe that Tiger won't figure something out in time for the Ryder Cup. Here he is in his own words (the video is from PGATOUR.com):
But Dustin and Tiger were not the only gamers to step up. Marc Leishman took the lead at -6; Ryan Moore, Charl Schwartzel, and Justin Rose accompanied at -five; and players like Patrick Reed and Rickie Fowler have been within the next organization at -three.
We'll realize extra after ultra-modern spherical finishes but it truely looks like this WGC goes to live up to the hype.
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