Rising Star Morikawa Outguns Thomas in Dramatic PGA Playoff
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OUR 1635 TH ISSUE Vol. 32, No. 23 R O C H E S T E R Monday, July 13, 2020 Bryson DeChambeau’s Rising Star Morikawa Outguns Gains ‘Extraordinary’ Thomas in Dramatic PGA Playoff Los Angeles (AFP) — American But Changes Coming Collin Morikawa tapped in a putt on the third playoff hole to outduel Justin Thomas in a wild Sunday finish and capture the US PGA Tour Workday Charity Open. Morikawa, who had been the pacesetter through the first two rounds, rallied from three strokes down with three holes remaining to force the playoff at Muirfield Village Golf Club. He then stayed alive by drain- ing a 24-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole immediately after third-round leader Thomas BY RYAN LAVNER to being “fascinated” by Bryson had made a jaw-dropping 50- Royal and Ancient chief exec- DeChambeau’s beefed-up ap- foot putt for birdie. utive Martin Slumbers admitted — PAGE 4 “Amazing,” said the 23-year- Bryson American Collin Morikawa celebrates with the winner’s trophy after the old Morikawa, who carded a final final round of the Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village Golf Club. round 66 to finish on 19-under (AFP Photo/Sam Greenwood) par 269 and won for the second Tiger Back, Miguel for the time on the US PGA Tour. par-four 10th sailed right and “Collin played great. He had a Sunday’s win made up for a landed behind a tree. very tough hole at 17. Ages, Morikawa Power: disappointing loss in another Thomas closed with a 69 but “We both made two great bird- dramatic playoff finish at the that included two bogeys in his ies on the first playoff hole. I had Charles Schwab Challenge four final three holes after beginning two chances to win this thing in Golf Talking Points weeks ago in the PGA’s return his round with a two-stroke lead regulation and on the second from the COVID-19 calendar over Viktor Hovland, with Mori- playoff hole and I didn’t get it shutdown. kawa three adrift. done.” World number five Thomas “I am pretty pissed off, it is the This week’s Workday Charity was trying to win for the 13th only way to explain it,” Thomas Open is the first of back-to-back time on the Tour, but he was said. “I had a three-shot lead events at the Jack Nicklaus de- undone on the final hole of the with three to go and completely signed Dublin, Ohio course. The playoff after his tee shot on the handed it over. Outguns — PAGE 3 ‘I Just Cost Myself 250 Grand.’ BY BILL PENNINGTON On the final green of virtually every PGA Tour event, a golfer will stand over a routine short putt worth between $200,000 and $500,000. It might take one second for the ball to roll toward Tiger Woods will have world number one Rory McIlroy for company for the hole, but if the result is a the first two rounds at the Memorial Tournament this week.(AFP Photo/ costly four-foot miss, it usually Toshifumi Kitamura) takes another minute for the enormity of the loss to sink in. BY DANIEL HICKS emergence of a bright young When their rounds are com- Hong Kong (AFP) — A couple star feature in AFP Sport's golf plete, golfers enter the privacy of of comebacks and the continued Talking Points — PAGE 5 a nearby scoring tent, which one player called “the loony bin.” It is there that players come face- to-face with the tournament’s Last month at the Charles Schwab Challenge, Collin Morikawa missed Remaining PGA Tour prize money chart delineating a four-foot par putt on the first playoff hole that handed the victory to the payouts for finishing first, Daniel Berger, who earned $532,500 more than Morikawa for the win. Events Will Not Host Fans second, third, and so on. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) “Guys say, ‘I just cost myself BY BILL PENNINGTON “Our No. 1 priority remains 250 grand,’” said Jim Furyk, the a final short putt can be worth sive flub, Woodland knew col- The remainder of the PGA the health and safety of everyone winner of 17 tour events. “I’m $1 million. leagues might still be reminding Tour schedule this season will in the communities where we are sure I’ve said it. It’s a really hard “I don’t care who you are, each other about it. be played without spectators invited,” Andy Pazder, the PGA moment.” that’s a lot of money,” Woodland “You mess with buddies, ‘Hey, after the organizers of four tour- Tour’s chief of tournaments, said Gary Woodland, the reigning said. “Maybe you weren’t think- that one putt cost you big-time,’” naments announced on Mon- in a statement, attributing the United States Open champion, ing about the money before the he said, laughing. day that they would close their decision to the spread of the insisted the angst was worst at putt, but if you miss you are.” For the less accomplished events to the public. Events — PAGE 2 high-profile tournaments, where Even a week after an expen- 250 Grand — PAGE 3 Local Holes-In-One on Page 4 See Past Holes-In-One at golfweekrochester.com Page 02 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Friday,Monday, Date, July Year13, 2020 Mulligans News, Notes, Quotes & Anecdotes from the Local Golfing Community WNYPGA Stroke Play Results, July 13 Jeff Kaye, PGA Profession- Kirk Stauffer was second with Partner, Bushnell Golf and to al at Livingston Country Club, 68, Rob Krajewski was third Mike Sweazy, PGA Host Pro- won the Professional Stroke with 69 and Jon Hoecker was fessional and the entire Staff Play at Wild Wood Country fourth with 71. & Membership at Wild Wood Club with a 4 under par 67. Special thanks to our PGA Country Club. x 1 Jeff Kaye . Livingston CC . .35-32--67 -4 2 Kirk Stauffer . PGA Life Member . .36-32--68 -3 3 Rob Krajewski . Glen Oak GC . .34-35--69 -2 4 Jon Hoecker . Brook-Lea CC . 37-34--71 E 5 Steve Barber . Locust Hill CC . 39-33--72 +1 T6 Tim Falkner . Crag Burn GC . 37-36--73 +2 T6 Michael O’Connor . The Kahkwa Club . .39-34--73 +2 T6 Tom Keenan . PGA Life Member . .36-37--73 +2 T9 Mike Sweazy . Wild Wood CC . .38-36--74 +3 T9 Matt Stasiak . Battistoni Golf Center . .39-35--74 +3 T9 Michael Mancari . Wild Wood CC . .38-36--74 +3 12 Clementina Rodriguez . Western New York Section . 35-40--75 +4 T13 Matt Jarrell . Cobblestone Creek CC . 36-40--76 +5 T13 J .A . Sutherland . CC of Buffalo . .39-37--76 +5 15 Dwayne Randall . Bartlett CC . .38-39--77 +6 T16 Greg Mulhern . Ridgemont CC . .40-38--78 +7 T16 Mike Touhey . Moon Brook CC . .40-38--78 +7 Jeff Kaye T16 Joe Bock . Seneca Hickory Stick GC . .38-40--78 +7 19 Pat Damore . Lakewood Golf Center . 40-39--79 +8 T20 Sean Moffat . CC of Buffalo . .42-38--80 +9 T20 Tim Fries . Glen Oak GC . .39-41--80 +9 T20 Steve Latimer . Genesee Valley GC . .40-40--80 +9 T20 Tom Bolduc . Churchville GC . .38-42--80 +9 T20 Bobby Hogan . River Oaks GC . .42-38--80 +9 T25 Eric Haile . Stafford CC . 38-43--81 +10 T25 Curtis Evanicki . Penfield CC . 39-42--81 +10 27 Michael Dziabo . Lancaster CC . .40-42--82 +11 28 Jonathan Decker . Transit Valley CC . .43-44--87 +16 Events (Continued from Page 1) coronavirus pandemic. The organizers for the Wyn- dham Championship and the three tournaments that make up the FedEx Cup playoffs each released a separate statement on Monday announcing the de- cision. The PGA Tour had hoped to welcome about 8,000 fans daily to the Me- “These decisions are never morial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, this week, but scrapped those plans easy,” Allison Fillmore, the exec- as coronavirus cases spiked in the state and the country. (Joseph Maiorana/ utive director of the Tour Cham- USA Today Sports, via Reuters) pionship, said in a statement, “and we would like to thank the last week as confirmed cases of City of Atlanta and PGA Tour the virus spiked in the state and headquarters for their extensive around the country. collaboration as we arrived at The announcements do not what was the best decision for directly affect the three major all involved with the Tour Cham- golf championships remaining pionship and the community.” this year. The P.G.A. Champi- The Tour Championship, onship, scheduled for San Fran- scheduled for Sept. 4 to 7 at cisco’s T.P.C. Harding Park, East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, had already said it would be con- is set to be the last event of tested without fans. The United the playoffs, which in normal States Open, conducted by the years are contested after golf’s United States Golf Association major tournaments and feature and set for Sept. 17 to 20 at the PGA Tour’s largest purses. the Winged Foot Golf Club in Several other PGA Tour Westchester County, N.Y., has events are scheduled in the next not yet revealed whether it will four months, and it is unlikely host fans at its tournament. The that any of them will welcome U.S.G.A. has considered allow- fans. The Memorial Tourna- ing a limited number of specta- ment, which begins Thursday tors to the event or holding the and will feature Tiger Woods, event without fans.