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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 (AFP) — American But Changes Coming tapped in a putt on the third playoff hole to outduel in a wild Sunday finish and capture the US PGA Tour . 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 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 . round 66 to finish on 19-under (AFP Photo/Sam Greenwood) 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 , 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 de- undone on the final hole of the with three to go and completely signed Dublin, course. The playoff after his 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 will have world number one Rory McIlroy for company for the hole, but if the result is a the first two rounds at the 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, , 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

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Mulligans News, Notes, Quotes & Anecdotes from the Local Golfing Community WNYPGA 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 Country fourth with 71. & Membership at Wild Wood Club with a 4 under par 67. Special thanks to our PGA Country Club. x

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(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 , 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. had received clearance from The Masters, scheduled for Nov. health officials to welcome about 12 to 15 in Augusta, Ga., has also 8,000 fans daily to the Muir- not committed to having fans — field Village course in Dublin, or prohibiting them. x Ohio, but scrapped those plans © The New York Times  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, July 13, 2020 • Page 3 250 Grand Outguns woes for the rest of the year. “A third-place finish payout on the PGA Tour is 10 times what you make on the ,” said Matthew NeSmith, a tour rookie. “That stuff is always in the back of your mind.” Then there are golfers who maintain that they have never considered how much money an individual putt might be worth, even as first-year pros. “You probably aren’t going to believe me, but I’ve never had a putt where I’ve thought, ‘if I miss “I don’t care who you are, that’s a lot of money,” Gary Woodland said. this, I cost myself two hundred or “Maybe you weren’t thinking about the money before the putt, but if you four hundred thousand,’” Justin miss you are.” (Jeff Roberson/Associated Press) Thomas, the world’s fifth-ranked golfer and the 2017 P.G.A. Championship winner, said. “A lot of people could tell you what a three-way tie for sixth is in a $9 million purse, whereas I have Justin Thomas reacts to a missed putt on the 18th green during the no clue.” second playoff hole during the final round of the Workday Charity Open. Thomas, however, admitted to (AFP Photo/Gregory Shamus) one exception — when he need- ed to make a three-foot putt to (Continued from Page 1) massive putts for birdies. tie for third at last year’s Tour Nicklaus-hosted Memorial will Championship, which would follow next week. Back-to-Back Bombs earn him $3.5 million. Finish- After rain, wind and lightning Thomas went first, making a ing in fourth-place would have led to two suspensions on Fri- 50-foot downhill putt for what earned him $500,000 less. day, organizers decided to move appeared to be the victory. But “That was the first ever time I the tee times up on Sunday to Morikawa wasn’t going any- was like, ‘This is probably a mil- avoid any more weather delays. where. He stayed alive by drain- lion-dollar putt,’ ” Thomas said. Morikawa started Sunday’s ing his putt, from just inside 25 He smiled at the memory round three shots back after feet, to send it back to the 18th “You probably aren’t going to believe me, but I’ve never had a putt where I’ve thought, ‘if I miss this, I cost myself two hundred or four hundred since he sank the birdie putt. opening with a 65 and 66 to tee for a second playoff hole. thousand,’” Justin Thomas, the world’s fifth-ranked golfer, said. (Nam Y. Some of his brethren on tour lead the first and second rounds. Morikawa sealed the win on Huh/Associated Press) also agreed that there were ben- He quickly fought his way back the 75th hole, two putting on efits for weathering the strain to the top of the leaderboard the green after Thomas missed players on tour, there is little But I’m not afraid of being in brought on by a big-money putt. with two birdies and an eagle in the fairway off the tee and had (Continued from Page 1) those positions. I want to be in “When I was younger and his first five holes. to chip out from behind a small humor in the situation. those as much as I can because money was tight, if I missed a He made three more birdies tree with his second shot. “Those short putts on 18 are the more you are, the more short putt I might think about on the back nine including the The win was Morikawa’s sec- terrifying,” said , comfortable you’re going to be.” how I lost six months of rent par four 17. Morikawa used an ond in just his 24th start as a a second-year member of the In interviews with dozens of money,” said , a eight to spin his approach pro. tour who has one victory. “It’s tour veterans, a blueprint for 15-year tour veteran with almost shot to eight feet then made the “This is a huge kind of step- part of the treacherous illusion overcoming the tension of a $29 million in career earnings. putt and celebrated with a fist -stone,” Morikawa said. “We of competence in golf.” short, final putt emerged. Hoffman chuckled. pump. got number one (win) out of the Joel Dahmen, now in his fourth “At first, you probably let the “But there’s a flip side,” he His only blemish came on way, we got number two — let the year on tour, painted a picture of dollars get into your head and said. “When that falls the par-four 13th when he gates just open and let’s keep a singularly bizarre, harrowing you screw up and it costs you a into the hole you say to yourself: made bogey as he closed with a going because obviously it was a rite of passage for the pro golfer: lot of money,” said Kevin Streel- ‘Hey, I just made $150,000 on four-under 66. tough loss at Colonial a month surviving the crucible of the petite man, who has been a tour regu- one little four-foot putt, how The most dramatic moment of ago, but I learned a lot. putt with titanic import. lar since 2008. “You get tired of awesome is that?’” x the round came on the first play- “This is just more positives, “It’s constantly talked about that happening and start treating © The New York Times off hole as both players rolled in more learning for me.” x by almost everybody,” said the last putt of the day the same Dahmen, who has nearly $6 as your first putt of the day. million in career earnings. “Guys “And when the round’s over, in the locker room after the final you cannot tell yourself that round are having a beer and say- a last putt cost you a certain ing, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe amount. It’s what you do across how much that last putt cost an entire career.” me.’ Everyone has to figure out But for unproven players on how to get used to it.” tour, it’s difficult to focus on Last month at the Charles tour longevity when they are in Schwab Challenge in Fort a desperate, weekly struggle to Worth, Collin Morikawa, who finish near the top of - joined the tour last summer board so they will qualify for an after a decorated amateur ca- invitation to return to the tour reer, missed a short putton the the following year. 18th hole that would have won “That stress and anxiety is the tournament. Forced into a constant,” Wyndham Clark, a playoff, Morikawa then missed second-year tour pro with four a four-foot par putt on the first career top-10 finishes, said in re- extra hole that handed the victo- calling his first year on the tour. ry to Daniel Berger, who earned “It affects your sleep. I wasted so $532,500 more than Morikawa many nights worrying about it.” for the win. The youngest golfers on the When the second crucial putt PGA Tour are also more aware lipped out, Morikawa’s head and of how much they earn because shoulders slumped until he rested weekly travel expenses double his hands on his knees. from the roughly $1,700 they “Obviously, it stung,” Mori- spend on the tour’s feeder cir- kawa, 23, said two weeks later cuit, the Korn Ferry Tour. They when asked about his near miss- know that one top-five PGA es. “It’s a huge learning curve. Tour finish can solve their money Page 04 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Friday,Monday, Date, July Year13, 2020

Charity TournamentNo , Organizers • 2x50p • 101008No • DS Problem HOUSE as Warren Local Holes-In-One Ends Six-Year Title Drought See More On-line at www.golfweekrochester.com Steve Schulz aced the 20th hole at Deerfield Country Club Garcia Rodriguez with a birdie for 137 Yards, using a 6-iron. on the 17th. After Garcia Rodriguez made a double bogey on the 18th, Warren needed a par to win Pardon Our Progress: and kept his nerve to hole a short par putt. He finished with PGA Frisco East and West his second consecutive 70 for a 13-under-par total of 275. Schneider shot a 69 to fin- Courses Taking Shape ish one shot back. Dutchman Wil Besseling fired 66, the best round of the day, to finish anoth- er stroke back. Four more play- ers, including Garcia Rodriguez who made 72, were another shot behind. Veteran Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, who had led before a disastrous third round, Refreshed: ended a six-year title drought (AFP Photo/Ezra Shaw) finished tied for eighth after shooting 70. Vienna (AFP) — Marc Warren and seeing what happens. The The 56-year-old holds the re- captured his first European Tour result couldn’t have been any cord for oldest European Tour title in six years on Sunday with better,” said the champion. winner set at the 2014 Spanish a one-shot victory in the Austri- “Hopefully this is the one and Open,. an Open despite playing without only time, no matter what I say, I Von Dellingshausen fell away his caddie who failed to pass a do enjoy the caddie’s company.” with a final round of 76. coronavirus test in time. The Scotsman, who started “2014 was the last time I’ve The Scotsman birdied two of the final round of the first Eu- won,” added Warren. “In the the last four holes for his first ropean Tour event since March years since then, I’ve played title since 2014, when he tri- tied for the lead with German very poorly. The break has been umphed in Denmark. Nicolai Von Dellingshausen, unfortunate for everyone but it However, victory was achieved opened with a birdie on Sunday. came at a good time for me. despite having to carry his own But after three birdies and four “I’ve been able to get some The future of the PGA of the facility will also include a bags over the four rounds after bogeys over the next 11 holes, good work done and get ready to America is beginning to take short course and practice areas. his caddie failed to meet corona- he needed his late rally to hold play golf. Came out of it pretty shape in Frisco, Texas, with These championship cours- virus protocols and was barred off Marcel Schneider and Sebas- refreshed.” progress being made on the es will be the anchors of PGA from the event at the Diamond tian Garcia Rodriguez. The season continues in East & West Championship Frisco, which will offer the best Country Club. Schneider led but bogeyed the Austria next week with the Courses. coaching, player development “Carrying my bag this week 14th and then Warren birdied followed by In December 2018, the an- and education for PGA Golf probably helped tone it down a the same hole. the at the start of nouncement was made to move Professionals, as well as play on little, just going out and playing Warren then broke a tie with a six-event UK swing. x the PGA of America headquar- both recreational and champion- ters from Palm Beach Gardens, ship courses, alongside a magnif- Florida, to Frisco, Texas. In icent Omni resort and interactive addition to the headquarters and consumer golf experience. x DON’T BE LEFT OUT! the two championship courses, © PGA.com Charity tournament Bryson

(Continued from Page 1) balance of skill and technology organizers proach but reiterated his belief right.” that distance gains need to be Earlier this year, the R&A and reined in. USGA released the Distance In- In an interview with the Daily sights Report, which concluded Mail, Slumbers said that what De- that ever-increasing length was Chambeau has done over the past “detrimental to the game.” When nine months — adding upwards of the findings were first released, 30 pounds of muscle to become on Feb. 4, the governing bodies the PGA Tour’s longest hitter — intended to send a set of specific is “extraordinary” but cautioned research topics to manufacturers that the governing bodies will within the next 45 days, but then eventually crack down on dis- the sport shut down because of provides free publicity for your event! tance. the coronavirus pandemic. They “Bryson, I’m fascinated by,” announced in March that the Send your information to [email protected] Slumbers said, according to the next step would be delayed “until report. “I’m not sure I can re- a more suitable time.” Please include: Date of Event, Name of Event, Location, member another sportsman, “Once we feel that the indus- Registration Fee (per golfer) and Contact Person with Phone Number. in any sport, so fundamentally try is stable again — which isn’t changing their physical shape. I going to be tomorrow, because can’t think of anyone. I’m think- we don’t know what’s going to ing of some boxers, because I happen over autumn and winter love boxing. — we will be coming back to “But what is extraordinary is that issue in great seriousness,” that Bryson isn’t the first one to Slumbers said, according to the put on muscle in golf. How he’s report. “It’s too simple just to say able to control the ball, with that change the ball. Way too simple. extra power, is extraordinary. All You can do things with the ball. credit to him; he’s a true athlete. But it’s the relationship between But I still come back to the belief ball and club which is most im- that golf is a game of skill. And portant to me.” x we believe we need to get this ©  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, July 13, 2020 • Page 5 Talking Points record for the oldest winner on the European Tour three times and he threatened it again at the Diamond Country Club near Vienna, an event won by Scot- land's Marc Warren. Jimenez won the 2012 at the age of 48 years, 307 days, before success- fully defending it a year later when 49 years and 337 days old. Not content with that, he won the 2014 Open de Espana for his 21st title at 50 years, 133 days. The European Tour remains Tiger Woods with Jack Nicklaus after winning the 2012 Memorial Tour- in Austria this week before mov- nament at Muirfield.(AFP Photo/Scott Halleran) ing to Britain for the first of six full-field events starting with the British Masters in Newcastle.

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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.”  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, July 13, 2020 • Page 9 Healthy Living Physical Activity Decreases Risk of Seven Cancers by W. GIFFORD-JONES, MD percent, liver 18-27 percent, Dr. Paul Dudley White, Har- never too late to start enjoying advised, “Those who do not and DIANA GIFFORD-JONES and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in vard’s renowned cardiologist, a daily walk. And don’t let the find time for exercise will have Is physical activity good for women 11-18 percent. rode his bicycle to work and excuse of “no time” deter you. to find time for illness.”9 –The you? During COVID times, But how does exercise de- was a firm believer in stepping- Heed the Earl of Darby, who Doctor Game it might be prudent to avoid crease the risk of these ma- it-up. He taught, “If you want cramped, indoor gyms. But lignancies? It’s believed that to know how flabby your brain outdoor activity in open spaces exercise decreases hormone is, feel your leg muscles!” Or is invariably a healthy choice. levels that trigger some types as the British historian George We know that getting off the of cancer. We also know that Trevelyan remarked, “I have couch and out for a walk helps exercise increases the immune two doctors, my left leg and my prevent obesity, Type 2 diabe- response which helps to fight right.” tes, and heart attacks. And good cancer. Some malignancies are Remember that walking is news! A recent report from the also linked to obesity. Exercise free, simple and convenient. American Cancer Society says burns up calories and decreases There’s also no need to try and exercise also lowers the risk of obesity to help lower risk. break the record of the one-min- seven types of cancers. Exercise can help to decrease ute mile or purchase expensive Dr. Charles Matthews of the the risk of these malignancies. exercise machines. National Cancer Institute in the But never forget that an ac- Unfortunately, walking five U.S. pooled data from nine stud- tive lifestyle sets you up for miles daily for a 150-pound per- ies about how leisure-time ac- the physical and mental agility son burns up only 500 calories. tivity affects 15 types of cancer. you want during your senior And it is so easy to consume His results should act as a huge years too. Back in the 1960s, a 500 calories. Just three of the incentive to get people of all Japanese marketing campaign wrong cookies can undo all that ages moving. proposed “10,000 steps a day”, walking. Matthews and his colleagues equating to about five miles. Exercise and watching calo- report that those who engaged Most North Americans walk ries have always been a tough in 7.5 to 15 hours a week of far less – under 5,000 steps on sell to those who haven’t made physical activity showed signifi- average. it a lifetime passion Michelle cantly lower risk of 7 of the 15 There are some skeptics, like Obama got it right when she MILK IS OUR cancers studied. The decrease the writer Mark Twain, who planted a vegetable garden at became greater with more hours claimed he had been to the fu- the White House and launched LIFE’S WORK of activity. neral of many friends who be- the Let’s Move initiative to help For instance, moderate in- lieved in exercise more than kids engage in physical activity. upstatefarms.com tensity activity was associated he did. Starting young is ideal, but it’s with 8 percent lower risk of But it would be prudent for colon cancer in men. If double doctors to write on a prescrip- the intensity, the benefit was tion, “More exercise and use a 14 percent. Risk of breast can- pedometer.” Why count steps cer in women was reduced by when we all know exercise is 6-10 percent depending on the good for us? Research consis- “ This is the best amount of exercise. For malig- tently shows that pedometers nancy of the uterus, the differ- are great psychological moti- place for me and ence was 10-18 percent, kidney vators. They inspire us to get 11-17 percent, myeloma 14-19 walking. all the things that I need.” – Florence Precautions (Continued from Page 8) Your plans to move may be on tures of unshaded surfaces, ac- materials can help keep your hold right now. We understand. cording to the United States En- body cool during hot tempera- vironmental Protection Agency. tures while shielding you from Moving to a community like ours Cooling — While air con- sunburn. 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GOLF opinion & comment Golfer’s Pro Journey Starts With a Burst Bubble by BRETT CYRGALIS from more diverse backgrounds whether Sahith Theegala hardly remembered they were recreational players or pros, the details, but his father did. but 23 years later Woods and Varner are Well before he was a three-time the only African-American golfers ranked All-American golfer at Pepperdine and in the top 200. long before he made his professional “I always believed that my boy is some- PGA Tour debut this past week at the thing special,” Muralidhar Theegala said. Travelers Championship in Cromwell, “Hopefully things work out, and by the Conn., Theegala was a 10-year-old pub- grace of God, he’ll do wonderful. But I lic course golfer trying to figure out fast believe that he was born to do something greens. So his father, Muralidhar, who great.” was born in Hyderabad, India, took him At least once every two years, Mu- to a practice area at a local private coun- ralidhar made it a point to bring the family try club he knew of near their home in back to India, where his parents still live. the Los Angeles suburbs. In short order, In 2001, Karuna, his wife and Sahith’s a man walked up to them and delivered a mother, began a battle with thyroid can- clear message about race in golf. cer, so her mother, Vijaya Laxmi, came “Rather than saying, ‘Who are you?’ to the United States to help with the chil- (Justin Milhouse for The New York Times) he just said, ‘You’re not supposed to be dren. Every year since, Laxmi has spent here.’ He just assumed that because of and their . It has never been easy for racial minorities six months with them in and six the color of our skin,” Muralidhar said. Standing 6-foot-3, with a languid and to ascend to the top ranks of professional months back in India. Theegala balances The incident did not thwart Theegala’s unorthodox swing and a sublime short golf, from Lee Elder breaking the color his connection to India with a Southern development to become the top male game, Theegala will make the second barrier at The Mastersin 1975 — the year California nonchalance: He’s warm and collegiate golfer in the country, a distinc- PGA Tour start of his career this week at Tiger Woods was born — to Harold Varner gentle, if not downright goofy at times. tion he earned this season before his No. the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, III addressing racial inequitywhile vying “I’m definitely very proud of my back- 1-ranked Pepperdine teamhad their na- hoping that his professional future can for the early lead at the Charles Schwab ground and my Indian heritage,” Theega- tional championship hopes dashed in have a special impact. Challenge in Fort Worth last month while la said. “But when I’m around my friends March by the coronavirus outbreak. “In light of what’s going on, I’m proud protests began gripping American cities and other golfers, it’s not something that Theegala, 22, who is Indian-American, of who I am and what I’m adding to the after the death of George Floyd in police I think about.” now faces the biggest challenge of any golf community in terms of diversity,” custody. Theegala grew up in a family that em- amateur’s path, turning pro, as one of the Theegala said. “Ultimately, we’re all try- Theegala was born in Fullerton, Calif., phasized academics and was enthralled by smattering of nonwhite players in a tradi- ing to do the same thing in pro golf and eight months after Woods won his first American sports. When Sahith was less tionally conservative sport. He also does that’s make a successful career. Hopefully professional major championship at the than 2 years old, Muralidhar would prop so at one of the most tumultuous times in there is some inspiration behind that, for 1997 Masters, and moved to Chino Hills the toddler up on his knee to watch Lakers history, as the PGA Tour’s restricted en- people who watch me and realize that outside of Los Angeles when he was games on television. When Muralidhar vironment has been infiltrated by positive you don’t have to be the stereotypical about 2 years old. Woods’s rise had been cheered, Sahith would get excited. And tests for the coronavirus among golfers white golfer.” predicted to prompt an influx of golfers- Golf Opinion & Comment — PAGE 12

The19th Hole . . . News, Notes & Quotes From the World of Golf Jeehae Lee Embracing Career at Topgolf and The Unorthodox Journey that Got Her There “Golf is not something I em- only member of the PGA Tour’s with the driver in competition. braced all my life,” Lee said. 200 club. His big lash Saturday yielded “It was something I resisted at While guys like Cameron these other numbers: 383 carry, times; I took it for granted at Champ and like- 12.6 degree launch angle, 0.6 times. But I know now it is the ly also have what it takes, Tony degrees of pull (left) and 3,064 greatest gift my parents have Finau proved it Saturday by post- rpm of back spin. ever given me. I feel most alive ing a video that showed him DeChambeau, meanwhile, and happiest when I’m talking reaching 206 mph ball speed has been gripping and ripping it about golf, around golf, or on a with the driver. since he began his big transfor- .” “Inspired by Bryson DeCham- mation. Before the Tour’s restart Though Jeehae Lee’s time as a beau to see how much I have left he posted a video of him reaching was somewhat in the tank,” Finau said. 203 mph ball speed. During the short-lived, it opened the door to Finau ranks 30th on Tour this past month of competition, he has a plethora of business opportuni- season in driving distance at hit mid-190s in ball speed several ties — like being Michelle Wie’s 305.9, while DeChambeau tops times. (Champ cracked 198 last Jeehae Lee manager and meeting Topgolf the list at 323 flat, but Finau has season in competition.) x Executive Chairman Erik Ander- always been somewhat reserved ©Golf Channel by CARLY GRENFELL extracurricular activities outside son. No matter what, one fact Head of Growth Initiatives and of golf. The sport remained an has always held true through Business Development at Top- afterthought while running var- her personal journey in golf: tracer, a division of Topgolf, ious campus organizations and she’ll always keep coming back Jeehae Lee can confidently say getting her degree in econom- for more. today she embraces all that the ics. But as a senior, Jeehae Lee ©PGA of America golf industry offers. After her wanted another crack at golf, so • • • parents introduced her to the she rejoined the team for one game at a young age, she real- final season. Tony Finau ized that while her sister was a From here, she wondered Proves Bryson talented pianist, golf was going what would happen if she truly to be ‘her thing.’ committed herself to the sport DeChambeau Jeehae Lee ran with her talent after she graduated from Yale. Isn’t Alone in on the up until her time To no surprise, she shot for the at Yale, where she played col- stars and earned her LPGA sta- 200 Club lege golf her freshman year, but tus after a rare, one attempt at by BRENTLEY ROMINE was ultimately more drawn to Qualifying Series. Bryson DeChambeau isn’t the Tony Finau  RochesterRochester GOLF WEEKGOLF WEEK• Monday, • Friday, July 13,Date, 2020 Year • Page• Page 11 0

GOLF business Women’s British Open Will Proceed Without Fans All attending personnel will be with a series of events featuring PGA Championship. required to test negative for the some of the world’s top-ranked Asked to explain his bulked- virus and have their tempera- golfers, including world No. 1, up schedule, Koepka said it was tures monitored daily. Jin Young Ko. all in hopes of making sure he The playing of the champi- ©The New York Times qualifies for the Tour Champi- onship is still subject to the ap- • • • onship. proval of local governmental “I’m pretty far down in the and health authorities in the Casinos Beware: FedExCup and need to make a weeks leading up the event. Brooks Koepka run,” said Koepka, who entered With qualifying tournaments this week at No. 155 in points, for the event canceled, the field Adds Memorial, thanks in large part to a knee for the Women’s British Open Hopes to ‘Run injury that hampered his fall will largely be drawn from the and a coronavirus pandemic women’s world golf rankings. The Table’ that took three months out of The Ladies by BRENTLEY ROMINE the Tour’s schedule. “I think it’s will be played the week before Bryson DeChambeau wishes pretty simple. I didn’t plan on the Women’s British Open at to be the casino. playing, but things change, and the Renaissance Club, also in Now, rival Brooks Koepka I’d like to be in Atlanta. . There will be no fans wants to “run the table.” “That’s what you’ve got to Hinako Shibuno of Japan won the 2019 Women’s British Open golf at that event. After a blazing second-round do; I’m going to basically run championship, held at Woburn Golf Club in England, in August. (Tim Ireland/ The L.P.G.A. Tour has not finish Friday at the Workday the table.” Associated Press) held an event since the Wom- Charity Open, Koepka revealed Like a casino, Brooks? en’s Australian Open in Feb- he was committing to next While it’s not clear if those re- by BILL PENNINGTON “We believe that playing the ruary but expects to resume its week’s Memorial Tournament, marks were the latest shot at De- The Women’s British Open AIG Women’s British Open schedule July 31 at the which will mean four straight Chambeau, whose power — and will be held as planned, albeit is a significant step for play- On Championship in Toledo, weeks of action before Koepka weight — gains have dominated without spectators, at Royal ers whose playing opportunities Ohio. Women’s professional attempts his three-peat at the Golf Business — PAGE 12 Troon Golf Club in Scotland have been severely impactedthis golf is still hoping to conduct from Aug. 20 to 23, the R&A, year. As they compete to be the three more major champion- which conducts the tournament, 2020 champion in historic cir- ships in 2020. The ANA In- said on Tuesday. The event cumstances, these athletes will spiration, usually the first wom- will be the first women’s major continue to inspire golfers and en’s major of the year, was golf championship of 2020. sports fans around the world postponed until Sept. 10 to Last month, another women’s who will be closely following 13 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. major, the Evian Champion- events from Royal Troon on TV Another major, the Women’s ship, which had been scheduled and social media.” P.G.A. Championship, was re- for early August, was canceled The championship plans to scheduled for Oct. 8 to 11 in for this year because of the restrict access to the grounds Newtown Square, Pa., and the coronavirus pandemic. at Royal Troon to players, cad- United States Women’s Open Martin Slumbers, the chief dies, officials and staging staff, has been moved to Dec. 10 to executive of the R&A, called the as well as to put in effect rigid 13 in Houston. Women’s British Open “import- health and safety guidelines at After a five-month hiatus, ant to the success of women’s the golf course and at a des- the L.P.G.A. of Korea Tour professional golf.” He added: ignated hotel for the event. resumed its schedule in May Brooks Koepka Play Better Golf With Jack Nicklaus

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It’s incredible.” petitors tryingn Check to dates prepare, and times and of all“To events me, listed.that kind of sums him and Sahith was mostly playing at the entry fee and expenses. But Theegala’s game was not chunks ofIf grassthere and are dirtany barelycorrections, up. He’s please very call comfortable us immediately with at 427-2468.a public course called El Prado. It was all in an attempt to keep as sharp as he’d hoped during got out of his shadow. Full-swing who he is.” “It’s literally a goat track. It’s his game sharp, a very different his PGA Tour debut at the Trav- horrible,” Beard said, adding process than most rising stars in elers Championship last week- that Theegala would play lots the game who are often over- end, as he shot even par over of tournaments to practice on burdened with instruction and two rounds and missed the cut. better courses. over-reliant on technology to aid He called it “a great learning ex- Before Theegala made his in improvement. perience,” which didn’t change professional debut in a small “I was asking him how his his lofty expectations going for- Outlaw Tour event in early short game is so put together, ward. June, he drove with Roy Coo- and he basically said nothing is “I don’t want to sound cocky tes, his friend from junior golf mechanics-based,” Cootes said. or anything, but I’m playing to and roommate for four years at “He’s just looking at the shot win,” Theegala said. “It’s not like Pepperdine, to Arizona where and trying to come up with the I’m just playing to make the cut they stayed in an $80-per-night best situation to get it in the or anything like that. If you’re motel room. Theegala shot 62 hole. He doesn’t care how he not trying to win, what are you in his first round as a pro before has to swing or what he has to doing?” x finishing in a tie for third, taking do to get the ball in the hole. 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Play was suspend- Please review this ad carefully. 1170 Pittsford-Victor Rd. who had just won last week in speak, let it ride — rattling off ed for darkness at 8:50 p.m. � Check spelling and punctuation Detroit. five birdies over his final seven ET and will resume at 9 a.m. � Check addresses and phoneSuite 265 numbers, Pittsford as well as e-mail addresses Koepkaand web thensites. turned his focus holes to give himself a fighting Saturday with 67 players at 2 � Check dates and times416-4100 of all events listed. to Golf Channel analyst Paige chance to make the cut at Jack’s under or better. Four players at If there are any corrections,[email protected] please call us immediately at 427-2468.Mackenzie, who said Thursday Place. 2 under still have holes to play, that Koepka should be fined Despite the short miss at No. as do three guys at 1 under. for his tweet. Following a dis- 11, he nearly aced the par-3 The top 65 and ties advance to appointing first-round 74 at 12th before making birdie. He Saturday’s third round. COMPLETE LAWN MAINTENANCE SERVICES Muirfield Village, Koepka fired hit his next approach to 4 feet “I would still take it as a & LANDSCAPE DESIGN another social-media shot, this to set up another birdie. Then at chance,” said Koepka’s playing RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL time at Mackenzie. the par-5 15th, he almost holed competitor Justin Thomas. “The “When you hear that annoy- a bunker shot for eagle. Two guys finishing in the morning ing voice on tv and look up holes after that he spun a will probably hurt that. But it’s and see it’s @paigegolf,” wrote back to 6 feet and put another a funny game. I’ve been in that Koepka, commenting under a circle on the card. position before, unfortunately — Instagram photo of The fifth and final birdie on or we all have — but it’s almost him with the description, “Cap- the back nine, though, was eas- like when you stop caring you tion this.” ily the most impressive. Koepka start playing better. There’s a Something or Nothing: Koep- drove it in the right rough at the lesson somewhere in that.” ka’s social media response to closing hole and could only get Whether or not he ends up Mackenzie his approach to 38 feet. But flying home for the weekend, SHRUB TRIMMING MOWING Koepka’s week clearly didn’t facing a must-make if he wanted Koepka will now be back for the “The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” get off to the best of starts. to have any chance of sticking second leg of a Muirfield Village Playing Thursday for the first around for two more rounds, doubleheader. He initially was time since withdrawing from Koepka sunk the hard, right-to- not in the Memorial field when the Travelers two weeks ago left breaker for 3-under 69 and it was released Friday evening after his caddie tested positive a place in red numbers for the with Koepka still on the course. for COVID-19 (former PGA first time all week. (His late add bumped Padraig Tour pro Marc Turnesa replaced “Yeah, I mean, that’s what Harrington.) Ricky Elliott on the bag this you’ve got to do,” Koepka said. But Koepka obviously felt he week), the world No. 6 went out “I never give up, never think needed to play, that he needed WALKWAYS/PATIOS MULCHING/EDGING in 5-over 41. you’re out of it, and you’ve just to “sack up” and kick his butt And through 29 holes, Koep- got to battle through it no matter into gear for the Tour’s fast-ap- Since 1993 Call Dennis for a ka was looking at an early exit what you’re doing. That’s part proaching stretch run. 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