OUR 1608 TH ISSUE Vol. 31, No. 47/48 R O C H E S T E R Friday, December 20/27, 2019 Storyline 2019: Koepka Speaks Tiger Woods Leads by Example in Mind, Cements Status as No. 1 Presidents Cup Comeback Win BY KAREN CROUSE MELBOURNE, Australia — Tiger Woods’s final putt on Sun- day was still rolling toward the hole when he started to remove his cap for a postmatch hand- shake with Mexico’s Abraham Ancer. It had already been a long week for Woods, but he wasn’t done, and there was no time to (Getty Images) waste. Woods’s 19-foot birdie at the BY RYAN LAVNER voice in the game and estab- Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Brooks Koepka, in continuing lished himself as the world No. 1. which secured his 3-and-2 sin- to be a major force, found his Koepka — PAGE 12 gles victory, improved his Pres- idents Cup record for the week Tiger Woods, the player-captain of the United States team, celebrated defeat- Comeback — PAGE 3 ing the International team, 16-14, in the Presidents Cup final. (Rob Carr/Getty Images) Storyline 2019: McIlroy Wins Everything but a Major The PGA Tour Doesn’t Know BY WILL GRAY Rory McIlroy’s Player-of-the- Year season that included every- What to Do With Patrick Reed thing but a major title. BY JAY BUSBEE Golf’s full of pleasant little apho- Why It Mattered risms about honesty and hard work In a year filled with dizzying that its most ardent supporters trot heights that included an eight-fig- out like commandments — “You ure payday, the one shot that may as well praise a man for not sticks out most from Rory McIl- robbing a bank,” “Golf is a game roy’s 2019 campaign is the one of inches. The most important he’d most like to have back. are the six inches between your Such is the dichotomy of a tre- ears,” et cetera. They’re pithy, mendous and memorable season catchy little metaphors, perfect for for the Ulsterman, one where break-room motivational posters he won four times and captured and corporate-presentation Pow- Everything but a Major — PAGE 11 (Getty Images) Reed — PAGE 11 (Yahoo Sports illustration by Michael Wagstaffe) Storyline 2019: Woods Ties $550 to Play a Round of Golf at Wynn Snead With 82 PGA Tour Wins Las Vegas’ Re-Imagined Course BY REX HOGGARD Tiger Woods’ record-tying BY MICHAEL HILLER 82nd PGA Tour win at the Zozo Wynn Las Vegas will debut Championship in Japan. its newly re-imagined golf course, which will be one of the Why It Mattered most expensive places to play At the depths of Tiger Woods’ in America, on Oct. 11. The struggles with injury and age, the $550-a-round luxury experience noise that always followed him will include lithium battery-pow- echoed with a familiar theme. ered golf carts, caddies and even To many, Woods’ pursuit of Rolls-Royce cars that can fetch Jack Nicklaus’ mark of 18 major its high-rolling, off-property championships ended in 2008 guests. It will also be the only when he won his 14th Grand golf course on the Strip, a fea- Slam title. ture that Wynn President Mari- The 18th hole on Wynn Las Vegas’ new golf course finishes with a A career that was always lyn Spiegel says sets the casino dramatic waterfall and a cash prize to anyone who cards a hole-in-one. 82 — PAGE 12 (Getty Images) Wynn — PAGE 5 (Barbara Kraft) Golf Week is Golf News 52 Weeks a Year To Advertise, call 427-2434 GolfWeekRochester.com Page 2 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Friday, December 20/27, 2019 ® Magellan ,​ Inc.® Naples Course Completes Magellan,​ Inc. 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