OUR 1645 TH ISSUE Vol. 32, No. 33 R O C H E S T E R Monday, September 21, 2020 Golf in a Remote and Bryson DeChambeau Wins U.S. Open Breathtaking Part of the World His Way: In Commanding Fashion BY BILL PENNINGTON MAMARONECK, N.Y. — The most repeated, and accepted, prediction before the 2020 United States Open at Winged Foot Golf Club was that the golf course would overwhelm the field with its time-honored com- bination of elusive fairways and punishing rough. That forecast was not wrong. A condor flying over San Martín de los Andes, Argentina, with the Lanín Every golfer but one failed to volcano in the background. (Eliseo Miciu) shoot under par in the champi- onship this year. BY ALLIE LAZAR los Andes, a city in Argentina’s But the most prescient proph- An Andean condor, one of Neuquén Province. “It’s still so ecy came from the lone player the world’s largest flying birds, pure here,” he said. “It’s my with an under-par score in the “Tiger inspired this whole generation to do this, and we’re going to keep occasionally sails beneath the favorite place in the world.” El event, Bryson DeChambeau, going after it,” DeChambeau said. “I don’t think it’s going to stop.” (Hilary snowy peak of the Lanín volca- Desafío and the nearby Chapel- 27, the beefy college physics Swift for The New York Times) no, swoops through a valley and co Golf & Resort are attracting major who theorized that he over the fairway at El Desafío international golfers seeking to would overpower Winged Foot tive philosophies DeChambeau third-round leader who finished Mountain Resort in Patagonia’s connect with nature and play on by bombing tee shots so far that has preached and his unconven- second, may be moved to em- northwest region. courses with stunning views. it would be irrelevant whether his tional tactics, including his belief ulate the new, hard-swinging Pumas, foxes and wild boars Designed by the Hall of Fame ball landed in the fairway or not. that an intense strength-train- U.S. Open champion. So, in sometimes make their way near golfers Jack Nicklaus and Greg Almighty distance would eclipse ing regimen can significantly fact, might many of his brethren, the course too, said Alfredo Norman, these courses have precision. augment what has been largely even those who mocked De- Bauer, who pauses his round been integrated with the ter- Not only was DeChambeau considered a finesse sport, now Chambeau as an overanalytical of golf whenever he sees ani- rain and vegetation, taking a right, in the wake of his runaway have the validation of a major eccentric. mals roaming. Bauer, 64, from minimalist approach to high- six-stroke victory on Sunday at championship title. Most of the 20-something Buenos Aires, built his vacation light the pristine surroundings. the 120th U.S. Open, but golf Tens of thousands of young pro golfers, like the 21-year- home at El Desafío, a private Nongolfers have gravitated there itself may be on the cusp of ac- golfers watching DeChambeau old Wolff, already swing harder golf and polo community about too, building houses and working ceding to the new methodologies dominate the field as he easily and do more weight training 10 miles outside San Martín de Remote and Breathtaking — PAGE 7 he espouses. The counterintui- surpassed Matthew Wolff, the Commanding — PAGE 3 Snow Golf? In Switzerland, This Year’s U.S. Open Spotlights Where the Greens Are White Ben Hogan’s Claim to a Fifth BY MARTIN DAVIS For almost 100 years, the hall- mark of the United States Open has been the qualifying procedure. It’s integral to the very nature of the Open, as the tournament is open to all comers — provided they have an official handicap index of 1.4 or better. Usually the Open field is composed of 156 players, with half of them qualifying via prior performance and the other half through a series of grueling qualifying rounds. The Open is played on some of the fin- est courses in the land, under If this year’s U.S. Open, without local and sectional qualifying is consid- The Engadin Snow Golf Cup is a nine-hole tournament played in a snow the most rigorous conditions ered official, shouldn’t Ben Hogan’s name be added to the championship field in Surlej near Silvaplana Lake. imaginable, but the need to first trophy? (Ar/Getty Images) qualify through superlative play BY ADAM H. GRAHAM year in Switzerland’s Engadine is paramount. the country, with successful qual- of the major tournaments over For years, golf has been asso- Valley, home to St. Moritz, and It is this requirement of hav- ifiers moving on to 10 region- the past several years, winners ciated with lush greens, bluebird its famed diamond dust skies and ing to earn one’s way into the al qualifying sites in the United of other U.S.G.A. events in the skies and a Whitman’s sampler scenic alpine golf courses dating championship that clearly sets States. There are also additional past year, high finishers on vari- of riotous plaids and checks. But to 1889. What started as a lark the Open apart as the most international qualifying rounds, ous money lists and the like. few know the sport has also qui- in one of Switzerland’s sunniest democratic of all of golf’s tour- with regionals in Canada, England Because of the coronavirus pan- etly embraced winter whites, par- winter sports destinations, has naments. and Japan. Most years, about 78 demic, the U.S.G.A. canceled all ticularly in ski-crazy Switzerland. become a bona fide sport that’s Typically, there are 9,000 to players are fully exempt into the qualifying and replaced it by de- In 2021, the Engadin Snow not only drawn golf enthusiasts 10,000 applicants for local qual- championship and qualify through liberately selecting players picked Golf Cup will enter its 42nd Snow Golf — PAGE 5 ifying at about 115 sites across a variety of categories — winners Hogan’s Claim — PAGE 6 Local Holes-In-One on Page 3 See Past Holes-In-One at golfweekrochester.com Page 2 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, September 21, 2020 Mulligans News, Notes, Quotes & Anecdotes from the Local Golfing Community Howard Hanna • 2x5 • 061520 • JT Expositor-LedgerCindy Newspapers Glitzer Wins Senior Champion and Cheryl DeMeyers Rochester Golf Week • The Jewish Ledger Wins2535 Brighton-Henrietta Super Town LineSenior Road, Rochester, Champion NY 14623 at WRDGA Senior Championship (585) 427-2468 • FAX (585) 427-8521 The Women’s Rochester Dis- WNYPGA pionship for the fourth time at trict Golf Association held its We want YOUR AD to be perfect…Crag Burn Golf Club by defeat- SeniorIMPORTANT… Championship on Mon- Match Play ing Rodney Blair, PGA Profes- dayday,Your ad September will run 14 as at it Chili appears Championship here unless we hear fromsional you at theimmediately. 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