You might never have heard of Matt, but that’s kind of the point.
He is, in his own words, a member of the “B-Tour.”
96, told me.
Theres absolutely an A-tour out here and a B-tour out here.
There were, it should be noted, some bigger names in the field at Waialae.
So did Sungjae Im.
What resulted was a Sunday leaderboard of names familiar only to truly hardcore golf fans.Hayden Buckley.
Andrew Putnam.It’s a simple numbers game.
The lower percentage of recognizable names in a tournament, the lower the chance of a star-studded finish.
That, coupled with five compelling NFL playoff games, gave the Sony a fall-event feel.
That, by the way, is a feature of the PGA Tour, not a bug.
Their belief is that weeks like the Sentry are not possible without weeks like the Sony.
Fowler’s one of the biggest stars of his generation, but his CV is conspicuously light on victories.
At 34 years old, he has five PGA Tour victories, including the Players Championship.
Si-Woo Kim is not one of the bigger stars of his generation.
Guys win so infrequently that simply tallying up their victories paints a woefully incomplete measure of their career.
Without looking, how many top 10s did Tiger Woods have?
This, from former PGA Tour pro Roberto Castro:
That chipping proved the difference on Sunday.
As Kim creeps toward 30, he’s got a hairy situation to sort out: military service.
The only exceptions for athletes is to win a medal at the Olympics or to win the Asian Games.
That should illustrate how seriously the South Koreans take this.
This is especially useful given Jordan and his wife Annie have a young son, Sammy.
It’s actually not a unique idea.
It’s hard to go Saudi to Chicago in a two-week stretch in an RV.
I think that had a lot to do with it.
But I don’t know.
I mean, I was next to Jay Day.
Spieth, of course, has hired a professional to do the driving.
But he’ll take her for a spin when conditions allow for it.
“I haven’t driven it,” he said.
Someone wants me to honk, I’ll honk."
Reading between the lines…Corrigan’s on the money again.
That doesn’t mean he’s not going, but it’d be a dramatic shift.
I thought it was a colossal waste of time.
But you think youre achieving things, but…).
Who, then, can LIV add to boost their standing?
Perhaps it’s one of the players mentioned above.
Maybe it’s someone completely off our radar.
Only time will tell.
She’s the top-ranked American, the No.
If the LPGA Tour had a Player Impact Program she’d win it.
Speaking of that tournament in Orlando…we’re playing in it.
It’s a pro-am, so each pro is paired with an amateur partner throughout the four-day competition.
It’s on Golf Channel, for those interested.
The PGA Tour vs. LIV battle has reached peak pettiness.
That’s what this has come to?
I’m not sure if Justin Tucker is a golf guy, but he’s definitely a push-draw guy.
Watching him on Sunday night, his kicks start down the right-center of the fairway and gently fall left.
The senior at Arkansas finished second in the event last year.
The DPWT has the first of its Rolex Series event this week with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Until next week,
Dan
