Some of my random and not so random thoughts from this weekend's golf..
PGA Tour Valero Texas Open final leaderboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/valero-texas-open/leaderboard.html
1. Brand new father, 30 year old Texan, Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open for his first PGA Tour victory by 2 shots after his -4 68. Playing in front of a large family gathering his -17 271 is worth $1,116,000 and a full two year exemption. You might remember he lost the old Bob Hope (Career Builder Challenge) to Jon Rahm earlier this year. Nice story for a local guy in only his 32nd event after years on the Web.com.
2. David Hearn finished T16th, shooting a -7 281 for his best finish of the year. After opening 68 70 he was T5, but his 3 bogey front nine 39 on Saturday spoiled a strong 3 birdie finish, his 73 moved him the wrong way, still, a good week. Corey Conners 70 74 70 70 -4 T26 and Ben Silverman ended 7173 73 70 -1 T45th.
3. Talk about golf's world wide footprint, 19 year old Chilean, Joaquin Niemann ended his reign as world #1 amateur by finishing T6 -12 in his pro debut.
4. Nice to see Sergio still cares !. He helped design this TPC San Antonio course with Greg Norman while he was dating Greg's daughter, but rounds of 74 72 saw him miss the cut, after missing the cut at the Masters, the first time he's missed back to back in 15 years. He got so ticked off with his game on Friday he gave his driver the old helicopter into the bushes on the 14th.!!
European Tour Trophee Hassan II final leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018034/leaderboard/index.html#/leaderboard
5. Austin Connelly was T5 just 2 shots off the lead -5 at the turn on Sunday, but 2 bogey's then a killer double bogey 6 at the 16th ended his chances of winning, he'll be disappointed today, but on reflection with rounds of 69 71 71 he was in contention with the leaders all week. Final T13 -2, by far his best of the year.
6. If Europe is going to beat Team USA at the Ryder Cup in Paris this year, they are going to need inspired play, and this guy could be a great ally. Alex Levy (70) is a passionate Frenchman, with a great game, when he's at his best. Trouble is, he gets in his own way too often. However he hung in to edge revived Spaniard Alvaro Quiros (72) by a shot in Morocco to move to #9 in the Ryder Cup standings.
LPGA Hugel-JTBC Championship final leaderboard http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/hugel-jtbc-la-open/results
7. This new LA event has a huge Korean twin sponsorship in Hugel ( botox company) and JTBC (Korean broadcasting), but this week their 4 South Korean women were runners up to Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn 68 66 70 68 -12 who joined her more famous sister Ariya who finished T24, in the winners circle.
8. The lone Canadian to make the cut was Anne Catherine Tanguay, and despite finishing last 76 67 74 78 +11, she will benefit from playing the weekend in this kind of company. Next week the women are up the highway in San Francisco.
and finally..
9. Great news that the City of Toronto is finally opening 4 of their courses today. Don Valley, Dentonia, Humber Valley and Tam O'Shanter. The 5th course Scarlett Woods is still too wet after this long wet spring.
10. Calgary’s Jaclyn Lee was sensational again this weekend, tying a 54-hole scoring record at the Big 10 Championship en route to a 66 68 73 -9, four-stroke victory. The win marks the third NCAA title of her year. http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=player&tid=15606
Bryan Angus
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