http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/thornberry-creek-lpga-classic/results
*Canada's Brittany Marchand shot 64 72 66 69 -17, good enough to win many events, she T7 but the story is she was 14 shots behind the winner Sei Young Kim who is very good, but 63 65 64 65 -31 is just an embarrassment for a pro event on the LPGA schedule. She shared the previous record at -30 with Annika Sorenstam
*The Thornberry Creek at Oneida course is played through one of Green Bay's most prestigious neighbourhoods and may be a good test for those who can afford to live there, but it is just to easy a test for the world's best women.
*Brooke Henderson T23 65 75 66 68 -14, Maude Aimee LeBlanc and Alena Sharp M/C.
http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018056/leaderboard/index.html#/leaderboard
*I wrote on Saturday about what a big day Sunday was for unknown South African Erik Van Rooyen who had been completely in control with a 4 shot lead through 3 rounds in search of his first Euro Tour win. Sadly the putts stopped falling and he slipped to a 74.. Enter Russell Knox who shot 66 to steal this Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in a playoff.
*Why do I say steal.? He sunk a 40 footer on the 18th to force a playoff with Ryan Fox who was in contention all week and had missed an 8 footer for the win at his 72nd, but here's the kicker Fox missed another one even shorter on the playoff hole after Knox had unbelievably sunk another 40 footer ahead of him.
*Knox could stand on that green all night long and never sink two in a row from 40 feet, so he stole one didn't he !
https://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html
*Kevin Na has shot 69 63 65 before in his pro career to get in contention but somehow always manages to either slip up badly or finish in the T10, too often 2nd. So I was pleased to see him come out of the gate firing on all cylinders to win for the first time in 7 years with a final round 64, 5 shots clear of Kelly Kraft at -19 at the relatively easy Greenbrier course. Na is 34 now, his only other win was 2011 in Las Vegas.
*Corey Connors and David Hearn T30 -6, Ben Silverman and Nick Taylor T56 -2.
* Henrik Stenson has had to withdraw from this week's Scottish Open at Gullane with an elbow injury. Gullane by the way is a sleepy little town south of Edinburgh, just up the road from Muirfield. It has 3 great courses Gullane 1,2,3, and the Scottish will be played on #1.
* CP has extended its title sponsorship of the CP Women’s Open for five years, beginning in 2019 through 2023.
* Nice to see that one of my all time favourites Lee Trevino who won the Canadian Open 3 times, 1971, 76, 79 will be taking part in the RBC Hall of Fame Day celebration on Tuesday, July 24th, beginning at 11 a.m. ET, as part of the 2018 RBC Canadian Open
* quote of the weekend from the Irish Open " the greens are as hard as a dog's head"
*The R&A announced the winner of this year's 147th Open at Carnoustie will be paid a whopping $1,890,000 US, thank you very much Tiger!
Poor old Sam Snead must be turning in his grave. Remember when he was the world's best back in the 40's and early 50's and the prize for winning was 50 guineas. He refused to come over, it cost more for his trip and expenses.
Prize money
Place
|
USD
|
Place
|
USD
| |
1
|
1,890,000
|
36
|
55,000
| |
2
|
1,093,000
|
37
|
52,500
| |
3
|
701,000
|
38
|
50,000
| |
4
|
545,000
|
39
|
48,000
| |
5
|
438,000
|
40
|
46,500
| |
6
|
380,000
|
41
|
44,500
| |
7
|
326,000
|
42
|
42,500
| |
8
|
275,000
|
43
|
40,500
| |
9
|
241,000
|
44
|
38,500
| |
10
|
218,000
|
45
|
36,250
| |
11
|
198,000
|
46
|
34,250
| |
12
|
176,000
|
47
|
32,750
| |
13
|
165,000
|
48
|
31,500
| |
14
|
155,000
|
49
|
30,250
| |
15
|
144,000
|
50
|
29,500
| |
16
|
132,500
|
51
|
28,900
| |
17
|
126,000
|
52
|
28,300
| |
18
|
120,000
|
53
|
27,900
| |
19
|
115,000
|
54
|
27,450
| |
20
|
109,500
|
55
|
27,000
| |
21
|
104,500
|
56
|
26,600
| |
22
|
99,000
|
57
|
26,200
| |
23
|
94,000
|
58
|
26,100
| |
24
|
89,000
|
59
|
26,000
| |
25
|
86,000
|
60
|
25,800
| |
26
|
82,000
|
61
|
25,600
| |
27
|
79,000
|
62
|
25,500
| |
28
|
76,000
|
63
|
25,400
| |
29
|
73,000
|
64
|
25,300
| |
30
|
69,500
|
65
|
25,100
| |
31
|
67,000
|
66
|
25,000
| |
32
|
63,500
|
67
|
24,800
| |
33
|
61,500
|
68
|
24,600
| |
34
|
59,500
|
69
|
24,400
| |
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