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"It was the Jin Young Ko show out there today" the words from Nelly Korda who had the Player of the Year award taken right out of her hands on a Tiger Woods type performance from Jin Young Ko, the best of all the Koreans right now, and of the rest of the women around the world.
After missing the 9th green on Thursday she hit 63 straight greens in regulation, making only 1 bogey, emerging from a 4 way tie for the lead with 6 birdies on her front nine for -9 63 -23, successfully defending her POY, her 12th win, 5 this year in just 4 years over here on tour. Her stroke average 68.7
She wins $1.5m for her efforts and now just 26, she says she wants to "put her clubs away, eat potato chips and watch Netflix". That's good news for the rest of the women.
Brooke Henderson finished with 71 T38th -6.
Watching Ko's complete mastery of all aspects of the game, complete control of her ball was amazing, All the women on this and the LET tour can post low scores, but few can expect to do it on a regular basis, as we know Tiger did for the 12 years in his prime.
We all know about Tiger's upbringing by his dad Earl, his singular focus on golf and his desire to win at all costs, nothing else, is legendary.
There is a similarity in all the Korean women who have been dominating the game for 10 years. They come from a different culture, their single minded progress at golf, dominated by their fathers, their willingness to stick to a strict daily routine as teenagers, their desire to come to America that has driven immigrants from poorer countries for hundreds of years, their athletic ability, all is a remarkable concoction, rarely duplicated by kids growing up in USA.
Many would say it's no way to raise your child, that's a whole different story, but watching Jin Young Ko who has survived all of that upbringing, and now enjoys the fruits of her labours and all the trappings that go with being world #1, you can see why they think it's worth it.
PGA Tour: RSM Classic final leaderboard here.
" Talor played great all week and deserves this win" was the way Mac Hughes summed up the week at Sea Island after posting a spectacular final round -8 62 to finish 2nd at -19 right behind Gooch who won by 3 shots -22.
Mac played well enough to win but started Sunday spotting Gooch 5 shots and simply ran out of holes.
Still here's how he saw the week. "Looking at my own game I feel like I'm getting better each week and my game is trending in the right direction.
I came into this week 50th in the world, so top 50 year end was a big goal of mine (#39), get in the majors and some of those WGC events was a mission accomplished.
I came up a bit short of winning, but being able to plan my schedule for the rest of the year will be a lot easier knowing I can bank on those big tournaments"
Bryan Angus
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