Well this is pretty cool! I actually played some golf with 3M Open champion Michael Thompson when I was a teenager. The last time I saw him at the Phoenix Open while I was still a student at the Golf Academy, Thompson had recently moved to Sea Island, Georgia to start working with Todd Anderson. …
If you want to question Phil Mickelson, arguably the best wedge player in the world, and his decision to putt the ball from 78 yards out at The Memorial was a brain cramp, I’m willing to listen. But then when he stuffs his pitch shot to just two feet, should we second-guess him or wonder …
Keep your eye on Collin Morikawa. He now has more PGA Tour victories (2) than missed cuts (1).
With his win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Bryson DeChambeau now has four straight seasons with a victory and six wins in the last three years. But the more impressive stat may be this: DeChambeau now has seven consecutive Top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour. I only hope he can stay healthy.
Dustin Johnson’s 351-yard drive on 18 to win the Travelers Championship and extend his career-long season victory streak to 13 was sweet. Johnson still has a ways to go, however. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus each won events in 17 consecutive years.