| Rookie Johnson takes Turning Stone Championship | Sunday 10/5, 10:54 PM CT |
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When the final round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship began, six players near the top of the leaderboard had a chance at that elusive first PGA Tour victory. Rookie Dustin Johnson was the last man standing, according to the Associated Press. The long-hitting Johnson birdied the final two holes Sunday, sinking an 8-foot putt on the final hole to beat Australian Robert Allenby by one shot. "I started off the year really well and then I don't really know what happened," said the 24-year-old Johnson, who had two top-10s in his first four starts and then missed nine cuts and withdrew from two other events. "Me and my coach sat down about a month ago and set some goals. I practiced hard and tried to get my game back."
Our View: Johnson (69) finished at 9-under 279 and pocketed $1.08 million of the $6 million purse, the richest of the Fall Series. That catapulted him from 128th to 41st on the PGA money list. The top 125 at the end of the year retain full exemption for 2009. |
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| Bae overcomes Poulter, Kim for Korean Open | Sunday 10/5, 10:50 PM CT |
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South Korean Sang-moon Bae shot a 2-under 69 Sunday to win the Korean Open, this week's stop on the Asian Tour, finishing a stroke ahead of Ian Poulter, according to the Associated Press. Poulter (70) bogeyed the 16th and 18th holes to blow his lead. American Anthony Kim (71) tied for third with South Korean Kim Wi-joong (72).
Our View: The 22-year-old Bae totaled 11-under 273 at the Woo Jeong Country Club and won $240,000 to climb to fifth on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit. It's his second victory on the tour. |
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| Karlsson takes Dunhill Championship | Sunday 10/5, 10:47 PM CT |
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Robert Karlsson of Sweden won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, this week's stop on the European Tour, with a birdie on the first hole of a three-man playoff on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Karlsson and Ross Fisher had 7-under 65s and overnight leader Martin Kaymer shot a 68 to tie the others at 10-under 278.
Our View: In the playoff, Fisher drove into the Swilcan Burn, the stream that fronts the first hole on The Old Course, and made a bogey. Kaymer then missed a 10-foot birdie putt before Karlsson made a three-footer for the victory. The Swede earned $800,000 for his second win of the year and passed Padraig Harrington for the lead in the Order of Merit. Karlsson won the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Germany the week before last month's Ryder Cup, and finished second twice and third three times earlier this season. |
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| Overton maintains lead at Turning Stone Resort Championship | Friday 10/3, 7:06 PM CT |
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Despite horrendous conditions and numerous delays due to weather, Jeff Overton holds the clubhouse lead at the Turning Stone Resort Championship with a 3-under 69 on Friday at this week's Turning Stone Resort Championship, according to the PGA. At 8-under 136, he holds a one-stroke advantage over Tag Ridings (68) and a two-stroke cushion over Jason Day (69). Overton finished 12th at the 2007 Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Our View: Overton hit all 18 greens in regulation, a statistical category in which he ranks a distant 145th among TOUR players. Should his lead hold up, it will represent the third 36-hole lead of Jeff Overton's career. He shared the lead after two rounds with Tom Pernice Jr. earlier this season at the AT&T National, on his way to a tie for ninth. Overton also held the second-round lead at the 2007 Wyndham Championship, eventually finishing with a career-best runner-up finish. Heavy rains and hail forced a 16-minute suspension of second-round play beginning at 11:22 a.m. Friday. Another sleet storm forced a 71-minute delay beginning at 12:14 p.m. Darkness forced the third and final suspension of play at 6:37 p.m., with 23 players yet to complete their round. The second round will resume at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, with third-round tee times running from approximately 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. with threesomes off of split tees. |
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| Day strikes hole-in-one to surge at Turning Stone | Friday 10/3, 7:02 PM CT |
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Jason Day, at 6-under 138, is one of three PGA TOUR rookies currently inside the top 10 on the leaderboard at this week's PGA Tour stop at the Turning Stone Resort Championship, according to the PGA.
Our View: Day had a hole-in-one on the par-3 sixth hole with a 6-iron from 179 yards. It was the third career ace for Day, but his first on the PGA TOUR. It is the 25th hole-in-one of the season on TOUR. Day also had an eagle on Thursday, holing out from 118 yards on the par-4 14th hole. Then two holes later, he nearly aced the par-3 16th hole, with his tee shot coming to rest 14 inches from the hole. |
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| Flesch sits on the cut number at Turning Stone | Friday 10/3, 6:55 PM CT |
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Defending champion Steve Flesch posted a 1-over 73 on Friday and at 3-over 147 appears safe to play on the weekend at this week's Turning Stone Resort Championship, according to the PGA.
Our View: Flesch is one of few that completed his second round due to numerous delays caused by weather. The rest of the field will join him by completing their rounds on Saturday morning. |
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| Brier takes one-stroke lead in Europe, big names trail | Friday 10/3, 6:50 PM CT |
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Austria's Markus Brier shot a 2-under 70 in cold conditions Friday at St. Andrews to take a one-stroke lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, according to the Associated Press. Brier had an 8-under 136 total. The two-time European tour winner opened with a 66 on Thursday at Kingsbarns.
Our View: Sweden's Robert Karlsson (70), Denmark's Soren Hansen (73), Germany's Martin Kaymer (72) and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (69) were tied for second. Karlsson, Hansen and Kaymer played at St. Andrews, while McIlroy was at Carnoustie. Two-time champion Padraig Harrington was two strokes back after a 71 at St. Andrews. Lee Westwood also was 6 under after a 70 at St. Andrews. |
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| Daly pondering options for next season | Thursday 10/2, 10:07 PM CT |
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Two-time major champion John Daly spoke on Thursday, indicating he's considering all of his options for 2009 including playing regularly on the European Tour, according to the Associated Press. "I know in Europe there are still a million opportunities to play," Daly said. "It's a great tour. Guys on that tour have shown themselves and proved themselves to be great players."
Our View: The 42-year-old Daly has made just five cuts in 16 events this year, bringing in just $56,017. His best finish was a tie for 40th at the Viking Classic and he plummeted to No. 737 in the world ranking. He hasn't had a top 10 in three years and his erratic behavior has cost him some of the support that made him one of the sport's most popular players. Daly blames some of his struggles on a mysterious rib injury that forced him to shorten his iconic swing and rendered one of the tour's biggest hitters punchless. Daly had surgery over the summer to deal with a cyst the size of a golf ball in his ribs. He says doctors found two small fractures deep in the rib that prevented him from gripping it and ripping it. He's feeling better, but the recovery process has been slow. Yet he says he still has the itch to play. Daly will have to rely on the kindness of strangers to get his career back on track. He hopes to land a handful of sponsors exemptions to get into a few early PGA Tour stops next year. If he does that, he thinks he can play well enough to make some money and play his way back onto the tour. |
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| Kim showing and proving on Korean Tour | Thursday 10/2, 10:04 PM CT |
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U.S. Ryder Cup star Anthony Kim took an early lead at the Korea Open with a 7-under 64 on Thursday, finishing the opening day two shots ahead of the field, according to the Associated Press. The 23-year-old held a two-shot lead over local Kim Jong-myung (66) in the $1 million Asian Tour event at the Woo Jeung Hills Country Club south of Seoul. "I have been touched by the support given to me by fans in Korea," Kim told Korean media. "I want to repay them and need to stay focused for the rest of the tournament. I am American but I am also Korean. As a Korean, I am proud to be in the lead but there is still a long way to go."
Our View: The Californian-born Kim birdied the first three holes on a day in which only 33 of the 132-man field broke par. Ian Poulter, runner-up at the 2008 British Open and Europe's best player at the recent Ryder Cup, shot a 2-under 69 for a share of 15th place. |
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| Hansen, Fisher take lead at Dunhill Links Championship | Thursday 10/2, 10:01 PM CT |
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Soren Hansen and Ross Fisher each shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, this week's stop on the European Tour, according to the Associated Press.
Our View: Hansen played his back nine at 6-under, sending a second shot within inches of the cup for a tap-in eagle at the final hole. Fisher eagled the 12th with an 18-foot putt at the 7,150-yard Kingsbarns layout, the easiest of the three courses at the annual links event. |
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