Always good to see an Irishman win! BERKSHIRE, England -- Padraig Harrington was so focused on his game that he didn't notice a leaderboard or see Rory McIlroy walking in the gallery Sunday at the Senior British Open. He closed with a 3-under 67 to win his second senior major of the year. Staked to a two-shot lead, Harrington made eagle on the first hole on the Old Course at Sunningdale, and no one got closer than two shots the rest of the way as he became the fifth player with a Senior British Open and a British Open title.
Cam Young gets the win at the Wyndham and the FedEx Cup field is set. One thing though is that rory due to his ranking and the change that makes it a straight up tourney is skipping the St. Jude because he doesn't need the points to make it to Eastwood. Not sure how they fix this other than just requiring everybody who is not injured to play in all the FedEx Cup events. While at that AIG Women's Open in Wales this young woman had a very unusual hole in one.
I looked like her playing partner actually hit a better shot. It stopped inches from the cup. Her shot would have rolled at least a few feet away if it hadn't hit the partner's ball and gone in.
St. Judes Open starts tomorrow. They have improved a lot about the course, zoysia fairways and new greens with high tech grass. I've played the course it's a fun course. Rory is skipping the event but the rest of the field will be tough.
Bhatia has a 1 stroke (-8) lead over Tommy Fleetwood (-7). Scottie and JT sit a -3 , Rickie Fowler at -4. It's all about getting the right point total to make the Top 50 and move on to the BMW, so a lot of jockeying will be going on all week.
Tommy Fleetwood having a great tourney so far (-13) and a 4 shot lead over Colin Morikowa. Scottie is in the top 10 but 6 shots back. Play was suspended late so guys will be out early to finish rounds.
Tommy Fleetwood continues his excellent play and has a 1 stroke lead over Jalen Rose and a 2 stroke lead over Scottie who had the low round of the day. Should be an exciting finish.
Quite the finish in Memphis with Justin Rose coming from 3 shots down to force a playoff with JJ Spaun and then beating him in a 2 hole playoff. Another hard luck loss for Tommy Fleetwood who missed a short par putt that put him 1 stroke back of Rose and Spaun in qualifying for the playoff, Scottie had a good tourney and finished 1 shot off the lead and missed the playoff.
Great start to the BMW, Scottie leads by 1 at -4, but a lot of guys at -3 and -2, including Rickie Fowler and Jason Day. There was a rain delay which made the course a ibit easier with the softer greens Rory was just OK, sits at E.
Rob MacIntyre has gotten red hot on the back 9 and has 4 birdies in a row and now leads at -6, with Tommy Fleetwood at -4 both still out on the course.
Rob is not intimidated by Scheffler. Bogey on the 1st hole and since then it's been solid golf. He has 2 birdies to go with the bogey, Scottie has only been able to pick up a shot with his 3 birdies and a bogey. 5 shot lead to start and now it's 4 shot lead.
Scottie got down to a 3 shot lead, but a bomb from MacIntyre on 18 from 41 feet sealed a great round and got him back to a 4 shot lead.
I didn't know Robert's a lefty until I watched yesterday. That's a minor issue for me. I love Scottie, and I love lefties. I certainly would be happy with either winning. Or Aberg, if he should rally and MacIntyre and Scotty should come up short.
What a finish, Mac got off slow and Scottie was hot, he quickly erased the lead and got up a couple of strokes, then he missed some short putts and Mac got it back to 1 shot, then Scottie made an incredible birdie chip on 17 and it was all over. Scottie gets his 5th win of the season. Mac's driver just left him today. Putter kept him close though.