Xander Schauffele made a distressing triple at 16 after a run of birdies and a Matsuyma bogey had him knocking. Boris closed with a birdie, good enough for solo second. So syllables aside, and Hideki Matsuyama has a cluster, he's the Masters champion. It's history enough that Matsuyama is the … [Read more...]
The Open Championship: We know why (and who)
Herewith the reasons these players who could win The Open Championship will not win The Open Championship: Brooks Koepka: Too obvious Patrick Cantlay: Too who? Phil Mickelson: Too weak, too wan Patrick Reed: Too green Tiger Woods: Too soon Bryson DeChambeau: Too smart Dustin Johnson: Too … [Read more...]
X marks the winner
Match play continues this week with the big boys, and it's down to the Sweet 16 already. Chalk has prevailed, right down the brackets, with the top three seeds moving on in every region, like they knew what they were doing when they drew it up. They fucking didn't -- they got lucky -- and … [Read more...]
Nope, next year
It's not the Ryder Cup, and there's no sense pretending it is. The Americans will go and have fun and win and all will be jolly, because they don't really care. It's not the Ryder Cup. This American Presidents Cup group is a dream team unlike any trotted out there, even any past team that had a … [Read more...]
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