Even with the PGA TOUR over for a few weeks, there’s still plenty of golf. The European Tour marches on toward Dubai. This week’s Dunhill Links Championship featured Kingsbarns, Carnoustie, and the Old Course. That’s a hard to beat triple play.
Starting Friday, the Presidents Cup will be contested in South Korea, without Tiger Woods for the first time since 1996. It should be a fun week.
Let’s hit the links.
Hole #1: Olesen Wins Dunhill Links
Thorbjorn Olesen won the Dunhill Links Championship by two strokes over Brooks Koepka and Chris Stroud. [Link]
Hole #2: Grillo Takes Web[dot]com Championship
On the TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley Course, the day belonged to Emiliano Grillo who bested the field by two to win the tour’s championship event. [Link]
Hole #3: NCAA Punishes DeChambeau for SMU’s Recruiting Violations
NCAA Champion Bryson DeChambeau will not be able to defend his title due to recruiting violations allegedly committed by the program’s former coach. [Link]
Hole #4: Furyk Pulls Out of President’s Cup
We’ll miss Fluff, but maybe not those putt balks. [Link]
Hole #5: An Army Celebrates Arnie’s 80th
It seemed like all of golf chimed in to wish the King a happy 80th birthday last week. [Link]
Hole #6: Shocker! Spieth wins POY
It was a really good year. [Link]
Hole #7: One Ugly Putt
Avert your eyes. Here’s the Big Easy with what can only be described as a very yippy putt. Els bounced back to finish a respectable 27th. [Link]
Hole #8: AK… Golf Just a Fond Memory
Remember Anthony Kim? Golf’s one-time “next big thing”? He’s doing OK it turns out. [Link]
Hole #9: The U.S. Open that Killed a Course
Chambers Bay didn’t exactly seem like a fun place to play during the U.S. Open and now plans for a second course and a resort hotel have been canned. Coincidence? [Link]