{"id":21503,"date":"2015-09-20T21:48:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T01:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=21503"},"modified":"2015-09-21T07:10:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:10:17","slug":"volume_four_hundred_fifty-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_four_hundred_fifty-one","title":{"rendered":"Volume Four Hundred Fifty-One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hittin' the Links\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/hittin_the_links\/htl_title.gif\" height=\"79\" width=\"125\" \/>There&#8217;s just one week left of the 2014-15 PGA TOUR season. Despite missing the cut twice in the FedEx Cup Playoffs Jordan Spieth remains in atop the standings, but Jason Day is closing in.<\/p>\n<p>And in Germany, a possible breach of etiquette lead to a fired up U.S. team rallying from four points back in the Solheim Cup. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hit the links.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole #1: Ol&eacute;, Ol&eacute;, O Croissants!<\/strong><br \/>\nThe U.S. Women rallied from a 10-6 deficit and won 8&frac12; points in singles to claim the Solheim Cup in a stunning victory in Germany. A non-concession in four-balls was a motivating factor for the Americans and left Suzann Pettersen playing the part of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natasha_Fatale\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Natasha Fatale<\/a>. Don&#8217;t mess with the U.S. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/0\/golf\/34308640\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #2: Not Just His Day, Maybe His Year<\/strong><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a new sheriff in town&#8230; For the last three months, Jordan Spieth has seemed to have the player of the year race wrapped up. Now Jason Day has won a major, two playoff events, a WGC title, the Canadian Open, and moved to world #1 in that time period. The question may not be resolved after all. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/golf\/eye-on-golf\/25310201\/jason-day-wins-bmw-championship-becomes-no-1-player-in-the-world\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #3: Tiger&#8217;s Back<\/strong><br \/>\nTiger Wood&#8217;s announced Friday that he has undergone another back surgery and plans to return to the PGA TOUR early next year. Sorry Fry&#8217;s Open. The question is, after all the surgery and swing changes, can he return to anything like his old form? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/2015\/09\/19\/tiger-woods-surgery-reaction\/72471088\/\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #4: Broken Skull? No Big Deal<\/strong><br \/>\nSam Saunders (who happens to be Arnold Palmer&#8217;s grandson) fractured his skull a few weeks back and recovered fast enough to finish T4 last week in the Web[dot]com Playoffs. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/webcom\/news\/2015\/09\/13\/five-takeaways--hotel-fitness-championship--round-4.html\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #5: Junior Solheim Goes U.S. Way, Too<\/strong><br \/>\nThe U.S. Team also won the Junior Solheim Cup this week on the &#8220;other&#8221; course at St. Leon-Rot. [<a href=\"http:\/\/golfweek.com\/news\/2015\/sep\/15\/junior-golf-solheim-cup-2015-usa-carter-brooks-ger\/\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #6: Top 30 Means So Much<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile Jason Day almost ran away with the BMW Championship, there was a lot of drama for those struggling to get inside the top 30 to punch their tickets to East Lake. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/suburbs\/evanston\/sports\/ct-lfr-fedex-cup-shakeup-bmw-championship-tl-0920-20150920-story.html\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #7: Now That&#8217;s Pressure<\/strong><br \/>\nLarry David says that Jordan Spieth is facing some real pressure in his future. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/golf\/20150916-comedian-seinfeld-co-creator-larry-david-on-jordan-spieth-he-s-going-to-be-a-bald-man-...-that-s-pressure.ece\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #8: No Respect<\/strong><br \/>\nTiger Woods goes to Cowboys game and NBC doesn&#8217;t notice that the world #1 is sitting behind him. [<a href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2015\/09\/tiger-woods-went-to-an-nfl-game-nobody-noticed-he-went-with-jordan-spieth\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole #9: Respect<\/strong><br \/>\nJordan finally got some love from the &#8220;Hook &#8217;em Horns&#8221; faithful. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/643488135888957440\/photo\/1\"\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Jason again, Tiger&#8217;s back (again), and the U.S. in a stunner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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