Around the wider world of golf: Lydia Ko broke her two-year winless streak with a victory at the inaugural LPGA Mediheal Championship; Y.E. Yang won The Crowns on the Japan Golf Tour; Alexander Björk got his first ET win at the Volvo China Open; and Jose de Jesus Rodriguez won the United Leasing & Finance Championship on the Web.com Tour.
Okay, first let's get to the big question you folks have. Here's what Billy Horschel said when asked why his putting improved so much:
“I’ve putted really well the last couple weeks, my putting’s been a little bit inconsistent over the last year, but we found out cutting my PXG putter down to 33.5 inches, what I had at the FedEx Cup when I won, and it’s been really good.”I don't know how many of you can afford PXG putters, but note that Billy putted noticeably better with a shorter one.
And that putter, combined with Piercy's iron play -- the two men use the same stat guy, and he told Billy to just get Scott within 125 yards and Scott's wedges would do the rest -- gave the team of good friends a decided advantage in the final round.
They needed it too. The second-place team of Jason Dufner and Pat Perez came up just a single shot short of a playoff, the margin between their final round 68 and the winners' score of 67.
It's a good win for both men, who have struggled with their games over the last year -- Billy with technical issues, Scott with injury. But they have strong egos -- they have to, in order to compete on the PGA Tour. -- and while this win won't get them into the 2019 Masters or jack them up in the world rankings, it's hard to put a price on what a win means to them in terms of the FedExCup and their playing privileges.
The paychecks offer no such problems. Each man pocketed $1,036,800.
However, I won't try to guess what this Limerick Summary is worth to them, because my own ego is a bit fragile. I don't even get any walk-up music!
They sent out the pros, two by two;The photo came from this page at golfweek.com.
Scott and Billy said, “One ball? We’re cool!”
And soon Billy’s good putting
Off Scott’s irons was gutting
The field—a magnificent coup!
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