Around the wider world of golf: Justin Harding got his first ET win at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters; in her professional debut, Alana Uriell won the first-ever SKYiGOLF Championship on the Symetra Tour; Kirk Triplett won the Hoag Classic on the Champions Tour; and Meghan MacLaren won the Women’s New South Wales Open on the LET.
First, my Tuesday Twofers update: I picked Rory McIlroy (T6) to win and Jason Day (WD) to Top10. Not much I can do about an unexpected WD, and Rory's putting woes surprised me as well. Still, even with all the problems, I did add another Top10 finish:
- Winners: 2 for 10
- Place well (Top10): 7 for 10 (4 Top5 finish, 3 more Top10s)
- Overall Top10s: 13 of 20 (6 Top5s, 7 more Top10s)
During the fourth round, while so many of the big hitters were playing from the rough, Francesco calmly hit 12/14 fairways. From there he hit 14/18 greens and got up-and-down 2/2 times, posting eight birdies and NO bogeys in the final round. And it was his fourth final round of 64 since the 2016-17 season started; only Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland have as many.
I became a Molinari fan and started writing about his potential years ago. Now, with his fourth worldwide win in the last twelve months, Francesco has announced his intent to become a major force in the game -- as well as a major collector of Limerick Summaries. And who am I to argue?
Francesco was quiet all week,The photo came from this page at pgatour.com.
Then Sunday he started to sneak
Through the field to the front.
From the rough came the grunts
Of respect from the bombers he beat.
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