Well it was another
awesome Weekend on the Major Professional Golf Tours from around the world and
this week the USPGA Tour and FedEx Cup stayed in the State of Florida for the
second event of four in the Florida Swing and it was the first WGC – Event of
the 2016 season and was co – sanctioned by the European Tour and many of the
other Major Professional golf tours from around the world and it was the WGC –
Cadillac Championship and is played on the Trump National Doral, Miami, Florida.
It carried a huge prize purse of US $9,500,000 for the taking. Dustin Johnson
(USA) was the defending champion and was keen for back to back titles. All the
best players in the world were there including Jordan Spieth (USA), Jason Day
(Australia), Rory McIlroy (NIR), Rickie Fowler (USA) to name a few. Danny Lee
(NZL) was only New Zealander golf in the field due to his win at the Greenbrier
Classic last year. And it was the golfer by the name of Adam Scott (Australia)
who scored rounds of 68-4, 66-6, 73+1 and a final round of 69-3 for a seventy
two hole total of 276-12 to win by a single shot for his thirteenth USPGA Tour
win of his career to date so far. He won US $1,620,000 for the win and remained
at the top of the current 2015/16 USPGA Tour Money list standings with US
$4,127,218 earned from the six events he has played to date this season so far.
Bubba Watson (USA) is second on that list with US $2,583,300 earned from the
six events he has played to date this season so far. Adam Scott (Australia)
also earned 550 FedEx Cup Points for his efforts and moved to the top of the
current 2015/16 FedEx Cup Points list standings with 1,608 points earned from
the six events he has played to date this season so far and he is 488 points ahead
of Kevin Kisner (USA) who has earned 1,120 points from the nine events he has
played to date this season so far. From the six events Adam Scott (Australia)
has played to date this season so far he has made six cuts and achieved four
top ten finishes which includes the win this past week and his win the week
before at the Honda Classic. He will be happy with his first, second and final
rounds that were all in the 60s especially his 66-6 in the second round!! But
he will be disappointed with his third round 73+1 but it didn’t prevent him
from winning!! And he was the first player to win back to back USPGA Tour
events since Billy Horschel (USA) in September 2014 when he won BMW
Championship and Tour Championship by Coca – Cola.
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| Adam Scott (Australia) tees off during the final round |
Adam Derek Scott
(Australia) (born 16 July 1980) is an Australian professional golfer who plays
mainly on the USPGA Tour. He was the World Number One ranked golfer, from
mid-May to August 2014. He has won twenty nine professional tournaments around
the world (three being unofficial money events), on many of golf's major tours.
His biggest win to date was the 2013 Masters Tournament, his first major
championship and the first Masters Tournament won by an Australian in its seventy
seven year history (At the time). Other significant wins include the 2004
Players Championship and the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He was the
runner-up in the 2012 Open Championship, leading by four strokes with four
holes to play before bogeying all of them to lose the title by a stroke to
Ernie Els (RSA).
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| Adam Scott (Australia) pumps his fist after holing the winning putt!! |
Adam Scott (Australia) was born in Adelaide, South
Australia and moved with his family at the age of nine to the Sunshine Coast,
Queensland where he attended Matthew Flinders Anglican College. They then
settled on the Gold Coast, Queensland in 1993. Initially at The Southport
School, an Anglican boys' school on the Gold Coast, he completed his high
school education at The Kooralbyn International School, also on the Gold Coast,
where he undertook extra subjects in golf. He was a member of the Golf Australia
National Squad. He later attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV),
where he was initiated into the Sigma Chi fraternity. In April 2014, Adam Scott
(Australia) married Marie Kojzar, a Swedish architect, in a small ceremony in
the Bahamas. Adam Scott (Australia) and Kojzar had previously been in a
long-term relationship in the early to mid 2000s, before splitting up and then
reuniting in 2013. In February 2015 the couple announced the arrival of their
daughter, Bo Vera Scott, who was born at Pindara Private Hospital in Queensland,
Australia. He had previously been in a relationship with former tennis World
No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in 2010. They separated in September of that year. The pair
reunited in 2011, before splitting up one year later. Adam Scott (Australia) is
the touring professional at The Pines Golf Course Sanctuary Cove, where he
resides while in Australia, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland. For tax
purposes, Adam Scott (Australia) is resident in Switzerland. Adam Scott
(Australia) is also an avid surfer. Adam Scott (Australia) supports the Adelaide
Crows in the Australian Football League.
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| Adam Scott (Australia) embraces his caddie David Clark after holing the winning putt!! |
Adam Scott (Australia) won the Australian Boys'
Amateur in 1997 and 1998. He was a member of the Golf Australia National Squad.
Adam Scott (Australia) turned professional midway through the 2000 season after
some impressive performances early in the year on the European Tour. He earned
his card for the 2001 European Tour season in just eight starts as a
professional, his best result being a tie for sixth at the Linde German Masters.
Adam Scott (Australia) also made a handful of appearances on the USPGA Tour but
made only one cut in six events. Adam Scott's (Australia) playing career took
off in 2001, his first full year as a professional golfer, when he won the European
Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa for his very
first professional title. This event was Adam Scott's (Australia) first start
of the year and was co-sanctioned by the European and Sunshine Tours. He beat Justin
Rose (England) to the title by one stroke. Adam Scott (Australia) had three
other top three finishes throughout the season and went on to finish thirteenth
in the Order of Merit in his first season. The following year in 2002, Adam Scott
(Australia) enjoyed a very successful season, with two emphatic victories on
the European Tour and a final position of seventh on the Order of Merit. His
first win of the year was a six-shot victory at the Qatar Masters. Later in the
year, Adam Scott (Australia) obliterated the field in the Scottish PGA
Championship, shooting a final round of 63 to win by ten shots. This is still
the biggest ever margin of victory he has achieved in his career. In between
these victories, Adam Scott (Australia) made his debut at the Masters
Tournament, where he finished a very respectable tied ninth.
In 2003, Adam Scott (Australia)
enjoyed a good run at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship where he went
all the way to the semi finals before losing to eventual champion Tiger Woods
(USA) on the nineteenth hole. He had previously beaten Bernhard Langer
(Germany), Rocco Mediate (USA), Kevin Sutherland (USA) and Jay Haas (USA) en
route to the semi's, before defeating fellow Australian Peter Lonard
(Australia) one up in the consolation match. In August 2003, Adam Scott (Australia)
won his fourth European Tour title at the Scandinavian Masters by two strokes
over Nick Dougherty (England). A month later he followed it up with his first
victory in the United States on the USPGA Tour at the inaugural Deutsche Bank
Championship. The win came in his thirty fourth career start on the USPGA Tour.
He shot a course record 62 in the second round to lead by two at the halfway
stage and went on to win by four from Rocco Mediate (USA). At the end of the
year he made his first appearance on the International team at the President's
Cup, contributing three points out of five, en route to a 17–17 tie.
Adam Scott (Australia)
had further success on the USPGA Tour in 2004 where he won the flagship event
of the tour, The Players Championship. Adam Scott (Australia) had held a two
stroke lead going down the eighteenth, but found the water hazard with his
approach to the green. However, he sealed the title with a forty yard up and
down, which included a ten footer for bogey to win by a shot from Pádraig
Harrington (Ireland). He became the youngest ever winner of The Players
Championship at twenty three years old. Three months later, Adam Scott
(Australia) collected this third USPGA Tour win, with victory at the Booz Allen
Classic. He equalled the tournament total record at twenty one under par to win
by four from Charles Howell III (USA).
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| Adam Scott (Australia) poses with the Gene Sarazen Trophy he won!! |
Early in 2005 he won
the Nissan Open, but as the tournament was shortened to thirty six holes due to
heavy rain, it is not recognised as an official victory. Sharing the halfway
lead with Chad Campbell (USA), they played off to determine the winner, with
Adam Scott (Australia) winning on the first playoff hole. As a result, he
reached the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in
his career. He has since spent over 220 weeks in the top ten of the rankings.
Several months later, Adam Scott (Australia) won his fifth European Tour title
with victory at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Beijing, China. He shot a course
record 63 on the way to a three shot victory. Adam Scott (Australia) also won
the Singapore Open later in 2005 on the Asian Tour by seven strokes over Lee
Westwood (England). Adam Scott (Australia) played less frequently on the
European Tour from 2006 onwards, focusing more on the USPGA Tour. He had a
successful year, recording one victory alongside three runners up finishes and
three-third places. He finished tied third at the PGA Championship, which was
his best showing at a major championship. He then went on later in the year to
finish tied second at the WGC-American Express Championship, finishing eight
strokes behind Tiger Woods (USA). At the end of the year, Adam Scott
(Australia) won the season-ending Tour Championship by three strokes for his
fourth career USPGA Tour win and finished third on the USPGA Tour money list
for 2006. The 2007 season started for Adam Scott (Australia) with a second
place finish at the season opening Mercedes Benz Championship in Hawaii behind
Vijay Singh (Fiji). After this, Adam Scott (Australia) reached his career high
ranking of world number three. He then won for the fifth time on the USPGA
Tour, the week before the Masters Tournament, at the Shell Houston Open. After
hitting his tee shot into the water on the seventy second hole, he made a forty
eight foot par putt to seal a three stroke victory over Stuart Appleby
(Australia) and Bubba Watson (USA). He then played consistently for the rest of
the year, qualifying for all four FedEx Cup playoff events and finishing tenth
in the final standings.
In 2008 he played
enough events on the European Tour to qualify for playing on the Order of Merit
for the first time since 2005. Adam Scott (Australia) endured a somewhat
difficult season in 2008 with injury and illness, but he managed to win once on
each tour. In January 2008 he started off the year in fine style by winning his
sixth career title on the European Tour at the Qatar Masters. Adam Scott (USA)
carded a brilliant eleven under par final round of 61, which was both a course
record and personal best round. He started his final round three shots behind
the overnight leader and won the tournament by finishing three shots ahead of
Henrik Stenson (Sweden). In April 2008, Adam Scott (Australia) won the EDS
Byron Nelson Championship in a playoff against Ryan Moore (USA). Adam Scott
(Australia) holed a nine-foot putt to make the playoff on the seventy second
hole. The playoff started with Ryan Moore (USA) and Adam Scott (Australia)
making pars on the first two extra holes before Adam Scott (Australia) holed a
dramatic forty eight foot birdie putt at the third extra hole for the victory.
At the 2008 U.S. Open Championship, World Number One, Tiger Woods (USA), World Number
Two, Phil Mickelson (USA) and World Number Three, Adam Scott (Australia) were
all paired together in the first two rounds of the tournament. Tiger Woods (USA)
won in a playoff, Phil Mickelson (USA) finished in eighteenth, and Adam Scott
(Australia) finished in twenty sixth. He ended the year thirty ninth on the
money list. Adam Scott's (Australia) form dipped badly in 2009 as he dropped
out of the top fifty in the world rankings and finished the year outside of the
top 100 on the USPGA Tour money list. He finished 108th on the money list which
is his worst ever placing in his career. In nineteen events on the USPGA Tour,
he missed the cut ten times, with his only top ten finish coming at the Sony
Open in Hawaii in January. He did however win at the end of year in December at
his home championship, the Australian Open, for his first victory on home soil
in his career. Despite a quiet couple of years Adam Scott (Australia) won his
seventh career USPGA Tour title at the Valero Texas Open in May 2010,
prevailing in a thirty six hole long Sunday to finish one stroke ahead of Swede
Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden). It was Adam Scott's (Australia) first USPGA Tour
victory for two years. He qualified and played in all the FedEx Cup playoffs,
finishing twenty seventh at the Tour Championship. In November, Adam Scott (Australia)
won the Barclays Singapore Open for the third time in his career, having
previously triumphed in 2005 and 2006. It was also his seventh title on the
European Tour.
Adam Scott (Australia)
achieved his best finish at a major championship when he finished in a tie for
second place at the 2011 Masters Tournament alongside compatriot Jason Day
(Australia), two strokes behind the winner Charl Schwartzel (RSA). Adam Scott
(Australia) had held the sole lead of the tournament while playing the seventy
first hole, but four birdies in a row from Charl Schwartzel (RSA) meant Adam Scott
(Australia) fell short by two strokes. With Tiger Woods (USA) injured at the U.S.
Open Championship, and The Open Championship in 2011, Tiger Woods's (USA) caddy
Steve Williams caddied for Adam Scott (Australia). After Tiger Woods (USA)
fired Steve Williams on 20 July, Steve Williams became Adam Scott's (Australia)
permanent caddy. The two enjoyed their first win together on 7 August 2011 when
Adam Scott (Australia) triumphed at the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational,
earning him his first career World Golf Championship and eighth title overall
on both of the main tours. He beat Luke Donald (England) and Rickie Fowler
(USA) by four strokes after a bogey-free final round of 65, becoming the twentieth
different player to win a World Golf Championship event. Adam Scott (Australia)
returned to the world's top ten for the first time in over two years after his
win, re-entering at ninth. In attempting to become the first player to win a
major championship the week after winning a tour event since Tiger Woods (USA)
in 2007, Adam Scott (Australia) finished tied seventh at the PGA Championship. Adam
Scott (Australia) was one of six players to post two top ten finishes at major
championships in 2011. He then held the thirty six hole lead at the season
ending Tour Championship, before rounds of 74-68 led to a tied sixth finish. Adam
Scott (Australia) ended the year number sixteen in the standings. In November
2011, Adam Scott (Australia) was one of five Australians in the President's Cup
team that lost to the United States in Australia. Adam Scott (Australia) ended
with a 2–3–0 record.
In the final round, Adam Scott's (Australia) birdie on the fourteenth gave him a cushion of four shots with four holes to play. On the fifteenth, Adam Scott (Australia) made bogey after he pulled his approach shot into a greenside bunker. At the sixteenth he over hit his approach shot onto the back of the green to leave a lengthy putt for birdie. He missed the putt by about five feet and could not convert the short par putt. As Adam Scott (Australia) was playing the seventeenth, Ernie Els (RSA) had birdied the final hole to become the leader in the clubhouse at seven under, one shot behind Adam Scott (Australia). On the seventeenth, from the middle of the fairway, Scott over hit his approach shot and landed in some thick rough at the back of the green. He could only pitch out to twenty feet away and missed the resulting putt to record his third bogey and drop into a tie for the lead with Ernie Els (RSA). At the final hole, needing a birdie to win or a par to get into a playoff with Ernie Els (RSA), Adam Scott (Australia) found a bunker off the tee and his ball ended up tight underneath the lip. He was only able to pitch out sideways. For his third stroke he played a brilliant iron shot to leave himself with an eight-foot par putt to take the championship to a playoff. Adam Scott (Australia) narrowly missed the putt on the outside edge of the hole, resulting in another bogey to finish the round. Adam Scott (Australia) shot a final round of 75 to finish at six under, one stroke behind the champion Ernie Els (RSA). Adam Scott's (Australia) epic collapse down the home stretch was compared to many other famous golfing collapses down the years including fellow countryman Greg Norman (Australia) at the 1996 Masters. After the round Adam Scott (Australia) said that his finish was down to finding some bad positions on the course, rather than nerves. He also said "I'm very disappointed but I played so beautifully for most of the week I really shouldn't let this bring me down. I know I've let a really great chance slip through my fingers today, but somehow I'll look back and take the positives from it." Despite the finish, Adam Scott (Australia) equalled his second best ever performance at a major championship, alongside his tied second at the 2011 Masters Tournament and he returned to the world's top ten, at number six.
Adam Scott's (Australia) first appearance after The Open Championship was at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, where he attempted to defend his title from the previous year. He ended the week in a tie for forty fifth place. The following week, Adam Scott (Australia) was again in the mix at the PGA Championship, entering the final round in the penultimate grouping, four shots behind the leader Rory McIlroy (NIR). In good conditions though, Adam Scott (Australia) shot an over par 73 to drop back into a final position of tied for eleventh. On 18 November, Adam Scott (Australia) fired a bogey-free final round at Kingston Heath in the Melbourne Sandbelt, to win the Australian Masters for the first time. He trailed defending champion Ian Poulter (England) by one going into the final round, but shot a 67, including a birdie on the last, to don the "Gold Jacket" for Masters champion. Adam Scott (Australia) opened the season later than most, with his first event coming at the Northern Trust Open, well into February of that year. He finished the event tied for tenth with three rounds under par. He then played the two World Golf Championships consecutively, losing at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the opening round 2&1 to Tim Clark (RSA). In the following WGC-Cadillac Championship, Adam Scott (Australia) fired the low round of the week on the final day to jump from tied for nineteenth to tied for third behind Tiger Woods (USA) and Steve Stricker (USA). His last event before the Masters Tournament, was at the Tampa Bay Championship where he finished tied for thirtieth.
At the 2013 Masters Tournament, Adam Scott (Australia) emerged from the chasing pack on the final day to enter into a tie for the lead heading into the seventy second hole. Adam Scott (Australia) proceeded to birdie the eighteenth from a considerable distance, prompting wild celebrations as he looked to have won the title. However, former champion Ángel Cabrera (Argentina) produced an excellent approach and subsequently also birdied the seventy second hole to tie Adam Scott (Australia) for the lead at minus nine, leading to a sudden-death playoff. Both players parred the first hole (eighteenth) with Angel Cabrera (Argentina) inches away from birdie. On the second hole (tenth), Angel Cabrera (Argentina) once again missed his birdie putt by inches, leaving Adam Scott (Australia) a twelve foot birdie putt for the championship, which Adam Scott (Australia) holed. It was Adam Scott's (Australia) first major championship and marked the first time an Australian has won the Masters Tournament. It was also seen by many as redemption for his failure to win the previous year's Open Championship. Adam Scott's (Australia) victory at the Masters Tournament moved him to Number three in the Official World Golf Ranking, equalling his career high ranking. Adam Scott's (Australia) win received some controversy as he won using a belly putter, being the first winner of the Masters Tournament to do so. On 29 November 2012, it was announced by the USGA and R&A, golf's two governing bodies, that belly putters/anchor putters would be banned from competition effective on 1 January 2016. It was not against the rules for Adam Scott (Australia) to use the belly putter for the 2013 Masters Tournament, as he had until 1 January 2016 to halt use.
Adam Scott (Australia) had a disappointing U.S. Open Championship, finishing in a tie for forty fifth place. He then had another strong showing at the Open Championship, taking a one-stroke lead heading into the back nine on the final day before eventually finishing in a tie for third. The final major of 2013, the PGA Championship, saw Adam Scott (Australia) finish in a tie for fifth. At the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays, Adam Scott (Australia) finished with a 66 (−5) final round to win over four players by one stroke and moved to number two in the World Ranking, a career high. In October, Adam Scott (Australia) won the 2013 PGA Grand Slam of Golf event in which the four major winners of that year compete. A month later Adam Scott (Australia) would win in his native Australia, when he won the Australian PGA Championship, his fourth career victory on the PGA Tour of Australasia. This was quickly followed by winning the Australian Masters on 16 November, at Royal Melbourne, finishing 14 shots under par. The following week Adam Scott (Australia) would garner victory in the team portion of ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf, with fellow Australian Jason Day (Australia). The team shot a combined seventeen under par. Jason Day (Australia) won the individual championship at ten under par. Adam Scott (Australia) was runner up to Rory McIlroy (NIR) in the Emirates Australian Open on 1 December 2013. He led by one stroke going into the final hole but a bogey by Adam Scott (Australia) and a birdie by Rory McIlroy (NIR) saw a two shot swing and victory to the Northern Irishman. Adam Scott (Australia) would finish 2013 as the World's Number Two ranked golfer.
In March 2014, Adam Scott (Australia) tied the course record at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, when he shot a ten under par 62 during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He went on to finish third in the tournament behind the winner Matt Every (USA) and Keegan Bradley (USA) after a poor four-over-par 76 in the final round. On May 19, 2014, Adam Scott (Australia) took over as the World's Number One ranked golfer. Adam Scott (Australia) is the seventeenth golfer to be ranked number one since official rankings began. He is also the third Australian and the first since Greg Norman (Australia) in 1998, Jason Day (Australia) became the third Australian World Number Golfer in September 2015. A week after becoming world Number One, Adam Scott (Australia) strengthened his ranking with a win at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, being the first person to win all four Texas-based USPGA Tour events. Adam Scott (Australia) held the number one ranking for eleven weeks until August 2014.
Adam Scott (Australia) started the season well with a runner-up finish at the CIMB Classic during the wrap-around 2016 season. He then followed this up during February 2016, with another runner-up placing at the Northern Trust Open, where despite a final hole chip-in birdie, he finished a shot behind winner Bubba Watson (USA). On 28 February 2016, Adam Scott (Australia) won his twelve USPGA Tour title with victory at The Honda Classic played at PGA National Golf Club (As I mentioned above). He won by a single stroke over Sergio García (Spain) to end a near two year winless drought. This was also Adam Scott's (Australia) first win with the short putter, following the long putter ban issued in 2016, in over five years since the 2010 Singapore Open. A notable footnote to Adam Scott's (Australia) victory was also that he became on the first player to make a quadruple bogey on the weekend and win the tournament, since Phil Mickelson (USA) at the 2009 Tour Championship. The win moved Adam Scott (Australia) back into the world's top ten, at number nine.
Adam Scott (Australia) has represented Australia in the World Cup in 2001, 2002 and 2013 and was a member of the International Team at the Presidents Cup in 2003 (Tie), 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. Despite making six appearances on the International team, he has yet to play on a winning team. He has also won nine European Tour events to date so far with his most recent being the 2013 Masters Tournament. He also has won five PGA Tour of Australasia events to date so far in his career with his most recent being the 2013 Talisker Masters. Apart from his maiden Major Championship win at the 2013 Masters Tournament he has also achieved fourteen top ten finishes to date so far. Apart from his win at the 2011 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational he has also achieved twelve top ten finishes to date so far in his career. Let’s hope Adam Scott (Australia) can carry this form into the next few events he plays in and perhaps win his fourteenth USPGA title and second major championship in the 2016 part of the 2015/16 USPGA Tour season. I wish him all the best for the2016 part of 2015/16 USPGA Tour season and FedEx Cup.
Danny Lee (NZL) who was the only New Zealand Golfer
in the field and he scored a good first round of 71-1 which included a very
good front nine of 36 even par which included a brilliant eagle on the par
five, eighth hole and poor bogeys on the par four, sixth hole and par four,
seventh hole and then he scored a good back nine of 35-1 with birdies on the
par five, tenth hole and par five, twelfth hole and a poor lone bogey on the
par four, fourteenth hole and then an good second round of 71-1 which included
a good front nine of 35-1 with a lone birdie on the par five, eighth hole and a
good back nine of 36 even par which was nine straight pars and a good third
round of 72 even par which included a front nine of 36 even par with birdies on
the par four, second hole and par five, eighth hole and a shocking double bogey
on the par four, third hole and then a good back nine of 36 even par with a
lone birdie on the par three, fifteenth hole and a poor lone bogey on the par
five, tenth hole and a shocking final round of 80+8 which included a shocking front
nine of 40+4 which included a lone birdie on the par four, sixth hole and poor
bogeys on the par five, first hole, par four, third hole, par three, fourth
hole, par four, fifth hole and par four, seventh hole and a shocking back nine
of 40+4 with a lone birdie on the par five, fifth hole and poor bogeys on the
par four, eleventh hole, par three, fifteenth hole, par four, eighteenth hole and
a shocking double bogey seven on the par five, twelfth hole for a seventy two
hole total of 294+6 and he finished in
tied for tied for forty second position. He won US $66,000 for his efforts and
moved to forty seventh position on the current 2015/16 USPGA Tour Money list
standings with US $619,016 earned from the nine events he has played to date
this season so far. He also earned twenty seven FedEx Cup points for his
efforts and moved to forty seventh position on the current 2015/16 FedEx Cup
Points list standings with 313 points earned from the nine events he has played
to date this season so far. From the nine events he has played to date this
season so far he has made seven cuts and withdrawn from one event and achieved
one top ten finish that came two weeks ago at the Waste Management Phoenix
Open. He will be happy with his first, second and third rounds that were all in
the low 70s especially his first and second rounds that were 71-1s. But he will
be extremely disappointed with his final round 80+8 which dropped him right
down the field. His next event will likely be at the Valspar Championship in next
week. I wish him all the best for the rest of the 2016 part of the 2015/16
USPGA Tour season and FedEx Cup. Danny
Jin-Myung Lee (NZL) (이진명)
(born 24 July 1990) is a New Zealand professional golfer. Danny Lee (NZL) was
born in Incheon, South Korea, and immigrated to New Zealand at the age of
eight. He became a naturalized New Zealander on 2 September 2008 at Rotorua, where
he attended Rotorua Boys' High School. In the 2014/15 USPGA Tour season, Danny Lee
(NZL) finished third at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. In the spring, he finished
seventh at the Valspar Championship and tenth at the Crowne Plaza Invitational
at Colonial. He won his first USPGA Tour event in July at the Greenbrier
Classic. The next week he finished fourth at the John Deere Classic. In August
he finished fourth at the Quicken Loans National and sixth at the
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. With a runner-up finish at the Tour Championship,
he finished ninth in the FedEx Cup standings. He has also won one event on the
European Tour which came when he was still an Amateur at the 2009 Johnnie
Walker Classic. His only win on the Web.com Tour came at the 2011 WNB Golf
Classic. His best result in the four Major Championships he has played in to
date so far is tied for forty third at the 2015 PGA Championship. He best
result to date in a WGC – Event is tied for sixth at the 2015 WGC – Bridgestone
Invitational. And last year he represented Team International in the 2015
Presidents Cup against Team USA. Let’s hope he can achieve more top ten
finishes in the coming weeks and perhaps win his second USPGA Tour event in the
2016 part of the 2015/16 USPGA Tour season. I wish him all the best for the
rest of the 2016 part of the 2015/16 USPGA Tour season and FedEx Cup.
Next week the USPGA Tour and FedEx Cup stays in the
State of Florida for the third event of four in the Florida Swing and it is the
Valspar Championship and is played on the Innisbrook Resort
(Copperhead), Palm Harbour, Florida. It carries a huge prize purse of
US $6,100,000 for the taking. Jordan Spieth (USA) is the defending champion and
will be keen to defend his title. Danny Lee (NZL) will gain a start if he
chooses to play and Tim Wilkinson (NZL) will be hopeful for a start. It starts
on Thursday 10th March. I will report back who won the trophy next week.
So to the Top 5 on the Official World Golf Rankings Points list
standings this week coming in at Number One Position for the twentieth fourth
week of his career is Jordan Spieth (USA) who is fresh off his tied for tied
for seventeenth position at the WGC – Cadillac Championship this past week and
also his missed cut at the Northern Trust Open two weeks ago with 11.35
Official World Golf Ranking Points; coming in at Number Two is Rory McILroy
(NIR) who is fresh off his tied for third position at the WGC – Cadillac
Championship this past week and his missed cut one week ago at The Honda
Classic 9.87 Official Golf World Ranking Points; coming in at number three is
Jason Day (Australia) who is fresh off his tied for twenty third position at
the WGC – Cadillac Championship this past week and his tied for eleventh
position at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro – Am three weeks ago with 9.64
Official World Golf Ranking Points; coming in at Number Four is Bubba Watson
(USA) who is fresh off his solo second position this past week at the WGC –
Cadillac Championship this past week and his win two weeks ago at the Northern
Trust Open with 9.02 Official World Ranking Points and rounding out the top five
on the Official World Golf Ranking Points list standings this week is Rickie
Fowler (USA) who is fresh off his tied for eighth finish at the WGC – Cadillac
Championship this past week and his tied for sixth position at the Honda
Classic this one week ago with 8.18 Official World Ranking Points. Danny Lee
(NZL) this week is in his fiftieth first week of another spell of being the
highest ranked New Zealand Golfer in the world after his tied for forty second
position at the WGC – Cadillac Championship this past week. This week he gains
one place and moves to thirty fourth position on the Official World Golf
Rankings Points list standings with 2.77 Official Golf World Ranking Points.
Remember to never give up in match play until you are beaten!!
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