Congrats to PAK-Mon on a huge tournament. When the dust settled, they co-managed a first and second place finish. Quite impressive! And 1st place on your leaderboard.
Big J also had a nice tournament as he moves to second place with all his guys making the cut. All this while he’s soon to dock at the Canary Islands.
For myself, I was terribly sad to see Aberg implode. It was all looking so easy …. until it wasn’t. And I take the blame. In the middle of Sunday’s round, I started calling in with some advice on distances. However, all my numbers were in yards and they were working in meters. That can cause some issues. This won’t happen next time.
I’d like to extend a big “thank you” to manager Doug. During Friday’s very short rain delay, my boy Don Henley went into the clubhouse thinking he had plenty of time for some lunch. Doug’s boy Ben Griffin who saw Don and warned him he needed to run back out to his spot or he’d be late for the re-start. Henley finished top 20. Thanks Doug.
And beyond that, Doug just couldn’t catch a break. He ends up losing 4 points and finds himself in the basement. And as I was watching the open round on Thursday, BREAKING NEWS popped on the screen. I thought maybe there was some news on Iran; aliens had been spotted or cancer cured. No - much bigger than all that. His number 1 guy, Colin Morikawa, took a practice swing on his second hole and hurt his back. So he went home. Sorry Doug! And his other guy Gary Woodland announced that since his brain surgery, he has been trying to deal with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Against his doctor’s orders to step back from golf, Gary has decided to try and play through. A very sad story.
Best wishes to Mrs. Manager Jim as she recovers from having a new hip shoved in. Go Barb!
Off to the Valspar thing next week. Most of us have 3 guys playing; I have none.
Go Bucks on Thursday! It’s been a number of years since we’ve seen you play in the Dance. Beat TCU and then hopefully give Duke a surprise!
Expected to Play:
Manager Golfers expected to play
B.T.O. Akshay Bhatia, Billy Horschel
Jim Justin Thomas, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Max Homa
Jaustin Xander Schauffele, MIlton Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Jimmy Conners, Sungjae Im
Doug Ben Griffin, Aaron Rai, Gary Woodland
PAK-Mon Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark, Keith Mitchell
Commish nope - no one will play
Big J Viktor Hovland, Jacob Bridgeman, Jordan Spieth
Kevin Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka