There is a 783-yard par-6 hole on the European Challenge Tour this week in Slovakia (CBSSports.com for the source article).
According to CBSSports.com, as of the time of the article posting, “there had been three eagles, three doubles and the scoring average was 5.69.”
The longest hole in Europe…in 28 seconds!#SlovakiaChallenge🇸🇰 pic.twitter.com/eChLxbEtvD
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) July 6, 2016
I got the bad news today that I was not selected to receive practice round tickets to the 2017 Masters (I found out a few weeks ago that I was not eligible for Tournament tickets). Here is today’s e-mail:
2017 Masters Practice Rounds Tickets Random Selection
We have completed the random selection process for 2017 Practice Rounds tickets and regret your application was not selected for tickets. Be sure to visit www.masters.com for up-to-date Masters Tournament information.
As a reminder, you will be notified next May when the ticket application process begins for the 2018 Masters.
Thank you for your continued interest in the Masters.
Sincerely,
Credentials Committee
Masters Tournament
Maybe next year.
Dustin Johnson won the Bridgestone Invitational by a shot over Scott Piercy for his second consecutive win (the other being the U.S. Open where Piercy was also 2nd). The win also moved Johnson to the top position of our Power Rankings, taking over the top-ranking from Lydia Ko.
Here is a video of final round highlights from PGA Tour’s YouTube page.
Dustin Johnson won the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont by FOUR* shots over Jim Furyk, Scott Piercy, and Shane Lowry. (The * because the USGA decided that Johnson committed a penalty on the fifth green, and they decided it when Johnson was on the 11th or 12th hole, and had already received a ruling on it way back on the fifth green and still assessed him a penalty after the round which made it actually a THREE shot win). Regardless of the ineptness of the USGA, congrats to Dustin on his first major win!
Here is the moment on the 18th green with Johnson’s caddy who happens to be his brother.
Dustin Johnson is the champion of the 116th #USOpen. pic.twitter.com/csY3EK2lCy
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 20, 2016
Here is Dustin being interviewed on Fox at the trophy presentation.
Dustin Johnson discusses #USOpen victory (video courtesy @FOXSports): https://t.co/jeJttsyBPx (@Chris_Hoenig)
— FOX News Radio (@foxnewsradio) June 20, 2016
And here is how good he was for the week.
Dustin Johnson led the field in Driving Distance and Greens. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/qa8HKhonRL
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) June 20, 2016
There is no doubt the best player won this week.
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Here are highlights from Brooke Henderson’s victory at the KPMG Women’s LPGA Championship.
Brooke Henderson won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in a playoff over Lydia Ko with a birdie on the first playoff hole. Henderson shot a final round 6-under 65, which was the lowest round of the week at Sahalee Country Club.
Here is the trophy presentation.
.@KPMGWomensPGA champion @BrookeHenderson accepts her first major trophy! Congrats! pic.twitter.com/LAyM2SvNBo
— LPGA (@LPGA) June 13, 2016
Here is Henderson’s birdie putt on 17 that tied her for the lead with Ko.
Clutch birdie putt on 17 for @BrookeHenderson! Tune to @GolfChannel now for this thrilling finish! @KPMGWomensPGA pic.twitter.com/vGDu0p81wP
— LPGA (@LPGA) June 13, 2016
Henderson then made an incredible up-and-down for par from about 100-yards out on eighteen, and then won on the first hole of the playoff.
Great job Brooke!!
Ariya Jutanigarn won again on the LPGA. After a number of near misses, she now had won her last 3 tournaments which has allowed to climb the Power Rankings and take over the no. 1 spot.
Today Ariya won the LPGA Volvik Championship, to go along with her previous wins at Kingsmill Championship and the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.
Other winners today were Jordan Spieth at Colonial (I will not ever refer to this tournament as the Dean and Deluca, or MasterCard, or any other dumb name. It’s the Colonial!!) and Chris Wood at on the European Tour at the BMW PGA Championship. Jordan’s win moved him up 21 spots to no. 12 on the Power Rankings, and Chris Wood’s win elevated him from 335 to 55.