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On a breezy, difficult Sunday, Adam Scott avoided the dangers at Riviera Country Club that derailed so many of his challengers and won the Genesis Invitational, his first PGA Tour victory in nearly four years. The 39-year-old Aussie outpaced his final-round playing partners, Matt Kuchar and Rory McIlroy, the world No 1 who fell victim to a front-nine triple bogey.
With a low, pecking ball flight and a hot putter, Inbee Park plodded through Sunday’s blustery conditions at Royal Adelaide Golf Club and won her 20th LPGA title, the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open.
Nothing against stadium-framed par-3 holes fueled by tequila and buddy-buddy pro-am pairings, but the Genesis Invitational last week at timeless Riviera Country Club was good for the soul, writes Ron Green Jr.
Golf is a game that keeps teaching life lessons, even in winter, when golf clubs sit by the door beseeching their owners to take them out for a walk as a dog might, writes John Hopkins.
Despite opening the Genesis Invitational with an eagle, Tiger Woods finished well down the field at Riviera, and amid his lackluster performance came the unexpected news that Woods will not play in the WGC-Mexico Championship this week.
Brooks Koepka, whose 38-week run atop the world ranking ended prior to the Genesis Invitational, still is dealing with soreness related to the knee problem that has sidelined him in recent months.
Amy Olson, whose last runner-up finish on the LPGA Tour was a heartbreaker at the 2018 Evian Championship, generated positive momentum on her way to finishing second at the Women’s Australian Open.
England’s Harry Goddard produced a late birdie burst to storm to victory in the Portuguese Men’s International Championship at Montado, writes Colin Callander.
The PGA Tour’s travels from the West Coast to Mexico to Florida are a harbinger of something that moves players and fans like nothing else, this week’s instalment of The Divot suggests.
Mike Cullity
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