Welcome to the Free Drop newsletter - a round up of all the talking points from the past week in golf and a look ahead to Free Drop podcast content coming up. Fun Fact Matthew Wolff and Ryan Armour played in the final group on Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Wolff was born … Continue reading Free Drop Newsletter #4
Welcome to the third edition of the Free Drop Newsletter – a round-up of all the talking points from the past week in golf and the latest Free Drop podcast content. Fun Fact In 2001 Webb Simpson and Brendon Todd teamed up to win the North Carolina Four-ball Amateur Championship. Were it not … Continue reading Free Drop Newsletter #3
Golf fans need to manage their expectations ahead of Tiger Woods’ latest comeback. Ten months is an awfully long time to be away from competitive golf. Even more so for a man in his forties who has had four back surgeries in the space of three years. When players who play 25 events a year … Continue reading Tiger needs time
Professional golfers are in the business of results. The success of any given season, for players in the upper echelons of the game is measured by the number of trophies won by year-end. In the case of Justin Rose’s 2017 though, one of the best years of his career will be remembered for two near-misses. … Continue reading A satisfyingly disappointing year for Rose
To win on any professional tour these days is difficult. To successfully defend the title the following year is even harder. Tyrrell Hatton and Brendan Steele achieved something quite rare on Sunday by both successfully defending titles won in 2016, in the same week. Since their respective wins at the Dunhill Links Championship and Safeway … Continue reading What are the odds?
Xander Schauffele's display at the Tour Championship belied his rookie status and capped a dream season on the PGA Tour. In 2016, Schauffele missed his PGA Tour card by an agonising $975 at the conclusion of the 2016 Web.Com Tour regular season before securing his playing rights through the tour's finals series. Mixed results characterised … Continue reading 100% reason to remember the name
Australian Marc Leishman showed once again what a quality player he is after romping to a five-stroke victory at the BMW Championship on Sunday. Leishman first garnered attention in 2013 when he dueled compatriot Adam Scott down the stretch at the Masters before ending in a respectable tie for fourth. He has since made a … Continue reading Aussie Rules
If Paul Casey could putt as well as he hits his irons, he'd be entering the winners circle more often rather than just knocking on the door. I read yesterday that Casey has had top-5s in each of the last five FedexCup playoff events. This stat didn't surprise me at all given what a quality … Continue reading Paul Casey: The perennial bridesmaid
Peter Uihlein is looking forward to more time at home after securing his PGA Tour card for next season. After graduating from Oklahoma State University, Uihlein took the road less travelled to the PGA Tour. Instead of remaining in the States and pursuing status on the Web.com Tour, he opted to cut his teeth on … Continue reading Uihlein seeks home comforts
The race for Player of The Year honours is hotting up after Dustin Johnson's victory at the Northern Trust. In the early stages of the 2016/17 PGA Tour season, three players separated themselves from the peleton, namely Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson who had all claimed three wins apiece by the first week … Continue reading Three-horse race for POTY
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