![]() “But I have no plans to do that as of now, which has been my stance. “Guys, for the most part, seem like they're pretty polarized on this issue, and I view it as it's been a competition for top talent, like any other business,” Cantlay said ahead of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, the first event of an important year on the PGA Tour. The internet gossip on LIV Golf, in which his name is often mentioned, is what he leaves to everyone else.Ĭantlay knows about the speculation only because of the questions he gets, and he can only assume his name keeps surfacing because he has been neither emotional nor outspoken about the Saudi-funded rival tour. Morikawa was plus-3.KAPALUA, Hawaii - Patrick Cantlay reads as much as anyone in golf, usually deep-think topics such as “Why We Sleep” or the Winston Churchill trilogy. The rest of the field played those three holes 44-under on Sunday. ![]() Two bogeys in his last two holes after making 0 his first 67.Ĭollin Morikawa trails Jon Rahm by 1 with three to play. 15, Morikawa chunked a wedge shot, watching helplessly as it rolled back down the hill and near his feet. 14 was into a bunker his second shot air-mailed the green, settling in the thick stuff near the spectators. 16, when a par putt that is statistically routine for PGA Tour pros glided past the right side of the pin). 15.īut it was not the putter that truly failed him (at least until No. 14, after going birdie-birdie-birdie the first three days. Six shots? With Morikawa’s consistently inconsistent putter actually working? This was destined to be Morikawa’s first win since the 2021 DP World Tour Championship, an 18-hole walk and then a trophy ceremony. Let’s first put this into perspective: He is the ninth player in the history of the PGA Tour to lose a six-shot lead after 54 holes. You just got to get to work and start making birdies, and that’s what I did.” 1, and told Golf Channel, “At that point, it’s not like winning is really that in mind. He was nine shots behind after a bogey on No. For the week he led the field in strokes gained putting, and was second in tee to green. Rahm gained 3.33 strokes tee to green during his final round, second in the 38-man field. 18, with Morikawa waiting behind him - seemed to send a message that the Spaniard is back. Birdies were aplenty all week but Rahm’s final one - on No. Open at Torrey Pines when he ran down a crowded field. It was vintage Rahm, bringing back memories of the 2021 U.S. ![]() That was on display at the Plantation Course at Kapalua, Hawaii, with rounds of 64-71-67-63. But Rahm won the DP World Tour Championship in November, a sign he was getting his game right. His only win was the Mexico Open and he finished T15 at the Tour Championship. But he was not a factor at any of the four major championships. Rahm took a step back in 2022, although he was no doubt still a very good golfer.
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