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On Sunday, the singles matches of Rory
McIlroy versus Patrick Reed and Phil
Mickelson versus Sergio Garcia were
epic and gave golf fans exactly what they
wanted to see. Trying to pick which was
better is like comparing, Mary Ann to
Ginger, it simply can’t be done.
With Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Tom
Lehman, Jim Furyk and Bubba Watson as
his assistant captains, Love’s team forged
out a 17-11 win over the Europeans, that
brought an unprecedented six Ryder Cup
rookies with them to Hazeltine.
This was only the third American win in
the past 10 Ryder Cups. For Davis Love is
was sweet redemption for the bitter loss in
2012 at Medinah.
Maybe, just maybe, the PGA and the
players have indeed created a system that
will lead to future Ryder Cup success for
the Americans.
France should be exciting in 2018.
Rory McIlroy won the FedEx
Cup.
Rory McIlroy was having
a nice season in 2016. He
finished top-ten in both
the Masters and the Open
Championship.
Although,
he was never a contender in
either the U.S. Open or the
PGA Championship, when
his putting woes were at their
very worst.
He did win at home in the Irish Open on the
EuropeanTour, but was having a sub-standard
year for the former No. 1 world-ranked
player. He even reneged on his commitment
to enter the Olympic Golf Event in Rio de
Janeiro and stayed home instead.
His disappointing season turned into a very
good season with the start of the FedEx Cup
Playoffs, however. McIlroy had never won
the $10 million FedEx Cup and announced
that it was an important goal for him.
He finished T-31 at The Barclays, but
won the next event in
Boston, the Deutsche Bank
Championship. He slipped
to a T-42 finish at the BMW
at Crooked Stick and finished
with a win at East Lake in the
Tour Championship to collect
the FedEx Cup and the $10
million check that goes along
with it.
In all, Rory had three world-
wide wins in 2016 and earned over $18
million in total prize money. I guess that can
be categorized as a solid year and should
take the sting out of not winning a major.
In addition, Rory headed up to Hazeltine for
the Ryder Cup and although Patrick Reed
got the best of him at the end, Rory and
Reed had one of the best singles matches in
Ryder Cup history.
It’s a good thing he won all that money,
because he is getting married at the end of
the year. As you know, weddings are not
cheap these days.
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