Since his first — and only — win on the PGA Tour in 2016, Tony Finau kept getting asked when he’d get another. On Monday, at the weather-delayed Northern Trust, he finally answered the question.
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POTOMAC, Maryland – Rory McIlroy needed a comeback on the order of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike at the Wells Fargo Championship at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. It was not to be. After making the cut on the number, he gave it a shot with back-to-back 68s on the weekend, but it was too little, too late for the 20-time PGA TOUR winner as he finished solo fifth, four back. “I’m playing good, playing really good,” McIlroy said after giving himself an outside shot with three birdies in his first 10 holes, but stalling on the back nine. “No complaints with the game. Everything feels pretty solid. Just a couple things here and there coming down the stretch, a couple missed putts, but really apart from that I feel like the game’s in good shape.” He will take a week off before teeing it up at the PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. McIlroy was coming off a runner-up finish at the Masters last month. Although this marked another close call, McIlroy’s week was not without its highlights. The three-time Wells Fargo champion celebrated his 33rd birthday at the pro-am on Wednesday and was serenaded and given a birthday cupcake. He visited nearby Congressional Country Club, where he won the 2011 U.S. Open, to check out recent changes to the course. In the end, he couldn’t quite overcome his second-round 73 in a steady rain at TPC Potomac, but he certainly gave it a shot as he begins a busy stretch of six tournaments in eight weeks. If he was picky, McIlroy said, he might fault his late-Sunday shot selection at the Wells Fargo. “Like the shot selection into 16 there trying to hit a hard wedge and not quite getting all of it, hitting the slope, spinning back to the front of the green,” said McIlroy, who nonetheless two-putted for par. “You hit a three-quarter 9-iron, that maybe doesn’t happen.” Otherwise, he said, all systems are go as he heads toward a busy summer. First and foremost, McIlroy, like many others, looked forward to getting warm after a tough week of weather. “Jeez, all year it’s just been wind or rain or a combination of both,” he said. “Tulsa might be hot, but I’m looking forward to hopefully not having to get the umbrella out for a while.”
Think about it: You’re not trying to be so precise with your putting that the ball falls in on its last rotation. You’ll still be in tap-in range if you miss, but now you know the ball is going to get there every time. Typically a putt of this length isn’t going to break that much—unless your course is Augusta National.
I thought the FedExCup marked the end of the PGA Tour season, but now I see there’s a “Presidents Cup” on this week’s schedule. What’s that all about? The Presidents Cup is a team event, similar to the Ryder Cup. What’s the difference? In the Ryder Cup, the United States plays against Europe. In the Presidents Cup, the U.S. plays against an “International” team, meaning all countries EXCEPT Europe. The Presidents Cup is held every two years, in non-Ryder Cup years, which 2017 happens to be. So, the Americans have to play one of these cup events every year, while the foreign players get every other year off? Why don’t they just combine the two events? Well, for one thing, they’re the properties
