PGA Tour Brunch | Scottish Wrap-Up
PGA Tour Brunch | Scottish Wrap-Up
@PGATourBrunch Recaps Genesis Scottish Open and Barbasol Champ
NORTH BERWICK - Xander Schauffele carded a final-round even-par (70) to defeat Kurt Kitayama by one stroke and earn the victory at the Genesis Scottish Open. Schauffele recorded his seventh PGA Tour win in his 135th start at the age of 28 years, 8 months, 15 days. He joined Scottie Scheffler (4) and Sam Burns (3) with three or more wins this season. A recent winner of the Travelers Championship, Schuaffele won back-to-back starts for the second time in his career and improved to 2-for-6 when attempting to convert a 54-hole lead on the Tour.
Kitayama, a two-time DP World Tour winner, finished as runner-up for the second time this season on the PGA Tour.
As the top three players not otherwise exempt who finished in the top 10 this week, Kitayama, Brandon Wu and Jamie Donaldson gain entry into The Open Championship
Scottish Open | Final Leaderboard
Xander Schauffele 72-65-66-70—273 (-7)
Kurt Kitayama 66-71-71-66—274 (-6)
Joohyung Kim 68-71-69-67—275 (-5)
Patrick Cantlay 70-70-69-67—276 (-4)
Tommy Fleetwood 73-69-67-67—276 (-4)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
At the Barbasol
Trey Mullinax birdied the 72nd hole to win his first PGA Tour title in his 106th start while he earned the final spot in the field at The Open Championship at St. Andrews this week. Kevin Streelman earns 50th Top-10 of his PGA Tour career with runner-up result.
Mark Hubbard claimed second Top-3 finish of his PGA Tour career.
Final Leaderboard at Barbasol
Trey Mullinax 65-65-67-66—263 (-25)
Kevin Streelman 66-64-67-67—264 (-24)
Mark Hubbard 65-67-69-65—266 (-22)
Hurly Long 68-65-63-71—267 (-21)
Final Leaderboard at Barbasol Championship (link)
What They’re Saying
Xander Schauffele’s Hot Streak Continues - (PGATourCom)
Xander Turned Average Day into Win Scottish Open - (Golf Week/USA Today)
Kitayama Among Group Advancing to The Open (PGATourCom)
Mullinex Wins by One at Barbasol - (ESPNCom)
Romo Wins his Third American Century Title in Lake Tahoe (ESPNCom)
Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
Here’s What They’re Wearing at The Open (Golf Week/USA Today)
Greg Norman’s Exclusion from The Open Anniversary Tour (Golf Week/USA Today)
What’s in Xander’s Golf Bag? (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
July 11, 1973 - Gene Saracen, age 71, made a hole-in-one at the 123-yard, par three eighth hole at Troon, the famous “Postage Stamp” hole. Saracen used a 5-iron for his famous ace. The following day, on the same hole, he holed-out from the bunker for a “2” using a sand wedge, a club he invested and first used to win the 1932 Open Championship. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
This Week
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