“I think I’ve had little bits of that the last three days and tomorrow will be nice to kind of piece together a full 18 holes and not just a few of them.” “I’ve done everything well at some point this week,” he said. He ended up making a bogey two holes later to stall his momentum and closed with two pars, but it added up to a more-than-respectable 4-under 68. UPDATE 2:58 p.m.: It was short-lived but after a birdie at 14, Rickie Fowler held a share of the tournament lead. ![]() □ AN ACE FROM THE LEADER! □ makes his first career hole-in-one and extends his lead to 3 shots. The two-time PGA Tour winner extended his lead in style on Saturday afternoon. UPDATE 4:39 p.m.: Look for a little flair from a leader? Troy Merritt’s got you covered. Meanwhile, Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press writes that Bryson DeChambeau owes the Rocket Mortgage Classic - and Detroit - a lot more than silence. Last year it might have been 23 under or so and this year it might be 18, 19, but to play an old-school gem like this is a real treat, and the people were terrific.”įrom Eamon Lynch: Missteps by Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau expose an attitude that the media exists only to flatter. “We don’t get a chance to do it often on Tour because we’re trying to make courses longer and harder. The people were terrific and I love playing old-school Donald Ross courses,” Mickelson said. But Mickelson couldn’t say enough good things about Detroit Golf Club. Mickelson finished 3 under and at the time he left the course, he was T-75 with a score that was only better than one golfer, Will Zalatoris. I hope you watch as we are raising millions for many while having a blast doing it □ I’m of to Montana for a big Match Tuesday. I’m appreciative of my time here and the kindness of so many people. Thank you for all you do here in the city of Detroit. Phil Mickelson has ended an interesting and eventful week in Detroit with a final-round 72 and a goodbye tweet that also plugs his upcoming event on Tuesday “The Match” live on TNT. Michigan native Willie Mack III finishes with a 1-under 71 Sunday after making his first cut on TOUR.įamily, friends and fans were out early to show support for the hometown favorite. Willie Mack III, a standout on the Advocates Professional Golf Association and a Detroit native, made his first PGA Tour cut this week and closed with a 71 on Sunday. hits driver off the deck perfectly at No. Watson’s last PGA Tour was a little more than three years ago at the Travelers Championship. He stuffed his approach on 15 and then drained the putt for his 7th birdie of the day and moved into a tie for the lead.īubba with the birdie at 15 to tie the leader at -15. We have a new leader! Alex Noren nails the birdie to go to -16.īubba Watson is making some Sunday noise. “I made some putts today and just seeing the ball go in the hole was nice,” said Watson, who had his best putting performance of the week, gaining more than 2 ½ strokes on the field (sixth best). ![]() For Watson, the bogey-free 64 snapped a streak of five consecutive over-par scores in the final round of individual stroke-play events: 72-73-80-76-73. When he finished he shared the lead, but Alex Noren made birdie at 16 to jumpfrog ahead at -17. Considering he made the cut on the number at 3-under 141, his 67-64 weekend effort was impressive. ![]() Noren is the clubhouse leader at 17-under 271, but Hank Lebioda had tied him and 54-hole co-leader Joaquin Niemann (-16) is still chasing.īubba Watson birdies the last for 8-under 64. ![]() Noren credited hard work with his swing coach on his wedge game for what should result in his first top-10 finish of the season -and maybe a whole lot more. Sweden’s Alex Noren surged to the top of the leaderboard with a sizzling 64, tying his career low on the PGA Tour. We have a team of folks on the ground in Detroit, including our Adam Schupak and Detroit Free Press columnist Carlos Monarrez. From 218 yards on the par-3, he aced the 11th hole at Detroit Golf Club.įollow along as we blog all week from the event - which is marking its third year after Michigan had a lengthy absence from the PGA Tour. On Saturday, Merritt made his first hole-in-one in 10 years on the PGA Tour. The day started with Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann co-leading at 14 under with 18 holes to go. The Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club comes to a conclusion on Sunday.
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