South Korea’s In Gee Chun birdied four of the last seven holes to rally for a one-stroke victory at the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday.
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In final results, winning the John Deere Classic 2015 today was Jordan Spieth, narrowly beating Tom Gillis.
Gillis surged into the lead with five birdies in his first six holes and added another at the eighth before giving a stroke back with a bogey at the ninth.
Rory McIlroy’s “kickabout” may have deprived the British Open of having the world number one defend his title, but the potential storylines next week at St Andrews are still strong, starting with golf’s new golden boy Jordan Spieth.
Illinois: Jordan Spieth charged to a two-stroke lead with a stunning finish to the third round at the John Deere Classic on Saturday.
He had been criticised in some quarters for not playing in the Scottish Open but produced his own answer.
The pair could not be separated when they played the 18th hole for the first time in the play-off, but Gillis drove into the rough second time around and then hit his second shot into water, enabling Spieth to wrap up victory with a three-foot putt.
Spieth earned his first career PGA TOUR victory at this tournament as a 19-year-old in 2013.
According to oddsmakers, Spieth came into this week with 3/1 odds to win the John Deere Classic, which means a wager of $100 on him to prevail will pay out an additional $300. Zach Johnson missed a 14-foot birdie attempt at the last to also reach 20-under, while Lee threw away his opportunity by bogeying the final hole. That’s to be admired not criticised. “Because it is very different”.
“I think it was just on-course repetitions”, he said.
“He played 63 holes of practice around Chambers Bay the week before the US Open”, McGinley added. He had a caddie who used to caddie there and was married there. That was fun. It sounds insane when I told everyone at Greenbrier that I felt close, after the scores I shot at the Memorial (85) and the US Open (80).
“I committed to this event well ahead of time, never really crossed my mind to drop out”, he said. He’s not putting the odds in his favour, put it that way. “Just thin it a little bit and somehow it goes in”.
Since the modern era of majors began in 1934, Lee Trevino in 1971 was the only player to win a PGA TOUR event the week before winning The Open.
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“You can learn a lot from listening to people and Jordan is the sort of humble guy who will sit down and listen”.
