There are high stakes at this week’s Wyndham event, specifically for those players trying to finish inside the top 70 of the FedEx Cup standings, which last year became the new cut-off point to qualify for the playoffs.
Jasper Stubbs has prepared for one of the most famous golf shots in the world, at golf’s most exclusive club, by pounding balls at a beloved public driving range in Melbourne where a large bucket costs just $25.
In a decision that seemed inevitable from the time the last putt dropped in his historic win, Nick Dunlap announced overnight (Australian time) at a press conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that he has decided to become a professional golfer.
Dunlap rebounded from what looked like a crushing double-bogey at the seventh hole in the final round to make three birdies coming in – the last two on holes 14 and 16 thanks to impressive 10-foot makes with his Odyssey O-Works Tank 7 putter.
Among the (many) exciting things about Dunlap contending at the American Express is that he’s the latest in a growing class of up-and-coming talents who have learned the game with advanced technology fuelling better understanding about the golf swing than ever before.