Dustin Johnson had to withdraw due to his back injury. Real shame, he's been dominant this season.
2017 PGA Tour season
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Not so good on the back 9 for Pieters, finishes at even par. Strick is 2 over after 8 holes.
Curious as to how Stricker qualified for this event this year. Thanks in advance.
Finished 4th at the Open last year.
Pieters with a great eagle on #13, now 3 under and tied for 3rd. Stricker looks to be in good shape to make the cut.
Pieters now tied for the lead!
icengineer
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Pieters is playing well. Missed that birdie putt by inches that would have given him sole possession of the lead.
Zurich Classic is using a 2 man team format this year, will be interesting to see how it plays out. They will use both foursome (alternate shot) and fourball (better ball) formats, alternating each round. Usually we see those formats during Ryder/Presidents Cup play, but the difference is those events are match play and this one is stroke play. Another interesting aspect is both members of the winning team get credit for a tour win, so 2 year exemption, etc. No Masters invite, though.
Illini in the field (with partner):
Stricker (Jerry Kelly)
Pieters (Daniel Berger)
Campbell (Miguel Angel Carballo)
Illini in the field (with partner):
Stricker (Jerry Kelly)
Pieters (Daniel Berger)
Campbell (Miguel Angel Carballo)
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Brian Campbell tied for 2nd place early in the 2nd round of the Wells Fargo...
http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html
http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html
Ooops! Campbell with a 79 to finish up. However, DA Points hanging in there at 3 under and finishing up today.
Tough day for Campbell, was tied for the lead early on in the round and ended up missing the cut.
Langley and Guthrie both doing well in the web.com event in the Dominican Republic.
Langley and Guthrie both doing well in the web.com event in the Dominican Republic.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Yeah I was looking for Brian Campbell on the leaderboard late Friday night. Bad round, but hopefully a learning experience for him. Good to see D.A. finish strong. Also a decent finish by Guthrie and Langley in the web.com this weekend.
So DA Points and Steve Stricker are in the field at the Players this week, Thomas Pieters is not. He's eligible since he's in the top 50 in the world rankings, but isn't playing. As far as I can tell, it's his choice not to play which is too bad.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Yeah, I'm assuming he's staying over in Europe.
Side note, saw that Charlie Danielson advanced from his local US Open qualifier so he'll be playing in the sectionals in a few weeks. Some other former/current/future Illini didn't make it - Feagles, Baumgarten, Chopra, Hauter, O'Reilly, Kuhl.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
I'm assuming guys like Guthrie, Langley and Detry will be in the sectionals? Anyone else?
Yes, they are all exempt into sectionals as well as Meyer and Hardy.
There's some discussion among PGA Tour officials that they move the Players Championship, which is being held this weekend, back to the mid- to late March date it had traditionally had, and then moving the PGA Championshp from August to May: http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id...championship-move-alter-golf-majors-landscape
I understand why they might consider those changes, but I'm not sure people care enough about the FedEx race to begin with. Getting it done before football starts sounds like a good idea on the surface but not sure it's going to drastically increase interest. And screwing around with the majors is not a good idea, IMO.
Pieters with a nice opening round at the BMW PGA
Frank Nobilo signed off tonight from "Live From The US Open" by saying that our Thomas Pieters was his favorite to win it outside of Rory McIlroy.
Pieters also got a shout out from the former head of European golf as an up and coming favorite. Very cool and we shall see!!
Pieters also got a shout out from the former head of European golf as an up and coming favorite. Very cool and we shall see!!
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