I came up two or three short of my target at the end.” “Not birdieing 14 was a momentum-killer,” McIlroy said, “and then 17 was playing pretty tough. McIlroy, who played the pro-am event with father Gerry, finished joint fourth individually after weekend rounds of 66. Surprisingly just one shot off Fox’s lead heading to the reachable par-5 14th, McIlroy played even par to the clubhouse (including a bogey on the Road Hole) and wound up two shots shy of Fox’s mark at the Dunhill Links. Just three months after his bid for a drought-busting major came up short in the 150th Open, McIlroy once again let slip an opportunity to win at St. Rory McIlroy stalled out on the back nine at the Old Course – for the second time this year. Obviously a couple of pretty good players on that rankings list, so I'll have to do something even more special to get ahead of those guys but just to be in the mix is pretty good." "I guess after the good run I had in the middle of the year, that was always the goal, to give myself a chance going into Dubai," he said. All of a sudden, Fox has rocketed to third in the Race to Dubai standings with only six events remaining. Immelman said that they “wrestled with that decision a lot” and that Fox playing on the DP World Tour “did not in any way, shape or form hurt his opportunity at all.”īut it's looking more and more like a head-scratching decision to leave him home. He is also not a member of the PGA Tour, playing exclusively on the European circuit. When it comes to motivation, Ryan Fox didn’t glean much from being bypassed for a Presidents Cup captain’s pick, but he was spurred on by his late pro-am partner.Ĭaptain Trevor Immelman confirmed that Fox was under serious consideration for a wildcard spot, but after a brilliant stretch in the early summer he had cooled recently with six straight finishes outside the top 20. With help from above, Fox wins one for Warnie “I felt like it would have been a tough way for me to deal with losing.” “I didn’t want to lose the tournament that way, bogeying the last hole, when I felt like I was somewhat in control of the tournament,” he said. 14, 16 and 18 just to force a playoff with Sepp Straka. Recently he’s been trying to increase his positive self-talk, though that was put to the test in the final round at the Country Club of Jackson, where he needed to make clutch pars on Nos. Mentally, he’s looking for improvement, too. “It’s just one of those where you’re like, That was awesome, because that’s exactly why I do this,” Hughes said. His average total driving distance was 299.9 yards (good for T-26 in the field), and he was able to carry fairway bunkers even on mis-hits. On the course, he has noticed a difference. It increases his baseline and gives him the feeling that he still has more in reserve if he needs it.Ī birdie on his third try at the 18th Sunday gave Mackenzie Hughes a playoff victory over Sepp Straka at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Anomaly 2 trophy guide driver#On the range at the Sanderson Farms, that work was on display: He warms up with 10 driver swings as hard as he can before settling into his stock shot. He has never averaged more than 300 yards off the tee, leaving him in the middle of the pack with distance on a tour that is only getting more favorable to the bombers. Needing to address some of his weaknesses, Hughes began tinkering with speed training during the COVID break in 2020 but really ramped up the effort over the past few months. It got to the point that his oldest son, Kenton, 5, began to ask dad when he was going to add to his trophy collection. Hughes has been solid ever since, finishing inside the top 100 in the FedExCup in all but one season, but a second victory eluded him. “I felt like, Oh, man, this is going to be easy – I’m going to be able to rack up a few of these,” Hughes recalled. In 2016, Mackenzie Hughes won in his fifth start as a PGA Tour member.
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