David Love III Wins 2015 Wyndham Championship

The four rounds of this year's Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club have come and gone and the winner this year was surprising to say the least. 51-year old and 2012 US Ryder Cup Captain, David Love III won with a score of 17-under par and a single shot lead over Jason Gore. He shot a final round of 64 (his lowest of the year) which included four birdies and two eagles. This is the North Carolina native's 37th PGA Tour win and first win since 2008. It's also his third Wyndham Championship win.

Win this win, Love becomes the third oldest golfer to win on the PGA Tour, just behind the likes of Sam Snead in 1965 (who won his last event here at Sedgefield) and Art Wall in 1975.
"Any victory now is going to be really sweet when you're over 50," Love said afterwards. "To have your name thrown out there with Sam Snead at any point is incredible". It's always great to see an older golfer win professionally. It shows how great the longevity of golf can be and that the older guys can still keep up with the younger generation.

Equally important, Love now moves from 186th on the FedEx Cup Rankings up to 76th, putting him safely above the cut off of 125th for the PGA Tour Playoffs. After all, many players in the field the week had the intention of making it into the playoffs and a few were successful. 2nd place finisher Jason Gore moved from 166th to 98th, T3 Charl Schwartzel moved from 125th to 96th, T10 Jonas Blixt from 135th to 121st, T26 Camilo Villegas from 129th to 123rd, and Rio Ishikawa from 130th to 124th.

Sedgefield continued to play relatively benign over the weekend and many low scores were shot (which always makes the tournament more interesting). One player of note who didn't finish as well as we would of liked though is Tiger Woods. After promising weekday rounds, Woods shot a 68/70 on the weekend to finish at T10. Unfortunately, this was not enough to get him into the playoffs, as he only moves from 187th to 178th. His next tournament will be the Frys.com Open in October, the first event of the new PGA Tour season.

Finally, here's how our picks finished off:

1) Martin Kaymer: T14 at 12-under
2) Camilo Villegas: T26 at 10-under
3) Brooks Koepka: T6 at 14-under

Not too bad actually. Kaymer's finish though wasn't good enough to get into the playoffs (149th to 139th) but Camilo's was. Koepka was in contention with his final round of 65 (he was safely above the playoff cut-off already).


And there you have it, the last regular event of this season's PGA Tour is over. Next week the PGA Tour Playoffs kick off with The Barclays from Plainfield Golf Club in New Jersey. Stay tuned for our picks shortly.


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

 With his win, Davis Love III becomes the third oldest PGA Tour winner

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Woods and Hoge Lead Halfway Thru 2015 Wyndham Championship

We're two rounds through this year's Wyndham Championship and the leaderboard is very interesting to say the least. Tied for the lead is Tiger Woods and Tom Hoge at 11-under. They lead by one against Davis Love III and Chad Campbell. The cut has also been set at 3-under.

Tiger Woods and Tom Hoge are probably two of the most different players on Tour. It's a great contrast really. On one hand you have a multi-major winning golfer, who is believed to be the best golfer in recent times. On the other, you have a relatively new and unheard of golfer looking to make a name for himself. And yet, here they both sit tied for the lead going into the weekend, probably with the same goal in mind; win or at least finish well enough to make it into the PGA Tour Playoffs. Hoge started off strong on Thursday with a 62 and a 67 today. Woods shot a 64 yesterday and a 65 today, but his front nine today was up and down, with two bogeys and three birdies. He made up with a 31 on his back nine though.

Sedgefield play very vulnerable over the first two days. Very low rounds were shot by many on both days, with the low round of the tournament so far being a 61 shot by Brandt Snedeker, which included a three hole birdie streak on 14-16 and no dropped shots. In fact, Hoge's 62 on Thursday was the best debut round in the tournament's history.

Finally, here's how our picks are doing:

1) Martin Kaymer: T11 at 8-under
2) Camilo Villegas: T32 at 5-under
3) Brooks Koepka: T22 at 6-under

Pretty good so far and great going into the weekend. It's worth noting that there's a log jam of players tied at 9-under, about six of them. But given how benign the course has been, being within a few shots of the lead will definitely put you in contention.

Stay tuned for our results post come Sunday,


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Tiger Woods Co-Leads Going Into the Weekend at the Wyndham Championship

2015 Wyndham Championship Picks

We're entering the final week of the regular PGA Tour season with the Wyndham Championship, played at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event is mainly known for being the last regular PGA Tour event of the season, before the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and thus offers golfers one last chance to score enough points to complete in the playoffs. Despite it's fame, it offers one of the smaller purses on tour ($5.4 million) with just under $1 million going to the winner.

This tournament was first played in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open and held that title for nearly 50 years. It's been played at Sedgefield for a good portion of that time, but only returned to regular play there in 2008. History has also been made here over the years, particulary by Sam Snead, who holds the record of winning a tournament the most times, eight. He also became the oldest winner on the PGA Tour when he won this event in 1965, at age 52.

The big story this week is Tiger Woods, who entered this event last minute. As it stands now, Woods sits at 168th on the FedEx Cup Rankings. He needs to achieve a minimum ranking of 150th to become eligible to play in the first of the PGA Tour Playoff events (The Barclays) next week. He's hoping for a good result this week to make this possible.

The field this week might not be as elite or full of top-ranked golfers as we're used too, but it's full of talented and competitive players who are probably all looking to secure their playoffs spot. Given that, here's our picks for the Wyndham Championship:

1) Martin Kaymer
2) Camilo Villegas
3) Brooks Koepka

Kaymer is currently ranked 124th on the rankings and will no doubt bring his A-game this week. He's also one of the top-ranked golfers on the World Golf Rankings in the field this week at 21st. Camilo Villegas won this event last year and might do so again, seeing at he's ranked 102nd. Brooks Koepka sits safely at 6th in the rankings, but has been playing excellent golf these past few weeks (T6 at the Bridgestone Invitational and T5 at the PGA Championship).

Play kicks off early tomorrow morning but be sure to check out our Weekend Update post this Friday evening,


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Our top pick this week is 2014 US Open Champion Martin Kaymer

2014 Wyndham Championship Picks - Results

The final round of the 2014 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club has just concluded and the winner this year is Colombian Camilo Villegas, who shot an impressive 63 today to finish the tournament at 17-under (-17) with a one shot victory over Bill Haas and Freddie Jacobson.

Camilo matched his first round score of 63 and has shot sub-70 rounds all week. This is his first win in four years, his last one being the 2010 Honda Classic, his most famous wins being the last two tournaments of the 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs; the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship. This win also puts him safely high up on the FedEx Cup points ranking at 37th.

Here is how our picks finished the tournament:

1) Webb Simpson: T5 at 14-under (-14)
2) Bill Haas: T2 at 16-under (-16)
3) Martin Laird: T14 at 11-under (-11)


Good finishes all around and a very good job by Webb Simpson and Bill Haas. Stay tuned next week for the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and our coverage of The Barclays,


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic Predictions - Weekend Update

Well Saturday's rounds are currently underway at the 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic. The cut this year was set at even par (E) with the leader going into the weekend being American Ben Crane, who was at 12-under (-12) with a 4 shot lead over Colombian Camilo Villegas and South African Retief Goosen. Here is how are picks for this tournament fared out:

1) Phil Mickelson: T8 at 5-under (-5)
2) Webb Simpson: T21 at 3-under (-3)
3) Graeme McDowell: T21 at 3-under (-3)


Stay tuned Monday to see how are picks fared out overall,

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews