Lynch on fall season

Good morning golf fans! Rory McIlroy has returned to the top of the sport’s pyramid.

1. PGA Tour: Rory wins the OWGR top spot

BBC report …”Rory McIlroy, who retained his South Carolina CJ Cup title, returned to the top spot in the world rankings.

• The Northern Irishman won by one shot at Congaree Golf Club. He shot a four-under-par score of 67 to win the tournament.

• American Kurt Kitayama hit 67 Sunday and briefly tied McIlroy with a birdie at 12th.

• McIlroy however, made three straight birdies to win the race.

• After claiming his 23rd PGA Tour victory, McIlroy said, “It means a great deal.”

• “I have worked hard for the past 12 months to get back to this point. This game is so much fun that I feel as if it was my first.

• “I love golf so much that I have been playing it with such joy for the past 12 months. It’s amazing.”

2. Europe: Yannik Paul takes Mallorca Golf Open

DP World Tour report On an afternoon full of twists, Paul, his overnight leader, was in the driving seat on nine before Marcus Armitage’s two-shot swing at 15th gave Marcus a two stroke lead with three holes remaining.

• “But Armitage lost three more shots in the next two holes, so Paul saved par at 17th to tie for first as he made his move to the 18th.”

• “And the German coolly slotted his 15-foot birdie attempt from the fringe at last to deny Paul Waring und Nicolai Von Dellingshausen a game-off.”

3. Lydia Ko wins in South Korea

Keely Levins Golf Digest’s Lydia Ko always makes it special to go back to South Korea to compete. Although you will see Ko’s name next to the New Zealand flag on leaderboards – she was born and raised in Seoul so it is still a connection to her country. Ko is passionate about South Korea and the fans love her even more. The 25-year old had not won an LPGA or Korean LPGA event in South Korea after nine years of professional golf. Sunday’s BMW Ladies Championship was made even more special by this fact. Ko won her 18th LPGA Tour victory with a 65 in the final round at Oak Valley Country Club, Wonju. Andrea Lee was only four shots behind Ko, and finished solo second.

4. Alker wins PGA Tour Champions

Bob McClellan for PGATour.com…”Steven Alker struck the first blow in pursuit of his first Charles Schwab Cup, coming from two strokes back to start the day to win the PGA TOUR Champions Dominion Energy Charity Classic at the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond by one stroke over K.J. Choi”

• Alker, who was the leader in the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs, was trailed by Jerry Kelly, who is fourth in the race to the Cup by one stroke. Kelly had three consecutive birdies that started at 15. These put him at 14-under par to beat Choi, who shot a 5-under-67. Kelly, Padraig Hrrington, No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup Standings, and Doug Barron were another shot back at 12, under.”

• Alker finished with a 68, which was better than Kelly’s 72. Kelly, who started the final round at 12 over, knew that it would take more than a round to win the fourth round this season.

• Alker won his fourth win of 2022, consolidating his grip on the Schwab Cup.

5. A sendoff and an ace

Max Schreiber, Golf Channel’s Max Schreiber…Na Yeon Choi will be out with a bang and a brand new car.

• “Earlier this month, the nine-time LPGA winner and 2012 U.S. Ladies Open champion announced her retirement. The 34-year old will retire from the LPGA at this week’s BMW Ladies Championship in Korea. Choi is participating on a sponsor’s exemption. ”

• Choi’s round 3 performance at Oak Valley Country Club’s par-312th gave her fans one more thrill. The hole-in-one by Choi earned her a brand new BMW X7.

6. Lynch: Future fall seasons will be worth it on the PGA Tour

Eamon Lynch for Golfweek…”Beginning this season, just 70 players will qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs and secure cards for the new calendar-year season of 2024, down from 125. Rest will participate in a shootout to earn ’24 status for the fall events. This is a Hunger Games-style contest with up-and-coming talent as well as famous names looking for redemption. The old dead zone that ran from East Lake to New Years now has life and something important at stake: future employment. This was possible through tournaments and the revived Q-School. It is now possible to embrace the fall for what it has, rather than dismiss it for what it lacks.

• However, this does not mean that the best players in the game will be unable to compete for relevance for four months. The DP World Tour expects more stars to race to the year-end bonus pool party at Dubai because the PGA Tour has abandoned plans to host a fourth quarter series of lucrative events abroad. Jon Rahm has stated his support for fall events in Spain. It has been reported that McIlroy, Shane Lowry and the Irish Open will be moving to dates after the FedEx Cup playoffs. Golf fans will likely see more elite players in autumn, even though they may be in different time zones.

7. “Acting is easier than playing golf”

Todd Kelly, Golfweek She was born and raised on a Florida golf course and was a star player on her high school’s team.

According to a 2015 Golf Digest story, she was ready for a U.S. Women’s Open qualifier in 2012.

• Kathryn Newton was also an actress, and she quit the clubs to pursue her acting career when she was offered the lead role in the fourth installment “Paranormal Activity”.

• Newton was however back on the course three weeks ago at the Old Course in St. Andrews to play in the pro-am before the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

• Newton was paired up with Matt Wallace, an English golfer. The pair placed 118th of 167 teams.

• Newton said that acting is easier than playing golf, during an interview with CNN’s The Jazzy Golfer. “I don’t say it lightly, because I respect my acting and my fellow actors. “When I look at the pros here today, it feels like they are magicians to me.”

8. Lowry explains how to break the putter

Our Jason Daniels During round one of the CJ Cup 2019, the 2019 Open champion had just completed his approach to approximately 50 feet when he pulled the putter out of his bag too quickly. This caused a split between graphite, steel, and the putter.

• Lowry had quickly pulled the club from his grasp and it was headed to the floor. However, “as the shaft was like that, I tried to flick it up using my foot. I caught it right where the graphite meets steel on the shafts, and it just snapped into half.”

9. McIlroy wins WITB

Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Titanium (15 degrees)

Shaft: Mitsubishi Kai’li White 80 TX

5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees @17.55)

Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X

Irons: TaylorMade RorsProto (3-9)

Shaft: Project X 7.0

Wedges: TaylorMade MMG3 Raw (46-09SB), 54-13SB and 58-11SB).

Shafts: Project X 6.5

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Hydro Blast

Grip: SuperStroke Traxion pissol GT Tour

Ball: 2021 TaylorMade T5x (#22).

Grips: Golf Pride MCC