With this year’s Ryder Cup also being played on a long, exposed Pete Dye track by water, the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island will have given respective skippers Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington some useful clues.
It’s still four months until the USA and Europe lock horns at Whistling Straits but the clock is ticking fast and line-ups are starting to take shape.
After rolling back the years to finish tied fourth at Kiawah, Harrington was certainly far from distracted. But he’ll have taken a close note – and plenty of heart – from some of the European performances. Shane Lowry and Paul Casey finished alongside him in fourth while Jon Rahm and a resurgent Justin Rose also made the top 10.
However, in terms of pure results, Stricker probably had more to smile about. Phil Mickelson scored an incredible win to throw himself into the frame, Brooks Koepka was tied second while Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris and Rickie Fowler all gave the captain nudges with top-eight finishes.
And then the video dropped.
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