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THE CJ CUP Byron NelsonMcKinney, Texas • Week 21 Craig Ranch is a birdie track by design, and this year it forgot the brakes. Thirty under won. Two players shot 60. One of them still lost. | |||||||||
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Contest WinnersTwo contests reached the line. Jeff R. ran away with the seven-player free-entry field; Drew S. took the Byron group by five.
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The 65 That LostHere is what Si Woo Kim did on Sunday: he shot 65, six under, a round that wins most weeks. He had posted his own 60 on Friday and led entering the final day. He lost by three, because the man chasing him shot eleven-under 60. Kim said it himself: nothing to do about a 60. | |||||||||
The Redesign That BlinkedNone of this was supposed to happen. Lanny Wadkins' $25 million redesign of TPC Craig Ranch was built to drag the winning score into the low teens. Year one answered with thirty under and two 60s. When Craig Ranch plays soft, the architecture is a suggestion. It played soft all week. | |||||||||
Coming Up NextTwo tests ahead. The Charles Schwab Challenge visits Colonial in Fort Worth (May 28, $9.9M, 500 FedExCup points), which collects what Craig Ranch forgave. Then the Memorial at Muirfield Village (June 4, $20M, 700 points), a signature event where par counts again. | |||||||||
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Thirty under to win. Somewhere a course architect is quietly redrawing his greens. See you after Colonial. Jeremy @ The Leaderboard Fantasy Team | |||||||||
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