In between Tweets about poll numbers from New Hampshire and plugging a Sean Hannity interview--because, what better time?--Donald Trump's Twitter account fired off this random thought on the superiority of his overseas resorts over Bandon Dunes resort.
Just two weeks after winning the Web.com Tour Championship and a day after nearly taking outRory McIlroy with a tee shot, Emiliano Grillo won the Frys.com Open with a clutch 18th hole birdie putt, followed by a not so clutch 3-footer in a playoff with Kevin Na.
The short miss had more meaning than just your typical short miss. Doug Fergusonwrites:
Seven months after he missed a 3-foot putt that cost him a victory in the Puerto Rico Open and a PGA TOUR card, Grillo stood over a 3-foot putt to win the Frys.com Open in a playoff Sunday and was shocked to see it spin out of the left side of the cup.
"It was a very tough time coming back to the tee," Grillo said.
Ferguson also notes that Grillo is part of an emerging group with ties to the high school graduating class of 2011.
Along with the trophy, he added to what is already known as the "Class of 2011" -- a high school graduating class that includes Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Patrick Rodgers, Ollie Schniederjans and Daniel Berger, who was voted PGA TOUR rookie of the year.
Still alive, Na was in ideal position on the second playoff hole, 274 yards away on the right side of the fairway. With the ball slightly above his feet, Na opted for a driver off the tight turf, a shot that he “hit perfect” five or six times this week.
This one was far from perfect. He dropkicked the shot and sent his ball screaming into the left rough, behind a tree, about 100 yards out.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.
