The first edition of Pro Golf Daily is here with the reactions from Sunday’s winners at the Olympics and on the PGA Tour, and much more!
Welcome to Pro Golf Daily.
This is our first daily roundup piece at Pro Golf Now, but you’ll see it become a regular feature over the coming days and months. The idea of this piece is to help keep you up to date on the best of all the latest golf news from around the world on a day-to-day basis.
As such, this column will act as a means to recap everything that you might have missed from us at Pro Golf Now on the previous day, but also more importantly to share with you some of the work from around the internet that is worth your attention as a fan of the game.
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Let’s get down to it:
Best of Pro Golf Now From 8/14/16
Olympics: Justin Rose Claims Gold Medal for Great Britain (read here): Brandon Musso recaps the finale of men’s golf in Rio as Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson and Matt Kuchar all secured spots on the podium.
PGA Tour: Ryan Moore Cruises To Victory At John Deere Classic (read here): I round up the action from a confident and stress-free final round for Ryan Moore at TPC Deere Run, as he claimed his fifth tour win at the John Deere Classic.
Olympics: Countries With Multiple Medal Opportunities On Sunday
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): Before the action began, I took a look at the various countries who at least entered Sunday’s final round with multiple chances of a medal.
Olympics: Key Holes On The Back Nine On Sunday (read here): I also took a look at the holes that would decide the tournament in Rio, and there’s no question that the 18th certainly lived up to its billing.
Best of Golf Across The Internet From 8/14/16
Justin Rose claims gold in return of Olympic golf (read here): Steve DiMeglio of USA Today rounds up the final round of action from the Rio Olympics with quotes and reaction from gold and silver medalists Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson.
If the Olympic Golf Competition Had Been a Team Event, Here’s Who Would Have Won (read here): With the sport’s first event at the Olympics in 112 years taking place in an individual format, Coleman McDowell of Golf.com compiles a leaderboard to show us how things would have fared in team play.
Brazil’s Adilson da Silva epitomizes hopes for Olympic golf experience (read here): Bob Harig of ESPN writes about Brazil’s remarkable golfing hero Adilson da Silva, and the special reception he received at his home Games.
Finally healthy, Ryan Moore notches fifth PGA Tour win at John Deere Classic (read here): Kyle Porter of CBS Sports gets the reaction of Ryan Moore on his return to the winner’s circle in spite of constant battles with injury.
Heavy rain puts off final round of U.S. Senior Open until Monday (read here): Via an AP report, ESPN has the details on how the US Senior Open will (hopefully) have a Monday finish, following heavy rain on Sunday and more forecasted for Monday too.
Robert Allenby arrested for disorderly conduct and trespass outside US casino (read here): In easily the strangest story of the day, The Guardian report on Robert Allenby’s arrest having missed the cut at the John Deere Classic, and the Australian’s denial of the story entirely.
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That’s it for today’s roundup but check back in tomorrow when we’ll do it all again.