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What an eventful week for the Memorial. Tiger Woods receives his 73rd win, matching Jack Nicklaus. Spencer Levin along with a handful of players shoot over par rounds on Sunday. The highest round (84) coming from Rickie Fowler whom was paired with Tiger. Surprisingly Rory Mcllroy misses a cut for the second week in a row. With one more tournament left before the U.S. Open, the odds for a repeat win for Mcllroy are not in his favor.
Now for a brief break down of Sunday’s play. Spencer Levin started the day atop the leader board. Rory Sabbatini, Andres Romero, and Tiger Woods were the three contenders within reach of grabbing the title. Levin looked pretty solid after a front nine of 1-under par, but a lurking Tiger would get the best of him as he headed to the back nine. Bogeys on 10&12 followed by a double on 13 would be difficult to overcome. Andres Romero started the day six shots back, but a colorful score card would get him to 7-under par for the tournament. After Romero eagled 15 he needed three more birdies to match Tiger’s to be 9-under par total. Rory Sabbatini finished were he started after shooting 72 which included three bogeys and birdies. Tiger secured his victory with a four hole stretch of clutch golf. A birdie on 15, an incredible chip-in on 16, and to put the icing on the cake a birdie on 18 for a two short lead.
This win will be marked in history as Tiger’s 73rd victory, tying Jack Nicklaus. Currently Tiger has 14 major championships just four short of Jack’s 18. At the age of 36 Tiger only needs 10 more wins which can could include 5 majors, to overcome both Sam Snead (82 wins) and Jack. The likely hood of this happening is very high and evidently we are observing the greatest golfer to ever live.
Congratulations TIGER WOODS!
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