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APRIL 30, 2012
B It resonated with Radd Leonard
when he was hit in the head with
an errant Watson drive on Friday.
He got some medical attention, an
autographed glove from Watson and
a request from caddie Ted Scott after
the ball found the fairway. “We’re glad
you’re all right, but if you could just
not try to get too far ahead of my-
self,” he said. “I’ve done that in the
past going into the final round with
a chance or even a chance for a nice
finish, get a little ahead of yourself.”
The Road to the
Ryder Cup
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September 25-30 | Medinah Country Club
Medinah, Ill., USA
Canadian Graham DeLaet is clawing his way back to the PGA Tour one
event at a time. DeLaet, who lives in
Boise, Idaho, where he went to college, had micro diskectomy surgery
in January of last year. He spent 2011
in rehab and in the gym, trying to get
healthy enough to play again.
“I feel like it was maybe a bit of
a blessing in disguise,” DeLaet said
of the missing year. “I feel I’m better
mentally because of it because I
know a bogey is not really the end of
the world.
I used to kind of have a little bit
of a bad temper, have a bad swing
or make a bad bogey, and now I
realize that my health is really the
most important thing and I think it’s
helped my game. It was obviously
something I wouldn’t want to go
through again but kind of a blessing
in disguise.
DeLaet entered the final round at
the Zurich Classic two shots behind
Dufner. He finished T4.
“I know it’s a cliche but that’s
what I’m going to try to focus on and
When Watson hit the remark-
able shot from the pine trees on the
second playoff hole at The Masters,
a couple of his close friends – Ben
Crane and Rickie Fowler – were
standing behind the green. It’s rare
to see PGA Tour players on the
course watching one of their own.
THROWBACKS (From the left) Camilo Villegas, Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler donned vintage clothes and played with
hickory clubs at last week’s Fore!Kids Foundation 3-hole charity shootout.
anything to post a good score. For
Rollins, that means an experiment
to not watch the leaderboards.
“The quirky things us golf pros
do,” Rollins said. “I tried it in the
first round and played good. I told
my mental coach about it. He said it
sounded like a goal for tomorrow. He
said, ‘You’re doing fine, keep doing
what you’re doing.’ I went out the first
round and said, you know what, I’m
just going to just play golf and stay
into what I’m doing or tied for the
lead, you know? Just go play golf and
see what happens and I got a good
round out of it. Did it again yesterday,
got a great round and did it again
today. It’s been a pleasant change.”
ship at a relatively young age, when
he won last year’s PGA Champion-
ship in his first try at a major. And he
knows what the demands are.
Team USA
Team Qualification Process
Rank Name Points
1 Bubba Watson 4,798.395
2 Phil Mickelson 3,746.624
3 Hunter Mahan 3,332.054
4 Keegan Bradley 3,111.492
5 Jason Dufner 2,855.087
6 Steve Stricker 2,291.245
7 Tiger Woods 2,173.667
8 Brandt Snedeker 2,145.857
9 Bill Haas 2,106.071
10 Kyle Stanley 2,037.457
11 Johnson Wagner 2,013.946
12 Mark Wilson 1,998.593
John Rollins, who was tied with
Els in third place going into the final
round, knows that golfers are funny
creatures who will try just about
Keegan Bradley knows what it’s
like to win your first major champion-
Team Europe
Team Qualification Process
Rank Name Points
1 Rory McIlroy 2,584,843.51
2 Peter Hanson 1,633,004.93
3 Martin Kaymer 1,587,688.41
4 Justin Rose 1,483,613.23
5 Paul Lawrie 1,387,723.60
6 Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño 1,261,297.96
7 Sergio Garcia 1,219,822.68
8 Lee Westwood 1,203,446.04
9 Alvaro Quiros 1,155,967.13
10 Michael Hoey 1,035,043.28
11 Graeme McDowell 1,019,645.84
12 Rafael Cabrera-Bello 974,288.75
