PGA Championship Performance Solidifies Tiger Woods’ Ryder Cup Chances

Woods finished 11th in points and will have to rely on Furyk’s grace, though it is widely accepted that the 14-time major victor is a certainty to make the squad.

After years of battling injuries and difficulties in his personal life, Woods shot a 64 on Sunday, his best-ever performance in the final round of a major tournament. But after a slow start to his round, including a bogey at the first, Scott proved he had a little fight left.

“Oh, God, I didn’t even know if I was going to play golf again, so yeah”, he said.

Just not quite well enough. 40 birdie chances this week inside 18 ft so his iron game was good. His 13-under total was good for third place, one back of Woods and three off the pace. “It’s hard to rationalize everything after leading with four holes to play”. You want to win in that position.

Having backed Brooks before the off it was a very straightforward week and having the likes of Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and each-way pick, Gary Woodland, all in-the-mix throughout the week meant I didn’t really get too involved in-running.

Tiger Woods didn’t win any of the year’s four major golf tournaments, but his presence was the only story that mattered this summer.

Mickelson also is known for being a player who can turn it on in big moments. “It’s great to have him on the team”. “We get an opportunity to see some more guys play well”.

Tiger Woods has climbed to No 26 in the world golf rankings following his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship.

When Brooks Koepka secured his maiden PGA Championship with a comfortable one-foot putt on the eighteenth, it was nearly an anti-climax after the wild scenes that had greeted the preceding [Woods] group to the gallery. Not since Woods won four in a row through the 2001 Masters has anyone won majors at such an alarming rate. ABC and ESPN, which stopped broadcasting the British Open previous year, may wish it had held on to the rights for a little longer.

“You want guys that are in good form, say, from the summertime on”, said Furyk, who is set to announce three at-large picks September 3, with the fourth and last name to be revealed September 9. His non-faltering on the back nine in comparison to Carnoustie shows that he’s now firing both physically and mentally.

“I would never have forseen that a year ago”, Woods said.

That putt slid just past.

“I heard all the roars when Tiger made his run”, Koepka said. “I hit the ball beautifully, but to contend week in, week out, I have to get better in those areas”.

“I missed putts on 14 and 15 and Brooks didn’t and my momentum was gone”, Scott said.

Poor drives kept Woods scrambling.

“That was certainly filtering back through the groups”, Scott said. There is this, kind of, sense that he feels: “I can’t be ignored now.’ He doesn’t play up to the galleries, he doesn’t play up to the media, he’s like ‘I’ve won three in six and you just can’t ignore me” so I think he could be the late bolter.

It was nearly too late before anybody paid attention to what Scott was doing.

While the BBC provided rather imperfect coverage last year for free on terrestrial television, it was broadcast this year by Eleven Sports, established worldwide but now entering the Irish and United Kingdom markets.