This week’s Procore Championship in Napa, California is the de facto Ryder Cup training camp for Captain America Keegan Bradley and the USA team. 11 of the 12 members were in Napa this week, and 10 members rose up in the first game of the FedEx Cup fall season at PGA Tour. Xander Schauffele’s son was just born and did not take the trip. Bryson DeChambeau participated in the stage celebration, but was not eligible for the competition as he was not a member of the PGA Tour.
Most of the U.S. teams were doing well on Betpatch Black’s trip in the first few days in Wineland. Ben Griffin has 54 holes of lead. Scottie Scheffler launched the third round of 64 to reach amazing distances. Russell Henley and JJ Spaun spent a weekend at Silverado Resort before stumbling around Saturday.
But between Griffin and Schefler, the name may soon become a fixture for the future Ryder Cup. The name just won its own victory for the United States on the Walker Cup in Cypress Point.
Jackson Koivun.
The world’s number one amateur was the anchor point of the United States defeating Britain and Ireland 17-9 last week on the Monterey Peninsula. Koivun attended Captain Nathan Smith for the first time in all four meetings. He scored 3-1, including two singles class tone wins. Koivun beat Tyler Weaver 3 and 2 in a singles Sunday, winning the U.S. a 8.5-1.5 title to ensure the Cup win.
Koivun’s Walker Cup performance is just the latest in an impressive summer competition, and the Auburn star has already received the PGA Tour Card through PGA Tour University, and he continues to declare himself the future force. Koivun missed the U.S. Open cut before playing T11-T6-T5 in the next three PGA Tours. He then appeared at Cypress Point and helped bring the Walker Cup team to a huge victory.
“I think we’ve been watching Jackson all year all year, and all summer, he’s been incredible and when he finished the game, I said, “Thank you for the game. “It’s my honor to have him on my team.” Smith said of Koivun last Sunday. “I think in any sport, if you are a coach or a captain, when your best player is your hardest player and set the tone for the team and just bring professionalism, we added the cart after the game, he jumped in and he was going to drive. I said, “Yeah, yeah, you’re driving the car, I’m always riding the passengers.” Let’s summarize. ”
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Koivun’s T5 end at the Wyndham Championship brought him into this week’s Procore title, and he hopes one day’s team will be ready for numerous expected showdowns at Bethpage Black in two weeks. But while Koivun is still an amateur – he takes up professional status whenever he decides to leave Auburn – he has proven himself to be on the PGA Tour. So it’s no surprise that he met Ryder Cup member Russell Henley before Friday and called him for a shooting.
“I met Russell Henley in that range and told him I was going to catch him, so that was my goal,” Koivun said Friday after his tour.
Koivun fulfilled his promise and he went along with Henry to hit second in the second round 66. The 66 hissing included the majestic 3-iron, Koivun hit 2 feet and was 7 inches on the eagle on the 5th 12-hole.
Koivun continued to take charge of the top of the rankings to Griffin as Henley and Spaun slipped off the board on Saturday. He made a shaky start in back-to-back bogeys of three-pointers and fourth, but responded with a birdie with an 8 and 11. He then rolled 12 eagles on 12 43-foot eagle putts and made the birds shoot 4 points in 14 and 15 to put himself in the last set. Koivun will start Sunday’s final round.
“[I’m going to] When asked about his first final group in the PGA Tour in his career, Koivun told NBC after the round.
Koivun paired with U.S. Open champion JJ Spaun, who will be the Ryder Cup rookie of Bethpage on Saturday. He beat him four points and defeated Henry and the six. He picked up two shots at Griffin. But Scheffler, after the world’s No. 1 defeat of Rust, shot only one shot behind him, shooting eight under 64, including 10 birdies and double bogeys.
Koivun will enter Sunday’s cauldron on Sunday, hoping to track a member of Team USA while postponing the game’s best player, becoming the second time in the past 30 years to win the PGA Tour.
It was a difficult task, but it was also what he built for.
“I’m trying to be the best person, and I just have to keep putting myself in situations where I can perform well and practice the tail in the offseason, or when I’m not only competing to get better,” Koivun said.
That mentality has allowed the 20-year-old to have played his ticket to the PGA Tour, brought the Walker Cup and let him lift the PGA Tour trophy on Sunday as an amateur.
This week on Procore is all about Ryder Cup, with matches gradually fading away as there are no questions made about pairing, chemistry, golf and decisions. But through Napa’s 54 holes, Team America saw something it hoped for, and as Jackson Koivun’s star continued to rise, it might see more.
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