In today’s PGW Daily, the Web.com Finals are finished, Joost Luiten shows how to celebrate a win, and Colt Knost wins the Twitter exchange game.
Web.Com Finals
A large field of Web.com and PGA Tour players competed at the DAP Open, the first event of the four-tournament finals. The top 25 in the standings after the finals will earn their PGA Tour card for next season.
The DAP was won by Bryson DeChambeau, the 22-year-old who made headlines when he finished T4 at the RBC Heritage, his first event as a pro. He did not do well enough for the rest of the season to earn his card, but after winning the DAP (his first Web.com event), he has guaranteed that he will be on the PGA Tour next season. He came out victorious in a four-man playoff.
Notables from the DAP:
T2 Andres Gonzales
T6 Scott Stallings, Rory Sabbatini, Will MacKenzie, D.A. Points
T16 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, John Peterson
T16 Stuart Appleby
T22 Chesson Hadley, Andrew Landry
T28 Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston
T33 Brian Campbell
T39 K.T. Kim, Erik Compton
T50 Brian Gay
CUT Camilo Villegas, Hiroshi Iwata. Wesley Bryan, Andres Romero, Jonathan Byrd, Brendon de Jonge, Luke Guthrie,
WD Matt Jones
Major Hospitality
This week’s LPGA event is the Evian Championship, the fifth and final major of the year. Those in charge at Evian have tried to personalize the experience. They had this for Suzann Pettersen.
Twitter Exchange of the Day
NFL games brought out the trash-talking in Colt Knost, Keegan Bradley, Luke Donald, and several fans.
How can I buy super bowl tickets now? @ColtKnost
— Keegan Bradley (@Keegan_Bradley) September 12, 2016
Funny post from a fan: “@Keegan Bradley @ColtKnost Where do i buy my web.com tickets to watch you play in two years?”
Preview Video of the Day
Speaking of the Evian Championship, the LPGA put out this preview video to get fans caught up and hyped.
The final major of the season is here! Check out this preview of the @EvianChamp!
Watch: https://t.co/imlUcgQUP0 pic.twitter.com/m9uT36yKpz
— #DriveOn (@LPGA) September 12, 2016
Trophy of the Day
Joost Luiten won the European Tour’s KLM Open over the weekend. He now has two of these trophies.
Thanks to everybody who supported me last week! It was unbelievable and very proud to have 2 of these now? #KLMopen pic.twitter.com/Ut5U2hRwRu
— Joost Luiten (@joostluiten) September 12, 2016
Luiten won what is considered his home tournament, shooting a final round 63, tying the course record, and winning by three strokes over Bernd Wiesberger.
Celebration of the Day
Joost Luiten parties after his win at the KLM Open. The tournament was played in his home country of the Netherlands.
Joost is on fire after the Dutch Open this weekend! pic.twitter.com/jcEvNElTbr
— The Club (@TheClub) September 12, 2016
Pic of the Day
Danny Willett spending some quality gym time with his son.
Getting these guys in the gym early!!! ?????????????????? @Nicolewillett88 @MyproteinUK @TeamISM #zachspressups pic.twitter.com/ChILN1XvTE
— Danny Willett (@Danny_Willett) September 12, 2016
Twitter Exchange of the Day Part II
Memorial Champion William McGirt was impressed with Bryson DeChambeau’s Web.com win.
Nice work this week @b_dechambeau! I'm calling ur agent now to set up a round this fall. #TOURBound #bigtimer ?
— William McGirt (@WilliamMcGirt) September 12, 2016
Equipment Plug
Driving irons do not get as much press as they should (unless you’re Ariya Jutanugarn), but this utility iron from Cobra was used by DAP Winner Bryson DeChambeau.
Another #CobraKING takes the throne.
Congrats @b_dechambeau! pic.twitter.com/6l8tPkemGV
— COBRA Golf (@cobragolf) September 11, 2016