The Rise of Young PGA Players - UVU Review
Last month Jordan Spieth finished just one stroke away from winning his third major of 2015 at The Open Championship. Along with other big names, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler, a youth movement is taking the PGA by storm and pushing out the Old Guard of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, among others. instead, they may be more familiar with Thanksgiving weekend 2009 when his wife Elin took a nine iron to Woods’ head and Cadillac Escalade-allegedly. In fact, this year’s incoming freshman class was only in the sixth grade when Tiger won his last major at The U. S. Open in 2008. Since then, Woods has struggled to stay healthy and is currently ranked 262nd in the official World Golf Rankings. Mickelson is 20th in the rankings and won The Open Championship as recently as 2013. No doubt his game is still good, but Mickelson just turned 45 and his days competing with Woods for dominance on the tour are done. Currently Rory McIlroy, 26, is the top-ranked golfer in the world. Day is ranked fourth and the winner of the RBC Canadian Open the week after finishing tied fourth with Spieth at The Open Championship. Among the four they have a career total of 22 PGA tour wins, 6 major wins, 31 top-ten finishes in majors and 147 top-ten finishes overall. UVU co-captain golfer JT Timmons believes that the rise of young golfers is great for the sport. Source: www.uvureview.com
