The Solheim Cup was a decade old when South Korea began to emerge as the dominant country in women's golf and Karrie Webb of Australia was winning majors at an amazing clip. The International Crown returns to the LPGA Tour this week, one of the most innovative formats and the lone tournament where multiple countries compete against each other. “By no means am I complaining,” added Gooch, who won the following week in Singapore for another $4 million payday and now has $8,937,000 (before taxes) in five events this year. It was a big one, yeah, but it sucked that 47 1/2% was withheld for Australian taxes. "And that was coming a week after Uncle Sam paid another another visit. “It was a little bit disheartening seeing 47 1/2(%) because Australian taxes (do) not enter the account,” he said on The Fore Play podcast. Talor Gooch realized the $4 million he earned for his first LIV Golf title wasn't all that it seemed. Turns out there was something else big about the Australian event: taxes. ![]() LIV Golf Adelaide was such a hit that players began lobbying for another tournament Down Under because of big crowds and high energy. It was a good all-around week in golf for me.” “I beat up on my boy fortunately all week on the par 3 and then was able to take the trophy at the Mexico Open. “Man, I cleaned house last week,” Finau said with a smile. My boys were counting on me and that’s something that I take pride in just as a father.”Īnd, yes, they kept score. If I would have finished second I would have been with them still. “It’s just special to be with them no matter what. ![]() “Hopefully my boys are enjoying it like I was when I was a kid, just being with my dad and my brother,” Finau said. It reminds him of how he fell in love with golf playing in the evening with his father and brother. Finau also played with his family and friends at the Bay Course at Kapalua while competing in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. “I'm a part-time golfer, full-time father,” Finau said Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Championship. Sharon Shin, a PGA Tour tournament administration manager, happened to catch a short video of Finau. A few hours later, he was on the par-3 course under the lights at Vallarta Vidanta playing golf with two of his five children. Tony Finau's work was not through after his three-shot victory over Jon Rahm in the Mexico Open. Furyk also is a back-to-back winner of the Canadian Open, at Hamilton Golf Club in 2006 and Angus Glen in 2007. victory at Royal Montreal in 2007 when Jack Nicklaus was captain for the fourth time. They won last year at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina against an international team that had been depleted by defections to LIV Golf.įuryk played seven times in the Presidents Cup, including the U.S. The Americans have lost only once since the matches began in 1994, and that was in 1998 in Australia. “For the first year or year-and-a-half, that Ryder Cup in France, there wasn’t a week or day that I didn’t think, ‘This is what I would have done. “How much of an arrogant (person) would you have to be to say, ‘No, I’d do it the same way.’ Of course I’d do things different. ![]() “My favorite question is, ‘Would you have done anything differently?’ I laugh,” Furyk said in an interview in October, after he served as an assistant Ryder Cup captain to Steve Stricker at Whistling Straits. He had that job in 2018 in France against a hostile crowd, and it ended with a seven-point European victory. Team for the 2024 Presidents Cup is truly an honor that I am humbled and excited to accept,” Furyk said.įuryk is the fourth Presidents Cup captain - and second in a row - to have been a Ryder Cup captain previously. “Being selected by my peers to take on the role as captain of the U.S.
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