Brooks Koepka captured his first PGA Tour victory last year at TPC Scottsdale, and he’s back to defend his title against some big names in the desert, including Arizona State alum Phil Mickelson.
Phil Mickelson fired up the crowd for a second straight day, but Jason Dufner pulled ahead to grab the lead heading into the weekend in Palm Springs. Here’s how things stand through 36 holes at the CareerBuilder Challenge.
Davis Love III’s dramatic win Sunday at the Wyndham Championship not only earned him his 21st PGA Tour title, it also qualified him for the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Camilo Villegas broke a four-year winless drought 12 months ago at the Wyndham Championship. He needs to rekindle some of that magic again this week at Sedgefield C.C.
Adam Scott (No. 91 in FedEx Cup points) is safely into the first playoff event – next week’s Barclays in Edison, N.J. – but he needs to step his game up if he wants to make it to the Tour Championship for the sixth straight year.
On Saturday, Rickie Fowler vowed to correct the bad swings that prevented him from taking control of the Quicken Loans National, but on Sunday it was more of the same as Fowler came up three strokes shy of winner Troy Merritt.
Rickie Fowler’s third round at the Quicken Loans National had some ugly moments, but he strung together a 3-under 68 and now has a chance on Sunday to win his third title of the season.
