You’ve heard of icing the kicker. How about icing the contender? The latter is what appeared to happen during the final round of Sunday’s Houston Open, as the tournament leader, Min Woo Lee, endured a bizarre set of pace of play “mind games” from his Sunday playing partner, Alejandro Tosti, according to NBC’s broadcast team. The weirdness appeared to begin on the 8th hole, as Lee, a 26-year-old pro with zero career wins, attempted to navigate a rules situation that necessitated a lengthy ruling on the right side of the fairway. Ultimately, Lee elected to take an unplayable from a bush on
We got ourselves a little golf drama, folks! Nothing gets people going like a little pissing match the Houston Open. To set the stage you had the final group and Min Woo Lee with the lead. Ball was under a bush and he spent a ton of time debating whether to hit it, take an unplayable, finally deciding to and then hitting. It was absurd. It does further the argument that we need a shot clock of sort in golf. Then you had all these reports come out that Alejandro Tosti decided to take matter into his own hands and intentionally
Disaster for Tony Finau. (Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Welcome to the Monday Leaderboard, where we run down the weekend’s top stories in the wonderful world of golf. Grab an Arnold Palmer, pull up a chair and prepare to cringe …1. Tony Finau misses a tap-in?This one hurts. Tony Finau was three feet from the cup on the par-3 15th at the Texas Children’s Houston Open on Saturday, about to roll in for a standard par. But the three-footer missed, lipping around the cup … and then it got worse. So much worse. Finau attempted
Always the entertainer, Min Woo Lee stayed true to his brand right until the very end of his maiden PGA Tour victory with a hilarious moment on the final hole.After a stunning putt from off the 18th green assured Lee would win the Houston Open by one shot over world No.1 Scottie Scheffler, all that was left was for the Australian to tap-in from six inches. Those six inches, however, were still enough for Lee to milk out the closing moment on Monday morning. FOX SPORTS, available on Kayo Sports, brings you every round of the PGA Tour LIVE &
Alejandro Tosti started the final round of the Houston Open in second place, but by the 16th hole he had dropped seven places on the leaderboard due to his poor performance. However, the Argentine made headlines for other reasons during the day.Tosti complained about the alleged slow play of the leader, Min Woo Lee, on the 8th hole, and he apparently did not do it in the best way. He also had a negative interaction during the day with another of his colleagues, Ryan Fox.Tosti, Lee and Fox played the final round together in the final group. On the par-5
HOUSTON (AP) — Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy wanted a final tune-up before the Masters and spent parts of the Thursday at the Houston Open under an umbrella in wind and rain that prevented anyone from getting too far away.Keith Mitchell made a late eagle and Ryan Gerard let a good start slip away by finishing with two bogeys. They both wound up at 5-under 65, tied for the lead with Alejandro Tosti and Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont. when play was suspended by darkness.Scheffler didn't dazzle. He just didn't do much wrong, one of his best attributes. The
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