Congratulations to Robbie Tindall! Going into Saturday, it was difficult to say which player was the populist favorite to win it all for 2014- but it was unanimously not Tindall. The man who considered retirement to start the year and even had a sluggish start to the 2014 campaign, turned it around with solid golf to end the season: Top 5 finishes in each of the last 5 tournaments, including victory at the RWI and second place finishes in the QCGCDFCI and the TC- the latter being the difference maker as he overtook Cummins and Gibson and repeats as Season Champ, and that means a lot more Cowbell will be ringing out from the Tindall home.
Congratulations to Mitch Gibson- while he could not fend off Tindall at Oxmoor, the tour Rookie glides into second place in the Season Points standings- powered by 3 Victories, including 2 Majors in 2014.
Congratulations to Brian Fetter- 5 years of unrelenting dedication, hard work, and unwavering focus culminated on Saturday with a record 10 stroke victory at the Tournament of Champions. Fetter tied for low gross on a challenging day in the elements at Oxmoor. Fetter grabbed the early lead, pushing through the first 5 holes at only 1 over par. The lead was 6 at the turn and still 6 heading into the final 4 holes. After splitting the fairway on 18, a laced 4-iron into the wind found the fat of the green, 40ft left and hole high. To the delight of the gallery, that putt rolled in for a birdie, 86, net -5. The margin of victory immediately drew comparisons to some of the most dominant performances in recent golf history- Woods at Pebble Beach in 2000, McIlroy at Congressional in 2011. The victory, complimented by the most Top 3 Finishes on Tour in 2014, moved Fetter all the way up to number 3 in the Season Points standings, just ahead of Cummins who dropped from first all the way to fourth.