Team Troon On Tour: Moresco with a T5 on the Epson Tour. Alex Fitzpatrick finishes 6th on DP World Tour, Its Silverado Week on the PGA TOUR and Cheyenne Woods joins us in Chicago
To the world of Troon…
Epson Tour: Guardian Championship
Team Troon’s Benedetta Moresco had a great week on the Epson Tour at the Guardian Championship. She started off with a front nine 30 in her first round and would ride that momentum to a fifth place finish at nine under, her best finish yet on the Epson Tour. Great playing Benny!
T5 Benedetta Moresco 65-70-72 = 207, -9
DP World Tour – Omega European Masters
The DP World Tour headed to Switzerland for the Omega European Masters and the Team Troon brother combo was in the field: Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick. Alex would start off hot with an opening round 63, taking the early tournament lead. He would ultimately finish in 6th and ended up being low Team Troon member at -7 under, four back of the winner in Matt Wallace. His brother and fellow Team Troon member in Matt would finish in 38th place at two under for the week. Great playing Fitzpatrick…and Fitzpatrick!
6th Alex Fitzpatrick: 63-67-75-68 = 273, -7
38th Matt Fitzpatrick: 66-73-75-64 = 278, -2
From the week prior week: The Tour Championship
Congrats again to all of the players who made it to the Fed Ex Cup finale and the Tour Championship at East Lake. Team Troon’s Justin Thomas made it to this final 30 as did Troon investor/supporter Rory McIlroy. Rory would finish in 9th place and Justin would finish in 14th place. All 30 of the finale qualifiers punched their ticket to The Sentry at Kapalua. Congrats!
T9 Rory McIlroy: 69-69-68-66 = 272, -16
T14 Justin Thomas: 66-69-70-65 = 270, -14
Coming Up
Its Silverado Week on the PGA TOUR – the Procore Championship
The PGA TOUR returns to Troon Turf for the Procore Championship (formerly the Fortinet Championship) on the North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa. This is one of five PGA TOUR events played at a Troon affiliated locales this year. Others include: The Sentry at Kapalua, The Cognizant at PGA National, the Black Desert Championship at Black Desert Resort and the Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburón Golf Club. This event is the kick off to the new Fed Ex Cup season and notables in the field include six upcoming Presidents Cup competitors, defending champion Sahith Theegala, two time winner in Max Homa and two Team Troon members in Gary Woodland and Matt Kuchar! Best of luck to Team Troon and to our relentless dedicated associates at Silverado for what will be a great week! We will be tuning into the action on The Golf Channel this week!
DP World Tour – Amgen Irish Open
The DP World Tour’s Amgen Irish Open tees off at Royal County Down GC in Northern Ireland. Team Troon members in the field include Alex Fitzpatrick and Erik van Rooyen. Also making his 15th appearance in the Irish Open is Troon investor/supporter in Rory McIlroy. Rory will have somewhat of a home turf advantage in that this 69th edition of the island of Ireland’s national open, will be held in his home County at Royal County Down. McIlroy is bidding for a second Irish Open crown this week after claiming victory at The K Club in 2016. Best of luck to Alex, Erik and Rory this week!
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Cheyenne Woods at Chicago Park District’s Jackson Park
A special Thank you goes to Cheyenne Woods who traveled with her entire family to help us with yet another great community engagement day with families in Chicago at Jackson Park, part of the Chicago Park District. The event featured her clinic, Q&A as well as additional golf industry career coaching relative to opportunities in golf and agronomy. Cheyenne was actively sharing the experience on her social channels via IG Stories (to her 150K followers) as well as collaboration posts between the course, Cheyenne and Troon. Just some of the many social posts/snips are as follows. Thank you Cheyenne for making the trip and thank you to our Chicago team for executing a great event!
Have a great week and Go Team Troon!