Luke Clanton's T2 weekend is just the beginning. Getty Images Welcome back to the Monday Finish, where we’re applying for a special job — Michael Jordan’s golf-cart driver — that could be in demand next Ryder Cup thanks to the inspired captain choice of Keegan Bradley . More on that tomorrow.
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(And a plea: Get this column in your email inbox every Monday by signing up for free HERE !) The am beating the pros. There are actually two PGA Tour events happening this coming week — the Genesis Scottish Open across the pond and the ISCO Championship in Kentucky. The Scottish is the stronger field and boasts most top PGA Tour players; the co-favorites are the World No.
2 and 3, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele , each going off at 8-1. But at the ISCO? The favorite is an amateur, going off at just 12-1. And he’s worth rooting for.
Luke Clanton said something last week that caught my eye. He was in the midst of a remarkable run for a college golfer; the rising junior at Florida State had just made the cut at the U.S.
Open and finished T10 at the Rocket Mortgage and was just kicking off a week where he’d wind up T2 at the John Deere Classic. Had he been taking home a paycheck, these few weeks would have earned him close to a million dollars. Instead? Nada.
Okay, not quite nada . Clanton was sporting a “Union Home Mortgage” logo on his shirt and hat as he addressed the media, a reminder that we’re in a new era when it comes to amateur.
