Luke List had not had a top 10 on the PGA Tour since winning at Torrey Pines until he won again at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Tom Kim won last year in a playoff when Patrick Cantlay hooked his tee shot into a ravine. Cantlay is not playing this year.
If the penultimate event is anything to go by, this week’s final circuit in the battle for six automatic spots in Luke Donald’s European team for the Ryder Cup in Rome next month could potentially be the most-gripping contest in golf this year.