Because what Davis Thompson (-28) did at the John Deere Classic was a military walk. Just that. A knockout victory for the 25-year-old golfer with a final round of 64 strokes. Just because it was a walk doesn’t mean it was easy, but he made it easy thanks to sensational golf, especially on the greens, the aspect that his Spanish coach, the Galician Ramón Bescansa, takes the most care of.
It is the first victory on the PGA Tour for Thompson, who is now among the top 25 in the FedEx Cup, topping off this triumph with a sensational season on the American circuit. In addition to the victory, Thompson pockets the qualification for the Open Championship, an achievement also achieved by CT Pan.
Thompson won at the TPC Deere Run with a four-stroke lead over Michael Thorbjornsen, Luke Clanton and the aforementioned Pan. Thorbjornsen once again proves that he is a player who will sooner rather than later achieve a victory on the PGA Tour, while Clanton is the first amateur to achieve two consecutive top 10s since the 50s. Watch out.
