- It didn't take long for Dustin Johnson to get back his winning ways. Five events back from his hiatus, Johnson took control of the final round at Doral to win the WGC-Cadillac Championship, the biggest win in Johnson's career. In his five events this season, Johnson has finished in the top 5 three times. There has been a lot of conversation over who the best American golfer is, and Johnson doesn't seem to come up in those discussions. I think that will change after this week.
- You can't held but feel bad for J.B. Holmes. After all the issues he has gone through in his career, he looked poise to win the biggest event in his career, but he could not handle the final round pressure after entering with a five shot lead. Holmes has never been that close to winning a big time tournament before, so perhaps Holmes needed was a little experience.
- Bubba Watson once again found himself in contention to win a golf tournament, and once again he was unable to close the deal. Watson has won two major and seven times overall on the PGA Tour, but he could double his wins if he was able to put away tournaments when he has the opportunity to do so.
- Did anyone else find the whole Rory McIlroy/Donald Trump saga on the driving range to be the perfect example of self promotion. Let's go over the timeline of events - Rory tosses his 3 iron into the lake on Friday. A scuba diver, paid for by Trump, dives into the lake on Saturday. Trump then stands on the driving range, awaiting McIlroy's arrival so he can present the club to him. Trump found the opportunity to inject himself in a situation that was much talked about, which is what he's good at.
- I have plenty of things I can be critical of when it comes to Donald Trump - his politics, his desire to have his name on every form of media, etc. - but the man can build a golf course. Both events played this week on the PGA Tour were on Trump courses, and both were tough courses that created drama filled events that came down to the wire. Mr. Trump, I implore you - please don't run for president, and buy some more golf courses.
- Alex Cejka spent close to 20 years bouncing around between the Web.com and PGA Tours, but he was never able to win a Tour event. Finally, after grinding all week, Cejka is able to call himself a PGA Tour champion. This feels like a lifetime achievement award for Cejka - a win at the Puerto Rico Open gets him PGA Tour membership for two years and an invitation to the PGA Championship, but that is hardly as important to Cejka as the trophy he gets to take home with him.
- The people of Singapore were treated to a treat at the LPGA Tour event, as the event came down to the wire with the best players in the world. In the end, it was Inbee Park who was able to walk away with her first (of an assumed many) victory in 2015. Park was terrific all week - she was brilliant on Thursday during easier conditions, and played as well as anyone during tough conditions on Sunday. Inbee showed the grit that got her to the top of the Rolex Rankings and make her great for the past three years.
- 2, 1, 1, 2. Those are the finishes Lydia Ko have notched in the past four tournaments. Inbee for the best of her this week, but Ko isn't going to hand anyone anything. On the flip side, Stacy Lewis seems to be solidly the number three player in the world. She's better than almost everyone, but she doesn't seem to have the explosiveness of Inbee or Lydia. She will still win a bunch of tournaments, but her path to number one has gotten that much tougher.
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