Furyk Finally Wins Number 17, And Sei Young Electrifies

- I love being wrong, especially when it's about players I like exceeding expectations. Last year, I said that we have seen the last of Jim Furyk winning on the PGA Tour. He made me look like a fool, firing a final round 63 to win his first title in five years. Was this Furyk's swan song, or is this victory what he needed to get over a mental barrier and start winning on a more consistent basis. We will only know as the season goes along, but it was still wonderful to see Furyk winning once again.

- Speaking of clutch moments from older players, how about Tom Watson making a birdie on the 18th hole on Friday to make the cut? He continues to amaze me.

- Jordan Spieth was completely wiped out following his media tour of New York. He has had to answer every media request thrown his way, and he has played so much golf that I'm sure he doesn't want to sing a club right now. He still managed to finish T11 in Harbour Town, a week that included a second round 62. Superstar.

- Sean O'Hair will win in 2015. Mark it down. He's gotten rid of all the negative influences in his life and he's learned how to compete against the biggest names in the game. He's ready to return to the highest level of the sport. He is playing in a pretty weak field next week in New Orleans. A perfect fit for him.

- Sei Young Kim's finish in Hawaii was among the most incredible victories I have ever witnessed. After surviving tough winds and a strong field nipping her her heels, Sei Young hit a perfect drive down the fairway on the 18th, only for the fairway to be completely baked out. The ball rolled at least 50 yards down the fairway, through the rough, and into the water, and looked to have given away the tournament. After Inbee Park secured the par on the hole, Sei Young chipped it into the hole from off the green to force a playoff, and holed it out from the middle of the fairway for eagle in the playoff to win her second LPGA event of the season. It was an amazing finish, and the perfect way to end a great event for the LPGA Tour.

- Lydia Ko set the bar for what a rookie can accomplish on the LPGA Tour, but Sei Young Kim has the opportunity to blaze right past her. Kim now has two victories this season, which is one shy of Ko's three from last season, and has a runner up finish at the first major championship of the season. She's currently second in the Race For The CME Globe, all while competing in the greatest LPGA rookie class of all time against players with a lot more experience on Tour. Even the most dialed in Korean golf fans could not have predicted this kind of season from Kim.

- Now Inbee Park knows what it's like to run into an unmovable object. Inbee played as well as she could on Sunday, but Sei Young Kim refused to budge. Talking about Inbee is a lot like talking about Stacy Lewis - we know they are going to play well. It's just a matter of how many wins they will have by the end of the season.

- I can't help but feel gutted for I.K. Kim, who appears to have too much scar tissue built up to be able to win again when the pressure is on. She has the perfect opportunity to walk away with this event, but a three putt bogey on the 17th when she was in close for a birdie ended her chances. Kim still strikes the ball well, but watching her putt can be painful at times. I hope Kim proves me wrong, but I don't think we will be seeing I.K. winning again on Tour.

- Sandra Gal did not play on the European Solheim Cup team in 2013, and she seems to be motivated to make the team this year. After struggling the past couple of seasons, Gal has finished inside the top 25 five times this season, and has moved up to 14th in the Race For The CME Globe. Gal has been known for her fashion and her personality more than her golf in recent years, but she appears to be changing that narrative this year.

- I am cautiously optimistic about Mika Miyazato's top 10 finish in Hawaii this week. It is a positive sign and she appears to be moving in the right direction, but I need to see more before I proclaim her as being "back". If Mika-chan can figure out what made her struggle last season, she has the talent to be one of the top players on the LPGA Tour.

- I was waiting for Kiradech Aphibarnrat to start taking advantage of the skills he has as a golfer, and it looks like that is finally happening. After finishing in the top 10 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Kiradech goes to China and wins the European Tour's Shenzhen International to get himself back inside the top 100 in the world. Kiradech has been as high as 59th in the world, and I'm sure he would love to get himself back into the biggest events on the schedule. He is close to doing so.

- Remember the name Hao-Tong Li. Last year's Chinese PGA Order Of Merit winner is currently the top ranked Chinese player in the world, has finished inside the top 25 on the Web.com Tour three times in six starts, is currently 31st in the Web.com Tour money list, and just finished in second place in front of several thousand Chinese fans. Li will be playing on the PGA Tour next year (another one of my guarantees), and could be the great Chinese men's golfer that we have been waiting for.

- Golf has not been kind to Y.E. Yang in recent years, but that may be changing. Entering this week, Yang has made two of three cuts on the European Tour and two of two cuts on the PGA Tour. This week, he finished T4 and two shots out of a playoff in China. Yang is a long way off from being the major winner he was in 2009, but it would be great if he can get some consistency in his game and see him back contending in golf tournaments.