Leishman’s win also marked a victory for Callaway’s new Mavrik driver, which Leishman told Callaway not only provided more ball speed, but a tighter dispersion and better workability.
After tying for fourth in November at the European Tour’s year-end event in Dubai, McIlroy did not touch a club for six weeks. No playing, no practice, no nothing.
Splashing a roughly 20-yard bunker shot to a makable birdie for a tour pro under ordinary circumstances wouldn't be too taxing, but with so much on the line, this was no gimmie.
Bernd Wiesberger’s comeback from wrist surgery had already qualified as a success, but in the wake of his victory in the Italian Open overnight he could add remarkable to its description.
