He tied for fifth at Wentworth and tied for 12th at the Fortinet Championship, and he goes into the weekend in Mississippi tied with Hughes, so it's a solid start. “You have to try to put points on the board as soon as you can, and that’s what I did.” “You obviously don’t get into every single event, so you kind of have to take your chances the first event you get into,” he said. Getting his card through the Korn Ferry Tour means Detry won't have access to every tournament, and his priority will change every few months depending on how he fares. His card secure, he flew to London for the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the flagship event of the European tour, and then flew across eight time zones for the start of the PGA Tour season in California. He was eligible again and got his PGA Tour card in the three-tournament series.īut he logged some serious miles along the way. Detry was eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals a year ago and chose to stay in Europe, a decision he later regretted. “Although I’ve missed a couple short ones, but that doesn’t matter. “I’ve made only 240 feet of putts the last two days, so that helps,” Detry said. He also was carried by his putter on the pure greens at the Country Club of Jackson, making three birdie putts of 20 feet or longer in the second round. The 29-year-old from Belgium is a PGA Tour rookie, though he has been seasoned on the European tour and won the World Cup in Australia four years ago with close friend Thomas Pieters. “I’ll work hard to be on that team in two years in Montreal.”ĭetry's objective is to be in Rome next year for the Ryder Cup. “It hurt, but that’s the way it goes in this game sometimes,” he said. I want to have a great season and I'm off to a nice start. “But that's not for me to decide if I'm a good fit. “I thought a good putter would have done well in that format,” Hughes said. Hughes has been ranked among the top 15 in putting on tour each of the last three years. Immelman cited Pendrith's power being a good fit for Quail Hollow.
Trevor Immelman used his last pick on another Canadian, Taylor Pendrith, who missed four months with an injury this summer. He was overlooked and Hughes didn't hide the disappointment when asked about it after his round Friday. 39 in the world, but the Canadian slipped enough this year that he needed to rely on a captain's pick for the Presidents Cup matches in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Hughes now lives. They were at 10-under 134, one shot ahead of Sepp Straka (66). Hughes birdied his last two holes at the Country Club of Jackson to catch Thomas Detry of Belgium, who played in the morning and had a second straight 67. The strength of his game helped carry him to a 9-under 63 on Friday and a share of the lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship. (AP) - Canada's Mackenzie Hughes thought he had a chance to be picked for the Presidents Cup because of his putting.
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