I've been watching Fredrik Jacobson all year.  Even followed him around at a tour event or two.  He has been in the mix, close to winning for a few weeks now.  This past weekend at the Traveler's Championship the 36 year old Swede finally broke through for his first PGA Tour win.  Jacobson joins a large and growing group of 1st time winners on tour this year.

Promise Kept

This win was for his 5 year old daughter, who on a weekly basis asks her dad if he finally won a trophy.  Jacobson promised his daughter that he would win a trophy this year, and finally was able to keep his promise.

"It's been haunting me. I've been on the board, I've been asked so many times from the kids, 'Did you get a trophy this week daddy? Did you get a trophy this week?' Nope, no trophy. So, I'm excited about that. I'm glad I'm not breaking that promise for her." ~Fredrik Jacobson

As I've mentioned many times now, a first win is huge on tour.  It guarantees a spot in the season opener in Hawaii the first week in January as well as trips to majors and large jumps in money and FedEx Cup point standings.

Being the week after the U.S. Open, a few big name players take the week off, so the field in this event is more wide open.  That said, surprisingly some of the bigger names in the field missed the cut like Anthony Kim, Jim Furyk, Lucas Glover and Geoff Ogilvy.

This past week's Traveler's doesn't shake up the FedEx Cup standings or the world rankings much.

History is in the making on the LPGA Tour as 22 year old Yani Tseng notched her fourth major victory this past week at the Wegmans LPGA Championship.  Tseng follows up Rory McIlroy's field thumping round at the men's U.S. Open by lapping the field by 10 shots at -19.  With the fourth major, Tseng extends her previous record of being the youngest LPGA player to record three major victories, to the youngest to win four.

Another record tied is the total under par for an LPGA major at -19.  Tseng joins a big name group with that distinction which includes Dottie Pepper, Christie Kerr and Karen Stupples.

"You know, I ask my coach this morning, what can I do today?  I have a five shot lead.  You never know on this golf course.  He told me just go out and have fun.  You always show your big smile this week and just do the same thing as yesterday.  And I was really, really nervous on the first hole.  I pulled my drive and made bogey.  I made like 3-foot putt for bogey.  My hand was shaking.  I just tried to save par from the first hole.

The second hole I feel better.  I had three birdies in a row and after that I calmed down and everything.  I realize today, let's break a record.  It was a totally different mind for the first hole.  I am having so much fun out there.  I smile all the way and see all of the fans and media was following.  It was just really big crowd there and give me lots of support." ~Yani Tseng comments on her fourth LPGA Tour major victory

A distant pack on the leader board 10 shots back included 2nd place finisher Morgan Pressel and three players, Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer and Christie Kerr tied for 3rd.

Future Dominant Force?

Golf writers are calling Tseng a future dominant force on the LPGA Tour and I'd have to disagree.  She isn't a future dominant force.  She is a current dominant force.

Final Wegmans LPGA Championship results
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