NORTON, Mass. (AP) – Chris Kirk figured the Ryder Cup was out of his hands when he failed to earn one of the nine automatic spots. He already has plans to be at the Tennessee-Georgia football game during the matches in Scotland. He doesn’t see any need to call U.S. captain Tom Watson and lobby for a pick.
“It’s not like there’s anything that I can do to sway it one way or another,” Kirk said Monday after his victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship. “I can’t say, ‘Hey, Tom, please pick me now.’ I don’t think that’s going to change his mind a whole lot.”
Kirk did far more with his actions than his words.
He played the final 36 holes with Rory McIlroy, the best golfer in the world. He went the last 37 holes without a bogey on the TPC Boston. Even without a birdie on any of the par 5s, Kirk closed with a 5-under 66 and made three clutch putts to win a FedEx Cup playoff event.
“The biggest win of my career,” he said.