Team Troon On Tour: Thomas & van Rooyen T25 at Bay Hill
PGA TOUR – Bay Hill
The PGA TOUR continued the Florida Swing moving from PGA National to the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. This event marked the last stop before the Players Championship and one where AP’s legacy lives on. Two Team Troon members had solid weeks in Justin Thomas and Erik van Rooyen, Both finished in the Top 25. Congrats JT and Erik!
- T12 Justin Thomas: 69, 71, 72, 73 = 285 / -3
- T25 Erik van Rooyen: 72, 73, 72, 71 = 285 / E
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS – Cologuard Classic at La Paloma
Last week was an exciting week as the PGA Champions headed to the Troon managed La Paloma Country Club in Tucson, AZ for the Cologuard Classic. Team Troon member Colin Montgomerie was in the field and finished with a strong top 20 finish at -7. This event holds a greater purpose than just golf as all of the players were competing behalf of a colon cancer patient, survivor or in the memory of someone lost to colon cancer. The players each worse a ribbon with their honoree’s name through the week. A great job done by the Troon Privé team and La Paloma associates on hosting such a great event. It was also great to hear the Golf Channel broadcasters consistently speak of the exceptional golf course conditions and great comments from the players on the conditions and great venue. Well done to all involved!
- T17 Colin Montgomerie: 72, 67, 67 = / -7
COMING UP
PGA TOUR – The Players
Team Troon, featuring Matt Fitzpatrick, Matt Kuchar, Alex Noren, Justin Thomas, Erik van Rooyen, and Gary Woodland, is set to compete at the prestigious Players championship at TPC Sawgrass. This tournament, often referred to as golf’s fifth major, holds immense significance in the golfing world. Team Troon has a great track record there as Justin Thomas emerged as winner in 2021, and Troon Investor/Supporter Rory McIlroy claimed victory at the event in 2019
LPGA/EPSON Tour – IOA Golf Classic
One of our new additions to Team Troon, Benedetta Moresco, who has earned conditional status on the LPGA Tour for 2024 will be competing in the Epson Tour IOA Golf Classic in Winter Haven, Florida. We are excited for her to begin her season and road to full stats on the LPGA and wish her the best of luck this week!
From the week prior…
PGA TOUR – Cognizant Classic
The PGA Tour began their Florida swing at the Troon-managed PGA National. This is the 17th year this event has taken place at PGA National. Team Troon had a great week and great showing in the field and around the top of the leaderboard. Erik van Rooyen had what the media was calling on Sunday, an exceptional round, starting by birding six of his first six holes and shooting a 28 on the front nine and 63 for the day. Despite the call for suspended play when he reached hole 12, he was still able to finish his round and finish T2 overall for the tournament. Team Troon members Alex Noren and Matt Fitzpatrick were also strong on the leaderboard and both carding a 67 in their final day finishing both double digits under par and in top 25. We want to give a special shout out to all the relentlessly dedicated associates on property who helped this event run smoothly and to the agronomy team for delivering exceptional tour conditions that week!
- T2 Erik van Rooyen: 66-71-70-63 = 270 / -14
- T9 Alex Noren: 67-70-68-67 = 272 / -12
- T21 Matt Fitzpatrick: 70-67-70-67 = 274 / -10
SHAREABLES
Colin Montgomerie, while at La Paloma Country Club re-shared our story to his 30.9k followers on Instagram his excitement about competing at a Troon managed property
From the week prior, there was a lot of great social mojo from Team Troon about the Cognizant Classic at the Troon-managed PGA National. Below were three notable great social shares from Matt, Erik and Alex! Thank you Team!
Matt Fitzpatrick shared this to post to his 287k followers on Instagram (collaborating with both Troon and PGA National). Thank you Matt!
Erik van Rooyen shared this pre-tournament post to his 40.1k followers in collaboration with @Troon and @PGANational
Alex Noren shared this post to his 115k followers on Instagram (collaborating with PGA National and Troon)
Lastly…thank you Matt Kuchar for taking time after his Friday round to stop by the PGA National member pavilion to meet many of the PGA National members who were enjoying the Cognizant Classic. Click on the image below to see the complete reel. Thank you Matt for sharing your day with us.
Have a great week… and GO TEAM TROON!