Justin Thomas Goes Low & Rory McIlroy is Sidelined by Injury

Back 9 Report co-hosts Fred Altvater and Carlos Torres bring you the latest news, insights, analysis, recaps, previews and interviews from the world of golf. They talk about anything and everything golf.

In the Back Spin segment, they cover Justin Thomas’ remarkable scoring and two wins in Hawaii, Rory McIlroy couldn’t weather the (Graeme) Storm in the BMW SA Open, Woody Austin won a Champions Tour exhibition event in Orlando and Toto Gana won a trip to the Masters by winning the Latin America Amateur Championship.

The guys put their unique spin on current golf events in the Par 5 News with stories about, the 2020 Olympics and Rory McIlroy’s intention not to participate, European Tour’s new Rolex Series is earning commitments from top European talent, iconic golf instructor and golf industry leader, John Jacobs died at the age of 91, the historic Dunvegan Hotel sold to new investors in St. Andrews and the PGA Tour is exploring legalized gambling.

Global Golf Post Senior Writer, Ron Green Jr. stops by to talk about the Practice Range’s topic of the week, What is Going On with the unusual low scoring on the PGA Tour this year?

They close the show out with short news items in the Final Putts.