2 weeks Ago
Second place can be worthy of a big celebration, and such was the case for Nicolas Colsaerts. Colsaerts, the free-wheeling Belgian best known for single-handedly beating Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker in fourballs at the 2012 Ryder Cup, went toe-to-toe with Tyrrell Hatton in the Dunhill Links Championship before narrowly missing an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole. Disappointed? Yes.
But consider that it was nearly three years ago when Colsaerts went to a hospital in Dubai with swollen ankles and discovered he had blood clots and fluid in his lungs from a rare kidney disease called primary membranous nephropathy. He once told of looking out the hospital window thinking, "Is this where I'm going to die?" Colsaerts recovered. His game did not.
He made two cuts in 2022. The European tour gave him a full medical exemption in 2023 and he had one top 10. He was leaning on sponsor exemptions this year and it paid off with his runner-up finish that will secure a card for 2025.
"This has been my life for over 20 years now," Colsaerts said. "I don't know, it looks like we're going to go back on the merry-go-round." Most happily, for sure.
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. Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Virginia, will get the 2027 U.S.
Women's Amateur Four Ball. It last hosted a USGA championship in 1993 for the U.S.
Senior Amateur. — Associated Press.
