DUBLIN, Ohio – It didn’t take long for Ryan Palmer to realize that the only real competition Sunday at the Memorial was his quest to win the “other tournament.”
The “other tournament” was second place behind Jon Rahm who rolled to a three-stroke victory that included a two-stroke penalty. Thanks to a closing 74, Palmer finished runner-up to Rahm and he won much more than the “other tournament.”
“I knew I had a chance to get into [the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational], I think,” he said. “This may have jumped me inside top 50 [in the world ranking].