The Scotsman<\/a>. \u201cBut then this morning I started to care a little bit and I was like \u2018hang on a minute, this is not where I want to be\u2019. I just tried to dig into the memory bank of years gone by and managed to do that.\u201d<\/p>\nThe nerves got to Morrison early on Sunday. He three-putted the par-5 first and then made a bogey on the second. But he steadied himself and then made three birdies in a four-hole stretch starting at the par-5 11th to stretch his lead to four. But even with a big cushion, Morrison still felt the pressure on the 72nd hole. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat swing on the last, I couldn\u2019t feel my arms. It went so far right.\u201d Morrison said after bogeying the final hole to finish at 15 under to win by three. \u201cI\u2019m glad it\u2019s over with, let\u2019s put it that way. But no, I played nicely all week. Didn\u2019t play as well today, but kind of managed my emotions, dug into my memory bank and my wins on the DP World Tour, and the wind blowing really helped me today because I knew the harder it got, the more it would play into my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morrison\u2019s first DP World Tour win came in 2009 as a rookie. He won the 2015 Spanish Open, which was his last win until he won earlier this season on the HotelPlanner Tour. Despite the victory earlier in the year, Morrison struggled on the developmental tour this season. He missed nine of his first 10 cuts before winning in France. He missed five cuts and carded just one top-20 finish in the 12 events since. He entered the week at No. 36 in the points rankings and had decided that spending another year grinding on the developmental tour was not in the cards. <\/p>\n
Instead, Morrison authored a fairytale win with his son on the bag, which meant more than heading back to Europe\u2019s top circuit. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe did great,\u201d Morrison said of his son Finley. \u201cI holed a birdie putt on 11 and he let out a massive sigh. I was like \u2018you nervous mate\u2019 and he said \u2018not really\u2019 but I think he was feeling, as we all were. He did great and giving him a hug on the 18th green was the most special thing in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morrison has made 438 starts on the DP World Tour in his career. Prior to this week, that looked like it would be the final tally. Now? There\u2019s more to come. How much more remains to be seen. <\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t got a caddie. I haven\u2019t got a tour bag, nothing. I can cancel my email to Waitrose applying for a job. But we\u2019ll have to wait and see,\u201d Morrison said when asked how much he planned to play in his return to the DP World Tour. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s a worry for another day. A day Morrison didn\u2019t think would come. But, as is always the case, four good rounds can change everything. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Morrison was ready for this week to be his last in the world of professional golf. Golf…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-258390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}