\u201cI need points, plain and simple,\u201d Ogletree said. \u201cI have to go play well and get in contention and get a lot of points. So that’s what we’re trying to do.\u201d Drawing on early pro advice, he aims to chase the lead rather than just survive, saying, \u201cI\u2019m trying to win a golf tournament and let the rest take care of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
His T18 at JCB, earning two points, created some momentum, though he noted a slightly higher finish would have made a major difference in terms of points. \u201cOne shot better could\u2019ve meant a lot more points; you need that top 15 to really move up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Still battling the effects of his 2024 wrist surgery, Ogletree admitted, \u201cI think anytime you come off a major surgery and then keep your job the next year, it’s a hard thing to do. I don’t think people realize the mental stress and all the hours with the physio and all that goes into dealing with coming back from an injury. I’ve struggled with it all year and to be honest with you, I still don’t feel 100%, but I’ve got to grind it out and do my best.\u201d<\/p>\n
With every shot in Chicago this week critical, Ogletree must overcome adversity once again to earn his place next season.<\/p>\n
Torque GC<\/a>\u2019s Mito Pereira<\/a>, who was once one swing away from becoming a major champion at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills, is another player who needs a good performance to earn a spot on LIV Golf next year. Torque captain Joaquin Niemann<\/a>, who\u2019s good friends with Pereira, commented on the potential fate of his teammate.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, obviously it’s part of the game,\u201d Niemann said, \u201cI feel like everybody is going through ups and downs. It’s just another moment for Mito. I feel like he’s going to be fine. He’s a great player, a great human being. He\u2019s going to be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI need points, plain and simple,\u201d Ogletree said. \u201cI have to go play well and get in contention…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-127266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114989437109020428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}