US Open hero teases PGA Tour star at Travelers and says his hero putt was better
Canadian star doffs his cap to Oakmont king after his monster finish to Major
Amused Nick Taylor admits he was teased by JJ Spaun after being outgunned on national Open hero putts.
The Canadian star sparked chaotic scenes two years ago when he holed a massive 72-foot eagle putt to win a play-off on home soil from Tommy Fleetwood.
Spaun did a similar thing with his magnificent 62-foot birdie on the 72nd green of the US Open at Oakmont to win the Major and leave Bob MacIntyre applauding in the clubhouse.
Ben Griffin says that was the American's Taylor moment and the Canada man smiled: 'The angle that's behind the green, if you're looking on the right and you can see how much that putt broke, it reminded me of kind of the angle on my putt and we laughed about it.
'I texted him after and his only response was: My putt was better! So it's funny to joke about it, for him to mention it, that it reminded him of that, it's pretty cool. It's fun to look back for me, but for him to make that to win a major is incredible.'
Meanwhile, last-gasp Davis Riley was thrilled to answer an SOS and make a flyer at the Travelers Championship.
The American reserve was drafted into the field just minutes before tee-off after Brian Campbell pulled out through injury and took full advantage of his late shout.
Riley took full advantage to match Taylor's opening four-under score of 66 and said: 'I was in this the exact same scenario for the Memorial, so I knew kind of how to approach it. I arrived on property around 6.30am, I just wanted to make sure I gave myself plenty of time just because if I do get in, I want to be somewhat prepared. don't want to be scrambling and wasting an opportunity, running out there.
"So I gave myself plenty of time and it worked out perfectly.
'The worst is whenever you get here at 6.30am and you're just sitting around all day and then you get to 2pm tee-time. You're like: I'm exhausted because I've gone back and forth to the range three or four times.
"But I arrived on property, got the text probably right around 7.15am that I got the tea time, I got my stuff together and was ready to go.
'I was kind of teetering whether I was even going to come or notbecause I was in the same scenario at Memorial and it was terrible sitting around Thursday and wasting a couple of days.
"But Wednesday and a couple withdrawals from the Pro Am and I was like: Okay, maybe something's going on because there's some people that were sick. I knew them was a bug going around. I just wanted to be here just in case that were the circumstance.'
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