#7 PGA/DP World Tour/LIV/PIF 2024

#7 PGA/DP World Tour/LIV/PIF 2024

Results Butterfield Bermuda Championship

ROUND 1 Top 6 players may not get PGA Cards for 2024 except if 1 wins.

#1 Alex Noren-10 61 best RD with 11 birdies and 1 bogie, tied course record.

#2 Vince Whaley, Robert Garrigus, D.J. Trahna, Dylan Wu-8 63, only Whaley finished in top 10, #8.

#6 Satoshi Kodaira-7 64 last win RBC Heritage 2018, at 34 no chance of PGA, finished #13

#14 Akshay Bhatia-6 65 5 birdies on last 7 holes, but he just bogies too much finished #20.

#14 Adam Scott-6 65  wild RD 1 eagle 7 birdies 3 bogies, strong finish-4 last 5 holes.  

ROUND 2 Difficult day, winds 15 to 20 MPH

#1 Alex Noran-15 66 started with 3 birdies then birdies 2 of last 4 holes to hold lead.

#2 Ryan Moore-13 64 bogie free RD to go from #14 to #1.

#5 Camilo Villegas-12 63 moves up 28 spots with low RD. bogie free  with 8 birdies.

#6 Stewart Cink-11 67 birdied last 3 holes.

#12 Adam Scott-10 67 moved up 2 spots with steadier RD 1 bogie 5 birdies.

CUT-5 missed Dufner-4 birdied last 2 holes but bogie on16 killed him. 

Detry-3 birdied 4 of last 6 holes, also bogied 16, Higgs+5 finished 125.

ROUND 3 

#1 Alex Noran-19 67 bogie free Rd with 4 birdies

#2 Camilo Villeges-18 4 birdies on back 9 to climb to 2nd place for 2nd straight week. 

#3 Ryan Moore-17 67 65,64,67,69 on final RTD to finish tied for 5th. 

#3 Matti Schmidt-17 65 Rds of 64,67,65 5 straight birdies from 5 to 9 then -3 last 2 holes

#6 Adam Scott-15 66 birdies 4 of last 5 holes for another strong finish.

#6 Vince Whaley-15 65 bogies 18 or would have had low RD.

#5 Stewart Cink-16 66 bogie free RD birdies 3 of last 5 holes.

FINAL ROUND Noran bogies 9 &10 with 2 bad wedge shots to go down 2.

Villeges bogie free with 6 birdies.  He won the tournament, Noran did not loose it, although the 2 bogies cost him and were the first since 1 in the first RD.

1 Camilo Villeges-24 65	5th win, first since 2014.  Now fully exempt for 2024	$1.2M
2 Alex Noran-22 68	Tough loss after holding lead first 3 RDS	$708K
3 Matti Schmid-21 67	PGA rookie from Germany	$448K
5 Adam Scott-19 67	Four very good RDS another strong finish birdied 3 of last 4	$251K
7 Stewart Cink-18	4 RDS in 60’s, 2023 earnings from $500K to $719K +30%	$219K

#17 November 13 Future of this tournament & other Fall events.

PGA announced their 2024 season on August 7, 2023.  The season would be the first calendar year schedule since 2012.  There will be 36 regular events down from 44 in 2023.  Then there will be the 3 FedX Cup playoff events which will end the regular season.  

The Fall season will be similar to this year, so all 7 current events will be back in 2025.  They will finalize the top 125 for the 2025 season.  There will be 9 events up 2 from 2024 and include the Butterfield Bermuda Championship from Nov 14 to 17, 2024.  Other than the Presidents Cup 9/26-9/29 most of the top players will take this period off with the exception of a few events of their choosing.    

LIV announced their 2024 season which is available on my blog #3.  There will be 14 events, same as last year.  Six of the events will be in the US and 8 outside the US.

With these plans set, it appears there is little chance that a permanent agreement will be reached this year.  It will be interesting to see if any PIF money will be infused for PGA purses, and there may be a crossover for participation of players in designated events.