#11 PGA/DP World Tour/LIV/PIF 2024#18, Results Hero Challenge

#11 PGA/DP World Tour/LIV/PIF 2024#18, Results Hero Challenge

ROUND 1 

#1 Brian Harman-5 67 Bogied 18 or 1st place alone #8 $177.5K

#1 Tony Finau-5 67 birdied 4 of last 8 holes.

#3 Jordan Spieth-4 68 Typical Spieth Rd, 2 eagles, 6 birdies, 4 bogies, 1 DB # 6 $190K.

#4 Scottie Scheffler-3 69 Bogied 3 of first 6 holes, then turned it on.

#4 Cameron Young-3 69 DB on hole 3, looks like he is still not ready to win #15 $145K.

#4 Colin Morikawa-3 69 Up and down RD 6 birdies, 3 bogies, 9 pars # 7 $185K

#4 Max Homa-3 69 Started strong with 4 birdies #13 $152.5K. 

#8 Matt Fitzpatrick-2 70 -3 on front 9 but DB on 10.

#8 Justin Thomas-2 70 started-2 on first 4 holes.  

#10 Jason Day, Lucas Glover, Sam Burns-1 71 Just where we thought they would be.

#13 Sepp Straka, Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose E.  Bradley had 5 bogies on front 9.

#16 Viktor Hovland+1 73 Ricky Fowler+2. 

#18 Tiger Woods+3 75 Talking heads kept saying how great he played but he played poorly on the last 4 holes +4.  He still has skills but stamina seems to be a problem #18 $130K.

#19 Wyndham Clark+4 with 5 bogies, since his US Open win, average golf #19 $125K.

#20 Will Zalatoris+9 for 81 rusty after long layoff due to back issues, #20+11 $120K.

ROUND 2

#1 Scottie Scheffler-9 66 Played well bogied 18 or has sole lead.  He may win this.

#1 Jordan Spieth-9 67 Bogie free RD with 5 birdies, hit all 18 fairways so driving not a problem

#3 Brian Harman-8 69 Bogied 3 of first 4 holes then finished -6 on last 8 holes.

#4 Justin Thomas-7 67 bogies 11 & 12 or ties for lead.

#5 Matt Fitzpatrick-6 68 He had lead after #15 but DB on 16 which is the most difficult hole

#5 Tony Finau-6 71 DB on #3 hurt but bogie free for rest of RD.

ROUND 3

#1 Scottie Scheffler-16 65 Putting vastly improved.  Bogied 18 but leads by 3 and should win.

#2 Matt Fitzpatrick-13 65 four under par on the last 5 holes.

#3 Justin Thomas-11 68 strong finish-3 on last 5 holes.

#4 Jordan Spieth-10 71 after bogie free yesterday 3 bogies today.

#4 Tony Finau-10 68 +3 on last 2 holes may cost him the tournament.

FINAL ROUND

1 S. Scheffler-20 268	Four good RDs looks like he is back	$1.0M
2 S Straka-17 271	Best final RD with 8 birdies no bogies, came back from 72 in 1st RD	$450K
3 J Thomas-16 272	Four under par RDs appears that his game is back	$300K
4 T Finau-15 272	-3 on last 3 holes in Rd 3 cost him, but this tourney was Scheffler’s	$215.5K
4 Fitzpatrick-15 272	Steady tournament all 4 RDs under par	$215.5K

#18 Nov 29 It is reported that Jay Monahan will be removed as PGA Commissioner

During Tiger Woods press conference as part of his return and hosting the Hero he expressed confidence in Jay Monahan, although he said that the players were concerned what took place on June 7 when Monahan announced that negotiations with LIV were about to begin on a possible merger.  This was a surprise to everyone including the players, and Woods indicated that the players would never be excluded again.  Looks like when agreement is reached Monahan is out.  Davis Love III may be next.  He has all the credentials and trust of players.