#107 RESULTS Rounds 1&2 AMERICAN EXPRESS 2024 La Quinta CA.  

#107 RESULTS Rounds 1&2 AMERICAN EXPRESS 2024 La Quinta CA.  

This tournament like most non majors & non signature events has a mixed field.  We will take a new approach to our coverage of scoring.  It will feature 3 categories instead of showing the top scores.  This way you can evaluate how some of the top players and less successful players perform.  Branden DeChambeau has stated that the LIV format of 54 holes is better than the 72 holes of the PGA Tour because fans don’t care about the first round. Maybe these statistics will show weather his view is right or wrong. 

GROUP A Top 50- There are 22 of the top 50 playing, we will feature 9 players.

GROUP B Players from 51 on, we will feature 9 players.

GROUP C Newcomers we will feature 12 players.

Top 50

#5 Xander Schauffele -8 64 I still think he or Cantlay will win.

#5 Patrick Cantlay-8 64 Bogie free RD with 8 birdies.

#5 Si Woo Kim-8 64 (Projected #7) 9 birdies from #4 to #13, 9 out of 10 holes. 

#14 Justin Thomas-7 65 (Projected #5) 6 straight birdies #4 #9 then bogies 10.

#14 Adam Hadwin-7 65 (Projected #13 odds 60/1) 1 eagle, 6 birdies including #17, 1 bogie.

Players from 51 on

#1 Zach Johnson-10 62 (age 47 odds 500/1) 10 birdies 0 bogies.  Has 12 PGA wins including the Masters 2007 & his last, The OPEN in 2015. He captained Ryder Cup in Rome 2023.  

#1 Alex Noran-10 62(age 41 odds 66/1 FeX#79) 1 eagle 10 birdies, bogies #17.

#5 Scott Stallings-8 64(age 38 odds FedX#79) 8 birdies 0 bogies.

#5 Chan Kim-8 64 (age 33 odds 400/1 Hawaii) missed cut at the Sony Open-1. 

#14 Chasen Hadley-7 65 (age 36 odds 125/1) Bogie free RD with 7 birdies.

Newcomers

#3 Rico Hoey-9 63 (age 28 odds 600/1) 9 birdies 0 bogies, $0 earned on PGA Tour.

#5 Hayden Springer-8 64 (age 27OWGR 475 $ Won 0 odds 500/1) 1 eagle, 7 birdies bogies 18.

#5 Justin Lower-8 64 (age 34 odds 350/1 FedX#103) I eagle, 8 birdies, 2 bogies, 30 on back 9. 

#5 Alexander Bjork-8 64 (age 33 Sweden) 1 eagle, 7 birdies, 1 bogie.

#14 Jimmy Stranger-7 65 (age 28 odds 500/1) 1 eagle, 5 birdies, 0 bogies.

ROUND 2 Same format with some name changes when scores warrant it.

TOP 50

#1 Sam Burns-17 61 First RD 66 (Projected #8 age 27 FedX#48 odds 33/1) 2 eagles, 7 birdies.

#5 Eric Cole-14 64 First Rd 66 (age 35 FedX#15 odds 35/1) 1 eagle,13 birdies, 1 bogie in 2RDs. 

#5 Adam Hadwin-14 65 (age 36 FedX#24 odds 60/1) 1 eagle, 13 birdies, 1 bogie in 2 RDs.

#5 Patrick Cantlay-14 66 (age 31 FedX#18 odds 9/1) 15 birdies,1 bogie in 2 RDs.

#5 Si Woo Kim-14 66 (age 28 FedX#35 odds 50/1) 15 birdies, 1 bogie in 2 RDs.

One of these 5 should win.

Players from 51 on 

#2 Michael Kim-16 63 (age 30 FedX#79 odds 150/1) 10 birdies, 1 bogie.

#3 KH Lee-15 (age 32 FedX#73 odds 125/1) 9 birdies, 1 bogie.

#5 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (age 29 odds 125/1 South Africa).

#5 Alex Noran-14 68 bogie free RD but drops to #5. 

#11 Chasen Hadley-13 66 up from #14, 7 birdies and 1 bogie. 

Newcomers

#11 Jimmy Stranger-6 66 with 1 bogie on #17 moves up from #14.

#11 Chan Kim(33 odds 400/1 from S. Korea) moved to and now lives in Hawaii 47th at Sony. 

#11 Alexander Bjork Only1 bogie with 6 birdies but drops from #5.

#17 Ben Martin-12 64 (age 36 odds 350/1)  moves from #37 with 1 eagle, 6 birdies, 0 bogies.

#51 Joe Highsmith-9 69 (age 23 odds 300/1 OWGR 221) Ace on #13, Korn Ferry. 

Justin Lower drops to 17 68, Rico Hoey to 26/70, Hayden Springer to 36/70.