Author: OG’olf’IT
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Blog #172 Results Irish Open & Procore Championship
Blog #172 Results Irish Open & Procore Championship IRISH OPEN Royal County Down GC New Castle N Ireland Par 71. Only TV coverage RDs 1 & 2 on ESPN+. ROUND 1 Difficult conditions in AM cold and showers. Sun in PM, better scores. 1 Todd Clements Eng-5 66 Age 28 OWGR 291 DPWT wins 1. …
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Blog #171 Preview Procore Championship
Preview Procore Championship Silverado Resort N Course Napa Purse $6 LY $8.4M- $2.4M 30% Sept 12-15, 2024 Par 72 HISTORY This is the first event of the fall season formally called the Fortinet Championship. Purse has been reduced and it is the first reduction since LIV started and may be a sign of the future. …
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Blog#170 Results of Tour Championship September 2, 2024
Blog#170 Results of Tour Championship September 2, 2024 The following players are making their first appearance at the tour Championship; #5 Ludvig Aberg #16 Shane Lowry #19 Ben An #20 Robert MacIntyre #23 Akshay Bhatia #26 Taylor Pendrith #27 Aaron Rai #30 Matthieu Pavon ROUND 1 Scottie shoots lowest RD of the day. Started with…
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Blog#169 Preview Tour Championship
Blog#169 Preview Tour Championship East Lake CC Atlanta GA Par 70 Aug 29- Sept 1, 2024 Purse $100M up $25M 2% from last year History This is the last tournament of this years regular season. The Fall season starts with The Fortinet Championship at Napa CA. It will also include the Presidents Cup at…
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Blog#168 Results BMW Championship August 26, 2024
Blog#168 Results BMW Championship August 26, 2024 ROUND 1 The high altitude allows the ball to travel 10% farther. On his 1st hole par 567 yds, Si Woo Kim hit his drive 374 yds. This is 86 yards farther than his 2024 average 288, +22%. RD1 was suspended at 3:30 PM due to lightning but…
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Blog#167 BMW Championship Castle Pines GC, Colorado
Blog#167 BMW Championship Castle Pines GC, Colorado Par 72 PURSE $20M Aug 22-25, 2024 HISTORY This is the 2nd of 3 championship tournaments. The field is reduced from 70 to 50 payers. Castle Pines is hosting its first PGA event. It is a Jack Nicklaus designed course which opened in 1981 and is…
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Blog#166 Results St Jude Championship August 19, 2024
Blog#166 Results St Jude Championship August 19, 2024 ROUND 1 Kirk a big surprise and Matsuyama’s bogie on 17 drops him from tie for lead. 1 Chris Kirk(150/1)-1 64 Four birdies on front 9, 1 eagle and 1 birdie & bogies 18. Finish 50-1 2 H. Matsuyama(Proj#8)-5 65 Three straight birdies 14 to 16 but…
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Blog #165 Preview St Jude Championship
Blog#165 Preview St Jude Championship TPC Southland Memphis,TN Par 70 Aug 15-18, 2024 Purse $20M same as 2023 History This is the 1st of 3 tournaments in the Championship series. It consists of 70 players in this 1st of 3 weeks of competition on 3 different courses. After the1st week the field will be…
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Blog# 164 Wyndham Championship Review & Results August 12, 2024
Blog# 164 Wyndham Championship Review & Results August 12, 2024 PREVIEW FAVORITES SJ Im 16/1 Picked to win and was as low as #104 in the 1st RD last year and never contended. Billy Horschel 25/1 Led thru 3 RDs last year bogied his 1st hole in RD 4 and was never in it. Shane…
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Blog#163 OLYMPIC’s
Blog#163 OLYMPIC’s La Golf National France August 1-4, 2024 Par 71 History This is the 3rd Olympics that includes golf. Gold Medal winners. 2016 in Rio De Jene Justin Rose, 2021 Tokyo X. Schauffele. Golf course is about 25 minutes from Paris. Favorites S Scheffler 4/1, X Schauffele 6/1 R McIlroy 8/1 C…