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  • Blog #188 Butterfield Bermuda Championship

    Blog #188 Butterfield Bermuda  Championship Port Royal GC Nov 15-17,2924 Par 71 Purse $6.9M+$400K 6% HISTORY This is the 7th and next to last of the Fall tournaments.  It is another sub par field and has to compete with the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai with its largest purse  $10M compared this tournaments $6.9M. …

  • Blog#187 Results World Wide Technology Championship 2024 

    Blog#187 Results World Wide Technology Championship 2024  ROUND 1 Favorite Greyserman gets off to a fast start with 4 birdies on his front 9.   He is the top pick and top ranked player #42 in this 120 player tournament. 1 Tom Whitney-5 67(150/1)  Starts with 3 birdies and birdies 2 of last 3 holes. …

  • Blog #186 World Wide Technology Championship

    Blog #186 World Wide Technology  Championship Los Cabos MX  Nov 7-10, 2024 Par 72 Purse $7.2M-$1M 14% NB: This is a revised version of blog#186 posted last week incorrectly with 2023 information.  The 2024 tournament is this week and here is current information. HISTORY Field is probably the weakest field of the 8 Fall tournaments. …

  • Blog 186 World Wide Technology 

    Blog 186 World Wide Technology  Championship Los Cabos MX M Nov 7-10, 2024 Par 72 Purse $7.2M-$1M 14% HISTORY Field is similar to most Fall tournaments.  In 2022 there was a much stronger field with Scottie Scheffer being the favorite along with Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Colin Morikawa, Brian Herman and Billy Horschel.  Scheffler came…

  • Blog#185 Results ZOZO Championship October 27, 2024

    Blog#185 Results ZOZO Championship October 27, 2024 ROUND 1 Homa #70 and Zalatoris #53 biggest disappointments. 1 Taylor Moore-7 63 One bogie 6 birdies 1 eagle on 18 for the lead.   Finish 11 2 Max Greyserman-6 64 one bogie 7 birdies, my #1 longshot to win.  Finish 2 2 Eric Cole-6 64 Bogied 1…

  • Blog#184 ZOZO Championship 

    Blog#184 ZOZO Championship  Accordia GC Chiba, Japan Oct 23-27, 2024  Par 70 Purse $8.5 same as last year $3.5M less than in 2022  HISTORY This is the 5th of the 8 PGA Fall events and probably the one with the best field. It is easier to pick a winner and I think it will come…

  • Results Blog#183 Shriners Children’s Open October 21, 2024

    Results Blog#183 Shriners Children’s Open October 21, 2024 ROUND 1 As stated several times these Fall tournaments are extremely difficult to predict.   This tournament is an example, where on RD 1 only 1 player from the predicted top 12, #1Taylor Pendrith(22/1), was in the top 23 and only 1 longshot #2 Matti Schmidt(50/1).  …

  • Blog#182 Shriners Open 

    Blog#182 Shriners Open  TPC S Summerlin Las Vegas Cost 17-20, 2024 Par 72 Purse $7M-1.4M-17% HISTORY This is the 4th of the 8 Fall events.  Another lower purse indicating the Fall tournaments are being effected financially.  Field is pretty much the same as last week and Kim seems to be the best player and could…

  • Blog #181 Results Black Desert Championship October 14, 2024

    Blog #181 Results Black Desert Championship October 14, 2024 Tom Weiskopf designed the Black Desert Course which opened on 2023.  He took special care not to disturb the lava fields making the rough area very difficult.  Holes 2,4,5,7,11 & 14 are blind greens from the tee.  Also 5 & 14 are drivable par 4’s.  ROUND…

  • #180 BLACK DESERT CLASSIC 

    #180 BLACK DESERT CLASSIC  BLACK DESERT RESORTS Ivins, UT. Purse $7.5M Par 71  October 9-16, 2024 HISTORY None, but scenery is spectacular!  This is the first PGA tournament held in Utah since Tommy Jacobs won the Utah Open in 1963. Another famous golf course in Utah is Sand Hollow Resort in Hurricane UT.  It was…