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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Blog#162 3 M Open Results July 29, 2024 

    Blog#162 3 M Open Results July 29, 2024  ROUND 1  1 Jacob Bridgeman-8 63 One bogie 9 birdies.   Finish 19-10 2 Mackenzie Hughes-7 64 Birdie free RD 7 birdies, 3 bogies on RD 2. Finish  19-10 6 Sahith Theegala-5 66 Birdie free 5 birdies, if he keeps this up could win.  Finish 6-13 6…

  • Blog#161 3M Open 

    Blog#161 3M Open  TPC Twin Cities, MN. Par 71 Purse $8.3M+500K +6%  July 25-28 2024 HISTORY Tournament started in 2021.  Last years winner was Lucas Glover and it qualified him for the Tour Championship.  It continues to be a secondary tournament with the quality of the field.  Last year the only 2 top players were…

  • Blog #160 THE OPEN RESULTS July 17, 2024

    Blog #160 THE OPEN RESULTS July 17, 2024 ROUND 1 Overcast Cool some wind 14-20 MPH, Shane Lowry played well and won in 2019 At Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland who will host next year. 1 D Brown-6 65 DP tour player bogie free RD but falls apart RD 4 with 6 bogies.  Finish 10…

  • Blog#159 THE OPEN 

    Blog#159 THE OPEN  Royal Troon Golf Club  The Old Course  Troon, Ayrshire Scottland Purse $17M+500K+3% July 18-21, 2024   Par 71 HISTORY This is the 152nd OPEN and thy 10th at Royal Troon.  Royal Troon was founded in 1878 on the Firth of Clyde.  Their first OPEN was in 1923 held at the Old Course…