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  • 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…

  • Blog#179 Results Sanderson Farm Championship and Alfred Dunhill tournaments  

    Blog#179 Results Sanderson Farm Championship and Alfred Dunhill tournaments   Sanderson Farms Championship ROUND 1 1 David Skinns-12 60 Bogie free RD 1 with 12 birdies.  At 42 DP player, 0 wins on PGA, but was #1 at the Canadian Open after 1st RD finished #20, and 4th at Cognizant. Finish 37-13 4 M Hughes-7…

  • Blog#178 Sanderson Farm Championship 

    Blog#178 Sanderson Farm Championship  Country Club of Jackson MS October 3-6 3034 Pr 72 Purse $7.6M down $800K 10% from last year HISTORY The trophy pictured above is one of the most unusual on the PGA Tour.  It was designed by Marcom DeMill who also designed and produced trophies for the Valspar Championship and John…

  • Blog #176 President Cup Results

    Blog #176 President Cup Results Thur Sept 26 Four Ball USA sweeps 5-0  This victory could put the tournament out of reach.  It is probably the worst thing that could have happened for TV ratings and interest in the tournament.  As I said in blog#175, an International win would be good for professional golf.  Thur…

  • Blog# 175 Presidents Cup 2024 

    Blog# 175 Presidents Cup 2024  Royal Montreal GC Par 70 Purse $0 September 26/27/28/29, 2024 HISTORY  This is the 16th Presidents Cup.  The USA won at Quail Hollow in 2022 17 1/2 to 12 1/2. USA has dominated and it may be good for professional golf for an International victory. Professional golf has suffered declining…

  • Blog#174 Results BMW Championship Wentworth Club England September 23, 2024

    Blog#174 Results BMW Championship Wentworth Club England September 23, 2024 HISTORY This is the 3rd of the 5 Rolex Series tournaments and is one of the more important and lucrative DP World Tour Events.  The last 2 are Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 11/7-11/10 with a purse $9M and DP World Championship 11/14-17 in Dubai, purse…

  • Blog# 173 Review of 2024 Regular Season and projection for Fall Season 2024 & 2025

    Blog# 173 Review of 2024 Regular Season and projection for Fall Season 2024 & 2025 Individual players accomplishments in 2024 1) Scottie Scheffler- The regular season concluded on September 1st on a positive note with Scheffler winning the Tour Championship by dominating the field as he has all year. He wins The Arnold Palmer and…