Day: September 3, 2021

Win probabilities: TOUR ChampionshipWin probabilities: TOUR Championship

2021 TOUR Championship, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Jon Rahm (2, -16, 46.5%) 2. Patrick Cantlay (1, -17, 44.4%) 3. Bryson DeChambeau (3, -11, 3.2%) 4. Justin Thomas (4, -10, 1.5%) 5. Viktor Hovland (T5, -9, 1.0%) 6. Cameron Smith (T5, -9, 0.6%) 7. Harris English (T5, -9, 0.5%) 8. Tony Finau (T5, -9, 0.5%) 9. Rory McIlroy (T10, -8, 0.5%) 10. Louis Oosthuizen (T10, -8, 0.4%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Hideki Matsuyama +2.9 Around the Green: Jon Rahm +2.4 Approach the Green: Louis Oosthuizen +1.9 Off-the-tee: Jason Kokrak +1.7 Total: Jon Rahm +3.7 NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut”, “Top 20”, “Top 5”, and “Win” probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the TOUR Championship, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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Jordan Spieth reveals that couple is expecting first childJordan Spieth reveals that couple is expecting first child

It turns out this was an especially fruitful spring for Jordan Spieth. His win at the Valero Texas Open on April 4 ended a winless drought that had lasted nearly four years. Spieth revealed Friday that the win, his first since the 2017 Open Championship, came just weeks after he and wife Annie learned that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child. The Spieths kept quiet about the impending arrival but with Annie accompanying her husband to East Lake, and walking the golf course just a few months before her due date, it was impossible to keep the secret any longer. “It’s something you can’t hide now that we are close,” Spieth, the 2015 FedExCup champion, said after shooting 67. “It’s been a really great year. I’ve been blessed on a lot of fronts. … So it should be an exciting fall.” Annie is due Nov. 21. They are waiting until the birth to learn the baby’s gender. “She feels great,” Jordan said. “That’s the No. 1 priority and everything’s going smoothly.”

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