With the NFL Draft on deck and Super Bowl headed to Vegas in 2024, Sunday’s Pro Bowl is like an audition for the NFL’s newest market.
Curtis Booth, de facto cleat artist for the Falcons, is going all out for Pitts’ Pro Bowl cleats.
The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. How the field qualified for the WM Phoenix Open as of 2/4/2022: Check here for updates. Winner – PGA/U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption) Brooks Koepka Jon Rahm Justin Thomas Jimmy Walker Gary Woodland Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship prior to 1996 Si Woo Kim Webb Simpson Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption) Hideki Matsuyama Winner of The Open (five-year exemption) Francesco Molinari Jordan Spieth Winner of World Golf Championships event (three-year exemption) Abraham Ancer Billy Horschel Kevin Kisner Xander Schauffele Bubba Watson Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament and Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption) Patrick Cantlay Max Homa Adam Scott PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption) Daniel Berger Sam Burns Stewart Cink Corey Conners Joel Dahmen Cam Davis Tyler Duncan Harris English Tony Finau Rickie Fowler Dylan Frittelli Brian Gay Lucas Glover Talor Gooch Branden Grace Lanto Griffin Lucas Herbert Garrick Higgo Viktor Hovland Charles Howell III Matt Jones Sung Kang Patton Kizzire Matt Kuchar Martin Laird Andrew Landry Nate Lashley K.H. Lee Luke List Adam Long Graeme McDowell Keith Mitchell Sebastián Muñoz Carlos Ortiz C.T. Pan J.T. Poston Seamus Power Chez Reavie Robert Streb Hudson Swafford Nick Taylor Michael Thompson Brendon Todd Martin Trainer Kevin Tway Career Money Exemption Luke Donald Bill Haas Rory Sabbatini Nick Watney * Sponsor’s exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals) Sahith Theegala Sponsor’s exemption (members not otherwise exempt) Jason Dufner Sponsors Exemptions (Unrestricted) Austin Eckroat Patrick Rodgers Preston Summerhays PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Craig Hocknull Top 125 on prior season’s FedExCup Louis Oosthuizen Scottie Scheffler Charley Hoffman Alex Noren Keegan Bradley Brian Harman Harold Varner III Aaron Wise Tom Hoge Russell Henley Maverick McNealy Emiliano Grillo Chris Kirk Kevin Streelman Harry Higgs Matt Fitzpatrick Troy Merritt Pat Perez Andrew Putnam Doug Ghim Brandon Hagy Peter Malnati Wyndham Clark Adam Schenk Kramer Hickok Brian Stuard Henrik Norlander Roger Sloan Brandt Snedeker Hank Lebioda Tyler McCumber Denny McCarthy Adam Hadwin Brendan Steele Sepp Straka James Hahn Zach Johnson Russell Knox Matt Wallace Sam Ryder Matthew NeSmith Scott Piercy Kyle Stanley Anirban Lahiri Brice Garnett Scott Stallings Chesson Hadley # Major medical extension Danny Lee Kevin Chappell Ryan Moore William McGirt Wesley Bryan Seung-Yul Noh Kelly Kraft Korn Ferry Tour Points winners (The 25 and The Finals 25) Stephan Jaeger Joseph Bramlett * = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted # = Latest medical extension information can be found here. $ = Category breakdown can be found here.
Haas team boss Guenther Steiner expressed doubt about whether Formula One’s plan to host six sprint races in 2022 would go ahead, with the top teams demanding an increase in the sport’s cost cap.
Jazz forward Joe Ingles, who will soon undergo surgery to repair the torn ACL in his left knee, is determined and confident that he will return strong after a grueling rehabilitation process that could last into next season.
LA Clippers coach Ty Lue confirmed Paul George will undergo an MRI later this month to determine if his elbow has improved, but he didn’t sound hopeful about Kawhi Leonard’s chances of returning this season.
A congressional committee said that Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder has say in whether or not the findings of the NFL’s investigation of the team can be released.
UCLA forward Mac Etienne was issued a citation for assault with “the intent to injure, provoke or insult” another person after appearing to spit at Arizona fans after the Bruins’ loss Thursday night.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – It feels like old times when Jason Day is strutting his stuff out here on the Monterey Peninsula and thrusting himself into contention. Unfortunately, he’s had to take his game to a lot of other zip codes and “to be honest, the last couple years have been a bit of a struggle,” said Day, who hasn’t won since 2018 and has seen his world ranking plummet. Which isn’t to say that he’s pushing to be nominated for any of those postseason awards. “I’m not looking at this as a comeback season. I’m just looking at it like every day, what can I do to try to get better?” So far, so good in 2022, because after playing nicely for four days at The American Express two weeks ago, Day had a chance to win last week’s Farmers Insurance Open before settling for a share of third on the strength of 70-65-67-72. It was a nice wave of confidence on which to ride into this week’s tournament where Day somehow, someway always feels good. “I just love Carmel by the Sea. I just love this area,” said Day, who is proving that once again. Backing up an opening 68 at Pebble Beach with Friday’s 5-under 66 at Monterey Peninsula, Day is at 9-under 134 at the halfway point and just seven off of a sizzling pace being set by Seamus Power (64-64) at 16-under. It’s not as close as Day has been in his recent run of success here in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am – the Aussie has been within six of the lead through 36 in each of the last seven starts here – but there’s little doubt that his name on the leaderboard gets people’s attention. No matter what his form has been of late – and the former world No. 1 started the season at 125 – Day is a fixture here. He’s finished top 10 in eight of his 12 previous starts, including each of the last five years and he’s broken par in 38 of his 48 rounds. “I think first and foremost it’s just having a really good attitude,” said Day. “There can be some pretty rough (weather) days, but then you have days like this (pulsating sun-splashed days with nary a cloud to be found) . . . it’s absolutely stunning.” Which is not exactly how Day would describe his game the last few years. The 34-year-old, 12-time winner clearly hasn’t played well, but it’s not like he’s going to sit there and cite all the health issues that have slowed him. “I think (this stretch of play) is real positive, not only personally, but with my back and when I get off the golf course I feel good.” He doesn’t even let it bother him that he’s outside the qualifying mark for the Masters, even after his T-3 at Farmers pushed him to 83rd. that’s still short of the Top 50 threshold. “I really just have to take care of the day-to-day stuff and then hopefully that turns into really good results and the confidence spurs more good results,” said Day. “If I do end up taking (the Masters) off because my ranking is not good enough, so be it. I’m thinking about long-term, trying to get myself climbing that ladder again. That’s the main process.” He just focuses on what is going right, which is a lot of things. Yes, the string of rounds at Torrey Pines that continued at Pebble Thursday and Monterey Peninsula Friday are steps in the right direction, a very positive progress report, if you will. But best of all, “I’m super, super obsessed with the golf swing right now, which is either a good thing or a bad thing. “I don’t know how to take that. But I’m always talking to my coach every day and I’m always constantly working on it.” As he spoke, Day knew he was a good bit behind Power, the Irishman who is on a tear. Turns out, it was a seven-shot deficit and there are others in between Day and the leader, but he’s quite comfortable on this three-course stage (Saturday, he’ll play Spyglass) and takes comfort from the string of top 10s where he’s done everything but win. “I think I’m very due. I’ve played some really solid golf over my lifetime here,” laughed Day. “I’m just not going to try to think about it too much. Hopefully, it falls in my lap.”
The L.A. Coliseum, home of this year’s Busch Light Clash, is not the first football stadium, nor the oddest venue, to host a NASCAR event.
