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Round 2 of the John Deere Classic begins Friday from TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. J.T. Poston leads the John Deere Classic after carding a 62 in the opening round. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+. Click here for more details. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.–6 p.m. ET. Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR PGA TOUR LIVE PGA TOUR Live is available exclusively on ESPN+ • Main Feed: primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course • Marquee Group: new “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group • Featured Groups: traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups • Featured Holes: a combination of par-3s and iconic or pivotal holes FEATURED GROUPS FRIDAY Marquee Group 8:18AM/ET – Webb Simpson / Jason Day / Lanto Griffin (10th tee) Featured Groups 8:29AM/ET – Charles Howell III / Brandt Snedeker / Sahith Theegala (10th tee) 8:40AM/ET – Lucas Glover / Dylan Frittelli / Zach Johnson (10th tee) Featured Holes: No. 3 (par 3), No. 12 (par 3), No. 14 (par 4), No. 16 (par 3) MUST READS Monday qualifier Chris Naegel in early John Deere Classic contention Why Morgan Hoffmann wasn’t penalized after being struck by sand shot Clair Peterson’s tenure as tournament director transformed the John Deere Classic
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2022 John Deere Classic, Round 1 Scoring Conditions: Overall: +0.29 strokes per round Morning wave: -0.06 Afternoon wave: +0.65 Current cutline (top 65 and ties): 67 players at -1 or better (T47) Top 3 projected cutline probabilities: 1. 2 under par: 43.2% 2. 3 under par: 24.4% 3. 1 under par: 23.4% Top 10 win probabilities: 1. J.T. Poston (1, -9, 24.5%) 2. Chris Gotterup (T3, -6, 6.2%) 3. Denny McCarthy (T5, -5, 6.0%) 4. Michael Gligic (2, -7, 5.5%) 5. Charles Howell III (T19, -3, 4.9%) 6. Vaughn Taylor (T3, -6, 4.4%) 7. Scott Stallings (T9, -4, 3.2%) 8. Dylan Frittelli (T5, -5, 3.2%) 9. Adam Svensson (T9, -4, 2.5%) 10. David Lipsky (T19, -3, 2.2%) 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 John Deere Classic, 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.
SILVIS, Ill. — J.T. Poston shot a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA TOUR’s John Deere Classic. Coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut, Poston eagled the par-5 second and had seven birdies in a bogey-free round at TPC Deere Run. “It’s, obviously, why you practice and why you work as hard as you do on your game,” Poston said. “Any time you can have those rounds where you really get it going low and mistake-free, bogey-free is a bonus. It’s why you work at it and why you practice the way we do.” Canadian Michael Gligic was second at 64, playing in the final group of the day off the first tee. Vaughn Taylor and Christopher Gotterup followed at 65. Ricky Barnes, Denny McCarthy, Chris Naegel and Dylan Frittelli shot 66. “Been struggling a little bit physically and haven’t been putting very well,” Taylor said. “But coming into here I told myself, `You know, I know this course, how to play it. Just go do it.’ That’s kind of how I did today. Just tried not to think about too much and just play golf.” Poston won the 2019 Wyndham Championship for his lone PGA TOUR title. “I would say for the last few months it’s been in a good spot,” Poston said. “Just hadn’t quite seen the results. Then, Hilton Head I had a good week. Wells Fargo, good week. Last week, playing well. So I think it’s starting to kind of come together and see the results and see the shots and kind of building that confidence back into my ball-striking.” Iowa native Zach Johnson, the 2012 winner, opened with a 69 in afternoon wind in his 20th consecutive start in the event. “That’s as hard as I’ve seen this golf course play in a long time,” Johnson said. “Granted, you got some roll, so if you land it in the fairway it was going to bounce, which is fun. But it was hard.” Defending champion Lucas Glover shot 74.
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