Matt Kuchar continued to surge ahead of the field on Friday while Tiger Woods fell further behind the leaders after an up-and-down round.
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Here’s how the field qualified for the Sanderson Farms Championship as of 9/13/19. Check here for updates. Winner – PGA/U.S. Open Championship Jimmy Walker Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship Si Woo Kim Winner – The Open Championship Zach Johnson Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard & the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide (Last 3 Years) Jason Dufner Tournament Winner in Past Two Seasons Ryan Armour Cameron Champ Corey Conners Austin Cook Dylan Frittelli Brice Garnett Jim Herman Michael Kim Patton Kizzire Andrew Landry Adam Long J.T. Poston Ted Potter, Jr. Chez Reavie Brandt Snedeker Martin Trainer Aaron Wise Sponsors Exemptions – Korn Ferry Tour Finals Chandler Phillips Justin Suh Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Tommy Gainey Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted Akshay Bhatia Joseph Deraney Davis Riley Braden Thornberry PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Greg Sonnier Past Champion of Respective Event Peter Malnati Nick Taylor Top 125 on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Sungjae Im Lucas Glover Vaughn Taylor Byeong Hun An Wyndham Clark Emiliano Grillo Joaquin Niemann Adam Schenk Kevin Streelman Charley Hoffman Chesson Hadley Brian Stuard Cameron Smith Matt Every Russell Henley Brian Harman Michael Thompson Matt Jones Luke List Sam Burns J.J. Spaun Kyle Stanley Patrick Rodgers Cameron Tringale Sam Ryder Kyoung-Hoon Lee Scott Stallings Denny McCarthy Scott Brown Carlos Ortiz Sepp Straka Sebastián Muñoz Brian Gay Martin Laird Top 125 (Prior Season Nonmember) Doc Redman Major Medical Extension. Kevin Stadler Ben Martin Morgan Hoffmann Jamie Lovemark Grayson Murray K.J. Choi Brandon Hagy Leading Points Winner from Korn Ferry Tour & KFT Finals Scottie Scheffler Top 50 & Ties Korn Ferry Tour Finals from Prior Year Xinjun Zhang Matthew NeSmith Robby Shelton Harry Higgs Lanto Griffin Kramer Hickok Mark Hubbard Fabián Gómez Ryan Brehm Kristoffer Ventura Brendon Todd Henrik Norlander Beau Hossler Zac Blair Ben Taylor Bo Hoag Anirban Lahiri Nelson Ledesma Rhein Gibson Tyler Duncan Chase Seiffert David Hearn Mark Anderson Bronson Burgoon Scott Harrington Chris Baker Michael Gligic Robert Streb Sebastian Cappelen Tom Hoge Vincent Whaley Cameron Percy Rafael Campos Hank Lebioda Vince Covello Rob Oppenheim Michael Gellerman Cameron Davis Maverick McNealy Joseph Bramlett Tyler McCumber Doug Ghim Tim Wilkinson Richy Werenski D.J. Trahan 300 PGA TOUR Career Cuts Made John Senden Minor Medical Extension Stewart Cink Whee Kim 126-150 on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Shawn Stefani Peter Uihlein Wes Roach Ryan Blaum Dominic Bozzelli Bill Haas Johnson Wagner Roberto Castro Seamus Power Zack Sucher Josh Teater Harris English Non-Exempt, Major Medical Extension Ben Crane Beyond 150th on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Jonathan Byrd Billy Hurley III George McNeill Alex Cejka J.J. Henry Sangmoon Bae Freddie Jacobson Boo Weekley David Lingmerth Robert Garrigus Arjun Atwal Chad Campbell Derek Ernst Tim Herron John Merrick Daniel Chopra
FORT WORTH, Texas – Jamie Sadlowski’s first tee shot in his first round of his first PGA TOUR start travelled 365 yards. Nobody was surprised. The two-time winner of the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship is expected to hit it far. But the Canadian native is determined to prove he’s more than just a bomber. That he can use all 14 clubs in his bag and can manage his way around the golf course – and not just impress fans at the range. “I look at this as I’m trying to start a new career and I’m working hard at it,� Sadlowski said after his 3-over 73 left him tied for 75th after Thursday’s first round of the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational. “At the end of the day, I want to prove myself I can play out here.� It was roughly a year ago that Sadlowski decided to retire from his career as a long drive champion – he had performed in approximately 600 exhibitions and show – to pursue his dream as a pro golfer. He’s played a handful of Web.com Tour and Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada events, as well as some overseas events in Australia. But Thursday was the first time he had teed it up in a PGA TOUR event. It was just his 51st competitive round as a pro. Sadlowski is in the field as one of Colonial’s Champions Choices, in which all the tournaments’ living champions choose two promising newcomers. That’s how Jason Day in 2008 and Jordan Spieth in 2013 made the field. The phone call came about two weeks ago and Sadlowski obviously was thrilled to receive the opportunity. Yet it’s ironic that his TOUR debut comes on a course that sometimes gets accused (perhaps unfairly) of taking driver out of a player’s hands. The old-school, tight course is a shot-maker’s dream, hardly a bomber’s paradise. It’s nothing new, though, for Sadlowski. He has played at the Web.com Tour event in Boise, Idaho, and said that Hillcrest Country Club is even tighter than Colonial. He said another Web.com Tour event in Bogota, Colombia, also is not long, even though it’s at altitude. “I haven’t ever found a bomber’s paradise track,� he said after a round in which he hit six drivers on holes 1, 2, 6, 11, 14 and 15. “But this doesn’t take driver out of my hand. And I have a 2-iron that I’m comfortable with. Maybe that helps me, I don’t know. One of these days, I’ll get a longer golf course. But I think I can play this one.� He held his own with playing partners Kevin Tway (who finished at 2 under 68 after a late double bogey) and Brandon Hagy (who shot a 75). And they held their own off the tee – again, no surprise, considering both Tway and Hagy are ranked inside the top 10 in driving distance on TOUR. Sadlowski knows both players, so it was a comfortable pairing. And no, there was no discussion about trying to one-up each other off the tee, no mini-long drive contest suggestions. “I think everybody knows [about the power],� he said. “I don’t think we needed to talk about it.� Sadlowski had the longest drives in the field on hole Nos. 1 (the 365-yarder) and 2 (a 350-yard drive on his hardest swing of the day). He also had a 368-yard drive on the par-5 11th. Only one player hit it farther – Tway, whose drive went 371 yards. For the day, Sadlowski averaged 297.5 yards off the tee on all drives – third highest average behind Jon Rahm (304.3 yards) and Jhonattan Vegas (298.8). But it’s not just power off the tee but also on any shot – Sadlowski will likely face shorter approaches than most of his playing partners, and can reach par-5s with short and mid-irons, like he did on the second hole. He realizes he needs to work on his short game – he successfully scrambled on just two of eight chances and made just one putt over 10 feet. But hey, it’s his first time out. The power will obviously be there. Now it’s just refining the other parts. Getting a taste of TOUR life this week certainly offers plenty of motivation. “It wasn’t that long ago that I was a kid sitting on the couch watching PGA TOUR events – which I still do,� he said, still soaking in the surroundings. “This just doesn’t feel real.�
Jordan Spieth was the one holding the club on Sunday at the Open Championship, but don’t overlook his caddie’s role in his back nine for the ages. Spieth ran into trouble on the 13th hole at Royal Birkdale, driving his ball 100 yards to the right of the fairway before declaring an unplayable lie. Facing a blind shot, the Texan estimated that he was 270 yards from the front of the green, but his caddie, Michael Greller, ran to the top of a nearby hill and realized Spieth was really around 230 yards away.
