Kurt Kitayama leads AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as the worst of the wind looms

Emergency 9 Here are nine tidbits from the second round of the 50th RBC Heritage that gamers can use tomorrow, this weekend or down the road. Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina plays to 7,099 yards (Par-71). PAIN OR GAIN These were the top five picked golfers in the PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO: The top three players will play the weekend but the last two will not. Donald’s Friday rally fell short by one shot while Casey’s never got started. The cut was 142 (E) as 76 pros and one amateur, Clemson’s Doc Redman (E), will play the entire weekend. People’s Choice: Matt Kuchar The 2014 champ had it to low as eight-under-par but a late double bogey knocked him back to T13. He matched yesterday’s bogey total (1) but was forced to grind out his round (70). After leading the field in SG: Tee to Green in Round 1 he was 93rd in Round 2. He’ll begin Saturday four shots behind leader Bryson DeChambeau who is 10-under. Halfway Leader DeChambeau’s first event as a professional was here in 2016 after collected the award for low amateur at the Masters. He promptly introduced himself to skeptical gamers as he collected T4 during windy, blustery conditions. Investors this week will happily be reminded that the weather isn’t going to get any better this weekend as the wind picks up and the chance for severe storms is prevalent. His numbers across the board suggests all parts of his game are firing and it’s time to get him off the bench and into the lineup. Morning Show Ian Poulter posted one of the two rounds of 64 in the late-early groups to jump 18 spots to T2. Poulter is the last winner on TOUR, non-major edition, and matched his second round score at the Golf Club of Houston that propelled him to his first title since 2012. His bogey-free round featured a perfect 5-for-5 scrambling and holing over 106 feet of putts. He’s never missed a weekend at this event in eight tries and should be one of the favorites entering the weekend. He has never had a problem wearing tartan! Afternoon Edition Moving up the List was Luke as his bogey-free 64 was one of the best of the early-late wave. After struggling with his short game Thursday he was perfect on Friday plus he started holing putts. This is the third year in a row he’s posted 68 or lower on Friday but just the second time he’s played the weekend. His worst finish in his last seven stroke play events is T26. He sits on eight-under and T4, moving up 30 spots. 3 Up Satoshi Kodaira, chosen by exactly one of you in the PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO set the low round of the week with 63. After opening with 73 he made four birdies on each side and didn’t drop a shot. This is his first round in the 60’s in six TOUR events in 2018. … Si Woo Kim continues to confound me yet make a case for season-long set-it-at-forget-it selection. I can’t figure out which weeks he’s going to fire and his 65 today WITH A TRIPLE BOGEY isn’t helping clear anything up. Oh, and he’s T2 heading into the weekend! … Speaking of confounding, Brandt Snedeker also posted 64 in the morning to move up 30 spots to T4. This is the same Snedeker who closed with 78 at Valspar in the final group, opened with 77 the next week at Bay Hill and MDF in Houston with 77 on Saturday. I’m not sold yet. 3 Down, but Not Out If you’re wondering how the scoring was on Friday, Dustin Johnson fired his second consecutive 69 and dropped six spots to T26. He’s only six shots behind and his investors will point out that he only made on bogey in Round 2. … Patrick Cantlay cracked the top 10 at No. 10 in the PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done game presented by SERVPRO. His opening round 67 was followed by 72 and a drop of 27 spots to T33. He’s seven back and hardly out of it. … First round leader Rory Sabbatini ran the lead out to 10-under before playing the final eight holes of his round in three-over. His birdie on the last moved him to T4 and will make dinner taste much better. He made 121 feet of putts in Round 1 and 35 feet in Round 2. MC HOF: God Save the Queen Edition Paul Casey’s rebound weekend at Augusta came to a crashing halt after 75-71. The world’s No. 13 player’s streak of TWENTY NINE events with a pay check ends. … The No. 18 player in the OWGR ranking Tyrell Hatton hit 25 of 36 GIR but took 66 putts to get down. His 75-71 matched Casey’s. … No. 38 Ross Fisher rebounded from 77 to 67 but missed out by two shots. … Perennial Harbour Town All Star Luke Donald was one better than Fisher (76-67) and yet still one short of the line. He was a massive disappointment in every format. Study Hall Friday’s scoring average was 70.031 versus 71.742 in Round 1. With both waves playing one shot easier than Thursday, I’d suggest the set-up helped. With windier conditions on the weekend, we’ll see if they keep it easier … Si Woo Kim leads the field with 14 birdies after 36 holes. … Chris Couch WD before making the turn on Friday… Gamers riding a heat check on Marc Leishman after his first two rounds at Augusta will be disappointed to see him miss the weekend by a shot. … Emiliano Grillo’s streak of cuts made extends another weekend after his 66 Friday.

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Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were both in their early 50s when they faced off in May 1964 at Houston Country Club in an edition of Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf. This was hardly a match between two aging stars whose better days were behind them, though. The match has gained a cult following over the years, and not only because it is a rare opportunity to get an extended look at two of the greatest swings in the game’s history. Though only an exhibition, Hogan turned in one of the greatest rounds of his career, a ball-striking performance that displayed his mastery of the golf swing. Related: Free historical content available on PGA TOUR LIVE | Golf in these times “That’s about as good as I can play,â€� said Hogan, who was 51 at the time. Gene Sarazen, one of five men to achieve the career Grand Slam, called it “the finest round of golf that has been played in my lifetime.â€� Sarazen saw it firsthand while providing on-air commentary for the match. You can now watch that round, originally aired in 1965, free on PGA TOUR LIVE. During the coronavirus pandemic, the PGA TOUR is making PGA TOUR LIVE free and available for streaming. New content is being added each week, and the Hogan-Snead match is among this week’s highlights. Currently the free content is limited to those in the U.S. To sign up for free and get started, click here. This Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf was just the fourth time that Hogan and Snead, whose swings are still admired and analyzed by players and instructors, met in a head-to-head match. The first came in San Francisco in 1941. Snead shot 66 to Hogan’s 68. Then there was a playoff at the 1950 Los Angeles Open. It was Hogan’s first event after the car accident that nearly ended his life, but Snead spoiled the fairytale storyline by winning their playoff, 72-76 (Hogan would win the U.S. Open at Merion later that year). Then they met in a playoff at the 1954 Masters. Hogan was trying to become the first player to win back-to-back Masters, but Snead squeaked by him, winning their playoff, 70-71. Two years before their match, Snead wrote in a book, “All I know is that it’s true that Hogan and (Byron) Nelson won plenty of tournaments which I didn’t, but any time Hogan and I met in a head-to-head playoff, I won. We met three times over the years when we were rivals. The score reads: Snead 3, Hogan 0.” Hogan was unbeatable during this made-for-TV match, however. His play from tee-to-green was flawless. The Sports Illustrated report of the match states that Hogan “never hit a shot more than 10 feet off the line of flight he intended it to travel. He never once hit the ball into the rough or a hazard. On all 18 greens, he was putting for either a birdie or an eagle. “If someone like Arnold Palmer or Billy Casper had been putting for him, he might well have scored in the 50s.â€� There are two more exhibitions that are currently available on PGA TOUR LIVE that are now available for free: • Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, Ben Crenshaw vs. Tom Kite (1996): The two boyhood friends became major champions and World Golf Hall of Fame members. Like Hogan and Snead, they met in Houston. This match was played at Champions Golf Club, which was founded by former Masters champions Jackie Burke Jr. and Jimmy Demaret. The club also has hosted the Ryder Cup, U.S. Open, TOUR Championship and U.S. Amateur. • MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins: Four of today’s stars from disparate corners of the globe gathered in Japan for this exhibition that preceded Tiger Woods’ record-tying 82nd PGA TOUR victory. This offers something different if you’ve already gorged yourself on old tournament action.

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