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Nine Things to Know: Augusta National Golf Club

The annual rite of spring that is golf’s visit to Augusta National is upon us. The Masters is defined by timeless traditions that tie today’s best players with the legends that preceded them. While golf fans may feel intimately familiar with the only venue that hosts a major on an annual basis, here are some stories from its past that may enhance your enjoyment. This is Nine Things to Know about Augusta National Golf Club: 1. FLOWER POWER The world’s best convene at Augusta National each year to play for one of golf’s most prestigious prizes, but a local legend says men may have been searching for treasure on the site centuries earlier. It’s been said Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto may have visited the land where Augusta National now lies in the 16th century while on a futile search for riches. He may not have found what he was looking for, but a small spring in the trees between the 13th and 14th fairways allegedly yields trace amounts of gold after heavy rains, according to David Owen’s “The Making of the Masters.” The land became an indigo plantation – the owner’s home is now Augusta National’s clubhouse – before the Berckmans family of Belgium purchased it in the 1850s to form Fruitland Nurseries, importing trees and flowering plants from around the world. The first attempt to bring a golf course to the site was made in 1925 by a Miami businessman who wanted to build a course and $2 million hotel. He went bankrupt shortly after pouring the concrete footings, which were buried during the construction of Augusta National. Augusta National co-founder Bobby Jones, the greatest golfer of his time, was pointed to the site during his search for the land where he could build his dream course. He was seeking a rolling piece of property that could use natural terrain instead of excessive hazards to befuddle players. “I shall never forget my first visit to the property which is now Augusta National,” Jones wrote in “Golf Is My Game.” “The long lane of magnolias through which we approached was beautiful. The old manor house with its cupola and walls of masonry two feet thick was charming. The rare trees and shrubs of the old nursery were enchanting. But when I walked out on the grass terrace under the big trees behind the house and looked down over the property, the experience was unforgettable. It seemed that this land had been lying here for years just waiting for someone to lay a golf course upon it.” Jones enlisted Scottish architect Alister MacKenzie to create the course, saying in a 1931 interview that “we are in perfect agreement that a good golf course can be designed and constructed which will be an exacting test for the best competition, and at the same time afford a pleasant and reasonably simple problem for the average player and the duffer. “Dr. MacKenzie and I believe that no good golf hole exists that does not afford a proper and convenient solution to the average golfer and the short player, as well as to the more powerful and accurate expert.” 2. FORTUITOUS MEETING Pebble Beach has been called “the most felicitous meeting of land and sea in the world.” It also was the site of one of the most fortuitous meetings in golf history, after a shocking loss to a teenager allowed Bobby Jones to strengthen his relationship with the man whom he’d tab to design Augusta National. Marion Hollins, a U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and the developer behind two MacKenzie designs on California’s central coast, Cypress Point and Pasatiempo, is credited with creating the circumstances that led to Jones and Alister MacKenzie connecting in 1929. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame this year for her play and role in so many prestigious clubs. Jones, the 1929 U.S. Open champion, shared medalist honors in that year’s U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach before losing to a 19-year-old, Johnny Goodman, in the opening round (Goodman would win the U.S. Open four years later, becoming the last amateur to do so). Exiting the tournament early gave Jones more time to discuss course architecture with MacKenzie, whom he’d first met while competing in Great Britain, and play his nearby designs. “If Jones had been impressed with Pebble Beach, he fell head over heels in love with the newer Cypress Point,” Charles Price wrote in “A Golf Story: Bobby Jones, Augusta National and the Masters Tournament.” “He found the design ‘almost perfect.’ … The more they talked, the more impressed Jones became with Dr. MacKenzie’s theories. While neither was aware of it, the Augusta National Golf Club – and, hence, the Masters Tournament – was being born.” MacKenzie and Jones bonded over their reverence for St. Andrews. MacKenzie once wrote, “I do not know a single example of a successful golf architect who is not enamored of the Old Course and the strategic principals embodied in it.” MacKenzie also wrote that an architect should “be able to put himself in the position of the best player that ever lived, and at the same time be extremely sympathetic towards the beginner and long handicap player” and that “there should be a complete absence of the annoyance and irritation caused by the necessity of searching for lost balls.” The original design of Augusta National had fewer than 30 bunkers, and thick rough is not part of Augusta National’s course setup. The course’s rolling terrain and dramatic slopes are used to challenge the skilled player, while its wide fairways and large greens make it playable for the average golfer. That is the genius of Augusta National, which opened in December 1932. 3. TOUGH START Augusta National was created during the Great Depression and it was not exempt from the financial difficulties of the day. The club struggled to pay course architect Alister MacKenzie for his design services. He reduced his fee from $10,000 to $5,000 just to keep the construction moving along, according to David Owen’s “The Making of the Masters.” After the course had been open several months, MacKenzie had received just $2,000. That didn’t even cover his estimated expenses. At one point he wired the club, asking “Can you possibly let me have … $500 to keep us out of the poor house?” MacKenzie died in January 1934, never seeing Augusta National in its finished form. While becoming a member at Augusta National is now all but a dream except for only the well-connected, Bobby Jones sent thousands of invitations for the club’s opening membership drive. There were few takers, however. Despite an initiation fee of just $350 (plus tax) and annual dues of just $60, the club had only 76 members as the first Masters neared. That was well short of the 1,800 that the club’s business plan called for. There were hopes that a tournament, with Jones as the headliner, would solve the club’s financial trouble. Augusta National co-founder Clifford Roberts went to the City of Augusta asking for $10,000 to help stage the first Masters. The city council said yes, continuing its financial support through 1936, according to David Barrett’s “The Story of the Masters.” Unfortunately, the club’s financial difficulties didn’t end with the inaugural Masters. The club ceased operations in 1943 and 1944 because of World War II and cattle grazed its fairways. Cows and turkeys were kept on the property – and sold at market – in hopes of earning the club much-needed income. Owen wrote that Roberts once found $2 on the clubhouse floor and immediately added it to the club’s credit ledger. “The only reason the clubhouse still exists – the most famous clubhouse in the world – is that they didn’t have the money to tear it down,” Owen told Golf Digest. The club couldn’t afford to pay Horton Smith for winning the first Masters until 17 members chipped in for the purse. It was one of several times over its first 15 years that the club was on the precipice of financial ruin. Herman Kaiser, the 1946 Masters champ, said he would receive his winner’s plaque once the club could come up with the silver, according to Owen’s book. 4. HOME GAME Living on Augusta National sounds like a dream come true. It almost was a reality. One of the club’s best hopes for raising money was to sell building lots for members to build winter homes. Roughly a third of the property was reserved for that purpose, according to David Owen’s “The Making of the Masters,” and the lots were numbered and delineated on several early maps. The lots were expected to occupy areas west of the second fairway and east of the 10th and 11th holes (another subdivision was planned for the land where the par-3 course now sits). There was only one buyer, however. W. Montgomery Harrison bought three adjoining lots and built a large mansion that was visible behind the first green. The house stood until 1977, when another member bought the Harrison property and sold it back to the club. Owen writes that one of Roberts’ last acts before taking his life was walking to the first tee, with the help of a waiter, so that he could look up the fairway and assure himself that the home was gone. The fact that the club could only sell one lot after two decades of trying “underscores the immensity of the challenge that (Clifford) Roberts, Jones and other early members faced in nearly every area of the club’s operation,” Owen wrote. 5. BY ANY OTHER NAME Both Augusta National Golf Club and its tournament almost went by different names. American-International Golf Club, Georgia-National Golf Club, International Golf Club of Augusta and Southern National Golf Clubs were among the names considered for the club, according to “The Making of the Masters.” Jones had his eyes on hosting a different tournament on his course, as well. He first thought about hosting a U.S. Open, but the tournament’s traditional June date wasn’t conducive to Augusta’s hot Southern summers. An April date was ideal. And as an added benefit, the date would attract sportswriters who were headed north from Spring Training. Augusta National co-founder Clifford Roberts recommended the new tournament, an invitation-only affair, be called The Masters to reflect the quality of the field. Jones found that name presumptuous, so he called it the Augusta National Invitation Tournament. But over Jones’ objections, the tournament was called the Masters from the start. Famed sportswriter Grantland Rice, an Augusta National member, called it the Masters in his syndicated columns leading up to the inaugural event, and the Augusta Chronicle referred to it as the Augusta National Invitation Tournament just once, according to author David Barrett. “The newspapers didn’t want the Augusta National Invitation Tournament because that wouldn’t fit in any headline in the world,” said golf writer Dudley Green, who covered the tournament for The Nashville Banner for 30 straight years starting in 1947. “So they just started calling it The Masters.” It wasn’t until 1939 that the tournament officially took that name. 6. FLIP THE NINES Augusta National’s second nine includes some of the game’s most recognizable holes, including the trio known as Amen Corner (Nos. 11-13). Those holes were not the backdrop for the conclusion of the inaugural Masters, however. The first Masters was played with the first hole as No. 10 and vice versa. The routing was reversed before the second Masters and has been used ever since. “The change was made because we learned through experience that play could begin earlier after a frost on what is now the first nine, due to its being on higher ground,” Roberts wrote in “The Story of Augusta National.” “The switch was made in time for the fall season club opening (in 1934).” The holes down in Amen Corner are among the last to receive sunlight. The routing we have come to know also gave players “the opportunity to warm up before reaching the intricate problems of the difficult holes,” the Augusta Chronicle wrote in 1934. Nos. 11-13 and 15 are the only ones on the course with water, and the two par-5s, Nos. 13 and 15, offer eagle opportunities to those willing to take a risk over water. Flipping the nines paid immediate dividends. The 1935 Masters was won by Gene Sarazen and his famous “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” an albatross on the par-5 15th. That put him in a playoff with Craig Wood, who had been the presumed champion when he finished several holes ahead of Sarazen. Wood would go on to become the first man to lose playoffs at all four major championships before winning both the Masters and U.S. Open in 1941. Sarazen, who had missed the inaugural Masters while on a worldwide exhibition tour, was on the 14th hole when he found out that Wood had finished the second Masters with a score 6-under 282. “Well Gene, that looks like it’s all over,” said his playing partner, Walter Hagen. “Oh, I don’t know,” Sarazen replied, according to a report from the journalist O.B. Keeler. “They might go in from anywhere.” That premonition proved true on the next hole, when Sarazen holed out from 230 yards. 7. TRADITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER Augusta National may be one of the most exclusive clubs in the world, but as the only venue to host a major on an annual basis, much of it feels familiar to golf fans. It starts with the entrance to the club, Magnolia Lane. Many of the trees that line the club’s famous entry were planted as seed by the Berckmans family in the 1850s. The 330-yard road wasn’t paved until 1947, more than a decade after the first Masters (imagine Tiger Woods driving down a dirt road to get to the Masters). The trademark Green Jackets began in 1937 as a way for patrons to recognize Augusta National members in case they needed assistance. Sam Snead was the first champion to receive the Green Jacket, after his 1949 win. The first Masters Club, now known as the Champion’s Dinner, was held by Ben Hogan in 1952 after his victory the previous year. Hogan proposed membership in the Masters Club be limited to Masters champions, with Augusta National co-founders Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and club chairmen added as honorary members. The traditional Par-3 Contest, held each year on the tournament’s eve, was first held in 1960, giving players and their families a chance for some fun before a stressful week begins. A fountain located adjacent to the par-3 course’s first tee lists every winner of the Par-3 Contest (no one has won the Par-3 and the Masters in the same year). The nine-hole course is 1,060 yards. Jimmy Walker holds the course record with an 8-under 19. The tournament begins each Thursday with the ceremonial opening tee shots from the honorary starters. Only 11 men have served in that role: Jock Hutchison (1963-1973), Fred McLeod (1963-1976), Byron Nelson (1981-2001, non-consecutively), Gene Sarazen (1981-1999), Ken Venturi (1983), Sam Snead (1984-2002), Arnold Palmer (2007-2016), Jack Nicklaus (2010-present), Gary Player (2012-present), Lee Elder (2021) and Tom Watson, who joined Nicklaus and Player in the role in 2022. In addition to the Green Jacket, the winner also receives a trophy that is a Sterling replica of the Augusta National clubhouse and a gold medal. The runner-up receives a silver medal and silver salver and the low amateur who completes 72 holes receives a silver cup. Awards are also given for various feats throughout the week. A crystal vase is awarded for shooting the day’s low score, a hole-in-one gets a large crystal bowl and an eagle earns a pair of crystal glasses. Players who make an albatross are awarded a large crystal bowl. There are also three bridges on the second nine that commemorate incredible achievements in Masters history. The Hogan Bridge, which players cross en route to the 12th green, was dedicated in 1958, five years after Hogan set the 72-hole scoring record of 14-under 274. The Nelson Bridge is located off the 13th tee to mark when Nelson went birdie-eagle on Nos. 12 and 13 to pick up six shots on Ralph Guldahl en route to victory in the 1937 Masters. Two years later, Guldahl eagled the 13th hole during his Masters victory. The Sarazen Bridge is located on the 15th hole to commemorate the most famous shot in Masters history, Sarazen’s albatross on No. 15 in 1935. 8. BERMUDA TO BENT One of the biggest changes in Augusta National’s history took place four decades ago, when the course’s famous putting surfaces were converted from Bermuda to bentgrass, which isn’t common in the South because it is harder to maintain in warm temperatures. Augusta National is closed during the summer, however, and the course’s Bermudagrass greens had slowed in the years preceding the change. Bentgrass plays faster than Bermuda, allowing the tournament to achieve the green speeds that it is known for. The experiment was first conducted on the club’s par-3 course. Those surfaces were switched to bentgrass in 1978, and after that experiment was a success, the greens on the big course were switched after the 1980 Masters. “We could make them so slick we’d have to furnish ice skates on the first tee,” said former Augusta National chairman Hord Hardin. The bentgrass greens debuted in the 1981 Masters and immediately struck fear into players. “The faster bentgrass surfaces have made the course play to an entirely different tune,” said Arnold Palmer. “Augusta National’s greens already are among the most undulating in the world – that’s part of the Masters tradition. Bentgrass greens are lightning fast; when the speed combines with the severe sloping of Augusta’s greens, they can get out of hand.” Many of those extreme undulations are credited to another famed architect, Perry Maxwell, who was a partner of MacKenzie’s in the latter stages of his life and did further work on Augusta National in the late 1930s. “Such undulations were his trademark and were known as ‘Maxwell rolls,’” Owen wrote. “MacKenzie was no longer alive at the time, but he undoubtedly would have approved. He loved dramatic contours.” 9. THE BIG THREE Three of golf’s greatest stars convened for a practice round before the 1996 Masters, a collision of golf’s past and its future. And when the round was over, the two legends, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, declared that the progeny in their midst, Tiger Woods, could one day claim 10 Masters titles, as many as Palmer and Nicklaus combined. Woods is halfway there, sandwiched between Nicklaus (6) and Palmer (4) on the list of most victories in Masters history. “He is absolutely the finest, fundamentally sound golfer I have ever seen, almost at any age,” Nicklaus said after playing with Woods for the first time. “(He) hits it 9 million miles without a swing that looks like he’s trying to kill it. … Whether he’s ready to win here this week, I don’t know, but he’s going to be your favorite here for the next 20 years.” Nicklaus was right. Woods won the next year by 12 shots – breaking the 72-hole scoring record that Nicklaus shared with Raymond Floyd – for the first of his five Green Jackets. Palmer ushered Augusta National into the television era, as troops from nearby Fort Gordon formed Arnie’s Army and cheered him to four straight wins in even-numbered years. The first, in 1958, came just two years after the Masters first appeared on television (and in the same year that famed golf writer Herbert Warren Wind first used the phrase ‘Amen Corner’ in a story). Palmer followed with wins in 1960, ’62 and ’64. The final win was an emphatic six-shot victory that made him the first four-time winner in Masters history. But he was soon to be supplanted as the greatest player in Masters history. Nicklaus won his first Masters in 1963 and was victorious again in 1965. A year after Palmer won by a half-dozen, Nicklaus beat Palmer and Gary Player by nine strokes to set tournament records for largest winning margin and low 72-hole score (271). Bobby Jones famously called it “the greatest tournament performance in all of golfing history” and said Nicklaus “plays a game with which I am not familiar.” Nicklaus won again the next year to become the first player to go back-to-back at Augusta National. His fourth Masters win, in 1975, came in a duel against Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller that is considered one of the greatest duels in the tournament’s long history. And, Nicklaus’ sentimental win in 1986 at the age of 46 is among the game’s most famous triumphs. Like Nicklaus, Woods authored a record-smashing win (1997), went back-to-back (2001-02, joining Nicklaus and Nick Faldo as the only men to do that) and then added one more emotional win (2019). Woods also won in 2005 with a chip-in at 16 that is among the most famous shots in tournament history. Woods’ 12-shot winning margin in 1997 remains the largest in tournament history and his 18-under winning score, since matched by Jordan Spieth in 2015, remains the lowest score in an April Masters. Dustin Johnson won the Masters in November 2020 with a winning score of 20-under 268, the lowest score in relation to par in major championship history.

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1st Round Top 10 Finish+350
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Shane Lowry
Type: Shane Lowry - Status: OPEN
Winner+5000
Top 5 Finish+800
Top 10 Finish+350
Top 20 Finish+140
Top 30 Finish-110
Top 40 Finish-165
1st Round Leader+5000
1st Round Leader & Win+30000
1st Round Top 5 Finish+750
1st Round Top 10 Finish+325
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Viktor Hovland
Type: Viktor Hovland - Status: OPEN
Winner+5000
Top 5 Finish+800
Top 10 Finish+350
Top 20 Finish+140
Top 30 Finish-110
Top 40 Finish-165
1st Round Leader+5500
1st Round Leader & Win +40000
1st Round Top 5 Finish+800
1st Round Top 10 Finish+350
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1st Round Scores - Rory McIIroy
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 69.5+115
Under 69.5-150
1st Round Scores - Scottie Scheffler
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 69.5+115
Under 69.5-150
1st Round Scores - Bryson DeChambeau
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 69.5-115
Under 69.5-115
1st Round Scores - Justin Thomas
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5+125
Under 70.5-165
1st Round Scores - Jon Rahm
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5+120
Under 70.5-155
1st Round Scores - Xander Schauffele
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5+120
Under 70.5-155
1st Round Scores - Collin Morikawa
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5+110
Under 70.5-145
1st Round Scores - Ludvig Aberg
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5+105
Under 70.5-135
1st Round Scores - Joaquin Niemann
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5-115
Under 70.5-115
1st Round Scores - Patrick Cantlay
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5-115
Under 70.5-115
1st Round Scores - Tommy Fleetwood
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Under 70.5-120
Over 70.5-110
1st Round Scores - Hideki Matsuyama
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5-130
Under 70.5+100
1st Round Scores - Brooks Koepka
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5-135
Under 70.5+105
1st Round Scores - Sepp Straka
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5-155
Under 70.5+120
1st Round Scores - Tyrrell Hatton
Type: 1st Round Scores - Status: OPEN
Over 70.5-135
Under 70.5+105
Finishing Position - Bryson DeChambeau
Type: Finishing Position - Status: OPEN
11th or better-125
12th or worse-105
Finishing Position - Justin Thomas
Type: Finishing Position - Status: OPEN
18th or better-125
19th or worse-105
Finishing Position - Xander Schauffele
Type: Finishing Position - Status: OPEN
21st or better-145
22nd or worse+110
Finishing Position - Scottie Scheffler
Type: Finishing Position - Status: OPEN
7th or worse-120
6th or better-110
Finishing Position - Rory McIlroy
Type: Finishing Position - Status: OPEN
6th or better-115
7th or worse-115
Finishing Position - Jon Rahm
Type: Finishing Position - Status: OPEN
21st or better-145
22nd or worse+110
Rory McIlroy - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Rory McIlroy - Status: OPEN
Make-1600
Miss+750
Scottie Scheffler - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Scottie Scheffler - Status: OPEN
Make-1600
Miss+750
Bryson DeChambeau - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Bryson DeChambeau - Status: OPEN
Make-1000
Miss+550
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Parry / J. Hicks / R. Fox
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Ryan Fox-120
John Parry+135
Justin Hicks+650
Justin Thomas - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Justin Thomas - Status: OPEN
Make-600
Miss+375
Collin Morikawa - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Collin Morikawa - Status: OPEN
Make-500
Miss+325
Jon Rahm - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Jon Rahm - Status: OPEN
Make-600
Miss+375
Xander Schauffele - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Xander Schauffele - Status: OPEN
Make-600
Miss+375
Ludvig Aberg - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Ludvig Aberg - Status: OPEN
Make -450
Miss+300
Joaquin Niemann - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Joaquin Niemann - Status: OPEN
Make-350
Miss+250
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Somers / T. Moore / D. Puig
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
David Puig-110
Taylor Moore+105
John Somers+1100
Brooks Koepka - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Brooks Koepka - Status: OPEN
Make-275
Miss+200
Tommy Fleetwood - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Tommy Fleetwood - Status: OPEN
Make-400
Miss+275
Hideki Matsuyama - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Hideki Matsuyama - Status: OPEN
Make-350
Miss+250
Patrick Cantlay - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Patrick Cantlay - Status: OPEN
Make-350
Miss+250
Tyrrell Hatton - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Tyrrell Hatton - Status: OPEN
Make -350
Miss+250
1st Round 3-Balls - A. Chi / P. Fishburn / S. Power
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Seamus Power-115
Patrick Fishburn+120
Andre Chi+850
Shane Lowry - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Shane Lowry - Status: OPEN
Make-350
Miss+250
Corey Conners - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Corey Conners - Status: OPEN
Make-300
Miss+220
Patrick Reed - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Patrick Reed - Status: OPEN
Make-275
Miss+200
Viktor Hovland - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Viktor Hovland - Status: OPEN
Make-300
Miss+220
Jordan Spieth - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Jordan Spieth - Status: OPEN
Make-250
Miss+180
Russell Henley - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Russell Henley - Status: OPEN
Make-250
Miss+180
1st Round 3-Balls - K. Kitayama / N. Ishee / A. Noren
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Kurt Kitayama+100
Alex Noren+110
Nic Ishee+750
Sepp Straka - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Sepp Straka - Status: OPEN
Make-275
Miss+200
Daniel Berger - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Daniel Berger - Status: OPEN
Make-275
Miss+200
Min Woo Lee - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Min Woo Lee - Status: OPEN
Make-225
Miss+165
Keegan Bradley - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Keegan Bradley - Status: OPEN
Make-225
Miss+165
Tony Finau - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Tony Finau - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
1st Round Match-Ups - S. Lowry vs S. Straka
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Shane Lowry-115
Sepp Straka-105
1st Round 3-Balls - M. McGreevy / S. Theegala . S. Straka
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Sepp Straka+100
Sahith Theegala+200
Max McGreevy+280
Rory McIlroy
Type: Rory McIlroy - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish-105
Top 10 Finish-200
Top 20 Finish-450
Top 30 Finish-650
Top 40 Finish-900
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group D - S. Lowry / C. Conners / S. Straka / M.W. Lee / B. Koepka / J. Day
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Shane Lowry+375
Brooks Koepka+400
Corey Conners+400
Sepp Straka+400
Jason Day+475
Min Woo Lee+475
Keith Mitchell - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Keith Mitchell - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Scottie Scheffler
Type: Scottie Scheffler - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+100
Top 10 Finish-190
Top 20 Finish-425
Top 30 Finish-600
Top 40 Finish-850
Sungjae Im - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Sungjae Im - Status: OPEN
Make-225
Miss+165
Bryson DeChambeau
Type: Bryson DeChambeau - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+175
Top 10 Finish-120
Top 20 Finish-275
Top 30 Finish-375
Top 40 Finish-550
Robert MacIntyre - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Robert MacIntyre - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Justin Thomas
Type: Justin Thomas - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+300
Top 10 Finish+140
Top 20 Finish-170
Top 30 Finish-210
Top 40 Finish-320
Davis Thompson - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Davis Thompson - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Collin Morikawa
Type: Collin Morikawa - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+375
Top 10 Finish+170
Top 20 Finish-140
Top 30 Finish-175
Top 40 Finish-250
J J Spaun - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: J J Spaun - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Jon Rahm
Type: Jon Rahm - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+375
Top 10 Finish+170
Top 20 Finish-140
Top 30 Finish-190
Top 40 Finish-280
Sam Burns - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Sam Burns - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
1st Round 3-Balls - J.T. Poston / R. Hisatsune / T. Johnson
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
J.T. Poston-115
Ryo Hisatsune+125
Tom Johnson+750
Xander Schauffele
Type: Xander Schauffele - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+375
Top 10 Finish+170
Top 20 Finish-140
Top 30 Finish-190
Top 40 Finish-280
Maverick McNealy - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Maverick McNealy - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Ludvig Aberg
Type: Ludvig Aberg - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+400
Top 10 Finish+190
Top 20 Finish-130
Top 30 Finish-175
Top 40 Finish-250
Harris English - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Harris English - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Joaquin Niemann
Type: Joaquin Niemann - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+500
Top 10 Finish+225
Top 20 Finish+100
Top 30 Finish-130
Top 40 Finish-200
Denny McCarthy - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Denny McCarthy - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Brooks Koepka
Type: Brooks Koepka - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+650
Top 10 Finish+280
Top 20 Finish+120
Top 30 Finish+100
Top 40 Finish-150
Si Woo Kim - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Si Woo Kim - Status: OPEN
Make-200
Miss+150
Hideki Matsuyama
Type: Hideki Matsuyama - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+650
Top 10 Finish+280
Top 20 Finish+120
Top 30 Finish-120
Top 40 Finish-175
Akshay Bhatia - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Akshay Bhatia - Status: OPEN
Make-185
Miss+140
1st Round Match-Ups - B. Koepka vs M.W. Lee
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Brooks Koepka-115
Min Woo Lee-105
1st Round Match-Ups - D. McCarthy vs R. Fowler
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Denny McCarthy-115
Rickie Fowler-105
1st Round 3-Balls - B. Koepka / R. Fowler / S. Lowry
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Shane Lowry+135
Brooks Koepka+160
Rickie Fowler+240
Patrick Cantlay
Type: Patrick Cantlay - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+650
Top 10 Finish+280
Top 20 Finish+120
Top 30 Finish-120
Top 40 Finish-180
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group G - A. Bhatia / R. Fowler / D. McCarthy / A. Novak / D. Thompson / R. Hojgaard
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Akshay Bhatia+400
Denny McCarthy+400
Davis Thompson+425
Andrew Novak+450
Rasmus Hojgaard+450
Rickie Fowler+450
Byeong Hun An - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Byeong Hun An - Status: OPEN
Make-185
Miss+140
Tommy Fleetwood
Type: Tommy Fleetwood - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+650
Top 10 Finish+280
Top 20 Finish+115
Top 30 Finish-120
Top 40 Finish-180
Mackenzie Hughes - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Mackenzie Hughes - Status: OPEN
Make-185
Miss+140
Jordan Spieth
Type: Jordan Spieth - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+700
Top 10 Finish+325
Top 20 Finish+125
Top 30 Finish+100
Top 40 Finish-150
Will Zalatoris - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Will Zalatoris - Status: OPEN
Make-185
Miss+140
Tyrrell Hatton
Type: Tyrrell Hatton - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+700
Top 10 Finish+300
Top 20 Finish+125
Top 30 Finish-110
Top 40 Finish-165
Wyndham Clark - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Wyndham Clark - Status: OPEN
Make-185
Miss+140
Sepp Straka
Type: Sepp Straka - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+800
Top 10 Finish+350
Top 20 Finish+140
Top 30 Finish+100
Top 40 Finish-140
Justin Rose - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Justin Rose - Status: OPEN
Make-175
Miss+135
Shane Lowry
Type: Shane Lowry - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+800
Top 10 Finish+350
Top 20 Finish+140
Top 30 Finish-110
Top 40 Finish-165
Brian Harman - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Brian Harman - Status: OPEN
Make-175
Miss+135
1st Round Match-Ups - A. Bhatia vs D. Thompson
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Davis Thompson-125
Akshay Bhatia+105
1st Round 3-Balls - D. Thompson / B. Cauley / N. Echavarria
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Davis Thompson+130
Bud Cauley+180
Nico Echavarria+225
Viktor Hovland
Type: Viktor Hovland - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+800
Top 10 Finish+350
Top 20 Finish+140
Top 30 Finish-110
Top 40 Finish-165
J.T. Poston - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: J.T. Poston - Status: OPEN
Make-175
Miss+135
Corey Conners
Type: Corey Conners - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1000
Top 10 Finish+425
Top 20 Finish+170
Top 30 Finish+115
Top 40 Finish-130
AdventHealth Championship
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
Kensei Hirata+2000
SH Kim+2200
Mitchell Meissner+2500
Neal Shipley+2500
Chandler Blanchet+3000
Hank Lebioda+3000
Norman Xiong+3000
Pierceson Coody+3000
Seungtaek Lee+3000
Adrien Dumont De Chassart+3500
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Adam Scott - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Adam Scott - Status: OPEN
Make-185
Miss+140
Patrick Reed
Type: Patrick Reed - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1200
Top 10 Finish+500
Top 20 Finish+190
Top 30 Finish+130
Top 40 Finish-115
Sergio Garcia - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Sergio Garcia - Status: OPEN
Make-165
Miss+125
Russell Henley
Type: Russell Henley - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1200
Top 10 Finish+500
Top 20 Finish+190
Top 30 Finish+130
Top 40 Finish-120
Rasmus Hojgaard - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Rasmus Hojgaard - Status: OPEN
Make-165
Miss+125
Daniel Berger
Type: Daniel Berger - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1200
Top 10 Finish+550
Top 20 Finish+210
Top 30 Finish+130
Top 40 Finish-115
Thomas Detry - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Thomas Detry - Status: OPEN
Make-150
Miss+110
1st Round Match-Ups - C. Conners vs J. Day
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Corey Conners-130
Jason Day+110
1st Round Match-Ups - R. McIIroy vs T. Fleetwood
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Rory McIlroy-200
Tommy Fleetwood+165
1st Round 3-Balls - P. Mickelson / T. Fleetwood / J. Day
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Tommy Fleetwood-110
Jason Day+185
Phil Mickelson+350
Jason Day
Type: Jason Day - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1200
Top 10 Finish+550
Top 20 Finish+210
Top 30 Finish+130
Top 40 Finish-110
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group A - S. Scheffler / J. Rahm / R. McIIroy / T. Fleetwood / X. Schauffele / P. Cantlay
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Rory McIIroy+260
Scottie Scheffler+260
Jon Rahm+500
Xander Schauffele+500
Patrick Cantlay+650
Tommy Fleetwood+650
Ryan Fox - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Ryan Fox - Status: OPEN
Make-150
Miss+110
Sungjae Im
Type: Sungjae Im - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1200
Top 10 Finish+550
Top 20 Finish+210
Top 30 Finish+135
Top 40 Finish-110
Cameron Young - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Cameron Young - Status: OPEN
Make-150
Miss+110
Akshay Bhatia
Type: Akshay Bhatia - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1600
Top 10 Finish+650
Top 20 Finish+250
Top 30 Finish+175
Top 40 Finish+115
Aaron Rai - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Aaron Rai - Status: OPEN
Make-175
Miss+135
Justin Rose
Type: Justin Rose - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1400
Top 10 Finish+550
Top 20 Finish+230
Top 30 Finish+170
Top 40 Finish+110
Dustin Johnson - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Dustin Johnson - Status: OPEN
Make-150
Miss+110
Keith Mitchell
Type: Keith Mitchell - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1800
Top 10 Finish+800
Top 20 Finish+300
Top 30 Finish+160
Top 40 Finish+110
Rickie Fowler - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Rickie Fowler - Status: OPEN
Make-165
Miss+120
Min Woo Lee
Type: Min Woo Lee - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1400
Top 10 Finish+550
Top 20 Finish+230
Top 30 Finish+140
Top 40 Finish-110
Max Homa - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Max Homa - Status: OPEN
Make-150
Miss+110
1st Round 3-Balls - H. English / M. Kim / T. Detry
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Harris English+160
Thomas Detry+175
Michael Kim+185
Wyndham Clark
Type: Wyndham Clark - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1400
Top 10 Finish+550
Top 20 Finish+230
Top 30 Finish+170
Top 40 Finish+110
Thriston Lawrence - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Thriston Lawrence - Status: OPEN
Miss-220
Make+165
Cameron Smith
Type: Cameron Smith - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1600
Top 10 Finish+650
Top 20 Finish+250
Top 30 Finish+170
Top 40 Finish+110
Nick Dunlap - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Nick Dunlap - Status: OPEN
Miss-175
Make+135
Keegan Bradley
Type: Keegan Bradley - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1800
Top 10 Finish+800
Top 20 Finish+300
Top 30 Finish+200
Top 40 Finish+130
Joe Highsmith - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Joe Highsmith - Status: OPEN
Miss-145
Make+110
Maverick McNealy
Type: Maverick McNealy - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1600
Top 10 Finish+650
Top 20 Finish+250
Top 30 Finish+170
Top 40 Finish+110
Beau Hossler - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Beau Hossler - Status: OPEN
Miss-135
Make+105
Max Homa
Type: Max Homa - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1600
Top 10 Finish+650
Top 20 Finish+250
Top 30 Finish+175
Top 40 Finish+115
Padraig Harrington - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Padraig Harrington - Status: OPEN
Miss-190
Make+145
1st Round Match-Ups - X. Schauffele vs P. Cantlay
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Xander Schauffele-120
Patrick Cantlay+100
1st Round Match-Ups - S. Scheffler vs J. Rahm
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Scottie Scheffler-175
Jon Rahm+145
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Rahm / P. Cantlay / M. Fitzpatrick
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Jon Rahm+115
Patrick Cantlay+160
Matt Fitzpatrick+300
Rickie Fowler
Type: Rickie Fowler - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1800
Top 10 Finish+800
Top 20 Finish+300
Top 30 Finish+220
Top 40 Finish+140
Jason Dufner - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Jason Dufner - Status: OPEN
Miss-275
Make+200
Robert MacIntyre
Type: Robert MacIntyre - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1800
Top 10 Finish+800
Top 20 Finish+300
Top 30 Finish+175
Top 40 Finish+115
Luke Donald - Make Cut / Miss Cut
Type: Luke Donald - Status: OPEN
Miss-300
Make+220
Sam Burns
Type: Sam Burns - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1800
Top 10 Finish+800
Top 20 Finish+300
Top 30 Finish+170
Top 40 Finish+110
Si Woo Kim
Type: Si Woo Kim - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1800
Top 10 Finish+800
Top 20 Finish+300
Top 30 Finish+175
Top 40 Finish+115
Tony Finau
Type: Tony Finau - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1600
Top 10 Finish+650
Top 20 Finish+250
Top 30 Finish+175
Top 40 Finish+115
Aaron Rai
Type: Aaron Rai - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+2200
Top 10 Finish+900
Top 20 Finish+340
Top 30 Finish+200
Top 40 Finish+130
1st Round Match-Ups - R. MacIntyre vs M. McNealy
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Maverick McNealy-110
Robert MacIntyre-110
1st Round 3-Balls - S. Jaeger / C. Kirk / R. MacIntyre
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Robert MacIntyre+140
Stephan Jaeger+170
Chris Kirk+220
Andrew Novak
Type: Andrew Novak - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+1800
Top 10 Finish+800
Top 20 Finish+300
Top 30 Finish+170
Top 40 Finish+125
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group F - K. Bradley / R. MacIntyre / M. McNealy / T. Finau / S. Burns / S.W. Kim
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Keegan Bradley +400
Maverick McNealy+425
Robert MacIntyre+425
Sam Burns+425
Si Woo Kim+425
Tony Finau+425
1st Round 3-Balls - C. Conners / M.W. Lee / R. Hojgaard
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Corey Conners+135
Min Woo Lee+175
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen+220
1st Round 3-Balls - T. Olesen / K. Vilips / L. Canter
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Thorbjorn Olesen+130
Laurie Canter+185
Karl Vilips+220
1st Round 3-Balls - R. McIIroy / X. Schauffele / S. Scheffler
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Rory McIlroy+140
Scottie Scheffler+140
Xander Schauffele+275
1st Round Match-Ups - T. Finau vs S.W. Kim
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Tony Finau-115
Si Woo Kim-105
1st Round 3-Balls - S.W. Kim / S. Stevens / R. Hoey
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Si Woo Kim+145
Rico Hoey+190
Sam Stevens+190
1st Round 3-Balls - T. Finau / N. Hojgaard / M. Greyserman
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Tony Finau+130
Nicolai Hojgaard+200
Max Greyserman+210
1st Round 3-Balls - B. Gates / L. Hodges / B. Griffin
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Ben Griffin-115
Lee Hodges+120
Bobby Gates+800
1st Round Match-Ups - K. Bradley vs S. Burns
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Keegan Bradley-120
Sam Burns+100
1st Round 3-Balls - A. Novak / K. Bradley / M. McNealy
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Keegan Bradley+165
Maverick McNealy+170
Andrew Novak+185
1st Round 3-Balls - T. Lawrence / N. Dunlap / H. Hall
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Harry Hall+105
Thriston Lawrence+225
Nick Dunlap+230
1st Round 3-Balls - A. Bhatia / D. McCarthy / S. Burns
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Akshay Bhatia+175
Denny McCarthy+175
Sam Burns+175
1st Round 3-Balls - G. Koch / M. Penge / R. Gerard
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Ryan Gerard-120
Marco Penge+130
Greg Koch+750
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Catlin / G. Higgo / J. Droemer
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Garrick Higgo-120
John Catlin+125
Jesse Droemer+850
1st Round 3-Balls - D. Newman / D. Van Tonder / V. Perez
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Victor Perez-135
Daniel van Tonder+135
Dylan Newman+900
1st Round 3-Balls - E. Chacarra / R. Taylor / J. Lower
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Eugenio Chacarra-115
Justin Lower+120
Rupe Taylor+850
Regions Tradition
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
Stewart Cink+550
Ernie Els+700
Steve Stricker+800
Steven Alker+800
Miguel Angel Jimenez+1000
Jerry Kelly+1400
Bernhard Langer+1600
Alex Cejka+1800
Angel Cabrera+2500
Retief Goosen+2500
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Michael Kartrude+600
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
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Ludvig Aberg+450
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Joaquin Niemann+550
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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J J Spaun+165
Niklas Norgaard+200
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Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Will Zalatoris+200
Adam Scott+225
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Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
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Viktor Hovland+375
Jordan Spieth+400
Daniel Berger+450
Patrick Reed+450
Russell Henley+475
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Dean Burmester+150
Nick Taylor+185
Patrick Rodgers+190
1st Round Match-Ups - B. DeChambeau vs J. Thomas
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Bryson DeChambeau-165
Justin Thomas+140
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Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Collin Morikawa-125
Ludvig Aberg+105
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Justin Thomas+120
Collin Morikawa+125
Dustin Johnson+400
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Highsmith / C. Young / A. Rai
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Aaron Rai+135
Cameron Young+150
Joe Highsmith+260
1st Round Match-Ups - R. Henley vs P. Reed
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Patrick Reed-110
Russell Henley-110
1st Round Match-Ups - J. Spieth vs D. Berger
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Daniel Berger-110
Jordan Spieth-110
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Spieth / P. Reed / L. Aberg
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Ludvig Aberg+135
Jordan Spieth+185
Patrick Reed+210
1st Round 3-Balls - T. Hoge / M. Pavon / T. Pendrith
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Taylor Pendrith+130
Tom Hoge+160
Matthieu Pavon+260
1st Round Match-Ups - S. Im vs W. Clark
Type: 1st Round Match-Ups - Status: OPEN
Sungjae Im-120
Wyndham Clark+100
1st Round 3-Balls - H. Matsuyama / W. Clark / T. Kim
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Hideki Matsuyama+115
Wyndham Clark+185
Tom Kim+250
1st Round 3-Balls - R. Neergaard / P. Kizzire / M. McCarty
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen+135
Matt McCarty+160
Patton Kizzire+240
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Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Bryson DeChambeau-135
Viktor Hovland+215
Gary Woodland+390
1st Round 3-Balls - T. Collet / J. Walker / R. Bland
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Richard Bland-150
Jimmy Walker+180
Tyler Collet+600
1st Round 3-Balls - S. Garcia / D. Berger / R. Henley
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Russell Henley+160
Sergio Garcia+220
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Dufner / M. Thorbjornsen / S. Micheel
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Michael Thorbjornsen-185
Jason Dufner+210
Shaun Micheel+700
1st Round 3-Balls - J. Rose / C. Smith / B. Harman
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Cameron Smith+170
Justin Rose+180
1st Round 3-Balls - R. Campos / R. Lenahan / M. Wallace
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
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Rafael Campos+175
Ryan Lenahan+850
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Davis Riley+150
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Brian Campbell+175
Elvis Smylie+210
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Tom McKibbin+160
Takumi Kanaya+210
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Johnny Keefer+130
Larkin Gross+1200
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Beau Hossler+110
Timothy Wiseman+1100
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Ludvig Aberg+1400
Collin Morikawa+1600
Brooks Koepka+1800
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Viktor Hovland+2000
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Jon Rahm+1600
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Shane Lowry+2500
Tommy Fleetwood+2500
Tyrrell Hatton+2500
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Nine Things to Know: Pebble Beach Golf LinksNine Things to Know: Pebble Beach Golf Links

The U.S. Open returns to one of golf’s iconic locations this week. This will be the sixth U.S. Open conducted on Pebble Beach Golf Links, a course known for its beautiful scenery and stiff challenge. It may be short by today’s standards, but small greens and high winds still provide plenty of challenge. Tiger Woods is the only player to finish under par in the past two U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach, and he did it with the greatest performance in the game’s history. Here’s 9 Things to Know before play gets underway on the California’s Central Coast. 1. AN INAUSPICIOUS START It’s impossible to fathom now, but the first attempt to construct the Pebble Beach Golf Links was unsuccessful. Twenty-five memberships for the new seaside course were sold for $25 apiece, according to Neal Hotelling’s official history of Pebble Beach. Nine temporary oil-and-sand-greens were built. In April 1910, the new course was advertised as “soon to openâ€�. Ten members backed out, though, and the plans were scrapped. It was nearly a decade before golf was played at Pebble Beach. Then the land that is now one of the world’s most famous courses was almost sold for housing lots, but Samuel Morse destroyed the plans and convinced the owners that the land would be better used as a golf course. Morse hired two amateur architects, Jack Neville and Douglas Grant, designed Pebble Beach. “The big idea was to get as many holes as possible along the bay,â€� Neville said. “Nature had intended it to be nothing else but a golf links.â€� When it opened, Pebble Beach was simply referred to as the No. 2 course at Del Monte. The new seaside course was preceded by the inland Del Monte Golf Course, which opened in 1897, and was an attraction for the well-heeled guests of the Del Monte Hotel.  Though the centennial of Pebble Beach is celebrated this year, the course was first played the previous year. Only one man, Mike Brady of Massachusetts, finished within 20 shots of par in the 36-hole tournament that marked the course’s unveiling. Brady, the runner-up at the 1911 and 1919 U.S. Opens, shot 79-75 to win by 13 shots. “The critiques on the opening day included lack of turf, rock-infested fairways and indentations on the greens from the sheep employed to maintain the grounds,â€� Hotelling wrote. The San Francisco Chronicle said the course was opened “somewhat prematurely.â€� At a time when golf balls cost more than the greens fee, the course was deemed too difficult. One newspaper called the course “a conspiracy to make necessary the purchase of large quantities of golf balls.â€� It was closed for nearly a year until being re-opened on Washington’s Birthday in 1919. To mark the birth of the country’s first president, a cherry tree was planted in front of the Lodge at Pebble Beach. All golfers present that day took an oath swearing to turn in honest scorecards. The course and lodge were built for a reported cost of $200,000. 2. SHORT STUFF Pebble Beach will play 7,075 yards for the U.S. Open. Since 2010, only one U.S. Open venue has been shorter (Merion, 2013). Pebble Beach still provides a stiff challenge, though. The average winning score in U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach is 282.6 strokes (the course has played as a par-71 in the past two U.S. Opens). The legendary sportswriter Jim Murray called the course “7,000 yards of malice.â€� “It’s a more strategic golf course than people give it credit for,â€� said Golf Channel analyst Arron Oberholser, who won the 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. “People think you can just bludgeon it because it’s barely 7,000 yards, that it’s a pitch and putt, but you have to give yourself the right angles. “You have to be very strategic on where you attack and when you attack. You have to know your outs. Knowing where to leave it is massive. People look at the greens and think they’re just tilted (back-to-front), but you miss a couple in the wrong spots and you have nothing.â€� The June date virtually guarantees a firm and fast golf course. And the seaside locale means wind will be a factor. “Pebble Beach without any wind is not a very hard golf course,â€� said Jack Nicklaus. “But you never find it without any wind.â€� Scores can soar when the wind blows especially hard. That’s what happened in the final round of the 1972 and 1992 U.S. Opens, when the scoring average was 78.8 and 77.3, respectively. Eight of the final 14 players to tee off in 1992 shot 80 or higher. Scott Simpson shot 68-88 in the final two rounds. Mark Brooks shot an 84 on Sunday after starting the final round in second place. Jeff Sluman, the runner-up in 1992, said the final round was “as much fun as a migraine.â€� 3. TARGET PRACTICE Combine the conditions with the smallest greens on the PGA TOUR and it’s easy to see how Pebble Beach combines such a challenge. The field hit 52% of the greens in regulation at the last U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. They hit less than half in 2000 (48%). A course hasn’t had a lower GIR percentage since then. Before the last U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the USGA’s Mike Davis called Pebble Beach’s greens, “the scariest greens we’ve had for a U.S. Open. “So many of these greens have a lot of pitch from back-to-front or side-to-side, and they’re small,â€� Davis said. “That (green) speed is a very scary speed if you short-side yourself or get on the wrong side of the hole.â€� Oberholser said only Oakmont and Winged Foot have more back-to-front tilt than Pebble Beach. “You’re starting 3-footers potentially a ball or two outside the hole,â€� he said. Phil Mickelson, a five-time winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, said in 2010 that there were several greens he’d miss intentionally. “You cannot chip downhill, especially out of the rough with these greens,â€� he said. “(The greens) are so small and so hard that there are a couple that are virtually impossible to keep the ball on the surface.â€� 4. REWARDING GREATNESS The list of champions at Pebble Beach proves that the course is more than just a pretty place. Many of the game’s greats, from Nicklaus to Watson to Woods, have won U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach. Five of the six majors at Pebble Beach have been won by World Golf Hall of Famers (or those destined for enshrinement). Nicklaus (1972), Tom Watson (1982), Tom Kite (1992) and Tiger Woods (2000) all won U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach. The PGA Championship also visited Pebble Beach in 1977. Another Hall of Famer, Lanny Wadkins, was the champion. “I’ve been enamored with the course since first setting eyes on it during a practice round of the U.S. Amateur,â€� said Nicklaus, who also won the 1961 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach. “It’s as dramatic as any course in the country, but mostly it was the complete test of golf that intrigued me.â€� MAJORS AT PEBBLE BEACH 5. THE BEST OF THE BEST Nicklaus and Woods both won twice at Pebble Beach during the best seasons of their historic careers. In 1972, Nicklaus tied career-highs with seven wins and two majors. It was the only time in his career that he won the first two majors of the year. He started the season by beating Johnny Miller in a playoff at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Nicklaus returned four months later to win his third U.S. Open. He beat a star-studded leaderboard with a score of 290, the highest winning score at the U.S. Open since 1935. He clinched his win with arguably the most famous shot of his career, a 1-iron that one-hopped the flagstick on the par-3 17th. Nicklaus had at least a share of the lead after every round. He started the fourth round with a one-shot lead over three players, including Lee Trevino. Miller and Arnold Palmer were just two shots back. Nicklaus won by three with a final-round 74 in difficult conditions. Only one player broke par in the final round as the average score neared 79. It was his 13th major triumph, tying him with his boyhood idol, Bobby Jones. “The course was playing as close to impossible as it can get,â€� Nicklaus said. “And skill in putting was practically eliminated.â€� Nicklaus’ Grand Slam bid ended at The Open Championship, where he finished a stroke behind Trevino. Woods replicated Nicklaus’ Pebble Beach double nearly three decades later. It started at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where Woods played the final four holes in 4 under, including a hole-out eagle on the par-4 15th, to win by two. He beat 54-hole leader Matt Gogel by nine strokes over the final eight holes. Woods went on to win three majors that year, joining Ben Hogan (1953) as the only men to win three professional majors in a single season. It started with Woods’ masterpiece performance at the U.S. Open. Despite a triple-bogey (with no penalty strokes) in the third round, Woods went on to win by 15 shots. He led by six shots after 36 holes and took a 10-shot lead into the final round. He broke Old Tom Morris’ record for largest victory margin in a major. “If you put Old Tom Morris with Tiger Woods, he’d probably beat him by 80 shots right now,â€� said Ernie Els, who shared second place with Miguel Angel Jimenez. “Hey, the guy is unbelievable, man.â€� Woods went on to win The Open Championship at St. Andrews by eight (also over Els), then won the PGA Championship in a playoff with Bob May. Woods won a career-high nine times that season. LARGEST WINNING MARGINS IN MAJORS* * – since 1925 Woods has won five majors by at least five shots. He has at least one victory of five or more shots in each of the four majors (he did it twice at The Open Championship). Since World War I, no one else has won more than two majors by at least five strokes. 6. FRIENDLY WELCOME Pebble Beach offers a (relatively) gentle opening stretch. There are two par-5s and three par-4s shorter than 410 yards in the opening third of the course. That stretch plays slightly tougher in the U.S. Open because the 502-yard second hole is converted from a par-5 to a par-4, but it’s still important to start well. Throw in the 109-yard seventh, the shortest hole on the PGA TOUR, and competitors in the 2010 U.S. Open had faced five of Pebble Beach’s seven easiest holes before reaching the eighth tee. That stretch included the four easiest holes on the course. EASIEST HOLES IN 2010 U.S. OPEN 7. SEASIDE STRETCH After those opening holes, Pebble Beach quickly hits players with three of the greatest par-4s found anywhere. It starts with the eighth hole, which Nicklaus called it the “finest second shot in golf.â€� Woods said it was one of the most daunting approach shots in the game. Players hit a blind tee shot to a fairway that’s some 10 stories above the ocean. The approach shot must sail over the cliffs to a small, severely-sloped green that sits below the golfer. Next up are the ninth and 10th holes, which combine to measure more than 1,000 yards. Both feature fairways that slope toward the ocean. A drive down the right side, near the beach, offers the best angle to both greens. Bunkers protect the left side of both putting surfaces, and the ocean isn’t far from the right side. Players must hit their approach with the ball laying below their feet. A new tee will stretch the ninth hole to 526 yards. The added length will keep players from reaching a downslope that could propel their balls closer to the green. Players hit the ninth green just 41% of the time in 2010. The 10th hole, which will serve as each player’s starting hole during one of the first two rounds, is 495 yards. It’s the widest fairway on the course, but also severely tilted toward the water. “People are starting to understand how good these holes are,â€� golf-course architect Tom Doak wrote. “That’s what you remember after playing the course the first time, not 17 and 18. If 8, 9 and 10 were the closing holes, it would be the most famous finish in golf.â€� NOS. 8-10 IN 2010 8. NO BARGAIN Par-5s are supposed to be birdie opportunities, but that’s not the case on Pebble Beach’s back nine. The 14th hole runs uphill, away from the water, and doglegs right. The 18th hole turns to the left as it hugs Stillwater Cove. They’re two very different holes but both offer a challenge not normally found on three-shot holes. The 14th green was designed by local artist Francis McComas, who also was an avid golfer. To give the long, uphill hole a unique flair, McComas created a two-tiered green settled among overhanging oaks. A large bunker protects the upper tier on the left. His creation is one of the most recognizable greens at Pebble Beach. It also is one of the most difficult. The 14th annually ranks as one of the toughest par-5s on the PGA TOUR. It was the third-hardest hole in the 2010 U.S. Open, playing to a 5.44 scoring average. That’s the highest scoring average on a par-5 on the entire PGA TOUR since 2000. Pebble Beach’s 543-yard final hole is one of the most famous in golf. It is a dramatic par-5 that dares players to flirt with Stillwater Cove. That wasn’t always the case. It started as a 325-yard, par-4 that was once deemed a “woefully poor finishing hole.â€� To add some intrigue to the 18th hole, a new tee was built on the rocks behind the 17th green. It added 35 yards to the hole and forced players to carry the cove. The hole finally became a par-5 in 1922, after a creek behind the green was culverted. This allowed the green to be moved 170 yards down the coast. 9. ANNUAL VISIT The PGA TOUR visits Pebble Beach each year, of course, for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Four of the five players who won a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach had previously won the annual PGA TOUR stop there. Players can only glean so much information from their trips to the tournament once known as the Crosby Clambake, though. PLAYERS TO WIN U.S. OPEN AT PEBBLE BEACH AND AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM Mickelson won his fifth AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this year, tying him with Mark O’Meara for the most wins in the tournament’s history. That success won’t mean much this week. “There’s really no carry-over, other than I just really enjoy this place,â€� Mickelson said. “I seem to play some of my best golf here and that’s probably about it.â€� Nicklaus, who won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am three times, concurs. “When they play it in June, it could be like a rock,â€� Nicklaus said. “A lot of guys think because they come here and play it at the AT&T that they’re going to have experience on how this golf course plays. “I’ve never seen many rounds at the AT&T that give you much experience for what we’re getting (at the U.S. Open).â€�

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