Spieth closes with 68, says Rory is ‘guy to beat’ at PGA

The Zurich Classic of New Orleans will use an alternating-round Four-ball and Foursomes format. The first and third rounds will be Four-ball, and the second and final rounds will be Foursomes. Zurich Classic of New Orleans field list as of April 14th at 5 p.m. ET: Check here for updates.

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Garrick Higgo was born and still resides in South Africa, but a part of him will always feel at home in Las Vegas, too. So, when the UNLV product won $50,000 for the charity of his choice through the RSM Birdies Fore Love program, he didn’t have to think twice on where to contribute the funds. As part of the Shriners Children’s Open – last week’s stop on the PGA TOUR at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada – Higgo, 23, selected Shriners Children’s to receive the funds. “Having attended UNLV, I learned a little about the great work that Shriners Children’s does,” Higgo said. “I’m delighted to be back playing in Las Vegas at the Shriners Children’s Open, and I’m grateful to the RSM Birdies Fore Love program in helping me support this worthy cause whilst I am here.” Over the course of the first nine events of the 2022-23 PGA TOUR Regular Season, RSM Birdies Fore Love will award players with charitable donations through an on-course competition. In collaboration with the PGA TOUR, RSM will again donate $1 million to charitable organizations through the program. Higgo earned his $50,000 for Shriners Children’s by leading the Sanderson Farms Championship field with 24 birdies or better. It’s not the first time Shriners Children’s has benefited from RSM Birdies Fore Love, as Chesson Hadley (2020), Danny Lee (2021) and Wyndham Clark (2021) each made contributions to the medical center network through weekly wins, too. In addition to the weekly winners, the top three players who accumulate the most birdies or better throughout the first nine TOUR events of the season will earn $300,000, $150,000 and $50,000, respectively, for children- or family-focused charitable organizations of each player’s choice. Shriners Children’s is a network of medical centers across North America where minors under the age of 18 receive care for orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate. Having opened its first hospital in 1922, this year marks the 100-year anniversary of Shriners Children’s. To date, Shriners Children’s has cared for more than 1.5 million patients.

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2021 The Genesis Invitational, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Sam Burns (1, -12, 37.5%) 2. Dustin Johnson (T2, -7, 20.6%) 3. Joaquin Niemann (T2, -7, 7.4%) 4. Patrick Cantlay (T9, -5, 4.9%) 5. Jason Kokrak (T2, -7, 4.4%) 6. Jordan Spieth (T6, -6, 3.5%) 7. Tony Finau (T14, -4, 2.7%) 8. Jon Rahm (T19, -3, 2.5%) 9. Max Homa (T6, -6, 2.4%) 10. Wyndham Clark (T6, -6, 1.9%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Jason Kokrak +3.0 Around the Green: Bryson DeChambeau +3.2 Approach the Green: Jordan Spieth +3.0 Off-the-tee: Carlos Ortiz +1.9 Total: Sam Burns +4.9 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 Genesis Invitational, 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.

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