Spieth, Finau added as U.S. fills team; Reed out

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Get ready to cast your vote for one of the final 10 golfers in the MetLife MatchUp, which will determine which player best navigated the challenges of the PGA TOUR to produce an unforgettable shot. Go to PGATOUR.COM/MetLife, Aug. 7-16, to pick your favorite. MetLife and the PGA TOUR launched the MetLife MatchUp earlier this season to recognize the pros who best navigated the TOUR’s most demanding holes and challenging situations. Already this season, at 10 select events broadcast by CBS, two players/shots were selected to go head-to-head in the weekly MetLife MatchUp, where fans cast votes for the shot they liked best. The finalists, the best of the best, will now be pitted against each other for you to once again cast your vote — this time to determine the MetLife MatchUp season winner. The winner will be announced on CBS during the final round of THE NORTHERN TRUST on Aug. 27. The 10 finalists are: Luke Donald (RBC Heritage): In the final round, the Englishman holed out from the greenside bunker from 75 feet to birdie the par-4 11th hole. Cameron Smith (Valero Texas Open): In the third round, Smith missed the fairway at the par-5 8th hole, then hit his second shot from the left rough back into the fairway. After landing his third in the bunker, he saved par with a solid bunker shot. Phil Mickelson (Wells Fargo Championship): In the third round, Mickelson’s third shot landed in the bunker on the par-5 18th hole. He then used his considerable short-game skills to blast out to within 6 feet, then drained the putt for par. Jason Day (AT&T Byron Nelson): In the opening round, Day’s tee shot at the par-4 11th hole came to rest on the cart path. Electing to hit from the concrete, Day knocked his approach to 12 feet, then sank his birdie putt. Kevin Kisner (DEAN & DELUCA Invitational): In the third round, Kisner punched out from the trees into the fairway on the par-5 first hole, hit his third shot into the rough, then chipped in from 33 feet for birdie. Daniel Berger (FedEx St. Jude Classic): In the final round, Berger left his 75-foot chip short of the green on the par-4 first hole before chipping in from 25 feet to save an unlikely par en route to the win. Martin Laird (Quicken Loans National): In the final round, Laird hit his tee shot into some deep grass at the par-4 14th hole, requiring him to scramble from a difficult position. Undaunted, he chipped in from 39 yards for birdie. Bubba Watson (The Greenbrier Classic): In the first round, Watson hit his tee shot in the woods on the par-4 13th hole, requiring a punch shot back into the fairway. He bent his third onto the green and finished it off with a 41-foot putt for par. Patrick Rodgers (John Deere Classic): In the second round, Rodgers hit his 190-yard tee shot into the greenside rough on the par-3 third hole but did more than just save par — he scrambled to hole his 49-foot birdie chip. Kevin Chappell (RBC Canadian Open): In the final round, Chappell hit an incredible approach shot from a difficult position to give himself an 11-foot look at birdie on the par-4 10th hole.

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HONOLULU, Hawaii – Chez Reavie has entered the PGA TOUR record books during the second round of the Sony Open in Hawaii thanks to three hole-out eagles from over 100-yards. Reavie – the former RBC Canadian Open winner – became the first person since hole-by-hole scoring was introduced in 1983 to have three eagles on par-4s in one round. He was also the first person since ShotLink technology was introduced in 2003 to make three eagle hole-outs from over 100 yards in one round. Reavie opened his round by holing out from 101 yards with a sand wedge on the par-4 10th hole. Six holes later – on the par-4 16th – he navigated a nine-iron into the hole from 149 yards. At that point he had joined Blake Adams (2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 3rd round) as the only players with two hole-out eagles from over 100 yards in the same round (ShotLink courses) on par-4s. But Reavie wasn’t done. Staring at 135 yards with his gap wedge on the par-4 sixth the 37-year-old nailed his third eagle. “I was trying to think back to any round I even had more than one hole-out and I couldn’t think of any,â€� Reavie said after signing for a 5-under 65 that leaves him 10 under for the week and four off the pace. The diminutive Kansas native who resides in Arizona didn’t seem to fully grasp his accomplishment as he was focused on trying to hunt down leader Matt Kuchar. “Honestly, I didn’t think about it at all until after the third one went in,â€� Reavie added. “Before the other two I just hit the shot and I was trying to see if it was going at the hole. Never expected it to go in. It’s always a surprise when I it disappears.â€� Reavie actually had chances for further hole out eagles on his last two holes. His approach from 138 yards on the par-4 8th was tracking before pulling up at six-feet. He also barely missed a bunker shot on the par-5 9th, his final hole of the round. “I got it in the fairway on eight and hit a pitching wedge; it was on a good line, and that was the only time it crossed my mind before the ball went in the hole,â€� he added. “Wow, could we make another one?â€� Playing partner Michael Thompson figured anything could happen from that point. “That was pretty amazing. The first one was great, the second one was “wow that’s coolâ€� and the third one was “are you kidding me?â€� Thompson said. “It was pretty amazing to watch. That’s probably a once in a lifetime experience to be in a group and see a guy do that let alone do it yourself. It’s really really rare so it’s pretty cool to see.â€� When the third ball disappeared the caddies in the group took off their hats and threw them at Reavie to symbolize the hat-trick. Only two years ago Reavie looked like he could destroy PGA TOUR scoring records when he made the turn in 7-under 28 at Waialae Country Club in the final round. While Justin Thomas had shot 59 in the opening round of the tournament, Reavie was thinking he could beat Jim Furyk’s TOUR record 58 especially after he made birdies on the 2nd and 3rd holes (his 11th and 12th) to sit 9-under with six to play on the par-70 course. He had an eagle hole out that day also – courtesy of an ace on the 17th hole with a 6-iron from 189 yards. But ultimately he settled for a 9-under 61. When he won in Canada in 2008 he holed out for eagle on the 13th hole Sunday. Reavie gave the ball used for the first two eagles on Friday to a fan after he made a bogey on the par-4 first at the turn. He gave the other to a volunteer. He acknowledged he might further appreciate it all in the future but at the time didn’t see it as overly significant. “I need to go buy a lottery ticket today I think,â€� he joked. “Obviously it’s unusual, but I’m still whatever, three, four, back of Kuch. “We are just trying to make as many birdies, eagles, anything red; hole in ones, as we can (to catch him).â€� Reavie is currently 44th in the FedExCup with a T7 at THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES his best result so far this season.

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