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The first redesign by noted course architect Tom Doak for the PGATOUR is featured this week as Memorial Park in Houston assumes the role host of the Vivint Houston Open. The TOUR returns to its roots as this municipal track is back on the schedule for the first time since 1963. The inaugural event in Houston took place in 1946 and the first one at Memorial Park debuted the following year, running until 1963. The Houston Open sat as the preparatory exam for Augusta National, for most of the last 15 years and returns to that position on the schedule, albeit accidentally, this time around. Tom Doak and Brooks Koepka (player consultant) have positioned only 19 bunkers through 7,432 yards on this Par-72 (36-36). The focus this week will be on excitement and scoring chances rather than grinding out pars and surviving. With five Par-5 holes, five Par-3 holes and a pair of Par-4 holes that can possibly be driven, a full array of shots will be required, not to mention a bunch of birdies, to pick up the trophy this week. Think ZOZO but with a few hundred additional yards and Bermuda on the greens. We all remember who was on the podium that week (Cantlay, Rahm and Thomas). RELATED: Power Rankings | Expert Picks | Sleeper Picks With a new test it’s always the ball-strikers who move to the forefront. With 28 acres of fairway, less than three inches of rough and only four holes with water, I would think scoring will be a major focus this week. Greens are large, averaging 7,000 square feet, and running slick with Mini-Verde Bermuda so hitting plenty of them will be the angle. The more GIR will give more scoring chances and it won’t hurt to have shorter clubs into those scoring holes. Lanto Griffin is the defending champion at the event and will lead the field of 132 as they look to get their hands on $1.26 million (winner) of the $7 million prize pool plus 500 FedExCup points. The winner won’t get into the Masters next week but will be eligible in 2021. Event Winners at Golf Club of Houston Recent Winners 2019: Lanto Griffin 2018: Ian Poulter (not entered) 2017: Russell Henley Key stat leaders Top golfers in each statistic on the 2019-2020 PGA TOUR are listed only if they are scheduled to compete this week. Those listed in BOLD deserve deeper inspection if not already on your RADAR. Strokes-Gained: Tee-to-Green 2 Hideki Matsuyama 4 Sergio Garcia 8 Harold Varner III 9 Dustin Johnson 10 Scottie Scheffler 11 Tony Finau 13 Tyrrell Hatton 14 Russell Henley 16 Corey Conners 20 Viktor Hovland 21 Luke List 24 Emiliano Grillo 25 Cameron Tringale Par-5 Scoring 6 Wyndham Clark 6 Matt Jones 10 Hideki Matsuyama 10 Dustin Johnson 10 Kevin Streelman 10 Tyrrell Hatton 10 Ryan Palmer 10 James Hahn 18 Alex Noren 21 Cameron Davis 21 Sam Burns 21 Jhonattan Vegas 21 Sungjae Im 21 Scottie Scheffler Strokes-Gained: Putting 1 Denny McCarthy 3 Andrew Putnam 4 Kristoffer Ventura 8 Mackenzie Hughes 9 Maverick McNealy 11 Patrick Rodgers 14 JT Poston 16 Wyndham Clark 23 Troy Merritt 24 Beau Hossler 25 Patton Kizzire Top players at Bermuda Championship (entered this week) 1 Brian Gay P2 Wyndham Clark 3 Ollie Schniederjans 4 Matt Jones 4 Stewart Cink 4 Denny McCarthy 4 Doc Redman 8 Ryan Armour 8 David Hearn 14 Scott Piercy 16 Russell Knox 21 Maverick McNealy 21 Brice Garnett 21 Andrew Putnam 21 Sepp Straka 26 Paddy Harrington 26 Beau Hossler Top 25 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD (entered this week) 4 Russell Henley 4 Ryan Palmer 8 Corey Conners 11 Tony Finau 11 Dylan Frittelli 11 Lanto Griffin 17 Alex Noren 17 Scottie Scheffler 26 Brian Harman

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Joel Dahmen took 68 strokes to complete his first round at the Wyndham Championship. Three of them came from the same spot. It resulted in a triple-bogey on the par-4 14th, Dahmen’s fifth hole of the day. He bounced back with five birdies and no bogeys the remainder of the way, however. Entering this week, there had been just 11 rounds this season in which a player shot 68 or lower with a triple-bogey or worse (Patton Kizzire and Chris Kirk each had two apiece). So, what happened on 14? His caddie, Geno Bonnalie, explained the situation on Twitter, writing, “Ball was sitting … perfectly on top of a tuft of Bermuda. Took a practice swing a foot from the ball, and the ball fell to the bottom. Had to replace it (1 stroke [penalty]). Then went right underneath it the 2nd time and it didn’t move. 3 strokes from the same spot. Golf is hard.” In another tweet, Bonnalie said they were “not certain he caused it to move, but not certain he didn’t either.” Dahmen penalized himself because he could not be certain that his actions did not cause the ball to move. He was penalized one stroke under Rule 9.4, “Ball Lifted or Moved by Player,” which states that a player is penalized one stroke and must replace his ball if he causes it to move. Dahmen, who earned his first PGA TOUR victory at this year’s Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, is 76th in the FedExCup standings. Statistically speaking, Dahmen lost -1.4 strokes around the green on that one hole. This is how ShotLink described the triple-bogey: Shot 1: 316 yards to right fairway, 195 yards to hole Shot 2: 185 yards to right rough, 60 ft. 3 in. to hole Shot 3: Penalty Shot 4: 19 in. to right rough, 58 ft. 10 in. to hole Shot 5: 89 ft. 1 in. to green, 30 ft. 2 in. to hole Shot 6: putt 28 ft. 5 in., 23 in. to hole Shot 7: in the hole

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