Good afternoon! Welcome to Shanks. We just wanted to share a friendly reminder that while golf is booming and there’s been lots of drama in pro golf over money… the best part of golf is… you know… playing it. Not arguing about OWGR or whether Ryder Cuppers should be paid, but playing the beautiful, frustrating, wonderful game of golf.
Golf Trivia: Who has the most PGA Tour wins without ever winning a major?
Answer Below.
Here's what we've got for ya today:
TPC Summerlin
🚩 Location: TPC Summerlin
💰 Purse: $8.4M - $1.5M to 1st.
👑 Previous Winner: Tom Kim
👀 Watch On: Golf Channel & Peacock
The field this week is slightly better than last week, but that’s not saying much.
Tom Kim is the highest ranked player in the field and will be there to defend his title, while Ludvig Aberg is the most likely to snatch it away.
Outside of Tom and Ludvig, the field features a few more golfers from the top 70 in OWGR; Emiliano Grillo, Si Woo Kim, JT Poston, and Adam Schenk.
Also, as we mentioned earlier in the week, Lexi Thompson will be in the field, so that adds a little “battle of the sexes” intrigue (we will be surprised if she makes the cut though seriously).
Expect a birdie fest this weekend in Vegas.
TPC Summerlin is known to be a pretty easy course as far as pro setups go and the final scores are likely to be in the 20-under-par range.
2018 – Bryson Dechambeau
2019 – Kevin Na
2020 – Martin Laird
2021 – Sungjae Im
2022 - Tom Kim
Today we have a first for Caddyshanks - we’re picking one of the favorites to win despite the short odds.
All odds via Fanduel.
Outright Winner: Ludvig Aberg +1200
Top Five: Adam Schenk +600
Top Ten: Aaron Rai +450
Top Twenty: Ben Griffin +220
Longshot: Webb Simpson +15000
Make The Cut Parlay: Ludvig Aberg, Tom Kim, Adam Schenk, Emilliano Grillo, and Aaron Rai to all make the cut. +242 on Fanduel.
Report Originally From AP
LIV Golf is playing only for cash, not world ranking points, after the Official World Golf Ranking board determined it could not fairly measure the 48-man league with the other 24 tours around the world.
The OWGR rejected the application from Saudi-backed LIV Golf, first submitted in July 2022 after the league already had played two of its 54-hole, no-cut events.
“We are not at war with them,” Peter Dawson, chairman of the OWGR board, said when contacted by The Associated Press. “This decision not to make them eligible is not political. It is entirely technical. LIV players are self-evidently good enough to be ranked. They’re just not playing in a format where they can be ranked equitably with the other 24 tours and thousands of players trying to compete on them.”
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