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Southern Hills Country Club will play the host role this week at the 104th PGA Championship. We’ve seen this Tulsa course host four previous editions of the PGA and it always proves to be a tough test. Over those four runnings at Southern Hills, less than 30 golfers have escaped with red numbers next to their name at week’s end. So, to start our search for Yahoo DFS plays, let’s look at historical performance on tough courses. From there, we can look at bentgrass putting stats to see who has… Source link

Valspar Championship Palm Harbor, FloridaInnisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) – Par 71 – 7,340 yardsField – 144 entrantsPurse – $7.8M The Preview A five-day marathon broke out at THE PLAYERS Championship, but we’ve officially reached the fourth and final leg of the Florida Swing as the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook plays host to a surprisingly decent field that features five representatives from the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Retaining a common theme of challenging layouts… Source link

Thanks to a pair of huge birdie runs, and a clutch shot at the island green, Cameron Smith walked off TPC Sawgrass a winner on Monday afternoon. Smith posted a 6-under 66 in his final round in a rare Monday finish on the PGA Tour to win The Players Championship, marking his biggest win to date and his second so far this season. Smith took home $3.6 million with the win, which was part of a $20 million purse for the tournament — the largest in the history of the Tour. “It’s unreal. A long,… Source link

Looking for a way to learn Fantasy Golf without jumping in with both feet? We have a perfect solution for you. Yahoo and Yahoo Fantasy are offering a $15,000 freeroll called the PGA “Yahoo Cup.” This contest awards a winner for weekly events and one winner at the end of the season who has the most cumulative points. It will go for 39 weeks, with the lowest nine weeks of scoring being dropped from your total score. Each week also features a $150-to-first contest, making every round matter… Source link

Championship Sunday is here in women’s college basketball and programs around the country are punching automatic bids to March Madness. Follow here throughout the day for results and NCAA tournament implications. SEC: South Carolina upset in final seconds of title game Dre’una Edwards drilled a game-winning 3-pointer with seconds on the clock and Kentucky stormed to its first SEC tournament championship in 40 years on Sunday by defeating South Carolina, 64-62, in Nashville, Tennessee. The… Source link

The crowned champion won $100,000 cash, the second-place winner won $25,000 and the third-place winner won $10,000.Photo: Courtesy of YahooNATIONAL HARBOR, M.D.—The LA Rams might have just won the big game, but back in December, a group of fantasy football players faced off on the digital gridiron to earn bragging rights and big bucks. Last fall, fantasy football players competed in the inaugural Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship, a 10-week contest that culminated in an in-person event… Source link

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Walk around SoFi Stadium before Sunday’s NFC championship game, and it’s easy to forget who the home team is. A sea of red-clad San Francisco 49ers fans poured into parking lots a few hours before kickoff despite the Rams’ best efforts all week to protect their home-field advantage. One carload of 49ers supporters honked their horn and waved team gear out their windows as they approached the stadium. Other big groups of 49ers fans posed for pictures in front of the… Source link

James Brown didn’t stand a chance against Walker Hayes and a stack of loudspeakers. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images/file) CBS was not ready for Sunday’s AFC championship halftime show.  When the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals left the field for the break, the network’s studio crew took over the broadcast from the sideline at Arrowhead Stadium. Meanwhile, country artist Walker Hayes took center stage to entertain the Kansas City crowd. As host James Brown introduced… Source link

The Kansas City Chiefs have activated safety Tyrann Mathieu from concussion protocol ahead of Sunday’s AFC championship game against the Cincinnati Bengals.  Mathieu suffered the injury in last week’s win over the Buffalo Bills. He was cleared to play against the Bengals in the hours leading up to kickoff. Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu will play on Sunday. (Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Mathieu started 16 regular-season games for Kansas City, recording 76 tackles, a sack,… Source link

The Championship Round of the 2021 NFL season is this weekend, and our analysts have revealed whom they would choose in their Yahoo Daily Fantasy lineups using a budget of $200. The ultimate goal: To build the perfect winning lineup. Will they achieve it? Let’s take a look! [Play in Yahoo DFS’s $500K Sunday Baller contest] After what Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs pulled off against the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round, it’s no surprise that a plethora of Chiefs litters our… Source link