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LOS ANGELES — Jordan Spieth was disqualified from the Genesis Invitational on Friday after he signed an incorrect scorecard. Spieth, who posted a 2-over 73 on Friday at Riviera Country Club, signed his card stating that he made a par at the par-3 fourth in the second round. He actually made a bogey after his drive missed the green, and then he missed a 5-foot putt to save his par by just a few inches. While the bogey was noted in real time on the leaderboard, Spieth signed his scorecard… Source link

LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods’ return is over. Woods withdrew from The Genesis Invitational, the event he hosts each year in Southern California and the first official tournament he’s played since last year’s Masters, on Friday afternoon due to an illness. Woods hit his tee shot on the seventh hole at Riviera Country Club after a rough start to his second round. After hitting his drive and landing in the fairway, Woods hopped in a cart and left the course, signaling the end of his tournament. He… Source link

NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — Jediah Morgan finished 21 over and 34 shots behind winner Branden Grace at the LIV Golf Invitational Series event this week, and for his efforts he’ll take home $120,000. Welcome to golf’s new era. Grace won by two shots at 13 under at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club and earned a whopping $4 million, a third of what he made in his entire PGA Tour career ($12,226,197). Dustin Johnson and his 4 Aces GC ran away with the team title by seven shots at 23 under, earning his… Source link

The stage is set for this week’s Genesis Invitational and it’s all taking place at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. The classical course draws rave reviews from most players but it’s not the easiest course to figure out. That is why course history is something we should take a look at today. Before that, let’s have a look at putting performance on poa annua greens. That is part of the puzzle that makes Riviera CC so tricky. Putting on Poa The greens are speedy and… 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

Advancing onto leg two of the Florida Swing, a field of 123 golfers will turn their attention toward Arnold Palmer‘s Bay Hill Club & Lodge this week. This is a course we know very well but there is always a new batch of golfers that are playing it for the first or second time. That is where stats come in handy. They can help us pluck out potential course horses before they stamp their mark. The two areas I’m going to dive into today are bermudagrass putting performance and par-5… Source link

Arnold Palmer Invitational PGA Betting picks this week PGA Odds Sam burns Looking for a way to learn PGA DFS without jumping in with both feet? Then I have a perfect solution for you. This year Yahoo and Yahoo Fantasy are offering a $10,000 Freeroll called the “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. That winner will receive $1,000. While we may have missed four weeks of competition, not to… Source link

The PGA TOUR hangs around California for one more week as they take on Riviera Country Club for The Genesis Invitational. This classical course can beat you up quickly if you’re not on your game. There are eight holes that yield bogey or worse more than 20 percent of the time. On the flip side, there are just four holes that surrender birdies or better to more than 20% of the field. Pars are your friend this week and chipping in an eagle or two along the way always helps. It’s the par-5 first… Source link

Genesis Invitational Pacific Palisades, CaliforniaRiviera Country Club – Par 71 – 7,322 yardsField – 120 entrantsPurse – $9.3M The Preview A combination of household names in Daniel Berger, Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay provided enough drama near the top of the leaderboard at last week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to make up for the otherwise underwhelming list of attendees, but competition levels ramp back up this week as Riviera Country Club hosts a major-esque field of 120 invitees a week… Source link

WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Memphis, TennesseeTPC Southwind – Par 70 – 7,277 yardsField – 78 entrantsPurse – $10.5M The Preview A lack of firepower in the field at last week’s 3M Open allowed Michael Thompson to pick up his first win on the PGA Tour since 2013, but the condensed schedule now heats up for the home stretch as TPC Southwind hosts an exclusive 78-man, no-cut structure for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational ahead of 2020’s first major at TPC Harding Park next week. The… Source link