Tag: Championship

Hideki Matsuyama in position for eighth consecutive TOUR Championship berth

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ATLANTA – Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama is in position to make his eighth consecutive trip to Atlanta and the TOUR Championship following his historic win at the 2021 Masters where he became Japan’s first male major champion. In what was the first major of 2021 and third of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season, Matsuyama earned 600 FedExCup points to vault from No. 33 to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings.

The TOUR Championship will once again serve as the culminating event of the FedExCup Playoffs and PGA TOUR season, where only the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings will advance

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PGA Tour Championship 2020 tee times, TV coverage, live stream & more to watch Monday’s Round 4

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The 2019-20 PGA Tour season all comes down to this.

Only 30 golfers have a chance at winning the FedEx Cup championship with a victory at the Tour Championship this weekend. What began as a 125-man field was cut down to 70 after The Northern Trust and then trimmed again to 30 following the BMW Championship.

The leader of those elite 30 coming in was Dustin Johnson. The No. 1 golfer atop the FedEx Cup standings earned his position with a win at The Northern Trust and a second-place finish at the BMW Championship in a thrilling playoff. Following Johnson

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Inside the PGA Tour’s shutdown at the 2020 Players Championship

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – What they recall now, a year later, is the dizzying speed.

How the novel coronavirus mushroomed from an international issue into a global pandemic.

How in the span of a day, they retreated from 40,000 maskless fans to no spectators to zero tournaments – period – for the next few months.

How commissioner Jay Monahan crashed from the high of the PGA Tour’s flagship event to driving home 24 hours later, his head spinning, wondering what the hell had just happened.

It was a professional crisis no one could have adequately prepared for, and it

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2020 World Tour Championship: Five storylines to watch as Race to Dubai culminates on European Tour

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This week’s DP World Tour Championship is the ending to what has been a long and arduous year on the European Tour, and it’s a sneaky intriguing field of players looking to secure what has traditionally been a decorated season-ending event. And while the field this year is not quite as strong as normal, there are still some nice storylines heading to Dubai.

The COVID-19 pandemic has battered the European Tour’s schedule and created some chaos for top players who normally play on the European Tour to close out the year. Last year, Jon Rahm cleaned up in the fall

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2020 Bermuda Championship odds, predictions and PGA Tour best bets

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Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda, hosts the second running of the Bermuda Championship this week. The tournament follows up Patrick Cantlay‘s victory at the Zozo Championship and comes just two weeks ahead of the 2020 Masters, so a relatively weak field made the trip for this event. Below, we look at the 2020 Bermuda Championship betting odds, and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions to win.

Inaugural champion Brendon Todd (+1400) returns to Bermuda this week with the second-best odds to win following a T-47 finish last week. He’s one of few in the field who

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