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PGA Tour: Monday Finish for NORTHERN TRUST

August 23, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

JERSEY CITY – The final round of THE NORTHERN TRUST was delayed once again today and the final round began at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). That’s a four hour delay from the planned start this morning. Practice facilities are open.

Golf Channel began coverage at 12:30pm with the final group tee-off at 1:42pm.

Play will begin with a weather report showing cloudy skies, scattered showers with a 41% chance of rain by 1:00pm (EDT). Humidity is high (94% dropping to 70% by evening). Winds are at 10 mph.

Due to the heavy rain from tropical storm Henri and saturated onsite conditions at Liberty National Golf Club, the PGA Tour decided that the final round of THE NORTHERN TRUST will be played without spectators. The golf course saw six inches of rain fall on Sunday. The walkways and cart paths are impassable.

Players currently projected to move inside the Top 70 (5): Erik van Rooyen, Harold Varner III, Tom Hoge, Keith Mitchell, and Joel Dahmen.

Players currently projected to fall out of the Top 70 (5): Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Martin Laird, Troy Merritt, and J.T. Poston.

The Top 70 advance to this week’s BMW Championship.

Leaderboard After 54 Holes:

Cameron Smith 69-68-60—197 (-16)

Jon Rahm 63-67-67—197 (-16)

Erik van Rooyen 69-67-62—198 (-15)

Justin Thomas 63-69-67—199 (-14)

Tony Finau 67-64-68—199 (-14)

Full Leaderboard (link)

Rahm Leads at Northern Trust

August 21, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

JERSEY CITY – (PGA Tour Brunch) – Jon Rahm leads THE NORTHERN TRUST after recording the second-lowest 36-hole total of his PGA Tour career (130) while Tony Finau tied his career-best 36-hole total at (131) and sits in solo-second after 36 holes.

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Xander Schauffele and Jordan Spieth carded matching rounds of 9-under (62), both tying the course record at Liberty National G.C.

Defending champion and 2020 FedExCup Champion Dustin Johnson, FedExCup points leader Collin Morikawa both missed the cut.

Players currently projected to move inside the Top 70 (6): Keith Mitchell, Harold Varner III, Alex Noren, Tom Hoge, Erik van Rooyen, and Seamus Power.

Players currently projected to fall out of the Top 70 (6): Talor Gooch, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Martin Laird, Troy Merritt, and J.T. Poston.

Only the Top 70 advance to next week’s BMW Championship.

Leaderboard After First Round:

Jon Rahm – 63-67—130 (-12)

Tony Finau – 67-64—131 (-11)

Justin Thomas – 63-69—132 (-10)

Keith Mitchell – 68-64—132 (-10)

Xander Schauffele – 70-62—132 (-10)

Full Leaderboard (link)

Thomas, Rahm Lead Northern Trust

August 20, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

JERSEY CITY – Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm share the 18-hole lead after matching 8-under (63)s, three strokes better than any other player. Thomas and Rahm both entered the week in the Top 10 in the FedExCup standings and Top Five in the Official World Golf Ranking.

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Harold Varner III (FedExCup No. 72 entering the week) finished T3 at the NORTHERN TRUST at Liberty National in 2019, moving inside the top 70 to qualify for the BMW Championship.

Bryson DeChambeau (71) became the fourth player since the record was kept (1983) to make two or fewer pars and record a score of even-par.

Early Scoreboard Watching for Top 70 in FedEx Cup Points: Players currently projected to move inside the top 70 (6): Harold Varner III, Adam Scott, Andrew Putnam, Erik van Rooyen, Keith Mitchell, and Harry Higgs.

Players currently projected to fall out of the top 70 (6): Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton, Talor Gooch, Martin Laird, Troy Merritt, and J.T. Poston.

Leaderboard After First Round:

Justin Thomas 63 (-8)

Jon Rahm 63 (-8)

Harold Varner III 66 (-5)

Six players 67 (-4)

PGA Tour: First Look at the Wyndham

August 11, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

Preview of The Wyndham Championship

COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club – (Greensboro, NC)

ARCHITECT: Donald Ross

YARDS/PAR: 7,131 yards/Par 70

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $6,400,000/$1,157,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jim Herman (2020)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 2,989/500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WyndhamChamp

OFFICIAL SITE: (Wyndham Championship)

TV COVERAGE: Thursday, August 12 and Friday, August 13: Coverage from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel.

On Saturday, August 14, Round 3 coverage 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. Then, CBS takes over from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, August15: Golf Channel opens final round coverage 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 3:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: Streaming coverage on Thursday and Friday, from 7:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT) on PGA Tour Live. Twitter coverage from 7:00am-8am on Thursday and Friday.

On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Live will stream 8:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT). Twitter will stream 8:00am-9:15am (EDT) on Saturday and 8:30-9:45am (EDT) on Sunday.

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of the FedEx-St.Jude with Thursday and Friday broadcasts from 12:00pm Noon (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT). Weekend coverage on Sirius XM Radio begins at 1:00pm (EDT) until 6:00pm (EDT) on Saturday and 1:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT) or conclusion on Sunday. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92)

How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)

The Wyndham Championship: Pre-Tourney Notebook

It’s the final week for PGA Tour pros to play their way to the Top 125 and qualify for the 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs. Nine players have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season. Six of them in the field this week but four are on the bubble to qualify for the Playoffs: Adam Scott (121st), Matt Kuchar (124th), Justin Rose (138th) and Ryan Moore (142nd).

Charles Howell (137th) is not in the field and will miss the FedEx Cup Playoffs for the first time in the FedExCup era.

Notable players outside the Top 125 in the FedExCup standings include Rickie Fowler, who has not missed the Playoffs in his previous 11 seasons on Tour, World No. 35 Tommy Fleetwood and 2018 FedExCup championJustin Rose, noted above at No. 138.

The Basics:

Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 6:50am (EDT) to 2:27pm (EDT).

Weather: Thursday’s forecast is for 82-degree temperatures, 66% humidity and a 40% chance of rain. Thundershowers likely in the afternoon.

PGATourBrunch will post at 7:00am (EDT) on Thursday.

Next Week: Northern Trust – the first round of FedEx Cup Playoffs (link)

Last Week: WGC-FedEx/St. Jude (link) and Barracuda (link)

Wyndham – Field and Tee Times:

The Field – (link)

Tee Times: (link)

Odds for the Wyndham Championship

(Odds by William Hill)

Webb Simpson 12-1
Hideki Matsuyama 14-1
Louis Oosthuizen 18-1
Patrick Reed 22-1
Brian Harman 28-1
Will Zalatoris 28-1
Jason Kokrak 28-1
Sungjae Im 30-1
Kevin Kisner 33-1
Tommy Fleetwood 33-1
Charl Schwartzel 33-1
Russell Henley 35-1
Matthew Wolff 40-1
Kevin Streelman 40-1
Seamus Power 40-1
Kevin Na 40-1
Si-Woo Kim 40-1
Gary Woodland 40-1
Bubba Watson 40-1
Adam Scott 40-1
Rickie Fowler 45-1
Justin Rose 45-1
Robert Macintyre 45-1
Brandt Snedeker 45-1
Sebastian Munoz 50-1
Branden Grace 50-1
Jhonattan Vegas 50-1
J.T. Poston 50-1
Erik Van Rooyen 50-1
Mito Pereira 50-1
Zach Johnson 55-1
Talor Gooch 55-1
Ryan Moore 60-1
Harold Varner 60-1
Patton Kizzire 66-1
Lucas Glover 66-1
Chez Reavie 66-1
Doug Ghim 66-1
Hank Lebioda 66-1
MacKenzie Hughes 70-1
Ryan Armour 80-1
Luke List 80-1
Doc Redman 80-1
Brendon Todd 80-1
Chris Kirk 80-1
Lanto Griffin 80-1
Rory Sabbatini 80-1
Adam Schenk 80-1
C.T. Pan 80-1
Joel Dahmen 80-1
Keith Mitchell 100-1
Patrick Rodgers 100-1
Kramer Hickok 100-1
Kyle Stanley 100-1
Adam Hadwin 100-1
Matt Jones 100-1
Jim Herman 100-1
Mark Hubbard 100-1
Dylan Frittelli 100-1
Andrew Putnam 100-1
Bo Hoag 100-1
Roger Sloan 100-1
Scott Piercy 100-1
Francesco Molinari 100-1
Tom Lewis 100-1
Brandon Hagy 100-1
Henrik Norlander 125-1
Adam Long 125-1
Scott Stallings 125-1
Matt Kuchar 125-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 125-1
Michael Thompson 125-1
Sepp Straka 125-1
Brian Stuard 125-1
Aaron Wise 125-1
Sam Ryder 150-1
Byeong Hun An 150-1
Brice Garnett 150-1
Richy Werenski 150-1
Martin Laird 150-1
Joseph Bramlett 150-1
Jason Dufner 200-1
Camilo Villegas 200-1
Matthew NeSmith 200-1
Nick Taylor 200-1
Wyndham Clark 200-1
Vincent Whaley 200-1
James Hahn 200-1
Russell Knox 200-1
Beau Hossler 200-1
Anirban Lahiri 200-1
Satoshi Kodaira 200-1
Harry Higgs 250-1
Denny McCarthy 250-1
Nate Lashley 250-1
Will Gordon 250-1
Tom Hoge 250-1
Sean O’Hair 250-1
Chesson Hadley 250-1
Bo Van Pelt 250-1
Akshay Bhatia 250-1
Kevin Tway 250-1
Scott Brown 250-1
Chase Seiffert 300-1
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 300-1
Davis Thompson 300-1
Aaron Baddeley 300-1
Mark Anderson 300-1
Alex Smalley 300-1
Vaughn Taylor 300-1
Hudson Swafford 300-1
John Augenstein 300-1
Austin Cook 300-1
J.J. Spaun 300-1
Robby Shelton 300-1
Padraig Harrington 300-1
Tyler Duncan 300-1
Nick Watney 300-1
Cameron Percy 300-1

PGA Tour: WGC/FedEx/St. Jude Wrap

August 8, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

WGC-FedEx St. Jude Wrap-Up

Abraham Ancer overcame a 4-stroke deficit in the final round to become the fourth player from Mexico to win on the PGA Tour. It was his first event “W” in his first playoff on Tour. Ancer became the seventh player to make a World Golf Championship his first career PGA Tour victory.

Sudden death playoff also-ran Sam Burns carded eight final-round birdies in bid to become the season’s seventh multiple winner, but settled for T-2 with Hideki Matsuyama.

After holding a two-stroke lead after each of the first three rounds, Harris English carded a 5-over (40) on the inward nine and missed the sudden death playoff with missed birdie putt on his final hole.

Playing in the final pairing with English, Bryson DeChambeau recorded three bogeys and a double bogey on the back nine to close in 6-over (41) on Back 9.

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WGC FedEx St. Jude Final Leaderboard

*Abraham Ancer 67-62-67-68—264 (-16)

Sam Burns 66-64-70-64—264 (-16)

Hideki Matsuyama 68-69-64-63—264 (-16)

Harris English 62-65-65-73—265 (-15)

*won with a birdie on the second hole of sudden death

PGA Tour: WGC-FedEx St Jude Final

August 8, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

MEMPHIS – Harris English tied Tiger Woods for the lowest 54-hole mark in tournament history with 18-under 192 and is seeking to become the third wire-to-wire winner in tournament history.

Bryson DeChambeau (T-2) birdied four of his last seven holes for a 7-under (63).

Cam Smith (T-2) birdied two of his final three holes to sit T2 in search of his fourth career PGA Tour victory.

Both English and DeChambeau are attempting to become the only three-time winner of the 2020-21 PGA Tour season

WGC-FedEx St. Jude Leaderboard After 54 Holes:

Harris English 62-65-65—192 (-18)

Bryson DeChambeau 65-66-63—194 (-16)

Cam Smith 67-62-65—194 (-16)

Abraham Ancer 67-62-67—196 (-14)

Scottie Scheffler 65-65-67—197 (-13)

Ian Poulter 64-66-67—197 (-13)

Harris English Leads After 36 at FedEx/St. Jude

August 7, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

World Golf Championship | FedEx/St. Jude Invitational

COURSE: TPC Southwind (Memphis, Tenn)

YARDS/PAR: 7,233 yards/Par 70

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $10,500,000/$1,890,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Justin Thomas (2020)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 3,240/550

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WGCFedEx

OFFICIAL SITE: (FedEx St. Jude Invitational)

TV COVERAGE: Today, August 7, Round 3 coverage 12:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. Then, CBS takes over from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, July 18: Golf Channel opens final round coverage 12:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: Streaming coverage today and Sunday as PGA Tour Live has their regular online coverage 11:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live weekend coverage beginning at 1:00pm (EDT) until 6:00pm (EDT) or conclusion. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92)

How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)

FedEx St. Jude Invitational: Notebook After 36 Holes

First-round leader Harris English tied the second-lowest 36-hole mark in tournament history with 13-under (127). English finished inside the Top-3 in two of his last three PGA Tour starts (3rd/U.S. Open, P1/Travelers Championship) and, most recently, finished T-46 at The Open Championship.

Cam Smith tied the all-time PGA Tour record for fewest putts in a round with (18).

Scottie Scheffler is T-4 at (-10) and is seeking to become the second player in history to finish runner-up in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and win the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in the same season (Tiger Woods, 2000).

WGC-FedEx St. Jude Leaderboard After 36 Holes:

Harris English 62-65—127 (-13)

Cam Smith 67-62—129 (-11)

Abraham Ancer 67-62—129 (-11)

Ian Poulter 64-66—130 (-10)

Sam Burns 66-64—130 (-10)

Scottie Scheffler 65-65—130 (-10)

PGA Tour’s World Golf Championship FedEx St. Jude Round 2

August 6, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

FedEx St. Jude Invitational

COURSE: TPC Southwind (Memphis, Tenn)

YARDS/PAR: 7,233 yards/Par 70

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $10,500,000/$1,890,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Justin Thomas (2020)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 3,240/550

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WGCFedEx

OFFICIAL SITE: (FedEx St. Jude Invitational)

TV COVERAGE: Today, August 6: From 12:00pm to 5:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel.

On Saturday, August 7, Round 3 coverage 12:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. Then, CBS takes over from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, July 18: Golf Channel opens final round coverage 12:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: Streaming coverage today, from 10:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT) on PGA Tour Live. On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Live will stream 11:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of the FedEx-St.Jude today with the broadcast from 11:00am (EDT) to 5:00pm (EDT). Weekend coverage on Sirius XM Radio begins at 1:00pm (EDT) until 6:00pm (EDT) or conclusion. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92)

In his first WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational since 2016 (Firestone CC), Harris English tied his career-low score by carding birdies on seven of his first nine holes. English tied TPC Southwind’s lowest 9-hole score of (28).

English’s first of four career PGA Tour titles was the 2013 FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind.

With his 6-under (64), Jim Herman extended his streak of par-or-better rounds on the PGA Tour this season to 13 and sits T-2.

Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz opened his first WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitationalwith a bogey-free 6-under (64), also T-2.

Coming off Top-10 finishes in two of his last three starts in this event, England’s Ian Poulter opened with 6-under (64) and is also T-2.

Defending champion Justin Thomas sits T-13 at 3-under (67), in striking distance.

WGC-FedEx St. Jude Leaderboard After 18:

Harris English 62 (-8)

Jim Herman 64 (-6)

Carlos Ortiz 64 (-6)

Matthew Wolff 64 (-6)

Ian Poulter 64 (-6)

World Golf FedEx St. Jude Tees-Off

August 5, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

MEMPHIS – Players representing 15 countries are in the 66-player field for the FedEx St. Jude, the final World Golf Championship event of the season and only two weeks remain until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Top-ranked Jon Rahm is not in the field after testing positive for COVID-19. He and Bryson DeChambeau were forced to withdraw from the men’s competition at the Tokyo Olympics last weekend. DeChambeau passed his testing protocols and will play this week. The only other Top-50 player not in the field is Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who has reached his max of 12 starts as a non-PGA Tour member.

Dustin Johnson is a two-time winner of the FedEx St. Jude Classic and has won six career WGC events. He’s posted 13 consecutive rounds under par at TPC Southwind.

Tommy Fleetwood is the only PGA Tour member in the field that has not secured full-time membership for the 2021-22 season. Fleetwood enters the week No. 133 in the FedExCup standings and trails No. 125 Rickie Fowler by 34.14 points (roughly a two-way T-28 this week). If Fleetwood is inside the Top 125 after next week’s Wyndham Championship, he will qualifies for the FedExCup Playoffs and secures his PGA TOUR card for the 2021-22 season. If he is between No. 126-150 after the Wyndham Championship, he will have limited status on the Tour in 2021-22.

Also being contested this week is the Barracuda Championship, offering 300 FedExCup points to the winner, which is one of three events remaining in the 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season. The field includes three of the nine players who have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in every season since inception of the FedExCup (2007-present) – Brandt Snedeker (No. 91), Matt Kuchar (No. 120) and Ryan Moore (No. 140), as well as 20 of the 25 players between Nos. 126-150 in the standings.

PGA Tour: Preview of World Golf/FedEx/St. Jude Invitational

August 4, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

FedEx St. Jude Invitational Preview

COURSE: TPC Southwind (Memphis, Tenn)

ARCHITECT: Ron Pritchard

YARDS/PAR: 7,233 yards/Par 70

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $10,500,000/$1,890,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Justin Thomas (2020)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 3,240/550

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WGCFedEx

OFFICIAL SITE: (FedEx St. Jude Invitational)

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TV COVERAGE: Thursday, August 5 and Friday, August 6: From 12:00pm to 5:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel.

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: Streaming coverage on Thursday and Friday, from 10:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT) on PGA Tour Live. On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Live will stream 11:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of the FedEx-St.Jude with Thursday and Friday broadcasts from 11:00am (EDT) to 5:00pm (EDT). Weekend coverage on Sirius XM Radio begins at 1:00pm (EDT) until 6:00pm (EDT) or conclusion. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92).

FedEx St. Jude Invitational: Notebook

This week, 48 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, including nine of the top 10. Only the (2021) Masters Tournament, PGA Championship and (2021) U.S. Open have had more top 50 players in the field during the 2020-21 season.

In each of the last five years (including three prior to the move to TPC Southwind), the winner of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational has entered the week in the top three of both the FedExCup standings and the Official World Golf Ranking. Collin Morikawa (No. 1 FEC, No. 3 OWGR) is the only player in the field that can extend the streak to six.

The FedEx St. Jude Invitational is truly the home stretch of the PGA Tour regular season as it prepares for the FedExCup Playoffs. Three players in the field are between Nos. 120-135 in the FedExCup standings with just two weeks remaining in the regular season: Adam Scott (123), Tommy Fleetwood (133) and Justin Rose (134). Scott and Rose are among the nine players that have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007. The FedExCup Playoffs begin at The Northern Trust (8/22/21) with the top 125 ranked players in the playoff field.