Jamie's Golf Previews

The Players Championship A 4 hour drive north along the Florida coast takes the players from their stay at Palm Beach to Ponte Vedra Beach, Jacksonville, Florida. Where the elite golf continues at TPC Sawgrass for The Players Championship, the unofficial 5th major in the golfing calendar in most punter’s eyes. For reference, the 2020 edition was unfortunately abandoned after round 1 due to the rise in onsite Covid cases, it was after Matsuyama shot a great first round 63. Can the players get through 4 rounds without being victim to the short Par 3 17th? Standing at just 137 yards, players shoot into an island green over water onto a slopping green, when the wind is up the hole is an absolute brute. TPC Sawgrass - Par 72 – 7189 yards approx. - 4 x Par 3s, 10 x Par 4s, 4 x Par 5s - Pete Dye design - Shot shapers golf course - 3 out of 4 Par 3s, 180 yards and below. - 5/10 Par 4s all below 425 yards - All 4 Par 5s reachable in 2 for most players, all under 580 yards. A...

 The PGA Tour succumbed to yet another 100/1+ winner this calendar year last week at the Cognizant Classic, this came in the form of Austin Eckroat, as he ball struck his way to victory by finishing 4 th in the field for Strokes Gained: Off the Tee, 5 th for Strokes Gained: Approach and 1 st for Greens in Regulation where he hit over 80% of them! It was a full place return for our 22/1 selection Cam Young in the blog last week to scrape some returns for us back. 35/1 Keith Mitchel was unfortunately 1 stroke off the places! Let’s hope for more this week! Arnold Palmer Invitational  Just the 69 players travel north up the East coast of America to Orlando where they will compete this week at Bay Hill Club & Lodge for the 4 th signature event of the year after it was advised before last season that the Tour were introducing several elevated events with an increased purse alongside the majors. If players thought they had it tough last week at PGA National, then their ...