Page 41 - Grayson Murray News Today

Former NCAA Division II golf standout wins Kentucky’s only PGA Tour event in a playoff after dramatic 72nd hole.

The Barbasol Championship heads into the final round Sunday giving bettors one final opportunity to cash in on the action at Keene Trace Golf Club. PGA TOUR rookie Trevor Cone took the lead with a 63 and looks to overcome veteran Lucas Glover, fellow youngster Vincent Norrman and a slew of DP World Tour members looking to claim the silverware in this co-sanctioned event.

4 unmissable events: World class golf tournaments elevated to unmissable sporting occasions.

PGA Tour odds, picks, and predictions for the Barbasol Championship. PGA Tour arrives at The Keene Trace Golf Club from July 13-16.

The fifth, and perhaps final, edition of the PGA Barbasol Championship will be held this week in Nicholasville. Here’s a guide to pro golf’s annual stop in Central Kentucky.

The Barbasol Championship is set to return to Kentucky for the fifth time, in its second year as a co-sanctioned event with the DP World Tour.

Jonas Blixt heated up on the back nine at TPC Deere Run on Thursday, playing his last six holes in 6 under for a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead over Grayson Murray in the first round of the John Deere Classic. Murray was 8 under through 13 holes but stalled from there. Cameron Young, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 19, also closed with a bogey and was part of a big group three shots back.

Zach Johnson did not hide his disappointment.  It has become nearly automatic for the Iowa native and 12-time PGA Tour winner to break 70 in the first round of the John Deere Classic.  That didn’t happen Thursday morning.  Johnson failed to make a birdie in his first 14 holes and finished with a 1-over 72 […]

BASKETBALL

Opening-round 64 at John Deere Classic, playing up from Korn Ferry Tour