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Picking a winner before the Masters begins is a fool s errand. In a field so strong and in a game so voilatile, predicting the outcome with confidence is almost impossible.
The best anyone can hope to do is weigh up each player s current form and history at Augusta National, contemplate his skill set and apply it to the intracicies of the golf course, and then hope for the best.
The Masters is famous for its surprise winners just as much as it is for its coronations of champions, and the twists and turns that take place right until the 18th hole on Sunday and sometimes beyond are what seperates this from the other majors.
2020 Season
Ended the PGA TOUR season with 12 made cuts in 19 starts and failed to advance to the FedExCup Playoffs, finishing No. 136 in the standings. Recorded five top-25s, highlighted by a 17th-place finish at the Barracuda Championship.
2019 Season
Qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs for the second consecutive season and fourth total, finishing the season at No. 80 in the FedExCup standings. Claimed three top-10s and made 11 of 26 cuts, highlighted by a T2 at the CIMB Classic.
U.S. Open: Earned first career top-10 in a major championship with a T9 at the U.S. Open. Made birdie-or-better on eight of the 12 par 5s, tied with Aaron Wise for best in the field.
SAN ANTONIO The co-leaders after three rounds at the Valero Texas Open spoke on a darkening Saturday night about their hopes to play hard and well for one more day.
Jordan Spieth, Matt Wallace lead by two at Valero Texas Open April 03, 2021
Jordan Spieth, Matt Wallace lead at 12-under after Round 3 at Valero
SAN ANTONIO Jordan Spieth shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to move into a tie for the lead heading into the final round of the Valero Texas Open.
Spieth and Englishman Matt Wallace are at 12 under after each player birdied their final two holes of the day. Wallace also posted a 67, and Charley Hoffman is alone in third at 10 under after shooting a 65.
Hoffman was seven shots back after a bogey at No. 4, but he finished up with six birdies and sank a five-foot eagle putt at the 14th. He won here five years ago.
Steve Stricker’s wild day ends with 2-under 70
Steve Stricker birdies No. 17 in Round 1 at THE PLAYERS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Steve Stricker figures he got tired on his second nine in the first round of THE PLAYERS Championship on Thursday.
You can hardly blame him.
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Stricker woke up at home in Naples, some 325 miles south of here, but rushed to the course by private jet – about a 45-minute flight – after learning he would get into the field as an alternate, replacing Justin Rose, who withdrew with a bad back. The transportation committee left him a car at the St. Augustine airport, and Stricker, 54, got in and zoomed north.