Arnold Palmer Invitational Preview

Event Name:	Arnold Palmer Invitational
Course:	Bay Hill Club and Lodge
Where:	Orlando, FL
Dates of the event:	March 19-22
Course Yardage:	7,381
Par:	72
Defending Champ:	Matt Every
Purse:	$6,200,000
Media Coverage:	Golf Channel (Thursday & Friday) NBC (Saturday & Sunday)

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Last season, Matt Every was able to shoot a 70 in the final round to claim his first PGA title at Bay Hill. He will return to Orlando to attempt to repeat.

Tiger not teeing it up at Bay Hill. 

Players in the field:

Rory McIlroy	Sang-Moon Bae	Matt Every
Adam Scott	John Senden	Davis Love III
Webb Simpson	Keegan Bradley	Vijay Singh
Scott Stallings	Hideki Matsuyama	Angel Cabrera
Padraig Harrington	Graeme McDowell	Paul Casey
Kevin Streelman	K.J. Choi	Billy Horschel
Francesco Molinari	Charles Howell III	Kevin Na
Ryo Ishikawa	Camilo Villegas	Zach Johnson
Jason Day	Matt Jones	Bubba Watson
Ernie Els	Harris English	Gonzalo Fernandez- Castano
Rickie Fowler	Martin Laird	Ian Poulter
Gary Woodland	Seung-Yul Noh	Brandt Snedeker

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Last Year’s Top 10:

Place	Player	Score
1	Matt Every	-13
2	Keegan Bradley	-12
3	Adam Scott	-11
4	Jason Kokrak	-10
T5	Henrik Stenson	-9
	Erik Compton
	Francesco Molinari

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Last Year’s Notable Finishers:

Place	Player	Score
T10	Graeme McDowell	-6
T20	Gary Woodland	-4
T26	Chesson Hadley	-3
T35	Aaron Baddeley	-1
T52	Patrick Reed	+1
Cut	Stuart Appleby
	Justin Rose
	Lee Westwood
	Jeff Overton

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Hahn get first PGA win

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For the second time in the last three weeks a PGA Tour event came down playoff holes. This time James Hahn was able to defeat Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey to win the 2015 Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. This was his first Tour victory. He was able to make a putt on the third playoff hole to get the W.

Retief Goosen led after three rounds but crumbled on the last 18 holes. He shot 75 in the final round. He is still winless in the last six seasons.

Sergio Garcia went bogey, bogey on 17 and 18 to miss the playoff by one shot.

Honda Classic Preview

Top 10:

Place	Player	Score
1	James Hahn	-6
T2	Dustin Johnson	-6
T2	Paul Casey
T4	Hideki Matsuyama	-5
	Keegan Bradley
	Jordan Spieth
	Sergio Garcia
T8	Sang-Moon Bae	-4
	Graham DeLaet
	Retief Goosen
	Kyle Reifers

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Notable Finishers:

Place	Player	Score
T12	Vijay Singh	-3
T14	Bubba Watson	-2
T30	Charley Hoffman	+1
T41	Jimmy Walker	+3
74	Brandt Snedeker	+15
CUT	Luke Donald
	Davis Love III
	Ryo Ishikawa
	Ernie Els
WD	Mike Weir

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FedEx Cup Standings

Place	Player	Score
1	Jimmy Walker	1113
2	Bubba Watson	888
3	Robert Streb	879
4	Sang-Moon Bae	834
5	Jason Day	810

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Photo By: Jeff Gross

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Honda Classic Preview

Event Name:	Honda Classic
Course:	PGA National
Where:	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Dates of the event:	February 26- March 1
Course Yardage:	7,241
Par:	70
Defending Champ:	Russell Henley
Purse:	6,100,000
Media Coverage:	Golf Channel (Thursday & Friday) NBC (Saturday & Sunday)

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Russell Henley will return to PGA National defend the title that he won last season in a four man playoff. One of the players, Rory McIlroy, will be making his first PGA Tour start of the 2015 season. He has been on the European Tour where he picked up a win at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic earlier this season.

Players in the field:

Rory McIlroy	Phil Mickelson	Justin Rose
Charl Schwartzel	Martin Kaymer	Brooks Koepka
Ernie Els	Matt Every	Stewart Cink
Keegan Bradley	Luke Donald	Rickie Fowler
Sergio Garcia	Lucas Glover	Ryo Ishikawa
Zach Johnson	Hideki Matsuyama	Francesco Molinari
Scott Stallings	Boo Weekly	Mark Wilson
Lee Westwood	Jhonattan Vegas	Vijay Singh
Patrick Reed	Ian Poulter	Billy Horschel
Russell Henley	Harris English	Paul Casey
Sang- Moon Bae	Robert Allenby	Jason Dufner

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Last Year’s Top 10:

Place	Player	Score
1	Russell Henley	-8
T2	Rory McIlroy
	Ryan Palmer
	Russell Knox
5	Billy Hurley	-7

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Last Year’s Notable Finishers:

Place	Player	Score
T8	Sergio Garcia	-5
T12	Adam Scott	-4
T33	Zach Johnson	-2
T46	Lee Westwood	E
CUT	Phil Mickelson
CUT	Martin Kaymer

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Farmers Insurance Open Preview

Event Name:	Farmers Insurance Open
Course:	Torrey Pines South
Where:	San Diego, CA
Dates of the event:	February 5-8
Course Yardage:	7,569
Par:	72
Defending Champ:	Scott Stallings
Purse:	6,300,000
Media Coverage:	Golf Channel (Thursday/Friday)                                   CBS (Saturday/Sunday)

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One of my favorite tournaments on the PGA Tour is the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The course is beautiful and quite challenging.

Dustin Johnson returns to the PGA Tour after taking the last five months off because he wanted to seek professional help for personal challenges. He has won at least one event each year since 2008. You may expect him to come out hot but he may some rust to knock off.

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Players in the field:

Tiger Woods	Dustin Johnson	Paul Casey
Phil Mickelson	Jimmy Walker	Hideki Matsuyama
Rickie Fowler	Camilo Villegas	Davis Love III
Jordan Spieth	Luke Donald	Ryo Ishikawa
Justin Rose	Ryo Ishikawa	Angel Cabrera
J. B. Holmes	K.J. Choi	Stewart Cink
Jason Day	Jeff Overton	Seung Yul Noh
Marc Leishman	Padraig Harrington	Bill Haas
Charley Hoffman	Sung Joon Park	Rory Sabbatini
John Senden	Harris English	Brandt Snedeker
Scott Stallings	Nick Watney	Mike Weir

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Last Year’s Top 10:

Place	Player	Score
1	Scott Stallings	-9
T2	K.J. Choi	-8
	Graham DeLaet
	Jason Day
	Pat Perez
	Marc Leishman
T7	Charley Hoffman	-7
	Ryo Ishikawa
	Will MacKenzie
T10	Seung-Yul Noh	-6
	Russell Knox
	Justin Thomas
	Brad Fritsch
	Gary Woodland

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Last Year’s Notable Finishers:

Place	Player	Score
T16	Keegan Bradley	-5
T19	Jordan Spieth	-4
T43	Bill Haas	E
T47	Hunter Mahan	+1
MDF	Tiger Woods
CUT	Jimmy Walker
CUT	Rickie Fowler
CUT	Vijay Singh
WD	Phil Mickelson

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Haas shoots 67 to win the Humana Challenge

Bill Haas was able to shoot four rounds in the 60s en route to his sixth PGA Tour title.

He was able to hold off beat Charley Hoffman, Brendan Steele, Sung Joon Park, Steve Wheatcroft, and Matt Kuchar by one stroke.

Phil Mickelson could not recover from a first round 71. He finished at -15 tied for 24.

The Tour will move on to TPC Scottsdale. You can view the preview of next week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open here.

Top 10:

Player	Place	Score
Bill Haas	1	-22
Charley Hoffman	T2	-21
Brendan Steele
Sung Joon Park
Steve Wheatcroft
Matt Kuchar
Webb Simpson	T7	-20
Boo Weekly
Justin Thomas
Colt Knost	T10	-19
Francesco Molinari
Ryan Palmer
Erik Compton

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Notable Finishers:

Player	Place	Score
David Toms	T24	-15
Patrick Reed
Harris English	T30	-14
Billy Horschel	T41	-13
Keegan Bradley	T48	-12
Paul Casey	CUT
Zach Johnson	CUT
Ryo Ishikawa	CUT

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FedEx Cup Standings

Player	Place	Score
Jimmy Walker	1	957
Robert Streb	2	814
Charley Hoffman	3	575
Sang-Moon Bae	4	721
Ben Martin	5	655

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Humana Challenge Preview

Event Name:	Humana Challenge
Courses:	Arnold Palmer at PGA West- Host Course Jack Nicklaus at PGA West La Quinta Country Club
Where:	La Quinta, CA
Dates of the event:	1/22-1/25
Course Yardage:	Palmer: 6,950 Nicklaus: 6,924 La Quinta: 7,060
Par:	All three courses are par 72
Defending Champ:	Patrick Reed
Purse:	$5,700,000
Media Coverage:	Golf Channel

Welcome back Lefty! Phil Mickelson is making his first appearance of the season at the Humana Challenge. This is his first start since the Ryder Cup. He will be looking to get off to a hot start in 2015 because his 2014 season was awful. Lefty had twelve top 25 finishes. The highest finish he had was second at the PGA Championship to Rory McIlory.

Defending champ, Patrick Reed will look to become the first repeat champion since Johnny Miller did it in 1975-76. At this event last season he became the third player to win this event wire-to-wire.

Players in the field:

Phil Mickelson Patrick Reed JJ Henry Kevin Streelman Keegan Bradley Jason Dufner Billy Horschel Matt Kutcher Francesco Molinari Tim Clark Ben Crane Charley Hoffman Kevin Na Jhonattan Vegas

Scott Stallings Luke Donald D.J. Trahan Paul Casey Chad Campbell Stewart Cink John Daly Ryo Ishikawa Ryan Moore Sung Joon Park Rory Sabbatini Mark Wilson Scott Piercy Ryan Palmer

Retief Goosen Lucas Glover Mike Weir Scott Verplank Brandt Snedeker David Toms Bo Van Pelt Nick Watney Jerry Kelly Charles Howell III Bill Haas Jeff Overton Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño

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Last Year’s Top 10:

Player	Place	Score
Patrick Reed	1	-28
Ryan Palmer	2	-26
Zach Johnson	T3	-25
Justin Leonard	T3
Brian Stuard	5	-24
Bill Haas	T6	-23
Brendon Todd	T6
Chad Collins	8	-22
Stuart Appleby	T9	-21
Charlie Beljan
Ben Crane
Charley Hoffman

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Last Year’s Notable Finishers:

Player	Place	Score
Jerry Kelly	T13	-20
Keegan Bradley	T18	-19
Webb Simpson	T23	-18
Ryo Ishikawa	T25	-17
Rickie Fowler	T44	-16
Kevin Na	T48	-14
J.J Henry	T82	-7

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Sony Open in Hawaii Preview

Event Name:	Sony Open in Hawaii
Course:	Waialae CC
Where:	Honolulu, HI
Dates of the event:	January 15-18, 2015
Course Yardage:	7044
Par:	70
Defending Champ:	Jimmy Walker
Purse:	$5,600,000
Media Coverage:	Golf Channel

The PGA Tour hula dances into the capital of Hawaii to partake in the Sony Open. This is the first full field in 2015. Jimmy Walker returns to the place where he shot a -7 63 on Sunday en route to the victory. It was his second career win. Nine of the last ten winners will return to Waialae CC. The last person to win back-to-back titles was “The Big Easy” Ernie Els in 2003 and 2004.

Last Year’s Top 10:

Player	Place	Score
Jimmy Walker	1	-17
Chris Kirk	2	-16
Jerry Kelly	3	-15
Harris English	4	-14
Marc Leishman	5	-13
Brian Stuard	6	-12
Jeff Overton	7	-11
Charles Howell III	T8	-10
Adam Scott
Matt Kuchar
Kevin Na
Matt Every
Hudson Swafford
Ryan Palmer
Zach Johnson
Hideto Tanihara
Retief Goosen
Pat Perez
Will Wilcox

Last Year’s Notable Finishers:

Player	Place	Score
Stewart Cink	T20	-9
K.J. Choi	T20	-9
Jason Dufner	T32	-8
Sang-Moon Bae	T32	-7
Mark Wilson	T51	-4
Jordan Spieth	CUT

Players in the field:

Jimmy Walker

Jason Day

Angel Cabrera

Tim Clark

Luke Donald

Zach Johnson

Webb Simpson

Kevin Streelman

Sang-Moon Bae

Paul Casey

Stewart Cink

K.J. Choi

Fred Funk

Lucas Glover

Matt Every

J.J. Henry

Davis Love III

Hideki Matsuyama

Kevin Na

Geoff Ogilvy

Chris Kirk

Jerry Kelly

Francesco Molinari

Carl Pettersson

Vijay Singh

Brendon Todd

Camilo Villegas

Jhonattan Vegas

Mark Wilson

Boo Weekly

JB Holmes

Scott Piercy

Yusaku Miyazato

Gary Woodland

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