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Golf PGSF FedEx Cup Week 13 The Texas Children's Houston Open

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The PGA TOUR heads to Houston for the Texas Children's Houston Open, contested at Memorial Park Golf Course. Stephan Jaeger returns to defend his title from 2024 where he denied Scottie Scheffler earning a third win from three starts. Rory McIlroy will make his first start at the Texas Children's Houston Open since 2014.
The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based on the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories.
Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all Full-Field Events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with "reshuffle" notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred.

Note: An additional year of eligibility was granted to some categories because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
See who will be teeing it up:
Sunday, March 23

Brandon Matthews (out, W/D)
Saturday, March 22
Vince Covello (in, sponsor exemption)
Andrew Putnam (out, W/D)
Friday, March 21
Brian Campbell (out, W/D)
Winner - THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)
McIlroy, Rory
Scheffler, Scottie
Winner - PGA/U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)
Clark, Wyndham
Woodland, Gary
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, The Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)
Kitayama, Kurt
Tournament winner in past two seasons
Detry, Thomas
Dunlap, Nick
Echavarria, Nico
Eckroat, Austin
English, Harris
Finau, Tony
Fowler, Rickie
Gotterup, Chris
Grillo, Emiliano
Hall, Harry
Hardy, Nick
Highsmith, Joe
Hodges, Lee
Hughes, Mackenzie
Jaeger, Stephan
Kim, Si Woo
Kizzire, Patton
Knapp, Jake
List, Luke
Malnati, Peter
McCarty, Matt
McNealy, Maverick
Molinari, Francesco
Moore, Taylor
Norrman, Vincent
Pendrith, Taylor
Power, Seamus
Rai, Aaron
Riley, Davis
Svensson, Adam
Taylor, Nick
Theegala, Sahith
Thompson, Davis
van Rooyen, Erik
Vegas, Jhonattan
Vilips, Karl
Villegas, Camilo
Wallace, Matt
Yu, Kevin
Career money exemption
Palmer, Ryan
Snedeker, Brandt
Sponsor exemption (DP World Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Q-SChool category)
Burgoon, Bronson
Sponsor exemption (PGA TOUR member not otherwise exempt)
Harrington, Padraig
Johnson, Zach
Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)
Kent, Noah
Springer, Hayden
Walker, Jimmy
Westmoreland, Kyle
PGA Section Champion/Player of the Year
Sainz Jr, Carlos
Top 30 in the prior year's FedExCup standings
Im, Sungjae
Schenk, Adam
Top 70 in the prior year's FedExCup standings
Hadwin, Adam
Cole, Eric
Greyserman, Max
Rodgers, Patrick
Lee, Min Woo
Griffin, Ben
Hubbard, Mark
Perez, Victor
Top 125 in the prior year's FedExCup Fall standings
Hossler, Beau
Novak, Andrew
Lower, Justin
Ghim, Doug
Mitchell, Keith
Fishburn, Patrick
Hoey, Rico
Young, Carson
Stevens, Sam
Hoffman, Charley
Hisatsune, Ryo
Phillips, Chandler
Schmid, Matti
Spaun, J.J.
Lipsky, David
Kohles, Ben
Pan, C.T.
Whaley, Vince
Kim, Michael
Lee, K.H.
Meissner, Mac
Sigg, Greyson
Højgaard, Nicolai
Kim, Chan
Bridgeman, Jacob
Silverman, Ben
Ramey, Chad
Lashley, Nate
Fox, Ryan
Norlander, Henrik
Smalley, Alex
Skinns, David
Valimaki, Sami
Dahmen, Joel
Ryder, Sam
Major medical extension
Montgomery, Taylor
Mullinax, Trey
Willett, Danny
Gordon, Will
Martin, Ben
Leading points winner from DP World Tour
Højgaard, Rasmus
PGA TOUR University 2024 No. 1
Thorbjornsen, Michael
Leading 10 players (not otherwise exempt) on DP World Tour
Lawrence, Thriston
Waring, Paul
Svensson, Jesper
Norgaard, Niklas
Manassero, Matteo
Olesen, Thorbjørn
Rozner, Antoine
Hoshino, Rikuya
Players 2-30 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List
McGreevy, Max
Capan III, Frankie
Fisk, Steven
Widing, Tim
Dickson, Taylor
Higgs, Harry
Rosenmueller, Thomas
Mouw, William
Cummins, Quade
Gerard, Ryan
Roy, Kevin
Del Solar, Cristobal
Velo, Kevin
Thornberry, Braden
Peterson, Paul
Salinda, Isaiah
Suber, Jackson
Paul, Jeremy
Andersen, Mason
Pak, John
Ventura, Kris
Onishi, Kaito
Castillo, Ricky
Cone, Trevor
Walker, Danny
Potgieter, Aldrich
Goodwin, Noah
Top five and ties from PGA TOUR Q-School
Griffin, Lanto
Buckley, Hayden
Kanaya, Takumi
Tosti, Alejandro
Chandler, Will
Riedel, Matthew



Congratulations again to last week's winner @Bill From Tampa

In the overall season leaderboard no changes at the top, @seminoleed maintains the lead as we head to Texas

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Football Seminole Sidelines: Tommy Castellanos, FSU's RBs and walk-off baseball win

On Wednesday's edition of the Osceola's Seminole Sidelines, Patrick Burnham and Curt Weiler give updates on FSU's football practice, discuss our feature story on Tommy Castellanos, analyze the running back room and reflect on an epic walk-off baseball win as FSU knocked off Florida.

Curt made the trip to Jacksonville and gives his impressions of a wild ninth inning, with Alex Lodise smacking a grand slam to complete the cycle and take the 8-4 win.

Thanks to Seminole Sidelines' sponsors: Alumni Hall and Mowrey Law Firm.

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Football FSU QB Tommy Castellanos' journey from high-school underdog to his dream school

Out of high school, Tommy Castellanos probably could have gone to his dream school but not as a QB.

The Ware County legend bet on himself, is now an FSU QB after stops at UCF and BC and is turning heads with his on-field ability and natural leadership as he begins practicing with an FSU football team in desperate need of both those things.

Tennis FSU men travel to face Duke, UNC

FSU sports information:

The Florida State men’s tennis team returns to the Tar Heel state for the final regular season road trip to face No. 13 Duke and North Carolina.

FSU will face Duke at 5 p.m. on Friday before moving to Chapel Hill to meet North Carolina at 12 p.m. on Sunday.

The Seminoles notched two conference wins with 4-2 victories over No. 16 Clemson and Georgia Tech over the weekend. Corey Craig dished out one of his signature performances over Clemson on Court 1, winning 12 of the 15 games to run away with a 6-2, 6-1 win. The No. 14 player in the nation is unbeaten at home in ACC play, winning six of seven completed sets with nine ranked wins to his name.

Jamie Connel powered through Georgia Tech on Court 2, pulling through the first set 6-4 before winning six of the final seven games to punctuate his performance. Connel is 5-1 in conference play including two road singles wins over No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 10 California.

Erik Schiessl and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif played crucial roles in securing both team wins as each player won their singles match on Courts 4 and 5 respectively. Dous-Karpenschif clinched the match-winner over No. 16 Clemson before securing his 10th win of the spring in straight sets over Georgia Tech. Schiessl earned his 10th win of the season over Clemson before clinching the match over Georgia Tech following a three-set comeback.

Live video and stats will be available on Seminoles.com.

Football Recruiting Florida State made it clear to Jake Kreul that he is a top priority for them

Rivals100 Edge Jake Kreul made it back on campus for another look at Florida State on Thursday and the four-star had some positive things to say about his visit. The new coaching staff (and returning) really made a point to let him know how much of a priority he is to them as they battle 11 other teams for one of Kreul's five official visits.

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Football Travis Hunter to receive Biletnikoff Award in Tallahassee

Former FSU commitment Travis Hunter will visit Tallahassee this weekend to receive the Biletnikoff Award, given annually to the nation's top receiver.
Here's the press release on the event which will be held Saturday, March 29 at the Tucker Center.



The 2024 Biletnikoff Award winner:
All-America Travis Hunter of Colorado​
Tallahassee, FL - The Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award, will honor All-America receiver Travis Hunter of Colorado as the 2024 winner of the Biletnikoff Award and Foundation scholarship winners at the sold-out 31st annual Biletnikoff Award Banquet, a black-tie event, before 700 patrons on March 29, 2025, at the basketball arena at Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida.

The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back, and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football's outstanding receiver, not merely college football's outstanding wide receiver. Tight end Kyle Pitts was a finalist in 2020 and other tight ends were semifinalists in prior years. Moreover, the Biletnikoff Award is a single season, not career, award.​
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The Biletnikoff Award's semifinalists, three finalists, and award recipient are selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of 600 prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, Biletnikoff Award winners, and other former receivers. Foundation trustees do not vote and have never voted. For a list of voters, please see BiletnikoffAward.com/voters.

The Biletnikoff Award candidate eligibility and voting criteria, transparently explicit and detailed, are available for review at BiletnikoffAward.com/criteria.

The correlation between Biletnikoff Award winners and stardom in the National Football League is nearly uniformly consistent. Past Biletnikoff Award winners include Calvin Johnson, Randy Moss, Michael Crabtree, Amari Cooper, Golden Tate, Brandin Cooks, the late Terry Glenn, Ja'Marr Chase, DeVonta Smith, and Larry Fitzgerald.
The 501(c)(3) TQC Foundation's charitable mission is the provision of college and vocational scholarships to North Florida high school seniors who have overcome significant challenges to achieve at the highest academic and extracurricular levels. Participation in sports is not a requirement, but does count as an extracurricular activity. The all-volunteer Foundation has provided over 350 scholarships with benefits of over six million dollars through 2025. TQC Founding Trustee & many-times chairman Walter Manley II, serving his 27th year as fundraising chairman, recently announced a goal of 10 million dollars to be awarded in scholarships by 2030.​
The TQC Foundation 2025 scholarship recipients are:

Savannah Chancey, Donald Ralph Cooke School
Alyssa Crouse, Florida State University School
Vanessa Foreman, Wakulla High School
Truman Kelley, St. John Paul II Catholic High School
Trey Lawson III, Crossroad Academy Charter School
Phil Licquia, Lawton Chiles High School
Ryan Linn, Lincoln High School
Emily Novin, Leon High School
Caroline Seaman, St. John Paul II Catholic High School
Hayden Stone, North Florida Christian School
Emily Weller, Leon High School
André Williams, Amos P. Godby High School
Kiya Williamson, Florida State University School​
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Founding Trustee and many-times chairman Walter Manley II presented the beautiful Biletnikoff Award trophy to unanimous 1st-team All America Marvin Harrison Jr. with the 1996 Heisman Memorial Trophy winner and national champion Danny Wuerffel, keynote speaker, at the 30th Biletnikoff Award Banquet on Saturday, March 9, 2024.​
Travis Hunter will be presented the Biletnikoff Award trophy by TQC Foundation Chairman Charles Hopkins, assisted by the 1992 Heisman Memorial Trophy winner and national champion Gino Torretta, keynote speaker, at the black-tie Biletnikoff Award Banquet & Celebration at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The banquet, always sold-out and attended by 700 patrons, was hailed by 2014 keynote speaker Dick Vermeil, as well as by 2013 keynoter Larry Csonka, as "the best banquet in college sports."​
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2025 Biletnikoff Award keynote speaker, Heisman Memorial Trophy Winner, national champion, and College Football Hall of Fame member Gino Torretta​
The banquet has featured distinguished keynoters of profound character and accomplishments including the late Bart Starr, Dick Vermeil, the late Floyd Little, Larry Csonka, Steve Largent, Mike Ditka, the late Don Shula, the late Dan Reeves, Archie Manning, Ron Jaworski, Gene Stallings, Bob Griese, Bill Curry, the late Bobby Bowden, Jim Kelly, Jerry Kramer, Joe Theismann, Dan Fouts, Chad Hennings, Lou Holtz, Aaron Taylor, Archie Griffin, Danny Wuerffel, and Drew Pearson.

The name Biletnikoff is synonymous with the term receiver. Fred Biletnikoff, a member of the pro and college football halls of fame, was a consensus All-America receiver at Florida State University and an All-Pro receiver for the Oakland Raiders. He caught 589 passes for 8,974 yards and 76 touchdowns in his 14-year Raiders career from 1965 through 1978. Fred was the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XI.​
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Football What area of the country produces the best FOOTBALL talent?

I admit, I am biased having grown up in Miami with a father who is a high school teacher and saw a lot of football as a kid, but I’d vote for South Florida and metro Dade in particular.

In no particular order, my top 10 metro areas would include Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Detroit, DC especially if we include Tidewater, New Orleans, Birmingham.

Who am I missing?

On a per capita basis Hwy 84 (South Georgia) has to be right up there.
What are your thoughts?

Baseball Alex Lodise's cycle, walk-off homer lift No. 4 FSU past rival Florida

FSU shortstop Alex Lodise had a game for the ages Tuesday night. He finished FSU's first cycle since 2019 with its first walk-off homer since 2022, a grand slam to lift No. 4 FSU to an 8-4 win over rival Florida in Jacksonville.

Track and Field Terry Long FSU Relays to be held Thursday and Friday

FSU sports information:

The Florida State outdoor track and field teams will start the season at home for the Terry Long FSU Relays on Thursday and Friday.

The meet will begin for the Seminoles on Thursday, starting with the men’s hammer at 3 p.m. Live results will be available.

The Seminoles ended their indoor season on March 15 at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Virginia Beach.

Shenese Walker finished seventh with a lifetime best in the women's 60, tying the fourth-fastest time in school history at (7.18), securing first-team All-America for the second time in her career.

Andre Korbmacher concluded his season earning second team All-America honors in the men's 60-meter hurdles placing 14th with a time of 7.76. Tyson Williams placed behind Korbmacher at 15th (7.77), claiming second team All-America.

Latson, Timpson among 50 finalists for WBCA All-America team

FSU sports information:

Florida State junior guard Ta’Niya Latson and senior forward Makayla Timpson were among the 50 finalists for 10-member Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division 1 Coaches’ All-America team.

The WBCA, founded in 1981, is the professional association for coaches of women’s and girls’ basketball at all competition levels. The WBCA provides opportunities, coaching and educational resources, and advocacy while recognizing excellence in the sport through awards and programs. It plays a key role in growing the game by fostering leadership and networking among coaches.

Latson became the fastest to score 2,000 points in Florida State basketball history and closed out the season as the nation's leading scorer with 25.2 points per game. She set the FSU single-season scoring record on Monday night, passing the mark that Sue Galkantas set in 1981-82 (710), finishing with 731 points.

Timpson owns the FSU career record for double-doubles (46) and rebounds (1,094). She also set FSU single-season record in blocks (103) and rebounds (350), passing her own marks she set as a junior. Timpson also leads Power 4 players with an average 3.12 blocks per game.

Both Timpson and Latson earned AP All-American honors and were named All-ACC First Team. Timpson also made her third All-ACC Defensive team.

NCAA Division I head coaches who are WBCA members may nominate players from their own teams for Coaches’ All-America. They then vote for the top players in their respective regions from among those players who are nominated. The WBCA NCAA Division I Awards Committee, which is composed of head coaches from each region who are elected by their peers, may select up to 12 additional at-large finalists from the remaining pool of nominees.

The committee will meet in Tampa in conjunction with the annual WBCA Convention to select the 2025 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America team to be announced on April 3.
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Football Notes: Luke Petitbon loves challenge at FSU, matchups vs. Darrell Jackson

Luke Petitbon readily acknowledges he doesn't want to reflect or compare what Wake Forest and Dave Clawson did the last few years to what he's experiencing now at Florida State with Mike Norvell and a new coaching staff.

But in discussing the Seminoles' practices through four days of spring practice, Petitbon feels the physicality. And embraces it.

"Practices are physical here for sure," said Petitbon, a two-year starter at Wake. "It’s nice having guys like Darrell Jackson to go against every day. He’s getting me so much better. It’s why I came to a place like Florida State, to go against the best. That’s the biggest thing. Going against those type of guys is something I really appreciate and I think will make us all better in the long run."

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Baseball Live Updates: No. 4 FSU looks to even season series vs. UF in Jacksonville (Tuesday, 6 p.m.)

The second game of the annual Florida State-Florida midweek baseball series is upon us.

Tuesday night at VyStar Ballpark (formerly the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville), the No. 4 Seminoles (20-3, 5-1 in ACC) and the Gators (18-8, 0-6 in SEC) will face off Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in Jacksonville. After there was no television broadcast planned, it will now be streamed on ACC Network Extra, FSU announced Tuesday morning.

The Gators won the first game of the series in Tallahassee two weeks ago by a 7-2 score. FSU will turn to sophomore RHP John Abraham (3.65 ERA over 12.1 innings) for his fourth career start. In his previous three appearances, Abraham has allowed three runs over 4.1 total innings, striking out five, walking two and hitting two more.

UF will start freshman LHP McCall Biemiller (7.20 ERA over five innings), who was Abraham's high-school teammate at Tampa Jesuit High. He's allowed four runs over five innings this season, striking out nine and walking five while allowing three hits, all of which have been home runs.

FSU lineup

1rf9 Gage HarrelsonL.396
2ss1 Alex LodiseR.458
3cf18 Max WilliamsL.305
42b3 Drew FaurotB.310
51b12 Myles BaileyL.355
6lf23 Brody DeLamielleureR.310
7dh20 Jaxson WestL.280
8c25 Hunter CarnsR.295
93b2 Carter McCulleyR.200

UF lineup

1cf1 Justin NadeauL.305
23b6 Bobby BoserR.296
3ss10 Colby SheltonL.382
4lf5 Blake CyrR.333
51b11 Brendan LawsonL.337
62b4 Cade KurlandR.333
7c28 Luke HeymanR.254
8dh2 Ty EvansR.260
9rf16 Hayden YostL.263

I'm here at VyStar Ballpark for the game and will have live updates and catch up with Link Jarrett and possibly a player postgame.

Basketball FSU basketball transfer portal tracker

In our sitdown with Luke Loucks last week, the new FSU coach laid out the many ways he’s put in a plan to attack the transfer portal, which opens Monday.

Here’s a look into Loucks’ scouting and roster-management plans.

This thread will also serve as an updates thread over the next few weeks on players FSU is targeting as well as current FSU players who enter the portal.

Football Recruiting Four-star RB commit Amari Thomas takes in practice, updates recruitment

Since committing to Florida State earlier in January, Amari Thomas (formerly Amari Clemons) hasn't taken any visits. He returned to campus for the first time since committing and took in a practice. The four-star also updates his recruitment, including information on his official visit schedule.

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Softball FSU finishes off sweep of Duke with a 9-2 win

FSU sports information:

The No. 9 Florida State softball team (29-5, 6-0 ACC) capped off a great week as it completed the series sweep against No. 18 Duke (21-12, 4-5) with a dominating 9-2 win over the Blue Devils on Sunday afternoon at Duke Softball Stadium. This is FSU's first road sweep over an ACC ranked team since they swept No. 18 Virginia Tech on Apr. 20-22, 2023. FSU finished the week 4-0 against ranked opponent and outscored its opponents 38-19 in the four games.

Jaysoni Beachum got things started with a moonshot of a home run in the top of the first inning to give the Noles a 1-0 lead. Beachum now has 10 home runs and 33 RBI on the season.

Annabelle Widra got the start in the circle and was terrific as she retired 9 out of the first 10 batters she faced to keep the Blue Devils' offense in check.

The Noles' bats stayed hot in the third inning as Angelee Bueno singled and advanced all the way to third on an error to immediately give the Noles a runner in scoring position. Isa Torres doubled up the middle to put the Noles up 2-0. Beachum was intentionally walked and a after a couple of fielder's choices, Katie Dack hit an infield single, and Jahni Kerr singled through the left side to put FSU up 4-0.

Hallie Wacaser and Amaya Ross hit a couple of singles in the fourth inning, and after Ross stole second, Torres picked up her second and third RBI of the day on a single to center field to give FSU a commanding 6-0 lead.

Duke responded with a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to cut the lead to four, but FSU responded with another run in the fifth inning as Ashtyn Danley singled up the middle to extend the lead to five. The Noles added two more runs in the top of the sixth as Dack picked up her second and third RBI of the day on a single to give FSU a commanding 9-2 lead.

Danley had another great outing in the circle as she relieved Widra in the fourth inning and threw four scoreless innings to pick up her sixth win of the season to improve to 6-1. Danley pitched 8.2 innings against the Blue Devils and allowed just one earned run on the weekend.

Torres led the way with a 3-for-5 afternoon with three RBI. Bueno, Dack, Danley and Kerr also picked up multi-hit games for the Noles.

FSU will begin its eight-game homestand on Wednesday against Stetson at 3 p.m. on ACCNX.
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