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PGSF FedEx Cup Week 3 The American Express

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    ROUND RECAPS
    Adam Long wins first TOUR title
New for 2020, Phil Mickelson will not only be playing in The American Express but he will also be serving as tournament host and his charity, The Mickelson Foundation, will be the host organization.

The long-time celebrity pro-am will once again be played across three California courses.

Adam Long returns to defend and will have to top an international field that includes Rickie Fowler, Francesco Molinari, Matthew Wolff, and Paul Casey.

FIELD NOTES: Rickie Fowler returns to the California desert for the first time since 2014. He notched a T5 in his last start at the Sentry Tournament of Champions… Francesco Molinari is making his 2020 debut, and will play The American Express for the first time since 2017… Matthew Wolff makes his debut in the desert… American Presidents Cup team member Tony Finau will return to the PGA TOUR for the first time since the Mayakoba Golf Classic in November… International Presidents Cup team members Byeong Hun An, Abraham Ancer, and Sungjae Im are also teeing it up… 17-year-old Akshay Bhatia is in the field on a sponsor’s exemption, while newly-minted pro (and member of Stanford’s 2019 NCAA championship-winning team) Isaiah Salinda also received an exemption… Seven past champions are in the field.

Field
https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-american-express/field.html

FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 FedExCup points

COURSE: TPC Stadium Course at PGA West, 7,113 yards, par 72. This is the fifth year as host course. The 1986 design is a Pete Dye product. Dye passed away on January 9th. The event’s pro-am is also played on PGA West’s Nicklaus Tournament course (7,159/72) and La Quinta CC (7,060/72) in the first three rounds. This is year No. 11 for La Quinta CC, and year No. 5 for the Nicklaus course.

STORYLINES: This is the first year for Phil Mickelson to play official tournament host, although he was an ambassador for the event in the past. Mickelson is back in action for the first time since the WGC-HSBC Champions event in November. Mickelson turns 50 in June… Adam Hadwin, whose wife Jessica just had a baby (the couple’s first) will not tee it up this year. Hadwin would have been a popular pick this week, as he’s finished second two of the last three years and of course, shot a 59 in 2017… Only five non-Americans have ever won The American Express since its inception in 1960… American Express was announced as the new title sponsor in September… The pro-am format puts two amateurs with two pros in a foursome. The amateurs switch courses and professional playing partners for three days.


72-HOLE RECORD: 260, Patrick Reed (2014).

18-HOLE RECORD: 59, David Duval (5th round, 1999 at PGA West/Palmer), Adam Hadwin (3rd round, 2017 at La Quinta CC). Stadium Course record: 63, Jonathan Fricke (2nd round, 2008 Qualifying Finals*), Whee Kim (2nd round, 2012 Qualifying Finals*). Nicklaus Tournament record: 59, Harrison Frazar (4th round, 2008 Qualifying Finals*). Note: Q-School does not count as an official PGA TOUR event.

LAST TIME: A Sunday charge from Adam Long resulted in the rookie winning The American Express in just his fifth TOUR start. Adam Hadwin and Phil Mickelson finished T2 at 25-under. Long was 175 yards from the hole on the par-4 18th closer when he knocked an iron to just 13 feet. Hadwin and Mickelson were both approximately 40 feet away and neither could convert their birdie tries. That opened the door for Long to notch his maiden TOUR victory. Talor Gooch finished fourth, Dominic Bozzelli finished fifth, and 2018 winner Jon Rahm finished sixth.

HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION: Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Sunday, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. (Golf Channel)

PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.- 7 p.m. ET (Featured Groups)

RADIO: Thursday-Saturday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. ET. Sunday, 2 p.m.- 7 p.m. ET (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).

We head to California, thankfully

Congratulations again to last weeks winner @Nolerball

@Bobcat07 takes the overall lead heading into week 3

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Good Luck to everyone this week
 
Congrats, Ball.
Storytime: So, I told the Ouijarod I was a bit disappointed in its results the first two weeks.
He gave me a look, with a knot on its top rising up like Leonard Nimoy's Spock eyebrow, and
told me, "Master, this isn't a sprint, it's a marathon." How do you argue with a Ouijarod that has
learned philosophy cliches?
 
Congrats, Ball.
Storytime: So, I told the Ouijarod I was a bit disappointed in its results the first two weeks. He gave me a look, with a knot on its top rising up like Leonard Nimoy's Spock eyebrow, and told me, "Master, this isn't a sprint, it's a marathon." How do you argue with a Ouijarod that has learned philosophy cliches?

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A rod by any other name...is just a rod. Ed, you found a keeper.
 
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Tony Finau
Rickie Fowler
Charles Howell III
Sungjae Im

CBS Sports has graded this field as a C+. IMO it is more like a C-.
 
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    ROUND RECAPS
    Adam Long wins first TOUR title
New for 2020, Phil Mickelson will not only be playing in The American Express but he will also be serving as tournament host and his charity, The Mickelson Foundation, will be the host organization.

The long-time celebrity pro-am will once again be played across three California courses.

Adam Long returns to defend and will have to top an international field that includes Rickie Fowler, Francesco Molinari, Matthew Wolff, and Paul Casey.

FIELD NOTES: Rickie Fowler returns to the California desert for the first time since 2014. He notched a T5 in his last start at the Sentry Tournament of Champions… Francesco Molinari is making his 2020 debut, and will play The American Express for the first time since 2017… Matthew Wolff makes his debut in the desert… American Presidents Cup team member Tony Finau will return to the PGA TOUR for the first time since the Mayakoba Golf Classic in November… International Presidents Cup team members Byeong Hun An, Abraham Ancer, and Sungjae Im are also teeing it up… 17-year-old Akshay Bhatia is in the field on a sponsor’s exemption, while newly-minted pro (and member of Stanford’s 2019 NCAA championship-winning team) Isaiah Salinda also received an exemption… Seven past champions are in the field.

Field
https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-american-express/field.html

FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 FedExCup points

COURSE: TPC Stadium Course at PGA West, 7,113 yards, par 72. This is the fifth year as host course. The 1986 design is a Pete Dye product. Dye passed away on January 9th. The event’s pro-am is also played on PGA West’s Nicklaus Tournament course (7,159/72) and La Quinta CC (7,060/72) in the first three rounds. This is year No. 11 for La Quinta CC, and year No. 5 for the Nicklaus course.

STORYLINES: This is the first year for Phil Mickelson to play official tournament host, although he was an ambassador for the event in the past. Mickelson is back in action for the first time since the WGC-HSBC Champions event in November. Mickelson turns 50 in June… Adam Hadwin, whose wife Jessica just had a baby (the couple’s first) will not tee it up this year. Hadwin would have been a popular pick this week, as he’s finished second two of the last three years and of course, shot a 59 in 2017… Only five non-Americans have ever won The American Express since its inception in 1960… American Express was announced as the new title sponsor in September… The pro-am format puts two amateurs with two pros in a foursome. The amateurs switch courses and professional playing partners for three days.


72-HOLE RECORD: 260, Patrick Reed (2014).

18-HOLE RECORD: 59, David Duval (5th round, 1999 at PGA West/Palmer), Adam Hadwin (3rd round, 2017 at La Quinta CC). Stadium Course record: 63, Jonathan Fricke (2nd round, 2008 Qualifying Finals*), Whee Kim (2nd round, 2012 Qualifying Finals*). Nicklaus Tournament record: 59, Harrison Frazar (4th round, 2008 Qualifying Finals*). Note: Q-School does not count as an official PGA TOUR event.

LAST TIME: A Sunday charge from Adam Long resulted in the rookie winning The American Express in just his fifth TOUR start. Adam Hadwin and Phil Mickelson finished T2 at 25-under. Long was 175 yards from the hole on the par-4 18th closer when he knocked an iron to just 13 feet. Hadwin and Mickelson were both approximately 40 feet away and neither could convert their birdie tries. That opened the door for Long to notch his maiden TOUR victory. Talor Gooch finished fourth, Dominic Bozzelli finished fifth, and 2018 winner Jon Rahm finished sixth.

HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION: Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Sunday, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. (Golf Channel)

PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.- 7 p.m. ET (Featured Groups)

RADIO: Thursday-Saturday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. ET. Sunday, 2 p.m.- 7 p.m. ET (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).

We head to California, thankfully

Congratulations again to last weeks winner @Nolerball

@Bobcat07 takes the overall lead heading into week 3

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Good Luck to everyone this week
I’ll go with:
IM
AN
BERGER
FOWLER
 
Tony Finau
Rickie Fowler
Charles Howell III
Sungjae Im
 
I see many of us are going to the same sources for our picks. Very interesting.
 
Liz - I shoulda followed my gut when I had my pre-tourney list synced with your picks. Casey (-4) and Kisnot at +2. Six shot difference. Ugh...this isn't a no-cut Tourney by any chance, is it...? o_O

Don't answer that...
 
What the heck happened to An on 6? Shot tracker doesnt show his shots.
 
Liz - I shoulda followed my gut when I had my pre-tourney list synced with your picks. Casey (-4) and Kisnot at +2. Six shot difference. Ugh...this isn't a no-cut Tourney by any chance, is it...? o_O

Don't answer that...
I believe the cut's on Saturday after the pro-am portion and everyone having played each course.
 
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Ancer is having a huge day , just one back with Landry turning into a bogey machine
 
It is conference championship weekend so probably not to many watching , but that was a decent round of golf. Ancer was on fire and made Landry work for the win. Lamdry fired a 65 to hold on for his second win on tour.

In the PGSF , a lot of similar picks that had the group bunched up, but the Ouijarod came through in the end with the right picks to get Ed the win

Congratulations to this weeks winner @seminoleed
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Will post updated leader board shortly
 
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It is conference championship weekend so probably not to many watching , but that was a decent round of golf. Ancer was on fire and made Landry work for the win. Lamdry fired a 65 to hold on for his second win on tour.

In the PGSF , a lot of similar picks that had the group bunched up, but the Ouijarod came through in the end with the right picks to get Ed the win

Congratulations to this weeks winner @seminoleed
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Will post updated leader board shortly
Congrats Ed. . I think I'll try using the force this week !
 
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