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Follow & listen to The First Cut on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.It’s time to crown the second-to-last winner of the PGA Tour regular season. Rick Gehman and Greg DuCharme recap Thursday's action at the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. He arrived in Detroit off a successful two-week stint in Scotland which saw him finish runner-up to Xander Schauffele at the Scottish Open. Ranking sixth in strokes gained tee to green, Kitayama gained roughly two strokes both off the tee and on approach. Carding a 5-under 67 in Round 1, the two-time DP World Tour winner went around Detroit GC in a bogey-free fashion while connecting on 17 greens in regulation. As such, it may be prudent to look to a player on the golf course early in the morning and Kitayama fits the criteria. The weather forecast for Friday looks fairly similar to Thursday which means the wind will pick up during the afternoon wave.

NameĢ022 Rocket Mortgage Classic updated odds and picks After just 18 holes of play, some have already seen their names race up the FedEx Cup standings and will hope to remain inside the coveted top 125 in order to qualify for the first playoff event in Memphis in two weeks. I LOVE IT drops it in for an ace 🎯 /Hu1dCFnEPP- PGA TOUR JBiggest FedEx Cup movers from Thursdayįrom here on out, the postseason will be on the mind of competitors as every shot is magnified when one's job security is on the line. Striking the 10th ace of his life - per his brother Nathan - the man known by some as 'Homeless Hubbs' was disgusted by his swing on the par-3 11th, dropped his club and ultimately saw his tee shot drop into the bottom of the cup. Not all holes-in-one are the same as Mark Hubbard found out on Thursday. Yeah, it's a great start, so kind of pedal down to the floor this week and try to make something happen.' Homeless Hubbs cashes in It's not the end of the world and I know I'll be back. I try to keep as much perspective in that sense as I possibly can. Do I need to? No, I'll be fine either way. 'I've got a great support team at home and my wife's always there. It doesn't change my life in a sense,' Jaeger said of the pressure to qualify for the postseason. 'I want to tell you not much because it doesn't - you know, I'll be fine either way. The movement inside the bubble continued in the first round as Jaeger fired a 5-under 67 and is now projected to move to No.

With those players who left for LIV Golf officially removed from the FedEx Cup standings, the 33-year-old jumped from 133rd in the season-long race to 125th without having to pick up a club. The postseason is nearing and the last few days have been extremely kind to someone like Jaeger. So this begs the question: Can Finau accomplish something similar? From Patrick Cantlay in last year's FedEx Cup Playoffs to Xander Schauffle's midsummer stretch, players such as Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler have been able to put together memorable quality runs. Tony Finau and Taylor Pendrith (-8): Basketball is often described as 'a game of runs' and it is possible that golf may soon be seen in a similar light. Both of these PGA Tour veterans sat outside the top 100 of the FedEx Cup standings entering the week and have already made headway on their positioning thanks to their first-round efforts and will be a storyline to follow over the next 54 holes. Along with Pendrith, Webb Simpson and Michael Thompson combined strong approach play with timely putting to sit two strokes off the lead at 6 under. If Finau's putter heats up - as it did Sunday at the 3M Open - the rest of the field may be in trouble as he searches for his second victory in as many weeks.

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In fact, the 32-year-old was so in sync with his driver and irons in hand that he ranked outside the top 45 in both short-game metrics. The man who finished fast to win last week's 3M Open began in the same fashion Thursday as Tony Finau signed for a bogey-free 8-under 64 to command a share of the lead with Canadian Taylor Pendrith.įinau put together a ball-striking clinic at Detroit Golf Club as he gained over four strokes on approach and nearly another two off the tee. With thunderstorms in the Detroit area earlier in the week, players were presented with ideal scoring conditions in the morning hours of the first round of the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

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