One of the most difficult events annually to handicap. The only angle that is etched in stone is a shootout will take place and going low is a requirement.
Also, with two easy tracks, pros will get healthy quickly. Pete Dye on Sunday will have the final say but last year two pros tied the course record with 63.
Hang on with both hands and take a few chances!
Rarefied air with a T7 last week suggests I’m ready to roll.
Uphill or downhill? Right, stay tuned…
Well, the pros will get one one each before moving to the Stadium Course for the weekend.
2021 is feeling the backlash of 2020 as the first full field event will no longer be a pro-am and will no longer involve three courses in the Coachella Valley.
Pete Dye’s Stadium Course at PGA West and and the Nicklaus Tournament Course will be split over the first two rounds. The top 65 and ties will tangle with the Stadium Course on the weekend.
What a difference a year makes!
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind and so is that barnet!
A field of 42 tees it up for the first time in 2021 in Year 2 of the Coore-Crenshaw redesign at Kapalua’s Plantation Course.
It’s week 13 in some games and week 1 in others so different strategies will be needed.
The pros had their chance to sort it out in team fashion last week and I nailed the winners.
Now, it’s all in the family for a title belt!
My last-minute decision to leave McIlroy off last week looked prescient after his opening round 75.
Nope.
Sticking with regional boys this week!
The first of TWO green jackets to be awarded this season! Ah, 2020, you bastard!
One more sleep!
