PGA Tour ace back in the lucky Airbnb as Trophy House secret behind stars that can't stop winning revealed

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Chris Kirk has a spot secured in the amazing accommodation which spills victors
Chris Kirk reckons he'd be foolish not to bag a bed back into specially-dubbed Trophy House which can't stop guesting PGA Tour winners.
The American star posted a second-straight 65 at the Rocket Classic to surge to the top of the boards at tis week's event in Detriot.
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However, looking ahead to next week and the John Deere Classic, Kirk is banking on a room at the specially-named digs near to venue TPD Deere Run.
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Incredibly, the six-bedroom location shared by stars during that week in Illinois has seen the winner of the tournament emerge for three-straight years.
Twelve months ago, Davis Thompson stormed to success having stayed in the accommodation with JT Poston, Denny McCarthy, Ben Kohles, Greyson Sigg and Patton Kizzire. In 2022, it was Poston who came out of that specific front door every day to win the title and, in 2023, it was Sepp Straka who secured victory.
Ironically, Thompson only get into the pad last year when the European Ryder Cup hero opted to move into a hotel room with his wife and new baby. It seems Kirk was the found who located the house in the first place and he's dead-set on getting a bed back for next week's tournament.
After his second round at the Rocket, he explained an imminent attempt to extend the sequence as he said: 'I'm going to do my best, yeah. I'd be foolish not to stay there, that's for sure. I haven't played the John Deere the last couple of years. But I originally found that house, I guess on Airbnb, probably four years ago, something like that.
'Then I think it's JT that's gotten to know the owners of the house and has just kind of had a set booking for the year. So three years in a row the winner has stayed there. Hopefully I can make it a fourth.' Thompson knew all about it a year ago as he said: 'It's kind of crazy. I stayed in Sepp's room. Me and him may be fighting for that room next year!'
Poston gave an insight to the pad and said: 'There's like six of us in there and it's fun because you come back and you're playing cards or throwing football in the backyard. It's a good way to decompress and get away from golf because the hard part of the hotel thing is you get back to the hotel and, if you're alone, you're probably thinking about golf.'
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Kirk may well already have a trophy to take to Illinois if he maintains his flying Rocket opening over the weekend. Slow play didn't slow his scoring and he said: 'It took us a lot longer to play. I think it was like two hours and 10 minutes to play the front and two hours and 50 minutes to play the back. So it's a little bit tough to kind of stay in a good flow and rhythm when it backs up like that. But really proud of the way I hung in there and kept hitting good shots.
'The last few days, everything has been pretty solid. I played pretty bad all year to the point where I was kind of thinking about not playing the US Open just because I was really struggling and didn't know what I was doing. But I really love Oakmont, so that was kind of why I was like: Alright, I'm going to go play and see what I can do. And I played really solid.
'I drove the ball the best I had all year that week and everything was pretty good. I think it's just one of those things where you're never as far off as you feel like you are when you're not playing very well. It's such a fine line out here.
'All the players on this tour are so good that, you miss a cut by one or two and you feel like it's the end of the world and you feel like you're the worst golfer ever and you're really not as far off as you think. I definitely feel comfortable here. It's a golf course that I like. I don't have really a great reason why.'