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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Chan Kim shoots 9-under 61 to take the 1st-round lead in the ISCO Championship
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Chan Kim shot a 9-under 61 on Thursday at Hurstbourne Country Club to take the first-round lead in the ISCO Championship, the opposite-field PGA Tour event also sanctioned by the European tour. Kim holed out from 123 yards for eagle on the par-4 fourth hole and had seven birdies. He had a four-stroke lead over Callum Shinkwin of England, Thomas Rosenmueller of Germany and American Peter Malnati Advertisement 'The hole-out on 4 definitely kick-started the morning,' Chan said. 'I'm really proud of how I played today.' An eight time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, the 35-year-old Kim is chasing his first PGA Tour title. Born in South Korea, he grew up in Hawaii and played at Arizona State. 'I've missed the last six out of seven cuts, so that's a good feeling to kind of not have to really worry about it.' Kim said. 'But, obviously I would love to still play pretty aggressive and see if I can shoot another couple low ones.' Shinkwin also eagled a par 4, holing out from 107 yards on the 12th. 'I didn't make any mistakes, which is obviously key,' Shinkwin said. 'It's very easy to lose concentration in the heat.' Advertisement The tournament winner will receive a two-year exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship next year but is not in the Masters from winning. No one in the field is in the British Open next week. Harry Hall, the winner in a playoff last year at Keene Trace in Nicholasville, Kentucky, qualified for the British Open and is playing the Scottish Open. Steven Fisk, playing in the final group off the first tee, was five shots back at 66 with Troy Merritt, Angel Ayora, Cristobal Del Solar and Kevin Kisner. Emiliano Grillo opened with a 67, four days after losing in a sudden-death playoff to Brian Campbell in the John Deere Classic. Auburn junior Jackson Koivun shot 72. He tied for 11th at John Deere. Kentucky native J.B. Holmes had a 74. He's playing on a sponsor exemption. ___ AP golf:
Associated Press
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Chan Kim shoots 9-under 61 to take the 1st-round lead in the ISCO Championship
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Chan Kim shot a 9-under 61 on Thursday at Hurstbourne Country Club to take the first-round lead in the ISCO Championship, the opposite-field PGA Tour event also sanctioned by the European tour. Kim holed out from 123 yards for eagle on the par-4 fourth hole and had seven birdies. He had a four-stroke lead over Callum Shinkwin of England, Thomas Rosenmueller of Germany and American Peter Malnati 'The hole-out on 4 definitely kick-started the morning,' Chan said. 'I'm really proud of how I played today.' An eight time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, the 35-year-old Kim is chasing his first PGA Tour title. Born in South Korea, he grew up in Hawaii and played at Arizona State. 'I've missed the last six out of seven cuts, so that's a good feeling to kind of not have to really worry about it.' Kim said. 'But, obviously I would love to still play pretty aggressive and see if I can shoot another couple low ones.' Shinkwin also eagled a par 4, holing out from 107 yards on the 12th. 'I didn't make any mistakes, which is obviously key,' Shinkwin said. 'It's very easy to lose concentration in the heat.' The tournament winner will receive a two-year exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship next year but is not in the Masters from winning. No one in the field is in the British Open next week. Harry Hall, the winner in a playoff last year at Keene Trace in Nicholasville, Kentucky, qualified for the British Open and is playing the Scottish Open. Steven Fisk, playing in the final group off the first tee, was five shots back at 66 with Troy Merritt, Angel Ayora, Cristobal Del Solar and Kevin Kisner. Emiliano Grillo opened with a 67, four days after losing in a sudden-death playoff to Brian Campbell in the John Deere Classic. Auburn junior Jackson Koivun shot 72. He tied for 11th at John Deere. Kentucky native J.B. Holmes had a 74. He's playing on a sponsor exemption. ___ AP golf:
USA Today
27-06-2025
- Business
- USA Today
A deep dive inside the PGA Tour's mandatory Town Hall meeting with new CEO Brian Rolapp
DETROIT – Storm clouds rolled over Detroit Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the arrival of the PGA Tour's new CEO Brian Rolapp. The former NFL executive, who met the field of 72 in a no-cut, $20-million purse signature event last Tuesday at the Travelers Championship, continued his Town Hall meetings with the 156-man field at this week's Rocket Classic. The mandatory players meeting was scheduled for 5 p.m. ET, but just after 3 o'clock the horn blew, closing the course, and with only so many cold plunges to go around, the clubhouse filled with antsy players with nowhere to go and nothing to do. Eventually, the Tour sent out a text that they were moving the meeting up 30 minutes. Adam Schenk didn't get the memo and had gone to the grocery store. 'I thought I got there a minute early, but I missed the first half hour,' he said. More: Who is Brian Rolapp? 5 things to know about the PGA Tour's new CEO That included hearing remarks from Commissioner Jay Monahan, who kicked things off and kept his portion, which Matt Kuchar described as feeling 'like a state of the union,' brief and focused on the Tour's bright future. Sam Kennedy, representing Strategic Sports Group, which has invested $1.5 billion in the Tour's new for-profit entity, had the floor next. Zach Johnson and other pros had nothing but glowing things to say about Kennedy, who is highly-regarded for his work as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball and CEO of Fenway Sports Group. Peter Malnati offered 'impassioned' speech on PGA Tour Then it was the turn of Camilo Villegas, who is still in the honeymoon phase as a player director, having assumed his seat when Jordan Spieth's term expired at the end of the year, and Peter Malnati spoke on behalf of the players. In Hartford, it had been Adam Scott and Tiger Woods filling that role. Multiple players referenced Malnati's speech, which Mark Hubbard described as 'impassioned' and Kuchar said felt like 'an apology.' Malnati began by saying that he ran for the board to protect playing opportunities and to keep the Tour from getting smaller on his watch. During his tenure, both of those things transpired, nonetheless. 'But because I was on the inside and saw the thought process, saw the planning, I could see how it truly was creating a stronger Tour from both a sponsorship standpoint and an overall holistic health of the Tour standpoint, and that even though it hurts, that opportunities are gone, that is what is best for all the members to ensure the long-term health of what we're doing,' he said. New CEO Brian Rolapp has three questions for Tour players Finally, it was time for Rolapp, 53, to speak, and he did his best to ingratiate himself. 'He's a fresh set of eyes,' Aaron Baddeley said. 'It's like having a new coach for your swing without pre-conceived ideas and not looking at all the things that are good and bad.' 'I think we got a real switched-on guy,' Hubbard said. 'From the handful of people I've talked to outside the PGA Tour, everyone says he's awesome. I'm a Jay Monahan fan. He's dealt with some crazy-hard things but I feel excellent about this guy," said Kuchar based on his interaction with Rolapp, whom he managed to collar for a 5-minute one-on-one. Kuchar was one of several players who left impressed that Rolapp promised to speak to 100 members before he even starts officially as CEO this summer and intends to speak to the entire membership during his first month on the job. He told them he would ask them each three questions: 'I thought it was awesome to hear that from the new guy,' Kuchar said. 'He had no agenda, he's an outsider trying to figure it out. What a great way to start.' Rolapp didn't delve too deep into his game plan, which he will need time to formulate before unveiling at a future date, but he did express the importance of the Tour's next media rights negotiations, which expire at the end of 2030. According to players in the room, he said that five years away may seem far off, but it isn't and it will take time to plot a strategy. He reiterated that is where the Tour's bread is butter. 'Just look at his track record and what he did at the NFL and with the media stuff and that's important for us with (media rights negotiations) coming up in 2028,' said Villegas. Q&A touched on LIV Golf negotiations At last, it was time for the question-and-answer period. The hot topics were no surprise: LIV and playing opportunities/signature events. Beau Hossler didn't articulate a question as much as a general sentiment. He began by giving the Tour leadership credit for creating tangible positive momentum for the Tour – and then came the inevitable but – people at his home club in Dallas ask him what's going on with PIF and LIV. A player who attended the meeting recounted that Hossler said, 'I tell them I don't know anything more than you. That's frustrating for me as a member of the PGA Tour. I feel like I should know.' Kuchar said he followed up with a LIV question and was told that the two sides are at loggerheads with no resolution in sight. The Tour refuses to capitulate on certain matters, especially Yasir Al-Rumayyan's obsession with the team concept and his refusal to budge on having it be a future component as part of any deal. 'I don't think it's any breaking news that the talks have gone silent. They said we're still open to negotiations,' Kuchar said, and wondered if perhaps a new voice in Rolapp can rekindle the talks. But he took the opposite approach to Hossler on being kept in the dark on the state of negotiations. Kuchar said he'd rather not know how the sausage is being made. 'There's some things I understand the sensitivity of – like I don't want to know some of the decisions we make politically for the US. I get the feeling that both sides still want to do something but I also think we're at a stalemate,' he said. Aaron Baddeley asked about playing opportunities Several players mentioned a question posed by Baddeley to Monahan as being the most pertinent for the rank-and-file players that made up the majority of the membership in the room. With Tour cards being reduced to 100 and the number of return trips via Korn Ferry Tour trimmed from 30 to 20, livelihoods are going to be at stake. Baddeley asked if the goal of the signature events is to get the top guys playing together more often. The FedEx point differential and the advantage of being in the signature events are significant enough that many top pros end up playing a more limited schedule. He noted that Viktor Hovland played only one non-major or signature event and still made the 2024 Tour Championship. 'It was kind of what I expected," said Justin Lower, who didn't think the question by Baddeley was answered to his satisfaction. 'I don't think the Tour will ever really answer that question. It just seems like the Tour gets the ideas together, sets it in stone, practices it for a couple of years and adjusts from there. I think there will be an adjustment soon when it comes to [signature] events, but I don't know what that adjustment will be or when it will happen. I think 100 would be good.' "Everyone in the room there would like to see some tweaks to it," Kuchar said. "It sounds like they are open to it and they are always trying to make it better. We're tweaking the Tour Championship format, so why not change the field size of the signature events," he said. 'It's a double-edged sword,' Hubbard said. 'The top players need to play more, but if they only play the big events, how do we keep tournaments like this and grow? Jay gave a very political response. We can't get a straight answer from him, and that's why a lot of people are fed up with him." At 5:50 p.m., players streamed out of the clubhouse. The storm had subsided, the sun peeked out and the practice facility opened for the likes of Hossler. As many headed for their cars or practiced the next day, a reporter sidled over and asked if they felt better, worse or the same than before the Town Hall meeting. From a small sample size, there was one 'waste of time,' an equal number were bullish on Rolapp and a majority who felt no change. Leave it to Hubbard to sum up the sentiment inside the room. 'I didn't leave feeling like we're getting screwed,' Hubbard said. That's a start and part of the beauty of having new leadership with fresh eyes.
USA Today
27-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Rocket Classic cutline tracker: Live updates from PGA Tour stop at Detroit Golf Club
The 2025 Rocket Classic is in the second round at Detroit Golf Club. The 29th of 36 regular-season PGA Tour events, the tournament has a total purse of $9.6 million and a first-place prize of $1.728 million. But before anyone gets paid, they have to make the cut. We're tracking the cutline here all day Friday so stay with us here for the latest updates. 2025 Rocket CLassic leaderboard Keep tabs on the leaderboard Friday and through the weekend here. This is what the top of the leaderboard looked like after 18 holes. How does the cut work at the Rocket Classic? The field was 156 when the tournament started Thursday morning. The cut after 36 holes will be for the low 65 golfers and ties. What is the projected cut after 18 holes? The projected cut looks to be 4 under after 18 holes. That would send 65 golfers to the weekend. Among those tied for 66th: Peter Malnati, Collin Morikawa, Matt Wallace, Erik van Rooyen, Matt Kuchar, Rasmus Hojgaard and Nicolai Hojgaard. Those golfers are all 3 under. Some others with work to do Friday: Webb Simpson (2 under), Nick Dunlap (2 under), Joe Highsmith (1 under), Rickie Fowler (1 under), Keith Mitchell (1 under), Max Homa (1 under), Jake Knapp (even par), Joel Dahmen (2 over) and Davis Riley (2 over). Who won the Rocket Classic last year? Cam Davis won the tournament in 2024 when it was called the Rocket Mortgage Classic. There have been five different winners in the first six editions of the tournament at Detroit Golf Club. Davis is also in need of a good round Friday after he shot a 2-over 74 on Thursday.
USA Today
25-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Peter Malnati: Rocket Mortgage Classic betting odds and preview
Peter Malnati enters the 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club with +75000 odds to win after he made the cut in his last event, the RBC Canadian Open, and finished 59th. Malnati has a best finish of 49th, and an average finish of 62nd, in his 26 tournaments during the past year (including one top round of the day). Detroit, MI will play host to the event from June 26-29, as the players hit the 7,370-yard, par 72 course seeking a share of the $9,600,000.00 purse. Cam Davis is the previous winner. Peter Malnati odds to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 1:24 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Malnati's stats and trends Malnati's recent results How to watch the Rocket Mortgage Classic ESPN+ is the new home of PGA TOUR LIVE. Sign up now to access 4,300+ hours of live coverage from 35 PGA TOUR tournaments this year.
