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The first full-field PGA event of the year will tee off on Thursday as the 2023 Sony Open takes place in Hawaii. It’s the second consecutive PGA tournament to take place in the Aloha State, with Waialae Country Club playing host. Hideki Matsuyama will look to defend his title, while Tom Kim is both the highest-ranked golfer in the Official World Ranking and FedEx Cup standings in the Sony Open 2023 field.It should come as no surprise that Kim is the 11-1 favorite this week. The latest 2023 Sony Open odds have Sungjae Im at 14-1, with Matsuyama (15-1) and…
Have you ever been watching a PGA Tour golf tournament on TV and heard the announcers use the phrase “up and down”? This quick guide will explain what it means and give you some tips to help you nail more of them to improve your scores. What Does Up and Down Mean in Golf? An “up and down” occurs when a golfer needs only two strokes to get the golf ball onto the green and into the hole. “Up and down” is a phrase used to describe how good a golfer is at scrambling. The opportunity for an up…
The Legends Tour‘s 2023 schedule will feature debuts for two stunning links venues, in Scotland and in Ireland, and increased prize funds across the board. The 2023 season for Europe’s over-50s circuit will feature at least 18 tournaments with a record-breaking prize fund – with final numbers set to be released shortly – which will be a significant increase on the 2022 campaign. Among the exciting developments for 2023 is the news that the spectacular Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen will host the Tour for the first time when the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship is played from August 24-27.…
After a thrilling elevated event at the Sentry Tournament of Champions last week, the PGA Tour heads to Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii for the 2023 Sony Open, which tees off on Thursday. The Sony Open field features 19 of the players from last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions field and seven of the top 25 players in the world. Sungjae Im is listed as the 10-1 favorite in the latest 2023 Sony Open odds from Caesars Sportsbook. He is followed by Tom Kim (11-1), and major winners Jordan Spieth (14-1), and Hideki Matsuyama (15-1). Other top contenders in…
Just four days after the PGA Tour’s stars wrapped up a thrilling event in Maui, a slightly less-impressive full field will tee off at the 2023 Sony Open on Thursday. The 144-player Sony Open 2023 field includes seven of the world’s top 25, including Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama and Tom Kim. They will face a much different test on the shorter Waialae Country Club course in Honolulu, but scoring low hasn’t been a problem there. It should be another picture-perfect week in the Hawaiian islands, so a score of 20 under or more is in the cards. Matsuyama won last…
The 3 Wood and 5 Wood golf clubs are two of the most common fairway woods. But does the average golfer need both of these clubs in their bags to be successful? When is the ideal time to use each club? Let’s dive into how they’re different and when to use each… The Main Differences Between a 3 and 5 Wood Though there are a lot of similarities between the 3 Wood and the 5 Wood, these fairway woods do differ in a variety of ways. Let’s take a look at some of those differences: 1. Loft One key…
The 2023 Sony Open is set to get underway on Thursday, Jan. 12, and a number of players will enter Waialae Country Club confident they can secure the victory. Tom Hoge is coming off an impressive showing at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and he’s finished T-13 or better in five of his seven official PGA Tour starts this season. Hoge enters the Sony Open 2023 ranked first in strokes gained: approach the green (1.640) and 10th in greens in regulation percentage (75.69%). Meanwhile, Jordan Spieth, a 13-time PGA Tour champion, can add to his impressive resume with a victory at…
Jordan Spieth, defending champion Hideki Matsuyama and Tom Kim headline the field for the 2023 U.S. Open, set to tee off Thursday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Spieth is playing in the tournament for the first time since 2019 and is one of 19 golfers in the Sony Open 2023 field who competed last week at Kapalua. Matsuyama and Kim also are among that group, and Kim and Tom Hoge come over off top-five finishes in Maui. Matsuyama rallied from a five-stroke deficit with nine holes left to match Russell Henley at 23 under par last year. He then…
The first full-field event of the year takes place this week at the 2023 Sony Open. After kicking off its calendar season with a thrilling limited field event in the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour stays in Hawaii with some players making the short trip from Maui to Honolulu.In fact, 19 of the 39 players that participated last week at the Plantation Course at Kapalua will tee it up in the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club. Since the inception of the Tournament of Champions, 17 of 24 winners at the Sony Open had competed the week prior. This…
With 2022 now out of the way it is time to look forward to another great year of golf on the island of Ireland in 2023. Even though the Open will not be held on a Irish golf course this year, there are still both professional and amateur events that fans of the game of golf simply cannot miss. Here are three events in particular to watch out for in Ireland for 2023. Horizon Irish Open Heralded as one of the most famous national opens in all of the world, the Irish Open has been in existence since 1927 and…
