Chevron Championship payout: Lilia Vu cashes in with playoff victory

Lilia Vu defeated Angel Yin on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the Chevron Championship Sunday at The Club at Carlton Woods.

It’s Vu’s second LPGA victory, her first major championship title, and largest payout of her career. 

Here is the full purse breakdown for those who made the cut at the Chevron Championship:

1. Lilia Vu: $765,000

2. Angel Yin: $481,060

3. Nelly Korda: $348,975

T-4. Atthaya Thitikul, A Lim Kim, Amy Yang, Albane Valenzuela: $267,702

T-8. Jin Young Ko, Megan Khang, Allisen Corpuz: $129,636

11. Hyo Joo Kim: $98,764

T-12. Georgia Hall, Carlota Ciganda: $91,915

T-14. Ariya Jutanugarn, Celine Boutier, Xiyu Lin: $80,661

17. Hye-Jin Choi: $68,479

T-18: Maddie Szeryk, In Gee Chun, Cheyenne Knight, Ashleigh Buhai: $64,771

22. Amanda Doherty: $56,362

T-23. Leona Maguire, Brittany Lincicome, Brooke Henderson, Eun-Hee Ji, Ally Ewing: $53,661

T-28. Eila Galitsky (a): $0

T-28. Danielle Kang, Jessica Korda, Matilda Castren, Hinako Shibuno, Gaby Lopen, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Lindsey Weaver-Wright, Marina Alex: $43,945

T-37. Nasa Hatuoka, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Maja Stark: $30,821

T-41. Minjee Lee, Narin An, Patty Tavatanakit, Ruoning Yin: $26,118

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Full-field scores from The Chevron Championship

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T-45. Amari Avery (a): $0

T-45. Dana Fall, Gemma Dryburgh, Pavarisa Yoktuan: $22,260

T-49. Stephanie Kyriacou, Peiyun Chien, Chella Choi: $19,116

T-52. Ayaka Furue, Sei Young Kim: $17,333

T-54. Lucy Li, Ryann O’Toole: $16,284

T-56. Yuna Nishimura, Hae Ran Ryu, Andrea Lee, Karis Davidson, Linnea Strom: $15,106

T-61. Jing Yan, Dewi Weber: $12,871

T-63. Brittany Altomare, Wei-Ling Hsu: $12,343

65. Mao Saigo: $11,850

66. Sarah Schmelzel: $11,555

T-67. Lauren Stephenson, Charlotte Thomas: $11,232


Source: golfchannel.com

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Some surprising predictions coming out for the Zurich Open-Check them out

The Zurich Classic of New Orleans became the lone team event on the PGA Tour schedule in 2017, with 80 duos competing in a unique scoring format. Thursday and Saturday will feature best-ball scoring at the 2023 Zurich Classic, while Friday and Sunday will be alternate shot. Presidents Cup teammates and defending champions Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele headline the 2023 Zurich Classic field. They are 4-1 favorites in the latest 2023 Zurich Classic odds, followed by Collin Morikawa and Max Homa (17-2). 

No other team is priced inside of 10-1, so there are plenty of longshots available on the PGA odds board. Which teams should you include in your 2023 Zurich Classic bets?

SportsLine’s proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up over $7,300 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure’s model predicted Jon Rahm would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. And at the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm’s second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner.

In addition, the model included J.T. Poston in its best bets to win the 2022 John Deere Classic. That bet hit at +5500, and for the entire tournament, McClure’s best bets returned almost $1,100. McClure’s best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright at the 2021 Open Championship, even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 longshot.

This same model has also nailed a whopping nine majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns. 

Now that the 2023 Zurich Classic field is locked, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising.

Top 2023 Zurich Classic predictions 

One major surprise the model is calling for at the Zurich Classic 2023: Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, the defending champions and the heavy favorites on the PGA odds board, fail to defend their title. The duo shot an event-record 29-under par across four rounds last year, but there are several 2023 Zurich Classic contenders ready to get revenge this year.  

Billy Horschel and Sam Burns, who finished in second place in 2022, are back in the field this week. Homa and Morikawa are teaming up for the first time, creating a serious threat for the defending champions. There are also two teams that have been together for every edition of the Zurich Classic (Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney and Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft). In addition, since the Zurich Classic switched to a team format, no team has successfully defended their title at TPC Louisiana. 

Another surprise: Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin, 28-1 longshots, make a strong run at the title. They have a much better chance to win it all than their odds imply, so they are a target for anyone looking for a big payday. Taylor has been a contender in several individual events over the last few months, which includes a second-place finish at the WM Phoenix Open. 

He added a pair of top-15 finishes at the Valspar Championship and the Valero Texas Open, so he is in strong form heading into this tournament. Hadwin has only missed the cut three times in 14 tournaments this season, carding a top-15 at the Players Championship. Taylor and Hadwin are a dangerous pairing who have value as longshots on the PGA odds board

How to make 2023 Zurich Classic picks

The model is also targeting several other longshot pairing at the Zurich Classic 2023. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big.

So who will win the Zurich Classic 2023? And which longshots stun the golfing world? Check out the 2023 Zurich Classic odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected 2023 Zurich Classic leaderboard, all from the model that’s nailed nine golf majors.

2023 Zurich Classic odds, field

Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay +400
Collin Morikawa/Max Homa +850
Sungjae Im/Keith Mitchell +1400
Si Woo Kim/Tom Kim +1600
Sam Burns/Billy Horschel +1800
Taylor Montgomery/Kurt Kitayama +2200
Justin Suh/Sahith Theegala +2200
Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick +2200
Beau Hossler/Wyndham Clark +2500
Victor Perez/Thomas Detry +2800
Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin +2800
Thorbjorn Olesen/Nicolai Hojgaard +3000
Harris English/Tom Hoge +3000
Byeong Hun An/S.H. Kim +3000
J.J. Spaun/Hayden Buckley +3500
Denny McCarthy/Joel Dahmen +3500
Will Gordon/Davis Thompson +3500
Matthew NeSmith/Taylor Moore +4000
Davis Riley/Nick Hardy +4000
Callum Shinkwin/Matt Wallace +4000
Robby Shelton/Lee Hodges +4500
Brendon Todd/Patton Kizire +4500
Ben Griffin/Ryan Gerard +4500
Scott Stallings/Trey Mullinax +4500
Ben Martin/Chesson Hadley +5000
Doc Redman/Sam Ryder +5000
Brandon Wu/Joseph Bramlett +5500
Akshay Bhatia/Harry Hall +5500
Erik van Rooyen/MJ Daffue +6000
Luke List/Henrik Norlander +6500
Aaron Rai/David Lipsky +6500
Scott Piercy/Ryan Palmer +7000
Michael Kim/S.Y. Noh +7000
Ben Taylor/Callum Tarren +7000
Justin Lower/Dylan Wu +7500
Sam Saunders/Eric Cole +8000
Hank Lebioda/Tyler Duncan +8000
Doug Ghim/Kramer Hickok +8000
Vincent Norman/Matthias Schwab +9000

 Source: CBSSports

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Phil Mickelson takes over top spot on Masters money list

The first Masters in 1934 was won by Horton Smith, who pocketed $1,500 for his historic win. In 2023, Jon Rahm earned a record $3.24 million for winning his first green jacket and second major championship.

The money has certainly changed over the years. Jack Nicklaus played in 45 Masters and made a record 37 cuts. His career earnings at the tournament are $772,359. Arnold Palmer, who played in 50 Masters and made 23 cuts, earned $204,013.

Tiger Woods, who made the cut for a record-tying 23rd time in 2023, held the top spot on the all-time money list for the Masters, but he didn’t collect a paycheck in 2023 after withdrawing just ahead of the final round. Couple that with Phil Mickelson’s surprising tie for second and there’s a new No. 1 on this list.

Also new in 2023: Brooks Koepka enters the top 20 as he is the 15th golfer to surpass the $3 million in Augusta earnings. That means Ernie Els drops out of the top 20.

There have been 87 Masters. Here are the top 20 money winners all-time at the event.

Source:Golfweek

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Conners takes PGA tour win in Texas

There were 144 players in this year’s Valero Texas Open, and 133 of them could have earned a Masters berth with a win. Instead, it was Corey Conners, one of the 11 who had already secured a spot at Augusta National, who came out on top after a steady Sunday performance that saw him overtake Patrick Rodgers early and hold off a charging Sam Stevens late. His 68 gave him a total score of 15 under, good enough for a one-shot victory a week before the year’s first major. This was Conners’ second PGA Tour victory, and it came in the same place as the first; four years ago, he grabbed his maiden win at this same tournament.

Conners started the day one back of Rodgers at TPC San Antonio but capped an almost workmanlike front nine with a 17-foot birdie to post a 33.Meanwhile, Rodgers was fading in his quest for his first PGA Tour win, suffering a particularly brutal stretch of three bogeys in four holes. By the time they made the turn, Conners held a four-shot lead and had a chance to coast to the win. Rodgers couldn’t recover in time to give the 31-year-old Canadian any trouble, but a pair of Sams, Ryder and Stevens, began to make Conners’ life uncomfortable as the afternoon wore on. Ryder made five birdies on the back nine, including a nine-footer on 18, to reach the clubhouse at 13 under, and then Stevens did him one better, hitting the drive of the day on the short par-4 17th to set up a nine-foot eagle putt. When he made that, he was just one behind Conners at 14 under, and seemed poised to tie him as he stood over an eight-foot birdie putt. That effort slid by on the right, and Conners, who had played consistent, unspectacular golf on the back aside from a massively important downhill 17-footer for birdie on 15, came to 18 needing just a par to secure victory.After his second shot found the greenside bunker, and he caught his third shot slightly fat, he needed to continue his streak of not three-putting a single green to hold on (the asterisk here is that he did four-putt once, on Friday). A solid if slightly aggressive lag left him three feet for the win, and when he poured it in, he flashed a modest smile as his wife and new daughter greeted him on the green.”I’ve drawn from some of the experience I had here, and really happy with the way that I hit the ball and got myself in position,” Conners said. “Drove it great, hit a lot of really good iron shots. Yeah, just kept things simple, felt relaxed. It was certainly challenging and a battle out there, but just an amazing day and can’t believe it. It’s a relief that it’s over”

Conners, who has struggled with the putter in the past, including in his rough 0-4 showing at the 2022 Presidents Cup, was respectably middle of the pack in the strokes gained/putting department, finishing 41st in the field, and that allowed his iron game to flourish—he finished first in both in SG/approach and SG/tee to green. It was a tremendous ball-striking display from start to finish, and in the end even the hot putting of Stevens wasn’t enough to bring him down. The fact that he kept up his level in Sunday’s stiff wind impressed his competitors.”Hats off to Corey, he played amazing,” said Rodgers. “I’m not sure he missed a shot for 18 holes and it was really impressive on this golf course and in the wind.””There were a lot of shots that you kind of had to step up and execute or else it was going to be a potential big number and he just, he didn’t miss one,” added Matt Kuchar, his other playing partner. “Every time, [he] stepped up and just hit beautiful shot after shot. It was a clinic that he put on. It was impressive.”The 26-year-old Stevens was sure Conners had it “in the bag” after he missed his birdie putt on 18, but in the aftermath he felt positive about his effort and his ability to compete on tour.

“I told everybody, or not everybody but a lot of people, I feel like I’ve been playing really well,” Stevens said. “Not really well, but fairly well all year, just getting more and more comfortable. In Puerto Rico I had a chance, or kind of had a chance, I was a couple back going into the last day and that was a learning experience for sure … I’m getting more confident, more comfortable and I feel like yeah, hopefully I can get in contention again soon.”As for Rodgers, it’s another disappointing Sunday for the man who has now had four 54-hole leads without registering a win.

“It’s one of those golf courses where it doesn’t take much to get pretty far off and that was my day today,” he said afterward. “Disappointing result, but I’ll be back strong.”Prior to the Valero, Conners had not registered a single top 10 in 2023, and when asked what percentage chance he would have given himself to win at the start of the week, he reacted with typical self-effacement.”Probably not very likely,” he admitted. “I felt great about my game, but it’s so difficult to win on the PGA Tour. Feel like I’ve been working really hard and haven’t been able to get it done for the last four years, but it sure feels sweet.”And while the Listowel, Ontario native is plenty patriotic about his home country, he couldn’t resist a kind word for the place that has delivered him his two greatest career moments to date:”I definitely love Texas.”

Source: Golf Digest 

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