Dukies on the 2025 PGA and LPGA Tours

American Express tournament at La Quinta is near Palm Springs and 150 miles by car from Pac. Palisades.

The Genesis Tournament is at Riviera, which is in Pacific Palisades -- the eastern section not [yet] affected by the fire. I wonder if it will be moved.
 
None of the leaders shone today. So even though Alex had a mediocre round of -1, he started the day 2 shots behind the leaders and goes into Sunday 4 shots behind. He has a chance.
 
Some days I don't know my right hand from my left (or my east from my west).
I always like the trick of holding up your hand and if your thumb and pointer finger make an L, that is your left hand. I have a good friend (who went to Yale) who could not intuitively tell left from right so had to routinely do that.
 
As yet another thread goes off the rails...😁

This is a neat article on the situation, not as rare as you'd think and a big problem for surgeons (actually for their patients!), with additional info on why you may be left-handed.


But really, my original comment was just making fun of myself for being a dummy.
 
Five holes in, Alex hasn't made any mistakes but he hasn't given himself any chances either. He hasn't had a birdie putt inside of 27 feet, and 4 of the putts were around 40 feet. He needs to step it up, he's still only 4 shots behind and can take this. Even a top-5 would be great.

Kevin is -1 at the turn but has actually lost a spot. A good back nine (say -3) could get him into the top-30.
 
What could have been. But a great tournament and start to the year for Alex, T16 where he had never made the cut in 3 previous tries. He has never played very well in the first third of the calendar (especially April), I'm hoping this is a harbinger of great things to come. We'll know more next week at one of his favorite courses. He has also made the cut 2 of 3 tries at the Farmers Insurance Open the following week. So...

This also gives him a good jump at the next signature event in 3 weeks at Pebble Beach. If I'm reading it right, he's currently tied for 8th in the AON Swing 5. If he's playing well and just misses, there's also a chance at one of the 4 sponsors' exemptions.
 
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Thursday tee times, PST. Three courses, so they're in twosomes, and get this: Kevin and Max are paired up for the 1st 3 days!

K&M 8:30 at La Quinta
Alex 10:09 at the Stadium Course

Also, because of the unique setup, all T-F-S tee times are between 8:30 and 10:42. No morning-afternoon switcheroo.

Edit to add: This is really a great & rare opportunity for any Duke golf fans in the area.
 
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One thing to be aware of over the 1st 3 days while watching scores, the Stadium Course (which will be played Sunday) is by far the hardest, because the La Quinta and Nicklaus courses are considered 2 of the 5 easiest on the Tour.

Another reason they're playing twosomes is that they are paired with amateurs for the 1st 3 rounds. But they are paired, not teamed like at Pebble Beach. I could not find who the amateurs are to see if our guys were playing with anybody we'd know.
 
Strange sighting. Having lunch at McAlisters, one of the TVs was showing the Korn Ferry tour event at the Bahamas something-or-other. Was just mindlessly staring at it and the leaderboard showed Adam Long tied for 8th. I just checked online and he finished tied for 15th at -11 on a very crowded leaderboard. Looking at the short-sleeve weather there, I decided I would much rather be in the Bahamas right now than preparing to hunker down for the Arctic blast expected next week.
 
One thing to be aware of over the 1st 3 days while watching scores, the Stadium Course (which will be played Sunday) is by far the hardest, because the La Quinta and Nicklaus courses are considered 2 of the 5 easiest on the Tour.

Another reason they're playing twosomes is that they are paired with amateurs for the 1st 3 rounds. But they are paired, not teamed like at Pebble Beach. I could not find who the amateurs are to see if our guys were playing with anybody we'd know.
At least early on the Nicklaus course is playing by far the easiest - maybe LQ gets easier later in the round.
 
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