THIS WEEK on the PGA Tour: Mayakoba Golf Classic
COURSE: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
ARCHITECT: Greg Norman
YARDS/PAR: 7,017 yards/Par 71
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $7,200,000/$1,296,000
DEFENDING Champion: Brendon Todd (Past Results link)
PAST HISTORY of Event: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points/Winner Share: 2,989/500
TV Coverage: Thursday-Saturday (2pm-5pm EST) - GOLF Channel; and Sunday final (1:00pm-4pm EST) on NBC
PGA Tour Radio Coverage: Thu-Fri (11am-5pm EST); Sat (12 Noon-5pm EST) and Sunday final (11am-4pm EST)
The Field (132 players As of Dec. 2, 2020) - (link)
Featured Groups: (link)
Follow @PGATourBrunch for some live tweeting during the event
What They’re Saying
First Look: Mayakoba Classic - (PGA Tour com)
Mayakoba Field Remains Loaded - (CBS Sports com)
Action Network’s Odds, Betting Preview (Action Network)
Dustin Johnson Withdraws from Mayakoba (USA Today com)
Look Ahead at Mayakoba, Best Bets, Odds (USA Today/Golf Week)
Tournament Site: (link)
Review: Christiaan Bezuidenhout Wins Alfred Dunhill Champ (ESPN/Reuters)
Review II: Streb won last at The RSM Classic (Leaderboard)
Justin Thomas on the Mayakoba, the Father-Son event upcoming and the New Year ahead, starting out in Maui in January.
“I kind of caught myself yesterday, I had to remind myself I'm at a golf tournament, I'm not on vacation. It's so beautiful here. The beach, the golf course is pretty, so many holes on the water. It's a great, great relaxing venue and a nice way to end the PGA Tour year before we start off in Kapalua,” said Thomas.
“I don't have a crazy amount of off time. I'm playing the Father-Son with my dad, I guess the 19th and 20th I think it is of December. So that's going to be our fifth major, my fifth major of the year and his major, so that will be a lot of fun for us. I know next week will be a little bit of off time for me. It will be a week grinding with my dad, so we'll be getting ready for that and that will be the true end of the year for us.
“I played well this fall, but I feel like I've had a really good opportunity to win three times and I haven't won any of them, so that's a little disappointing. I think I have to find a little bit better way to kind of get focused or just to really close the deal because I've had -- again, I had a 54-hole lead in L.A. and didn't get it done and had a co-lead for 36 at Augusta and had the lead through 18 at the U.S. Open and I didn't get it done at any of those. So I clearly need to work on something or get something improved to get it done when I get in those scenarios again. But I've been working hard and I feel good about my game,” he said.
Odds at the Mayakoba Classic
(Odds by William Hill)
Justin Thomas 13-2
Brooks Koepka 11-1
Harris English 16-1
Tony Finau 18-1
Viktor Hovland 20-1
Daniel Berger 20-1
Abraham Ancer 22-1
Russell Henley 25-1
Joaquin Niemann 30-1
Rickie Fowler 30-1
Corey Conners 30-1
Will Zalatoris 33-1
Billy Horschel 35-1
Carlos Ortiz 35-1
Sebastian Munoz 40-1
Marc Leishman 40-1
Brendon Todd 50-1
Gary Woodland 50-1
Charles Howell 50-1
Brian Harman 50-1
Emiliano Grillo 55-1
Scott Piercy 60-1
Patton Kizzire 60-1
Adam Long 60-1
Alex Noren 60-1
Harold Varner 66-1
Joel Dahmen 66-1
Chez Reavie 70-1
Keegan Bradley 70-1
Russell Knox 70-1
Charley Hoffman 80-1
Denny McCarthy 80-1
Sepp Straka 80-1
Byeong Hun An 80-1
Chris Kirk 80-1
Rory Sabbatini 90-1
Doug Ghim 100-1
John Huh 100-1
Kevin Streelman 100-1
Maverick McNealy 100-1
Henrik Norlander 100-1
Brian Gay 100-1
Graeme McDowell 100-1
Austin Cook 100-1
Aaron Wise 100-1
Peter Malnati 100-1
Tech, Sports Business & the Golf Industry
CBS Sports: A Review on The Masters (SVG link)
How PGA Tour & European Tour Fended Off Premier Golf (USA Today/Golf Week)
When Will Sports Venues Be Filled Again? (Yahoo Sports)
News Updates on Fans in the Stands:
Phoenix Open Moving Forward; Plans for Fans; Smaller 16th Hole crowd (Golf World)
Waste Management Phoenix Open is organized by The Thunderbirds
“It’s fluid. I’ve stopped trying to predict the future in our COVID world. We’d love to have fans. We’re the ‘Peoples' Open.’ We also understand that the safety of our fans, players and volunteers is the most important thing,” said Scott Jenkins, Chair of the Tournament, to Golf World.
Torrey Pines (Farmer’s Insurance) Joins others on West Coast Swing announcing they will not allow fans (Golf World)
