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PGA Tour Brunch Previews the 2023 Honda Classic from Palm Beach Gardens

@TerryLyons
Feb 22
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By TERRY LYONS

PALM BEACH GARDENS - Beginning with this week's Honda Classic, the PGA Tour will be staging its tournaments in Florida during the next four weeks: The Honda Classic, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, THE PLAYERS Championship and Valspar Championship.

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The 2022 Honda Classic winner Sepp Straka became the first player from Austria to win on the Tour. With a win Sunday, Straka would become the first repeat winner at The Honda Classic since Jack Nicklaus in 1977-78.

PGA National's 15th, 16th and 17th holes make up one of the most difficult three-hole stretches on the PGA Tour, known as the “Bear Trap.” Among non-major courses that have been played in at least seven seasons since the event moved to PGA National in 2007, "The Bear Trap" ranks as the fourth-toughest stretch (+0.63 on average).


Honda Classic | Tournament Facts

COURSE: PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

YARDS/PAR: 7,125 yards/Par 70

ARCHITECTS: Tom Fazio

PRIZE Money - Purse: $8,400,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Sepp Straka

PAST RESULTS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @TheHondaClassic


How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)


Honda Classic | The Basics

The Tee Times at the Honda Classic will run from 6:50am (ET) to 1:46pm (ET) Thursday.

Weather: East Coast weather reports begin with a Thursday forecast for 85-degrees and partly sunny, 12 mph winds, humidity at 64% and a 6% chance of rain. There’s a similar forecast for all four days of the tournament.

Tournament Web Site: (link)

FedEx Cup Info: (link)

PGA Tour Brunch will post at 6:00am (ET) Thursday as the Tour came East and there’s early Tee Times.


Honda Classic: Field, Tee Times, Updates and Leaderboard

The Field: (link)

Tee Times: (link)

Updates:

Sunday:

Sam Ryder (out) / Scott Brown (in)

David Lipsky (out) / Greg Chalmers (in)

Tuesday:

Danny Lee (out) / Geoff Ogilvy (in)

Austin Smotherman (out) / Kevin Chappell (in)

Alex Noren (out) / Grayson Murray (in)

Tournament Leaderboard: (link)


Honda Classic Invitational | Tournament Odds

Source: CBS Sportsline

Sungjae Im +850

Shane Lowry +1400

Aaron Wise +2200

Min Woo Lee +2500

Chris Kirk +2500

Matt Kuchar +2800

Denny McCarthy +2800

Billy Horschel +3000

Thomas Detry +3500

Taylor Pendrith +3500

Sepp Straka +3500

J.T. Poston +3500

Adam Svensson +3500

Harris English +4000

Cam Davis +4000

Adrian Meronk +4000

Jhonattan Vegas +4500

Lee Hodges +5000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +5000

Will Gordon +5500

Robby Shelton +5500

Patrick Rodgers +5500

Nick Hardy +5500

Garrick Higgo +5500

Ben Griffin +5500

Ryan Palmer +6000

Justin Suh +6000

Danny Willett +6000

Byeong Hun An +6000

Stephan Jaeger +6500

Padraig Harrington +6500

Joseph Bramlett +6500

Hayden Buckley +6500

Aaron Rai +6500

Webb Simpson +7000

Lanto Griffin +7000

Davis Riley +7500

S.H. Kim +8000

Erik Van Rooyen +8000

Russell Knox +9000

Harry Hall +9000

Charley Hoffman +9000

Brandon Wu +9000

Ben Taylor +9000

Callum Tarren +10000

Matthias Schwab +11000

Matt Wallace +11000

Mark Hubbard +11000

Greyson Sigg +11000

Aaron Baddeley +11000

Zach Johnson +13000

Pierceson Coody +13000

MJ Daffue +13000

Michael Kim +13000

Kramer Hickok +13000

Dylan Frittelli +13000

Chesson Hadley +13000

Carl Yuan +13000

Ben Martin +13000

Adam Schenk +13000

Adam Long +13000

Sam Stevens +15000

Peter Malnati +15000

Matti Schmid +15000

Luke Donald +15000

Harry Higgs +15000

Eric Cole +15000

Danny Lee +15000

Austin Eckroat +15000

Akshay Bhatia +15000

Zecheng Dou +18000

Erik Barnes +18000

Dylan Wu +18000

David Lingmerth +18000

Satoshi Kodaira +20000

Ryan Moore +20000

Ryan Armour +20000

Kevin Tway +20000

Vincent Norrman +25000

TL’s Wedge for an Edge:  The picks for this week - a week with a weaker field than usual: Harris English, Sungai Im, Erik Van Rooyen and Min Woo Lee. The two reserves: Aaron Rai and Taylor Pendrith.

For the Tour One and Done? Harris English


What They’re Saying

First Look at The Honda (PGATourCom)

Power Rankings for Honda Classic (PGATourCom)

Five Things to Know from The West Coast Swing (PGATourCom)

Monday Qualifying for Honda (Golf Week/UsA Today)

How to Watch The Honda Classic R-1 (PGATourCom)

PGA Tour Adds Saudi Investment Group to Lawsuit (ESPNCom)

New LPGA - PGA Tour Mixed Event (ESPNCom)

R&A Confirms LIV Players to Play at The Open (Reuters)


Sports Gambling and Daily Fantasy

Best Bets, Strategies at PGA National - (Action Net)

Expert Picks for Honda - (PGATourCom)

Sleeper Picks for Honda - (PGATourCom)

Horses for the Course at Honda- (PGATourCom)


On This Day in Golf History

February 22, 1938 - “Lighthouse” Harry Cooper won the Crescent City Open in New Orleans by four strokes over Harold “Jugs” McSpaden. Cooper cashed $1,200 for his efforts.


Parting Putt

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