The Tour returns to Palm Springs for the American Express, formerly the Bob Hope Classic:
The American Express does not have a designation. It's not a 'Classic' or an 'Open' or 'Championship.' It's just 'The American Express.' But, they are keeping the tournament alive so they can call it whatever they want.
As the Bob Hope Classic it was a nice, little, quaint event. It didn't have the star power in the Pro-Am like Pebble Beach, but it always felt visually appealing as usually the weather cooperated. It just seemed 'pleasant' unlike Pebble Beach where vicious wind and rain could make the event look miserable to play in.
Hope was a golfing fanatic known for having a hook. Here's some footage of him playing back in the day:
They should refer to this as a 'shootout' as that is what it will be with this being usually the lowest scoring event on Tour. Not a lot of Red Zone (175-225 yards) shots and more Yellow Zone shots (125-175 yards). To top things off, it usually has the nearest proximity to the cup from the Yellow Zone and on shots around the green. The greens are fairly flat and very receptive and it's pretty wide open. It's about who can get hot with the irons and the putter that can win.
Too many different courses to come up with a critical hole, so I will pass on the analysis this week:
Projected Winning Score: -24
3JACK'S FAVORITES
Sung-Jae Im +2,000
Francesco Molinari +3,300
Jason Kokrak +4,000
3JACK"S DARK HORSE PICKS
Brian Harman +5,000
Harris English +5,000
Andrew Putnam +6,600
Nate Lashley +12,500
Talor Gooch +12,500
Peter Malnati +20,000
Tom Hoge +20,000
3JACK
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High golf fees, the cheapest is $20/ball.
Most are still updating their golf equipment, such as blue tees rangefinder, gogogo rangefinder, etc.
see here, see come frome japan's golfer aoki
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