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USA Today
03-05-2025
- Climate
- USA Today
All 2s, 3s and 4s as Scottie Scheffler opens big lead at 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
All 2s, 3s and 4s as Scottie Scheffler opens big lead at 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson A 6 hour, 15 minute weather delay couldn't derail Scottie Scheffler. Leading by two after a first-round 61 on Thursday at TPC Craig Ranch, Scheffler, the world No. 1 seeking his first win in 2025, has expanded that lead to six shots after his Friday second round in his hometown event in McKinney, Texas, near Dallas. Scheffler played the back nine first Friday at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson and opened with eight straight pars before eagling the 18th hole, which came right before the horn calling for the weather delay. Upon his return to the golf course, he then birdied six of his last nine holes to sign for a 8-under 63 and walk off the course with a six-shot lead on Sam Stevens, who has posted back-to-back 65s. Through 36 holes, Scheffler has three 2s, 14 3s and 19 4s but not a single 5 or higher. Put another way, Scheffler has two eagles, 14 birdies and 20 pars on his scorecards so far. On the holes that make up the front nine he's birdied each of them over the first two days. Scheffler has 13 PGA Tour wins, with six of them coming in signature events. His most recent victory came in the 2024 Tour Championship last August. This season he has five top-10s and three top-5s including a runner-up in eight starts but he's yet to find the winner's circle. This might be the week he hoists a trophy once again, in an event he says he loves playing. Weather delay means cut won't come till Saturday The lengthy postponement for rain and lightning meant half the field of 156 didn't even start its second round till late in the day Friday. The final groups to head out weren't scheduled to start until 7:54 p.m. local time (8:54 p.m. ET), leaving only enough daylight for a couple of holes. The early projected cutline was 4 under, with Ben An, Chris Gotterup, Ben Griffin, Cam Davis and Joel Dahmen all with plenty of work to do on what's to be a long day on Saturday.
South Wales Argus
21-04-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Gwent's Mark Williams named top performer of 2024
Three-time world champion Williams only made it to the last 32 at the Crucible this year, but he did win the 2024 Tour Championship, the 2023 Macau Masters and the 2023 British Open, as well as reaching the final of the 2023 Championship League. 'I think Mark Williams has been putting in more good performances than any player,' said seven-time world champion O'Sullivan. 'I'm either good or bad, but Mark Williams is just consistent. Any snooker player would tell you, you just want that. If you've got that, you've got it. All that up and down business is no good to nobody. 'Mark Williams is not throwing the kitchen sink at it; he's just turning up, hitting balls. He's focused and he's fancying clearing up before he's even potted a ball.' Williams made it through to the second of this year's Championship League as the 2024-2025 snooker season kicked off in Leicester this week. Michael White became the fourth Welshman to reach the last 32 of the tournament by topping Group 23 on seven points at the season's first ranking event. After compatriots Williams, Ryan Day and Matthew Stevens reached the second phase of the season's first ranking event, White showed his quality to edge out former UK champion Stephen Maguire with a 2-2 draw. White hit breaks of 122 and 94 in a 3-0 win over Ryan Davies before completing a 3-0 win over Dean Young boosted by knocks of 83, 74 and 98. Needing a point to progress against Maguire, White compiled a 59 in the second frame to move 2-0 clear with the Scotsman running in 111 and 54 of his own to finish third in the section, a point behind runner-up Davies and two adrift of White. Elsewhere on Thursday, local favourite Joe O'Connor also advanced by winning Group 22 courtesy of a win over Oliver Lines (3-1) and two draws with Harvey Chandler (2-2) and Aaron Hill (2-2) respectively. O'Connor's 130 break in his 2-2 draw with Chandler was key to edging out Irishman Hill after the leading duo finished on identical records on five points from three fixtures. Stage one at the Mattioli Arena consists of 32 groups of four players before the 32 group winners split into eight further groups. The eight group winners contest a further two groups with the winners meeting in the final. There is £33,000 on the table for the winner plus a spot in the Champion of Champions later in the year which is worth another £12,500 for qualifying.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
YouTube is presenting sponsor of PGA Tour's Creator Classic Series, beginning at The Players
YouTube will be the presenting sponsor for the PGA Tour's Creator Classic Series, which will begin a three-tournament schedule on March 12 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, the day before the first round of The Players Championship. The nine-hole events, which began at the 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake, features YouTube golf "content creators," who have gained in popularity with the video presentations of their love of golf and their journeys within the game. The Creator Classic at The Players will begin at 4:15 p.m. at the 10th tee of the Stadium Course, with personalities such as the Bryan Brothers, "Fat Perez" from Bob Does Sports, Gabby Golf Girl, Roger Steele, Grant Horvat, Kyle Berkshire, Tisha Alyn, Soly from No Laying Up, and a Barstool personality who will be determined via qualifier. Each Creator Classic event will be streamed on the PGA Tour's YouTube channel and several other platforms. Additional Creator Classics will be held at the Philly Cricket Club on May 7 before the Truist Championship and then at East Lake on Aug. 20, the day before the FedEx Cup Championship begins at East Lake. The Creator Classic is open to any Wednesday ticket holders at The Players. The 2024 Creator Classic featured 16 YouTube creators and had more than 2.7 million views. It was the No. 2 trending video after the competition and engaged more than 60 million viewers across all social media platforms during a four-week period. Pro Shop Studios, the entertainment division of Pro Shop and the production company behind the Netflix hit series 'Full Swing' and 'Happy Gilmore 2,' will partner with PGA Tour Studios to run on-ground and broadcast production. In addition to the Tour's YouTube channel, the competitions will be streamed live channel on Golf Channel, ESPN+, the PGA Tour channel on Pluto TV, Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Prime Video, Fire TV, Tubi, Xumo Play and LG Channels. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: YouTube, PGA Tour partner in three-tournament Creator Classic series
