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USA Today
26-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Thomas Detry odds to win the 2025 Texas Children's Houston Open
Thomas Detry odds to win the 2025 Texas Children's Houston Open Texas Children's Houston Open details and info Date: March 27-30, 2025 March 27-30, 2025 Course: Memorial Park Golf Course Memorial Park Golf Course Location: Houston, TX Houston, TX Previous Winner: Stephan Jaeger How to watch the Texas Children's Houston Open Thursday: Golf Channel Golf Channel Friday: Golf Channel Golf Channel Saturday: Golf Channel, NBC Golf Channel, NBC Sunday: Golf Channel, NBC Watch golf on Fubo! Detry odds to win the Texas Children's Houston Open PGA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 3:00 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Detry odds to finish in the top 5 at the Texas Children's Houston Open Detry odds to finish in the top 10 at the Texas Children's Houston Open Other betting markets for Detry at the Texas Children's Houston Open Detry recent performances Detry has played nine tournaments this season, securing one win along with two top-five finishes. In his past four events, Detry has an average finish of 38th.
Khaleej Times
11-02-2025
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
Detry's Date with Destiny: Belgian star makes history with first PGA tour win
Dubai-based golfer Thomas Detry etched his name in history, becoming the first Belgian to claim victory on the PGA Tour with a commanding seven-shot triumph at the Phoenix Open. The 32-year-old, who had never won at this level on either the DP World Tour or PGA Tour, delivered a career-defining performance, finishing 24-under-par to leave Michael Kim and Daniel Berger in his wake. Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, and Berger all made their moves, but Detry's pinpoint approach to 16 inches on the 16th hole secured his long-awaited first victory in his 68th PGA Tour start. Holding a five-shot lead entering the final round, Detry remained unshaken. At the turn, his cushion grew to six, but a late charge from Berger briefly cut the deficit to three. Unfazed, Detry responded with a stunning four-birdie streak from the 15th hole, sealing an emphatic win. 'Today I paid more attention,' Detry said. 'Yesterday morning, I actually felt pretty comfortable and I did the exact same routine, and I actually felt comfortable on the first tee. I really didn't have any nerves.' A former Challenge Tour champion, Detry's recent commitment to mental strength—working with a psychologist and embracing meditation—appears to be paying off. As the final putt dropped, he celebrated on the home green with his young family, marking a momentous milestone in his career and for Belgian golf.
USA Today
11-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Thomas Detry closes in style for first PGA Tour victory at 2025 WM Phoenix Open
Thomas Detry closes in style for first PGA Tour victory at 2025 WM Phoenix Open Thomas Detry could sense his lead slipping away. Winless in his career on the PGA Tour, his five-shot advantage on Sunday had momentarily been trimmed to two but the 32-year-old Belgian was determined this time would be different. 'This one," he said, "nobody was going to take it away from me.' He stepped up to make a clutch birdie putt at 15 and then hit the shot of the final round at the par-3 16th to secure his first PGA Tour victory at the WM Phoenix Open. Detry dialed in a 9-iron from 180 yards that bounced once on the green, hopped and spun to a stop inside 2 feet from the hole to set up a birdie. 'Everything he's doing is obviously very good. He should keep doing that,' said Justin Thomas, who called Detry "freakishly talented" while serving as a guest commentator on CBS Sports. 'That's why he's leading the tournament and I'm sitting here done for the week.' Detry closed with birdies on the final four holes to shoot 6-under 65 at TPC Scottsdale and beat Daniel Berger and Michael Kim by seven strokes. In doing so, Detry became the first Belgian to win on the Tour. Detry, the 2016 Big Ten champion, had followed fellow countryman Thomas Pieters to University of Illinois, where men's golf coach Mike Small beat into his team's head to play by the mantra of 'poor, hungry, determined." 'That's the way to approach a tournament and approach golf,' Detry said. Detry has steadily improved since turning pro but victory had been elusive. The two-time Olympian's only previous wins? By 12 strokes on the DP World Tour's Challenge Tour and at the 2018 World Cup. But he couldn't get over the line on the PGA Tour. Every time he was in the thick of the trophy hunt, his heart raced and he had a bad habit of jumping ahead and thinking about what a victory would mean to him. For the past two years, at the advice of his wife and his sports psychologist, he's been meditating and he noticed a calmness and comfort level this time after shooting 66-65-65 to build a commanding five-stroke lead. However, the likes of Jordan Spieth and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler were lurking and Detry's lackluster final-round scoring average meant it was too soon to inscribe the Belgian's name on the trophy. Add in the fact that he struggled through a fitful night of sleep, waking at 4 a.m., and failing to get back to sleep and it wasn't setting up to be a walk in the park at the tournament affectionately known as the People's Open. Scheffler birdied four of his first six holes to jump into contention but he bogeyed No. 12 and the wheels fell off. He came home in 41 to finish T-25. Spieth closed in 68 and finished T-4, his best result since the WM Phoenix Open a year ago, but never got closer to the lead than four strokes. 'All in all, it was a big progress week for me,' Spieth said. 'I didn't feel like this was a one-off. It felt like this is just trending the right direction.' Detry birdied two of the first three holes – a 12-footer at 1 and a left-to-right bending 14 footer at 3 – around a bogey at the second. He strung together seven pars in a row before a birdie at 11 and looked to be waltzing to victory. But not so fast. Berger, winless in four years during which he was sidelined for 18 months, birdied three holes in a four-hole stretch beginning at No. 12, the last of which reduced Detry's lead down to two strokes, momentarily. 'In the back of your mind, you've got a five-shot lead, don't blow it, don't blow it,' he admitted thinking. Detry responded at 15 by stroking in his 7-foot birdie putt. Then he didn't even realize he had stiffed it at 16, brushing in his birdie putt while Berger made bogey and the lead returned to five. Game, set, match. "Every time I felt like I made a birdie, he made one back," Berger said. "He was playing really great golf today, and he was deserving to win this." Detry tricked his mind into staying in the present and had a magician's touch on the greens. He closed out the round with two more superb birdies. He signed for a 72-hole total of 24-under 260 and romped to a seven-stroke victory as if this winning thing was old hat. For the week, he ranked first in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green, second in SG: Putting and third in SG: Tee to Green. 'Deep inside of me, I kind of really trusted myself,' he said. 'I felt like I've been doing a lot of really good things in the past to put myself in that position, and I felt like I was kind of ready to win.'
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
1st-time winners: Detry romps in Phoenix Open, Noh takes Founders Cup
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Thomas Detry nearly aced the rowdy par-3 16th hole in a stretch of four closing birdies, shooting a 6-under 65 on Sunday to win the Phoenix Open by seven shots for his first PGA Tour victory. A year after soggy conditions led to multiple delays, perfect weather greeted players at TPC Scottsdale's Stadium Course. The fans also were on their best behavior — as much as they can be at the PGA Tour's wildest stop — following a mayhem-filled 2024 tournament. Detry took advantage of the ideal conditions and navigated the rowdiness to enter the final round with a five-shot lead. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Daniel Berger all made charges, but Detry hit it to 16 inches on 16 to seal his first win in 68 PGA Tour starts. Detry added two more birdies to finish at 24-under 260, becoming the first Belgian to win on the PGA Tour. Berger (67) and Michael Kim tied for second. Spieth shot 68 to tie for fourth at 16 under in his second tournament since wrist surgery last summer. Scheffler shot 31 on the front nine to reach 14 under, only to fade. He gad a 5-over 41 on the back nine for a 72, dropping into a tie for 25th at 8 under in his second start since he injured his hand on a broken glass. LPGA Tour BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Yealimi Noh turned a one-shot deficit into a three-shot lead over three-time champion Jin Young Ko in the span of two holes on the back nine Sunday and cruised from there to her first LPGA Tour victory in the Founders Cup. The 23-year-old from Northern California shot a 3-under 68 to finish at 21-under 263 at Bradenton Country Club, four shots better than Ko (71). Noh made her last bogey of the week on her final hole Friday, then surged into the lead Saturday with a 63. Noh was making her 111th career start, the first of her sixth season on tour. She made 10 straight pars, allowing Ko to edge in front, but holed birdie putts of about 15 feet on the 13th and 12 feet on the par-4 14th while Ko made bogey on each — her first bogeys of the week. Ko missed a chance to win the event that honors the tour's founders on a fourth venue. She won in 2019 at Desert Ridge in Phoenix, 2021 at Mountain Ridge in New Jersey and 2023 in a playoff at Upper Montclair, also in New Jersey. Megan Khang (68) was another shot back. Miyu Yamashita, Hannah Green and Jin Hee Im tied for fourth at 13 under. Top-ranked Nelly Korda, who won a different tournament on this course last year to kick off a seven-win season, closed with a 71 to finish nine shots back. LIV Golf League RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Adrian Meronk of Poland won LIV Golf's first tournament under the lights Saturday night, shooting a 1-under 71 to complete a wire-to-wire victory. Meronk finished at 17-under 199 after opening with rounds of 62 and 66 at Riyadh Golf Club. Jon Rahm and Sebastian Munoz tied for second, two strokes back after rounds of 67. Rahm's Legion XIII won the team title. European tour DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Li Haotong of China made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke victory over Denmark's Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen in the Qatar Masters. Li let out a loud roar, pumped both fists and wept in the arms of his caddie after his winning putt at Doha Golf Club. He finished at 16-under 272 for his fourth European Tour title. Neergaard-Petersen closed with a 65. PGA Tour Champions RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Trophy Hassan II on Saturday at age 61 for his 14th PGA Tour Champions victory, beating Steven Alker by two strokes. Jimenez drove the green on the par-4 17th to set up an eagle in a closing 4-under 69 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. The Spanish player finished at a tournament-record 11-under 208. Alker shot 71. Korn Ferry Tour BOGOTA, Columbia (AP) — Kyle Westmoreland won the Astara Goplf Championship for his first Korn Ferry Tour title Sunday, shooting a 1-under 71 in light rain for a one-stroke victory. Westmoreland won a day after shooting a career-best 61 on the Lagos Course at Country Club de Bogota. The 33-year-old Air Force Academy graduate finished at 18-under 265. Pierceson Coody (66) and Christo Lamprecht (68) tied for second. Other tours England's Cara Gainer beat India's Diksha Dagar in a playoff in the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco for her first Ladies European Tour title. Gainer closed with a 4-under 69 to match Dagar (67 ) at 9-under 210. ... Josh Geary won the Vic Open on Sunday at 13th Beach Golf Links for his first PGA Tour of Australasia title in almost 12 years. The New Zealander shot a 6-over 78 in high wind to finish at 13 under, four strokes ahead of Connor McKinney. ... Jamie Rutherford of England won the Cape Town Open on Sunday for his first Sunshine Tour title. He shot a 3-under 69 in windy conditions to finish at 14 under. Keenan Davidse was two strokes back after a 67. ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
1st-time winners: Detry romps in Phoenix Open, Noh takes Founders Cup
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Thomas Detry nearly aced the rowdy par-3 16th hole in a stretch of four closing birdies, shooting a 6-under 65 on Sunday to win the Phoenix Open by seven shots for his first PGA Tour victory. A year after soggy conditions led to multiple delays, perfect weather greeted players at TPC Scottsdale's Stadium Course. The fans also were on their best behavior — as much as they can be at the PGA Tour's wildest stop — following a mayhem-filled 2024 tournament. Detry took advantage of the ideal conditions and navigated the rowdiness to enter the final round with a five-shot lead. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Daniel Berger all made charges, but Detry hit it to 16 inches on 16 to seal his first win in 68 PGA Tour starts. Detry added two more birdies to finish at 24-under 260, becoming the first Belgian to win on the PGA Tour. Berger (67) and Michael Kim tied for second. Spieth shot 68 to tie for fourth at 16 under in his second tournament since wrist surgery last summer. Scheffler shot 31 on the front nine to reach 14 under, only to fade. He gad a 5-over 41 on the back nine for a 72, dropping into a tie for 25th at 8 under in his second start since he injured his hand on a broken glass. LPGA Tour BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Yealimi Noh turned a one-shot deficit into a three-shot lead over three-time champion Jin Young Ko in the span of two holes on the back nine Sunday and cruised from there to her first LPGA Tour victory in the Founders Cup. The 23-year-old from Northern California shot a 3-under 68 to finish at 21-under 263 at Bradenton Country Club, four shots better than Ko (71). Noh made her last bogey of the week on her final hole Friday, then surged into the lead Saturday with a 63. Noh was making her 111th career start, the first of her sixth season on tour. She made 10 straight pars, allowing Ko to edge in front, but holed birdie putts of about 15 feet on the 13th and 12 feet on the par-4 14th while Ko made bogey on each — her first bogeys of the week. Ko missed a chance to win the event that honors the tour's founders on a fourth venue. She won in 2019 at Desert Ridge in Phoenix, 2021 at Mountain Ridge in New Jersey and 2023 in a playoff at Upper Montclair, also in New Jersey. Megan Khang (68) was another shot back. Miyu Yamashita, Hannah Green and Jin Hee Im tied for fourth at 13 under. Top-ranked Nelly Korda, who won a different tournament on this course last year to kick off a seven-win season, closed with a 71 to finish nine shots back. LIV Golf League RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Adrian Meronk of Poland won LIV Golf's first tournament under the lights Saturday night, shooting a 1-under 71 to complete a wire-to-wire victory. Meronk finished at 17-under 199 after opening with rounds of 62 and 66 at Riyadh Golf Club. Jon Rahm and Sebastian Munoz tied for second, two strokes back after rounds of 67. Rahm's Legion XIII won the team title. European tour DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Li Haotong of China made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke victory over Denmark's Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen in the Qatar Masters. Li let out a loud roar, pumped both fists and wept in the arms of his caddie after his winning putt at Doha Golf Club. He finished at 16-under 272 for his fourth European Tour title. Neergaard-Petersen closed with a 65. PGA Tour Champions RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Trophy Hassan II on Saturday at age 61 for his 14th PGA Tour Champions victory, beating Steven Alker by two strokes. Jimenez drove the green on the par-4 17th to set up an eagle in a closing 4-under 69 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. The Spanish player finished at a tournament-record 11-under 208. Alker shot 71. Korn Ferry Tour BOGOTA, Columbia (AP) — Kyle Westmoreland won the Astara Goplf Championship for his first Korn Ferry Tour title Sunday, shooting a 1-under 71 in light rain for a one-stroke victory. Westmoreland won a day after shooting a career-best 61 on the Lagos Course at Country Club de Bogota. The 33-year-old Air Force Academy graduate finished at 18-under 265. Pierceson Coody (66) and Christo Lamprecht (68) tied for second. Other tours England's Cara Gainer beat India's Diksha Dagar in a playoff in the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco for her first Ladies European Tour title. Gainer closed with a 4-under 69 to match Dagar (67 ) at 9-under 210. ... Josh Geary won the Vic Open on Sunday at 13th Beach Golf Links for his first PGA Tour of Australasia title in almost 12 years. The New Zealander shot a 6-over 78 in high wind to finish at 13 under, four strokes ahead of Connor McKinney. ... Jamie Rutherford of England won the Cape Town Open on Sunday for his first Sunshine Tour title. He shot a 3-under 69 in windy conditions to finish at 14 under. Keenan Davidse was two strokes back after a 67. ___ AP golf: The Associated Press
