Bermuda Championship Sunday tee times, TV and streaming info

From tee times to TV info, here’s everything you need to know for Sunday at the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship.

This week the PGA Tour is in Bermuda at Port Royal Golf Course for the second playing of the Bermuda Championship.

The event began last season in Southampton, Bermuda, as an alternate event opposite the WGC-HSBC Champions. This year, the Bermuda Championship has been elevated to full status, meaning full FedEx Cup points are up for grabs as well as an invitation to next year’s Masters.

After the third round of play, Doc Redman holds a one-shot lead at 10 under after shooting a third-round 67. Ryan Armour, Wyndham Clark and Kramer Hickok are T-2 at 9 under. Check out the second-round groupings and tee times below, as well as this week’s TV and streaming schedule.

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All times are listed in Eastern.

Tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
7:19 a.m. Troy Merritt, Chesson Hadley, Scott Stallings
7:30 a.m. Scott Piercy, Denny McCarthy, Aaron Wise
7:41 a.m. Sepp Straka, Andrew Putnam, Padraig Harrington
7:52 a.m. Hank Lebioda, Maverick McNealy, Will Gordon
8:03 a.m. Luke Donald, Roger Sloan, Johnson Wagner
8:14 a.m. Mark Anderson, Beau Hossler, Emiliano Grillo
8:25 a.m. Stewart Cink, Will Zalatoris, Michael Gligic
8:36 a.m. Ryan Brehm, Peter Malnati, Russell Knox
8:47 a.m. Kiradech Aphibarnrat, David Hearn, Anirban Lahiri
8:58 a.m. Ollie Schniederjans, Adam Schenk, Doug Ghim
9:09 a.m. Kramer Hickok, Matt Jones, Brian Gay
9:20 a.m. Doc Redman, Ryan Armour, Wyndham Clark

10th tee

 

Tee time Players
7:19 a.m. Vaughn Taylor, Rasmus Hojgaard, Peter Uihlein
7:30 a.m. John Senden, Kevin Tway, D.A. Points
7:41 a.m. Seamus Power, Luke List, Max Homa
7:52 a.m. Brice Garnett, Jason Dufner, Roberrt Streb
8:03 a.m. Danny Willett, Cameron Percy, Hudson Swafford
8:14 a.m. Joseph Bramlett, Ben Taylor, D.J. Trahan
8:25 a.m. Jonathan Byrd, Branden Grace, Camilo Villegas
8:36 a.m. Hunter Mahan, Patrick Rodgers, Michael Miller
8:47 a.m. Fred Funk, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Ricky Barnes
8:58 a.m. Keith Mitchell, Jhonattan Vegas, Matthew Borchert
9:09 a.m. Kyle Stanley, Eric Dugas


Sunday Nov. 1  TV, Streaming Information

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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What’s up, Doc? Doc Redman leads by 1 at Bermuda Championship

The 22-year-old former U.S. Amateur champion shot 67 on Saturday to claim a 1-stroke lead.

On another wild, windswept day that bewildered players once again, Doc Redman did what he does best – relied on his ballstriking abilities.

“I don’t know if anyone really enjoys playing in the wind, but yeah, I think it speaks to my strengths,” he said on Thursday. “Hitting it solid is really important in the wind and I have a lot of confidence in my irons and my woods and my driver, so I think I welcome it and it’s always a good challenge.”

Redman flighted an iron perfectly at the par-4 11th hole to five feet and rolled in the putt for one of his five birdies on Saturday at Port Royal Golf en route to shooting 4-under 67 in the third round of the Bermuda Championship. Redman improved to 10-under 203 and earned his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour, one stroke ahead of Ryan Armour, Wyndham Clark and Kramer Hickok.

Redman, 22, winner of the 2017 U.S. Amateur, is seeking his first Tour title in his 40 Tour start. He’s only recorded three top-10 finishes in his young career, but each time he’s knocked on the door for victory: a solo second at the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Championship; T-3 at the Wyndham Championship in August; and T-3 at the Safeway Championship in September. He’ll bring a simple approach into Sunday’s final round.

“I think just allowing myself to play great, not letting myself get ahead of myself,” he said. “Just kind of trust myself and see what happens.”

But Redman won’t be the only one bidding for his first Tour title. Clark and Hickok, Redman’s closest pursuers, also are seeking to claim their first trophy. Clark overcame a double bogey and hitting just two fairways in the third round to make birdie at No. 17 and post 70. Hickok had a share of the lead with Redman until he bogeyed the last and settled for shooting 69.

“Every aspect of my game I’m really happy with,” Hickok said. “It’s been a tough last couple years, but I’ve been telling people I’m playing the best golf of my life now, so I’m just excited to be able to have the scores be able to show that.”

Doc Redman plays his shot from the 10th tee during the third round of the Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on October 31, 2020 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Hickok may have explained best how the wind, which shifted directions and gusted up to 25 miles per hour out of the northwest, wreaked havoc on Saturday.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever used a compass on the greens for the wind because literally you’ve got a putt that’s a half a cup out left and the wind’s off the right, it will blow it left,” he said.

Ollie Schniederjans, who lost his Tour card after finishing No. 180 in 2018-19, made just one start on the PGA Tour during the 2019-20 season at this tournament, where he missed the cut; this time, he’s positioned to have a chance to win it after firing 69 to trail by two.

There are also three crafty veterans who have tasted victory before and are looking to go back for seconds and thirds. Ryan Armour, 44, is looking for his second Tour victory after shooting 70, and has a pretty good idea what to expect on Sunday.

“Doc’s at 10, got a bunch of guys at 9, 8 and 7 and it will be a shootout tomorrow,” he said.

Australian Matt Jones, 40, also is seeking a second career victory joined the fray with a bogey-free 66 to get to 8 under.

“If it blows, I’ll be happy, I’m used to the wind, I grew up in the wind in Australia,” he said. “I’ll get out here and see what it is and then it’s all about managing misses I find out here, leaving it in the right spots so you can have a chance to save par.”

A year after finishing T-3 in Bermuda, four-time Tour winner Brian Gay, 48, signed for 67 that included an eagle at 17, and trails by two strokes.

“I’ve played the par 5s terrible, I’ve hardly made a birdie on any of them,” Gay said. “I joked with my caddie, I said, ‘I don’t birdie the par 5s, I just eagle them.’ ”

Gay is bidding for his first victory in seven years, as he, Armour, and Jones look to join Stewart Cink and Sergio Garcia as 40-and-older winners this season. Expect the wind to blow again and for someone to have to step up and distinguish themselves on Sunday.

“It’s just exciting to have a chance,” Redman said. “For people to say that, that’s kind of all you can hope for because even if you had a three-shot lead, you still have to play tomorrow. I think whoever plays the best tomorrow wins and I think I have a good chance of doing that.”

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Peter Malnati continues recent tear, takes early lead at Bermuda Championship

Peter Malnati has been on a tear recently and leads the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship after a Thursday 63.

Peter Malnati is on a tear. On Thursday, he recorded his third round of 63 or better in his last three starts dating back to the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship last month.

Yet after racking up nine birdies, including five in a row beginning at the ninth hole, Malnati’s first question from the press was about his lone bogey on his scorecard.

That was at the par-5 17th hole, where Malnati hit a lousy drive and squandered a chance to go even lower, but he didn’t let it phase him. He bounced back with a birdie at the closing hole to shoot 8-under 63 and grab a one-stroke lead over Ryan Armour and Doug Ghim after the first round of the Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Club. Of the one blemish on his scorecard, Malnati said, “Got to be the easiest one on the course if you drive it well, and I made bogey. How can I complain about much? We’re on the island of Bermuda and I sure played great.”

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Indeed, he did. Malnati, 33, got off to a sluggish start with a couple of ho-hum pars until he rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt at the par-3, third.

“Just beautiful, right in the middle of the hole,” Malnati said. “I had two weeks off after the momentum in Sanderson and then at the Shriners, so to make that putt I’m like, all right, I’m picking right back up. So that first one was big.”

He added circles on the card at Nos. 3 and 6 before his string of birdies began at No. 9. Malnati, who excels with his wedge and putter, took just 24 putts on the day, and says his long game finally is hitting its stride.

“My strengths that have kept me on Tour for as long as I’ve been here have been wedges and short game and putting and I’ve worked hard to make sure that those are still sharp,” he said.

Malnati hadn’t recorded a top-10 finish since the 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans before notching back-to-back top-10s at Sanderson Farms (second) and the Shriners Children’s Hospital Open (T-5). He’s been known to emphasize the importance of patience to the young golfers he mentors in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, but as his frustration grew with his own play, he found it tougher to practice what he preaches.

“I’m always telling them, hey, hard work pays off, it just doesn’t always pay off as quickly as you want it to. I give that advice, but I was getting very impatient with it myself,” he said.

Despite the bogey at 17, Malnati finished on a high note, carding one last birdie to claim the lead. He got a final emotional boost as he walked up the hill on No. 18 and noticed his wife, Alicia, and 1-year-old son, Hatcher, in his gallery.

“It just made my day,” he said. “I’m always in pretty good spirits, but to see them, and it’s the first time Hatcher’s on the golf course [this season]. He was with me in Mississippi, but he wasn’t allowed on site. It’s the first time he’s been on a golf course since The Players or before. So that was really awesome to see him. And to cap it off with a birdie, perfect ending to the day.

“I smile a lot, but nothing makes me smile quite like that. To see them and then to finish with that birdie, I’m a happy man right now.”

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Bermuda Championship Friday tee times, TV and streaming info

From tee times to TV info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship.

This week the PGA Tour is in Bermuda at Port Royal Golf Course for the second playing of the Bermuda Championship.

The event began last season in Southampton, Bermuda, as an alternate event opposite the WGC-HSBC Champions. This year, the Bermuda Championship has been elevated to full status, meaning full-FedEx Cup points are up for grabs as well as an invitation to next year’s Masters.

After the first round of play, Peter Malnati leads at 8 under, followed by Ryan Armour and Doug Ghim, T-2 at 7 under. Check out the second-round groupings and tee times below, as well as this week’s TV and streaming schedule.

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All times are listed in Eastern.

Tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
6:35 a.m. Sangmoon Bae, Robert Garrigus, Seamus Power
6:45 a.m. Robert Streb, Denny McCarthy, Henrik Norlander
6:55 a.m. Emiliano Grillo, Brian Gay, Ollie Schniederjans
7:05 a.m. Michael Kim, Ryan Armour, Luke Donald
7:15 a.m. Andrew Putnam, Troy Merritt, Brice Garnett
7:25 a.m. Bill Haas, D.J. Trahan, Jamie Lovemark
7:35 a.m. Jhonattan Vegas, David Hearn, Ricky Barnes
7:45 a.m. Kramer Hickok, Chris Baker, Luke Schniederjans
7:55 a.m. Chase Seiffert, Rafael Campos, Anthony Phipps
8:05 a.m. Ben Taylor, Seth Reeves, Camiko Smith
8:15 a.m. Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Nelson Ledesma, Jordan Gumberg
11:05 a.m. Alex Cejka, Tommy Gainey, Maverick McNealy
11:15 a.m. George McNeill, Luke List, Patrick Rodgers
11:25 a.m. Derek Ernst, Cameron Tringale, Will Gordon
11:35 a.m. Brendon Todd, Jason Dufner, Danny Willett
11:45 a.m. Max Homa, Kevin Tway, Will Zalatoris
11:55 a.m. Kyle Stanley, Adam Schenk, Tom Lewis
12:05 p.m. Shawn Stefani, Ryan Blaum, Doc Redman
12:15 p.m. Fabián Gómez, Graham DeLaet, Bo Hoag
12:25 p.m. Zack Sucher, Tyler McCumber, Rasmus Hojgaard
12:35 p.m. Brandon Hagy, Kristoffer Ventura, Justin Suh
12:45 p.m. Hank Lebioda, Michael Gellerman, Danny Walker

10th tee

Tee time Players
6:35 a.m. Vaughn Taylor, Hunter Mahan, Jonathan Byrd
6:45 a.m. Branden Grace, Harold Varner III, Beau Hossler
6:55 a.m. Josh Teater, Tim Wilkinson, Cameron Percy
7:05 a.m. Stewart Cink, Pat Perez, Henrik Stenson
7:15 a.m. Hudson Swafford, Keith Mitchell, Aaron Wise
7:25 a.m. Chesson Hadley, Nick Watney, Sepp Straka
7:35 a.m. Matt Every, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
7:45 a.m. Fred Funk, Mark Anderson, Taylor Funk
7:55 a.m. Dominic Bozzelli, Joseph Bramlett, Michael Miller
8:05 a.m. Roger Sloan, Rhein Gibson, Eric Dugas
8:15 a.m. Paul Stankowski, Lucas Bjerregaard, Michael Sims
11:05 a.m. Padraig Harrington, Matt Jones, Kelly Kraft
11:15 a.m. Scott Stallings, Anirban Lahiri, Wyndham Clark
11:25 a.m. Camilo Villegas, John Senden, Peter Uihlein
11:35 a.m. Scott Piercy, Wesley Bryan, Russell Knox
11:45 a.m. D.A. Points, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Stadler
11:55 a.m. Peter Malnati, Johnson Wagner, Bo Van Pelt
12:05 p.m. Aaron Baddeley, Ben Martin, Arjun Atwal
12:15 p.m. Brian Stuard, Bronson Burgoon, Scott Harrington
12:25 p.m. Doug Ghim, Ryan Brehm, Matthew Borchert
12:35 p.m. Wes Roach, Michael Gligic, John Oda
12:45 p.m. Rob Oppenheim, Vincent Whaley, James Nicholas

TV, streaming information

Friday Oct. 30

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 12-3 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday Oct. 31

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 12-3 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday Nov. 1

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Padraig Harrington still chasing one more title, opens with a 67 at Bermuda

Harrington said he checks the PGA Tour Champions scoreboard first, if that tells you anything.

For the first time in a career spanning a quarter of a century, three-time major champion Padraig Harrington was in the group for the first tee time of the day.

“It was nice,” the Irishman said of his 6:45 a.m. ET tee time in the first round of the Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Club in Southampton, Bermuda. “I have no problem getting up and get going. If this was 10 years ago I would probably be getting up three and a half hours before my tee time. I would be doing all the physio and training and all sorts of stuff.

“Now at my age, I just get up and I do a few stretches and I’m off.”

The 49-year-old Harrington got going in a hurry with five birdies in his first 10 holes and finished with a 4-under-par 67 that placed him on the first page of the leaderboard among the early finishers.

It was one of the better postings of late for Harrington, who hasn’t won on the PGA Tour since the 2015 Honda Classic and hasn’t won on the European Tour since the 2016 Portugal Masters. While the winner of 21 titles worldwide was once ranked No. 3 in the world, he has fallen to No. 329 but still believes another title on either tour is on the horizon.

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“I came back out of lockdown and I’ve been hitting the ball off the tee the best I’ve ever hit it and I’ve been putting well,” Harrington said. “My irons and my wedges haven’t been good and again my wedges were poor today. So I’m in a nice place, I don’t feel in any shape or form that I outplayed myself today.

“So we’ll see how the rest of the week is.”

This is Harrington’s first start on the PGA Tour since he missed the cut in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. It was his ninth consecutive missed cut on the PGA Tour. But in four starts on the European Tour prior to going to Bermuda, Harrington missed one cut, tied for 40th in the BMW PGA Championship, tied for ninth in the Scottish Open and tied for 14th in the Scottish Championship.

He’ll keep tinkering with his swing like he always has, keep working long hours like he always has. So, no, Harrington, who turns 50 next August, does not have any PGA Tour Champions’ events circled on his calendar, though the senior circuit intrigues him.

“Possibly even before the PGA Tour scores, I look at the Champions Tour scores,” he said. “I don’t know what that tells you. I would play wherever I think I could win and that’s it. So if I don’t think I can win out here, I won’t play here. I’m not here to turn up, I’m here to try and win, and wherever I’m playing, in my head I think I can win.”

Padraig Harrington of Ireland reacts after finishing on the 18th green during the first round of the Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on October 29, 2020, in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Harrington, who is playing the Houston Open next week, might not join the Champions tour next year but 2021 is definitely going to be different. Harrington is the Ryder Cup captain for Europe, so those duties will come calling.

“Right now it’s very quiet with Ryder Cup duties,” he said. “It’s kind of all about me now at the moment. Come the first of January and the points start up again, obviously there will be a bit more detail.

“How do I balance it? Basically, I’m older and I know I can’t do as much, so that’s it. I just have to take it a little bit easier and not, you know, do my old schedule. I’ll be busy with the Ryder Cup.”

Until then, he’ll keep going and trying to win No. 22.

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Bermuda Championship: Who could be this year’s Brendon Todd?

Golfweek’s Adam Woodard previews the field and course at this year’s Bermuda Championship.

Golfweek’s Adam Woodard previews the field and course at this year’s Bermuda Championship.

Bermuda Championship fantasy golf power rankings

Feeling lucky this week? Check out the top 30 players to gamble on this week at the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship.

The 2020 Bermuda Championship brings a mixed field to Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda. Brendon Todd returns to defend his 2019 title from last year’s inaugural playing of the event. He’s one of the few who’ll be making his way to Augusta National Golf Club for the Masters Tournament in two weeks (Nov. 12-15); this week’s winner will receive an invite to the 2021 Masters next April.

Below, we look at the fantasy golf power rankings for the top 30 golfers at the 2020 Bermuda Championship.

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Fantasy Golf Top 30

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30. Luke List (+4000)

Won his only Korn Ferry Tour start of 2020 and will be playing against similar competition this week. He has two top 10s on the PGA Tour this year.

29. Peter Malnati (+4500)

Followed a runner-up finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship with a T-5 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open before an ill-timed two-week break. Relied a little too heavily on his putter in those results to be a safe pick this week.

28. Padraig Harrington (+5500)

The former Open Championship winner didn’t play either the PGA Championship or US Open while remaining in Europe. He was T-9 in a strong field at the Scottish Open.

27. David Hearn (+9000)

Tied for eighth in this event last year while averaging 1.46 strokes gained per round on the field, according to Data Golf. Has missed 12 cuts through 16 events in 2020.

26. Will Gordon (+10000)

Hasn’t been able to find further success since a surprise T-3 finish against a strong field at the Travelers Championship. His driver won’t be as much of an advantage at the petite Port Royal.

25. Josh Teater (+10000)

The veteran pro has performed extremely well in these weaker-field events over the last two years. He was the runner-up at the Puerto Rico Open earlier in 2020 and tied for 11th in this event last year to go with a T-13 at the Barracuda Championship and a T-6 at the Barbasol Championship.

24. Rafa Cabrera-Bello (+6000)

A T-23 at the US Open was his best result since the PGA Tour’s mid-June restart. He typically plays better in bigger events and may not be fully devoted in Bermuda.

23. Wyndham Clark (+7000)

One of the best putters on Tour when he’s on and could join in on the scoring fest at a shorter, easier course. Has struggled more with the flat stick early in the 2020-21 season.

22. Hudson Swafford (+8000)

The winner of the recent Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship will be playing similar competition this week and birdies will again be easy to come by.

21. Max Homa (+8000)

Has missed the cut in four of his last five events but flashed potential with a T-3 at the 3M Open this summer.

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20. Tyler McCumber (+6600)

Missed the cut last week after a runner-up finish in the Dominican Republic and a T-6 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. His putting stroke has been awful with an average of 1.09 strokes lost per round.

19. Patrick Rodgers (+5500)

Missed the cut here last year while losing 2.12 total strokes per round to the field. He should fit well if his putter can get back to 2019-20 form.

18. Cameron Tringale (+3300)

Averaging 1.12 SG: Putting per round through three events and 10 rounds early in the 2020-21 season. Coming off a T-19 finish at the Shriners.

17. Emiliano Grillo (+3300)

Has made eight straight cuts with two top 10s since late July. He’s averaging 0.76 SG: Approach over his last four events.

16. Stewart Cink (+6600)

Won the Safeway Open with a score of minus-21 at the comparable Silverado Resort and Spa. He averaged 2.30 SG: Tee-to-Green at that event and will need to lean on the same skill here.

15. Sepp Straka (+5500)

Tied for 14th at the Safeway Open on a similar course and against stiffer competition for his best result since picking up three top 20s this summer.

14. Wesley Bryan (+5000)

Averaging 1.22 total strokes gained per round through six rounds to start the young season. Gaining 0.53 strokes per round on approach while recapturing an old strength.

13. Danny Willett (+5000)

Broke a slump of five straight missed cuts with a T-32 at the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship. Needs to get his game in order ahead of the Masters.

12. Charley Hoffman (+2800)

Tied for sixth at the Sanderson Farms Championship before a missed cut at the Shriners. Has struggled on approach through four events this season.

11. Kristoffer Ventura (+3300)

Has been riding a hot putting stroke with a T-7 at the Safeway Open and a T-6 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Won twice on the KFT last year and is playing similar competition this week.

10. Justin Suh (+4500)

The forgotten man of the star-studded 2019 PGA Tour rookie class will look to get a step closer to Matthew WolffViktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa. Tied for eighth at the Shriners last time out.

9. Rasmus Hojgaard (+4000)

Won the European Tour’s ISPS HANDA UK Championship in late August but has missed the cut in two of four events since.

8. Henrik Norlander (+4000)

Has struggled around the greens early this season but has averaged 0.39 SG: Off-the-Tee per round. Neither driving distance nor accuracy is too important at Port Royal.

7. Aaron Wise (+3300)

One of the few returning members of the 2019 field. Tied for third last year and more recently finished eighth at the Barracuda Championship.

6. Will Zalatoris (+1100)

The top player in the field by the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings and has three top-10 finishes in four events since moving up from the Korn Ferry Tour.

5. Harold Varner III (+2200)

Gaining 1.38 total strokes per round on the field through his last two events. Leads the Tour in Birdie or Better Percentage through eight rounds.

4. Denny McCarthy (+2500)

Tied for sixth at the Sanderson Farms Championship before a 57th-place result at the Shriners. He’s averaging 0.91 SG: Putting per round.

3. Doc Redman (+2800)

Two T-3s and two missed cuts in his last five events. He’s averaging 0.95 SG: Approach over his last 10 rounds.

2. Henrik Stenson (+4000)

The marquee attraction of the Bermuda Championship is likely to be more focused on his preparations for the Masters, but there’s no denying he could run away with this tournament if he’s fully focused.

1. Brendon Todd (+1400)

The 2019 champ also won the Mayakoba Golf Classic in his next event but has just one top 10 on the 2020 calendar year.

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Bermuda Championship matchups, placings, first-round leader bets and predictions

Sportsbookwire’s Esten McLaren breaks down the betting odds ahead of the 2020 Bermuda Championship.

The PGA Tour schedule hits a bit of a two-week lull ahead of this year’s unique Masters, Nov. 12-15 at Augusta National Golf Club.

Following Patrick Cantlay’s victory at the Zozo Championship last week, it’s a bit of a weaker field in Southampton, Bermuda this week for the second Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course. The field is fronted by defending 2019 champion Brendon Todd and also features a pair of brothers, Ollie and Luke Schniederjans.

Below, we’ll look for the best value bets in the 2020 Bermuda Championship betting odds with tournament matchups, placings and first-round leader (FRL) picks and predictions.

Matchup bets

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Henrik Stenson vs. Tom Lewis (+110)

Stenson is a fairly heavy favorite in this tournament head-to-head. Big names such as him are often highly risky plays in smaller events like this, especially just two weeks ahead of the Masters.

Lewis has played predominantly on the PGA Tour in 2020 with a top result of T-2 at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Stenson has played a much lighter schedule than usual and missed the cut in three of his last four events with a top result of T-21 in a weak field at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. Take the value over the name here and BET TOM LEWIS (+110).

Harold Varner III vs. Doc Redman (-106)

Varner is a modest favorite coming off a T-13 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Redman’s a risky play with two missed cuts but two T-3s in his last five events. Redman can be backed in the head-to-head matchup after a T-35 finish in the inaugural running of this event last year. Varner will be playing here for the first time. TAKE DOC REDMAN (-106).

Placing bets

Top 5: Will Zalatoris (+250)

Zalatoris is the outright tournament favorite at +1100. The recent Korn Ferry Tour graduate is the top golfer in attendance by the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings at No. 11; however, he remains in search of his first PGA Tour win. Get the insurance of a top-5 placing, after he finished in the top 10 in three of his last four events.

Top 10: Josh Teater (+800)

Teater has struggled of late with a missed cut in three of his last four events before dropping down to the Korn Ferry Tour’s Orange County National Championship for a T-27 finish. The veteran has regularly shown well in these small events, including a runner-up at the Puerto Rico Open in February and a T-11 in this event last year. He’s even worth a long-shot bet at +10000 to win outright.

Top European: Rasmus Hojgaard (+800)

Hojgaard will play in North America for just the second time this year following a missed cut at the US Open. He has four top-10 finishes and a victory in strong events on the European Tour this year.

First-round leader bets

Stewart Cink (+5500)

Cink was a surprise winner at the Safeway Open. Port Royal is similar to that host venue (Silverado Resort & Spa), and the Bermuda Championship will be another scoring fest with Todd winning at minus-24 last year. Look for another strong start from the 47-year-old.

Luke Schniederjans (+25000)

The younger brother of Ollie Schniederjans, Luke recently shot a round of 59 in a mini-tour event in North Carolina. A long-shot bet on him to stay hot for just one more round in his leap to the PGA Tour amid favorable scoring conditions returns a profit of $2,500 on a $10 wager.

Bermuda Championship Thursday tee times, TV and streaming info

From tee times to TV info, here’s everything you need to know for the first round of the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship.

After a two-week swing in Las Vegas and a pit stop in Southern California, the PGA Tour is bound for Bermuda.

Port Royal Golf Course hosted the inaugural Bermuda Championship last season – won by Brendon Todd – and will do so again this week in Southampton, Bermuda. Normally an alternate event opposite the WGC-HSBC Champions, this year’s Bermuda Championship was elevated to full status, meaning more FedEx Cup points are up for grabs as well as an invitation to next year’s Masters at Augusta National.

Check out first-round groupings and tee times below, as well as this week’s TV and streaming schedule.

All times are listed in Eastern.

Tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
6:35 a.m. Padraig Harrington, Matt Jones, Kelly Kraft
6:45 a.m. Scott Stallings, Anirban Lahiri, Wyndham Clark
6:55 a.m. Camilo Villegas, John Senden, Peter Uihlein
7:05 a.m. Scott Piercy, Wesley Bryan, Russell Knox
7:15 a.m. D.A. Points, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Stadler
7:25 a.m. Peter Malnati, Johnson Wagner, Bo Van Pelt
7:35 a.m. Aaron Baddeley, Ben Martin, Arjun Atwal
7:45 a.m. Brian Stuard, Bronson Burgoon, Scott Harrington
7:55 a.m. Doug Ghim, Ryan Brehm, Matthew Borchert
8:05 a.m. Wes Roach, Michael Gligic, John Oda
8:15 a.m. Rob Oppenheim, Vincent Whaley, James Nicholas
11:05 a.m. Vaughn Taylor, Hunter Mahan, Jonathan Byrd
11:15 a.m. Branden Grace, Harold Varner III, Beau Hossler
11:25 a.m. Josh Teater, Tim Wilkinson, Cameron Percy
11:35 a.m. Stewart Cink, Pat Perez, Henrik Stenson
11:45 a.m. Hudson Swafford, Keith Mitchell, Aaron Wise
11:55 a.m. Chesson Hadley, Nick Watney, Sepp Straka
12:05 p.m. Matt Every, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
12:15 p.m. Fred Funk, Mark Anderson, Taylor Funk
12:25 p.m. Dominic Bozzelli, Joseph Bramlett, Michael Miller
12:35 p.m. Roger Sloan, Rhein Gibson, Eric Dugas
12:45 p.m. Paul Stankowski, Lucas Bjerregaard, Michael Sims

10th tee

Tee time Players
6:35 a.m. Alex Cejka, Tommy Gainey, Maverick McNealy
6:45 a.m. George McNeill, Luke List, Patrick Rodgers
6:55 a.m. Derek Ernst, Cameron Tringale, Will Gordon
7:05 a.m. Brendon Todd, Jason Dufner, Danny Willett
7:15 a.m. Max Homa, Kevin Tway, Will Zalatoris
7:25 a.m. Kyle Stanley, Adam Schenk, Tom Lewis
7:35 a.m. Shawn Stefani, Ryan Blaum, Doc Redman
7:45 a.m. Fabián Gómez, Graham DeLaet, Bo Hoag
7:55 a.m. Zack Sucher, Tyler McCumber, Rasmus Hojgaard
8:05 a.m. Brandon Hagy, Kristoffer Ventura, Justin Suh
8:15 a.m. Hank Lebioda, Michael Gellerman, Danny Walker
11:05 a.m. Sangmoon Bae, Robert Garrigus, Seamus Power
11:15 a.m. Robert Streb, Denny McCarthy, Henrik Norlander
11:25 a.m. Emiliano Grillo, Brian Gay, Ollie Schniederjans
11:35 a.m. Michael Kim, Ryan Armour, Luke Donald
11:45 a.m. Andrew Putnam, Troy Merritt, Brice Garnett
11:55 a.m. Bill Haas, D.J. Trahan, Jamie Lovemark
12:05 p.m. Jhonattan Vegas, David Hearn, Ricky Barnes
12:15 p.m. Kramer Hickok, Chris Baker, Luke Schniederjans
12:25 p.m. Chase Seiffert, Rafael Campos, Anthony Phipps
12:35 p.m. Ben Taylor, Seth Reeves, Camiko Smith
12:45 p.m. Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Nelson Ledesma, Jordan Gumberg

TV, streaming information

Thursday Oct. 29

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 12-3 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Friday Oct. 30

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 12-3 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday Oct. 31

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 12-3 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday Nov. 1

TV

Golf Channel (watch for free on fuboTV): 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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How Brendon Todd overcame the yips and won in Bermuda

Having endured a prolonged slump, Todd’s victory at the Bermuda Championship completed an epic comeback.

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Leave it to Brendon Todd to solve the mystery of his missing game in Bermuda of all places.

Planes and ships that famously vanished in the Bermuda Triangle were less lost than Todd, a 34-year-old PGA Tour journeyman, who suffered through a stretch of missing 37 cuts in 41 starts between 2016 and 2018 and plummeted to No. 2006 in the world at the start of the year. But on Nov. 3, Todd capped off a remarkable comeback by playing 9 under in his first 11 holes en route to shooting a final-round 62 to win the Tour’s inaugural Bermuda Championship by four strokes over Henry Higgs.

“I went and found the wrecked ship and put it back together,” Todd said ahead of the Mayakoba Golf Classic, where he makes his first start Thursday since returning to the winner’s circle.

When asked to recall how his game went south, Todd can identify the exact moment it began to spin out of control. He was playing in the final pairing in the third round of the 2015 BMW Championship after shooting 66-63 and on the fourth hole he blocked a 4-iron 50 yards right that landed one hole over in a bush. He took a drop for an unplayable lie, made a triple bogey and shot 76, but that was just the beginning of his travails.

“I started seeing this right shot in my head and I couldn’t shake it,” he said. “The damage to my mind was done.”

Todd developed the nasty affliction known as the yips, an involuntary loss of control that typically affects a player’s nerves on short putts. Todd suffered from the full-swing yips.

“It’s really not using your mind the right way,” Todd explained. “Your fear takes over and blocks your instincts from doing what comes naturally. Once you see the bad result you have a fear of the same outcome until you fix it.”

This wasn’t the first time Todd had endured the loss of his game. In 2010, he missed the cut in all 13 of his starts on the Korn Ferry Tour and didn’t earn a check. But by 2014, Todd won the PGA Tour’s Byron Nelson Championship and climbed into the top 50 in the world. This slump, however, proved to be a longer journey into darkness.

“All of us as pros who knew him felt so bad for the struggles he went through,” said Matt Kuchar, the defending champion of the Mayakoba Golf Classic. “He went down to the bottom. He wasn’t just missing cuts. He was struggling to break 80.”

Todd sought answers from multiple teachers, but nothing seemed to help. That is until David Denham, a teammate from Todd’s 2005 National Championship squad at Georgia, suggested he consider working with Bradley Hughes, an Australian who won seven tournaments around the world as a pro before becoming an instructor. Todd bought Hughes’s $9 instructional e-book “The Victors,” and read it at the beach on family vacation and called him for a lesson.

“He didn’t want a paint-by-numbers (swing,) as he called it,” Hughes said. “He wanted to trust that the club was going to do what it should do.”

Around the same time, caddie Ward Jarvis suggested Todd read another book to help the mental side of his game, “The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life,” by former pitcher Rick Ankiel.

Brendon Todd finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel after a prolonged slump. Tracy Wilcox/Golfweek

Still, as 2018 neared its end, Todd met with his financial adviser and discussed pursuing other careers. He looked into opening a pizza franchise. In November, he shot 61 to qualify for the RSM Classic and posted four rounds in the 60s. He put the pizza plans on hold. By April, the fog had lifted and Todd’s confidence in his swing reemerged. Regaining his playing privileges through Korn Ferry Tour Finals was big, but Todd had grander ambitions. Hughes recalls Todd looking him in the eye and declaring he was going to win again.

“Mate, I have no doubts,” Hughes said. “There were a lot of doubters but neither of them were us.”

Todd’s victory earned him the security of a two-year exemption, berths in the Sentry Tournament of Champions and Players Championship, but not an upgrade on his flight home.

“I either had a beer or a phone in my hand texting from the minute I won, so all of a sudden I was walking on the airplane and I was like, ‘I wonder what seat I’m in?’ And I looked up and there I was 16E, middle seat. You know what? That stuff matters so little to me. I’ve been flying to and from Monday qualifiers for the past three years. Do you really think I care about sitting in the middle seat on the way home from my second victory?”

Not when his game is flying high again.

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