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C.T. Pan, in need of a strong finish to retain full status in 2024, withdrew from the 2023 RSM Classic

Pan withdrew from the RSM Classic on Thursday after playing nine holes citing a left wrist injury.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – C.T. Pan’s season ended early on Thursday.

Pan withdrew from the RSM Classic on Thursday after playing nine holes citing a left wrist injury.

Pan, 32, entered the final event of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season at No. 129 in the FedEx Cup point standings and in need of a strong finish to jump into the top 125 and retain full status for the 2024 season.

The winner of the 2019 RBC Heritage, Pan shot 6-over 42 on his first nine holes, the back nine at the Plantation Course at Sea Island Resort.

Pan, who played on the International Team at the 2019 Presidents Cup, recorded just three top-25 finishes this season. He finished the regular season at 120th but struggled during the FedEx Cup Fall: three missed cuts, two withdrawals and a T-9 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Pan should still have conditional status and be able to play out of the Nos. 126-150 category next season.

Rory McIlroy going for hat trick, The Rink making a name for itself and more from Saturday at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open

Here’s what you missed from a scorable third round of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open.

Saturday was unlike the first two days of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open.

There was plentiful sunshine. The scores were low. Numerous players made their move at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto, hoping to play their way into contention on moving day.

The leaderboard is loaded heading to Sunday. There’s Rory McIlroy, who’s searching for his third straight RBC Canadian Open victory. There are players going for their first victories on Tour. Then there’s the Canada angle.

The last time a Canadian won the RBC was Pat Fletcher in 1954. There are a pair in striking distance with 18 holes to go. However, it’s a former PGA Tour Canada player on top by two.

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Going to be a fun Sunday, eh?

Here’s what you missed from the third round of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open.

Jason Day breaks five-year winless drought, wins 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson

It has been five years since Jason Day won on the PGA Tour, but his winless drought is over.

MCKINNEY, Texas — Rain pelted Jason Day as he lined up his approach shot from the fairway.

With a wedge in hand, he fired at the back right pin on the par-5 18th hole at TPC Craig Ranch. His ball landed just right of the flag, took one small hop and then spun back to two feet.

It has been five years since Jason Day won on the PGA Tour, but his winless drought is over. Day was phenomenal Sunday at the AT&T Byron Nelson, carding a 9-under 62 to win by one shot at 23 under in the same tournament he picked up his first career win 13 years ago.

“I don’t know how to explain it,” Day said. “I came into the week after missing last week’s cut, and I was kind of fed up with having to go over like a lot of technical thoughts with my swing. So I just decided I’m just going to go out and just try and play some golf.”

For Day, it’s his 13th PGA Tour victory and first since the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship.

Si Woo Kim, who played with Day in the penultimate pairing, birdied the 18th, as well, to momentarily tie the Aussie at 22 under, but Day tapped in his approach in a steady downpour before walking off the green and embracing his family.

“I was very close to calling it quits,” Day said of his thoughts during his struggles. “I never told my wife that, but I was OK with it just because it was a very stressful part of my life.

“Ellie (Jason’s wife), she never gave up on me trying to get back to the winner’s circle again. She just always was pushing me to try and get better.

“Yeah, I don’t know. It feels strange to be sitting here. I don’t know how else to explain it.”

It rained off and on throughout the day, but a downpour started once Day’s group reached the 18th tee. There were even claps of thunder as the final group approached the 18th green.

Day, 35, started his round with a pair of pars before three straight birdies on Nos. 3-5. He then birdied the ninth to turn in 4-under 32.

A birdie on 10 moved him to 19 under and into a six-way tie for the lead. But it was his chip-in birdie from the fringe on 12 that gave him the solo lead and put him in the driver’s seat the rest of the way.

“A couple years ago with all the stress — the stuff that was going on personally, it’s just strange that all that stuff kind of adds up and it’s nice to be able to — feeling like I’m on the other side of that,” Day said.

Austin Eckroat, one of the three 54-hole leaders, had an eagle putt on the final hole to tie Day, but he left it short. Nevertheless, the 24-year-old Tour rookie made the birdie to finish at 22 under and closed with a bogey-free 6-under 65 for his best finish on Tour. He led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting for the week.

“I felt great all day,” Eckroat said. “Slept good last night, really surprised myself with how I felt. When I came out and birdied the first hole, it really settled the nerves a little bit. Everything was solid, and I really felt like I played well enough to win.

“It’s just hard to beat a guy that goes out and shoots 9 under. A lot of positives to build off of.”

Marty Dou and Ryan Palmer, the other co-leaders, each shot 3-under 68 to finish at 19 under and T-7.

C.T. Pan matched Day with a 62, which including a pair of eagles on the back nine. It also was the lowest round of his PGA Tour career by two shots.

Dallas native Scottie Scheffler, who would’ve moved to No. 1 in the world with a victory, shot a bogey-free 6-under 65 on Sunday, but he finished T-5 at 20 under.

Now, Day heads to Rochester, New York, site of the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. Day won the 2015 PGA at Whistling Straits.

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In first Masters, C.T. Pan tries all the sandwiches, posts top-10 finish

C.T. Pan took in all he could on his first trip to the Masters at Augusta National. That includes sampling all the sandwiches on the menu.

C.T. Pan took in all he could during his first trip to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

That included sampling all the sandwiches on the menu. But which one did he like best?

“After long debates with my wife, I want to say egg salad sandwich,” Pan said. “I’ve tried the pimento cheese, egg salad, the burger, the grouper sandwich, the fried chicken sandwich, all the sandwiches I could get. I tried them all.”

Pan won the 2019 RBC Heritage to earn a spot in this Masters. When he returned in June to the RBC to defend his title there, his wife Yingchun Lin worked as his caddie. At the Masters this week, he had Derrick Redd on the bag.

Pan said in addition to the famous Masters food, he and his wife found time to buy some souvenirs.

“My wife did all the shopping, honestly. I was just kind of walking and tried not to spend too much time there,” he said. “The more time I spend, the more money I spend, so I was trying to be smart there.”

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He was smart out on the course, too, especially on Sunday, when he closed his round with birdies on Nos. 13, 15, 16 and 17. He made par on the 18th to forge a T-7 finish with Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm.

The top 12 and ties get invites to the 2021 Masters, so Pan’s performance will bring him back in 141 days.

“I struggled the whole year, so this is definitely a big step up for me and a big confidence boost.”

Pan opened the 2021-22 season with back-to-back T-61 finishes. He posted a T-12 at the Sanderson Farms Championship but slid back with a T-52 finish in Las Vegas at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and a T-58 last week at the Vivint Houston Open.

This week, he shot 70-66-74-68 for his best performance since a T-3 finish at the 2019 Charles Schwab Challenge.

“As far as this being my first Masters, I enjoyed it very much. I love the food here. My wife and I, we just love all the dinners, all the sandwiches out here. It’s great. The course is playing tough, especially right now. I just want to thank Augusta National for everything.”

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C.T. Pan makes ace, wins a million Wyndham Reward points for charity

Pan’s ace at the par-3 16th hole with a 7-iron will be a boon for four local charities.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Drinks are on C.T. Pan, who made the second hole-in-one in as many days at Sedgefield Country Club. So are the Wyndham Rewards points, thanks to a special promotion this week at the Wyndham Championship.

Pan was having a mostly forgettable weekend at the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale until he stepped to the tee at the 174-yard par-3 16th hole and struck a 7-iron that was money.

“It was a perfect line, wind was left to right and it landed just a yard short and dropped in,” he said. “I was pumped. It’s been tough out there for me, so it’s good to finish with a hole-in-one, for sure.”

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All aces are great, but some are better than others. Pan’s was the first hole-in-one of the week at the 16th hole, and it earned 1 million Wyndham Rewards points for four different local charities.

“Yeah, it’s awesome,” Pan said. “I want to thank Wyndham Rewards for supporting the charities.”

Pan shot a final-round 1-under 69 and finished in a tie for 69th place.

Si Woo Kim made an ace on Saturday at the third hole, but the Wyndham promotion specified that the hole-in-one had to occur at the 16th to win the prize.

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C.T. Pan back to defend RBC Heritage title with wife as caddie

C.T. Pan is back at Harbour Town with his wife, who will do more than just root on her husband on the course where he earned his first win.

C.T. Pan made headlines in March when he withdrew from the Players Championship on the morning of the first round.

The coronavirus pandemic had just started roiling across the U.S. and Pan simply wasn’t comfortable competing with all the uncertainty.

Before the day was out, PGA Tour officials announced the tournament would go on but without fans. Then hours later, the rest of the tournament was canceled altogether.

“It was a really tough decision. In my whole career, including junior golf, I’ve never withdrawn from a tournament,” Pan said Tuesday at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina, where he is the defending champion. “So back in March, that was a really tough decision for me, but for the safety of my family and myself, my wife and I, we think that’s the right call to pull myself out early.”

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This week, Pan is back at Harbour Town with his wife Yingchun Lin, who will do more than just root on her husband on the course where he earned his first PGA Tour win.

“It’s my first victory, and it’s probably the one I will always remember. Actually, this morning I played the back nine, and my wife is on the bag this week,” Pan said. “She wasn’t here last year when I won. So I kind of told her how I played each hole and even each shot. I even showed her where the hole locations are and like the birdie putt on 16, the par save on 17 from the top bunker, and 18 I hit a great shot, the approach shot to 15 feet. So that was really fun to go through that again and having her in the ropes and caddying for me because she wasn’t here last year. So it’s great to be back.”

Travel accommodations back to Harbour Town were made with safety in mind, too.

“We’re still trying to be careful. My wife and I, we recently purchased an RV, so we don’t need to fly,” Pan said.

“When they announced the new schedule, it was quite a surprise to me that RBC is the second event on the schedule, so I was really happy to see that. My wife and I, we love this place. We love coming back here.”

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Golfer pulls out of Players Championship after PGA Tour declines to cancel tournament

One PGA Tour golfer wasn’t happy with the organizations response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Several major sports leagues in the United States have suspended their seasons in the wake of Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert’s positive test for coronavirus, which led the NBA to halt its regular season on Wednesday night.

The PGA Tour eventually announced its contingency plan on Thursday – but the organization opted to have scheduled play continue as normal with fans in attendance during the first round of The PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. The decision led one player in the field to voluntarily withdraw from the tournament and sound off on the PGA Tour’s policy on Twitter.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced in a statement that tournaments in the United States will continue as scheduled, but spectators will not be allowed on the grounds as of Friday.

“PGA Tour events – across all Tours – will currently proceed as scheduled, but will do so without fans. This policy starts at THE PLAYERS Championship tomorrow (Friday) and continues through the Valero Texas Open. It’s important to note, that could change, but for the time being, this decision allows the PGA TOUR, or fans and constituents to plan, prepare and respond as events develop.”

C.T. Pan, the No. 97 player in the world, was scheduled to tee off at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday afternoon, but revealed that he left the course and will not participate.

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C.T. Pan leaves the Players Championship: ‘Not going to play’

The PGA Tour’s flagship event is on at TPC Sawgrass but one player has decided he will not be a part of it.

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The PGA Tour’s flagship event, the Players Championship, is on, with the first round underway at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

But one player in particular has decided he will not be a part of it.

C.T. Pan, scheduled to tee off at 2:02 p.m. ET on the 10th hole alongside Adam Long and Si Woo Kim, tweeted on Thursday morning that he had “left hours ago. Not going to play.”

For a few hours, he was still listed on the leaderboard on the PGA Tour’s website, only to be removed and replaced by Brendan Steele, who was the first alternate.

There has been mass cancellations of sporting events and other large gatherings of people across the country due to the coronavirus, but the Tour announced just after midnight on Thursday that golf will resume as planned.

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Then, about 12 hours later, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced that starting Friday, fans will not be allowed at Tour events through the Valero Texas Open, which starts April 2.

But it appears Pan didn’t want to take any chances.

Presidents Cup: Patrick Reed hears it from fans, goes down to defeat

MELBOURNE, Australia – When Patrick Reed arrived at the first tee at Royal Melbourne, the partisan crowd pelted him with catcalls that referenced his recent rules infraction for improving his lie in a waste bunker at the Hero World Challenge. “Are …

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MELBOURNE, Australia – When Patrick Reed arrived at the first tee at Royal Melbourne, the partisan crowd pelted him with catcalls that referenced his recent rules infraction for improving his lie in a waste bunker at the Hero World Challenge.

“Are you really going to make your caddie carry 14 clubs and a shovel?” one shouted.

That one even made Reed crack a smile.

Standing near the first tee as an observer on Day One was American Matt Kuchar, who said he expected the jeers to fire up Reed.

“I think he really enjoys that,” Kuchar said. “I saw that as being a thing where, man, this is going to get Patrick in the state he wants to be in; he needs to be in; plays better in that state. When I heard it, I thought, ‘Can’t wait to see how he does. This is his element.’ ”

But Reed didn’t shush the crowd as he had done at the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. Nor did it lead to inspired play. He and partner Webb Simpson never led in their Four-ball match and lost 1 up to Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and C.T. Pan of Chinese Taipei. It was Reed’s first loss in four Presidents Cup Four-ball matches.

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Reed received a chorus of boos when his name was announced, the only player to receive such a welcome. Two days after a fan dubbed him “The Excavator,” Reed stepped to the first tee and belted his tee shot down the right side and watched in disgust as it rolled into a bunker. The crowd erupted in cheers.

“I’ll have the shovel, thanks,” one fan said.

From the you can’t make this up department: Reed hit into bunkers on the first three holes. There were catcalls of “get in the bunker” and “stay out of the bunker.” Seemingly every hole, a spectator or two made some crack but it was rarely over the top.

When Reed drove into the hay right of the seventh fairway, a spectator declared it a bad lie and joked, “Go ahead and fix it. Take a foot wedge.”

Reed was heckled with “Mr. Sandman,” and there were a few cries of “cheat,” most vocally from a boozy group of fans holding Heinekens in a chalet bordering the 10th hole.

“It’s exactly what I expected,” Reed later said.

“Undeserved,” Simpson said. “Undeserved.”

But overall, the fan reaction was subdued and while it likely will continue throughout the event, it didn’t seem to impact Reed negatively. If anything, it failed to provide Reed with the boost that Kuchar expected.

The Internationals came out punching, as Matsuyama and Pan combined to birdie Nos. 2-5 and take an early 2-up lead. Reed drove the sixth green, but it was Simpson who canned the birdie putt to win the hole. That was the only hole they won on the first nine. They fell 2-down when the American team both drove into trouble on No. 9 and made bogey to lose the hole.

“That hole alone, you know, is the difference of being all-square than down,” Reed said. “You know, in a format like this, you just can’t make bogeys and unfortunately neither of us was able to convert.”

Reed didn’t go down without a fight. He cut the deficit in half at No. 12 by knocking a short iron from 134 yards to inside 4 feet. At 16, with Captain Tiger Woods looking on, Reed holed an 11-foot birdie putt to tie the match and yelled, “Come on!”

That was the closest we came to seeing the fist pumps and hijinks that earned Reed the nickname “Captain America” other than a supporter at the first tee dressed in a Captain America onesie.

But one hole later, Matsuyama buried a 27-foot birdie putt to regain the lead and that proved to be the difference.

“How good was that putt?” Pan said later.

Reed had one last chance to make birdie and salvage half a point but his putt didn’t even scare the hole.

“We brought it back,” Simpson said. “But we just didn’t get it done.”

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2019 Presidents Cup odds, lines, picks and best bets: Which side wins at Royal Melbourne?

Previewing the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, with golf betting odds and picks for outright winner and the best props.

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The 2019 Presidents Cup takes place this week at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Twelve of the top golfers from the United States tee off against 12 of the best from outside of Europe. Below, we analyze the tournament odds and prop bets, with golf betting picks and tips.

The first round will start Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 5:30 p.m. ET.

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Presidents Cup Teams

Captains Tiger Woods (USA) and Ernie Els (International) selected the following teams:

Team USA International Team
Dustin Johnson–Justin Thomas Hideki Matsuyama–Adam Scott
Matt Kuchar–Xander Schauffele Louis Oosthuizen–Marc Leishman
Webb Simpson–Patrick Cantlay Abraham Ancer–Haotong Li
Bryson DeChambeau–Tiger Woods C.T. Pan–Cameron Smith
Gary Woodland–Tony Finau Joaquin Niemann–Adam Hadwin
Patrick Reed–Rickie Fowler Sungjae Im–Byeong Hun An

The entire US team ranks in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking, while only three members of the International side are in the top 25.

Presidents Cup Tournament Winner

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Team USA has won the past seven Presidents Cups and leads the all-time series against the International side at 10-1-1. Fortunately for the global squad, which is led by three Australians, its only Presidents Cup victory was at this venue in 1998.

The INTERNATIONALS are getting juicy +250 odds for the tournament victory. Team USA is a -250 favorite. Look for Adam Scott (No. 18), Marc Leishman (No. 28) and Cameron Smith (No. 52) to lead the Internationals to victory on home soil.

Presidents Cup Prop Bets

Internationals +3.5 Points (-125)

After losing 19-11 in 2017, look for the Internationals to keep it closer this time out. Their previous two losses in 2015 and ’13, were decided by one and three points, respectively.

Top Combined Points Scorer: Adam Scott (+1200)

Scott will have the crowd behind him as the top golfer from the host nation. He didn’t play in 1998 (when the Internationals got their lone win in the event, also in Melbourne), but he has won both the Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship and has spoken highly of wanting to win at the famed Royal Melbourne as a potential career highlight.

Who will score the most points for the USA? Patrick Reed (+900)

Expect the best from Reed, who has excelled in the Ryder Cup format against Europe, and in the 2017 Presidents Cup. He’s coming off another controversy at last week’s Hero World Challenge in which he was penalized two strokes for improving his line of play in a waste bunker.

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