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The Vikings players have had to prepare this offseason amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Eight players have been put on the Vikings’ reserve/COVID-19 list, one of whom has been activated. So far, defensive tackle Michael Pierce is the only Vikings player who has opted out of the 2020 season so far.
Our friends at Touchdown Wire compiled a tracker for each NFL team.
As ESPN’s Adam Schefter stated earlier this offseason, being put on the reserve/COVID-19 list doesn’t mean the players have the virus; they may have just been exposed to it.
Here is the list of the Vikings players who have been put on the list so far, in addition to the dates they were added to the list. When a player is activated, we will update the list to include the date that occurred.
Check out how much each player won this week at the PGA Tour’s Sony Open in Hawaii.
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The PGA Tour’s annual swing through the Hawaiian islands has come and gone, and Cameron Smith is leaving paradise with a gift.
The 26-year-old Smith, who is donating $10,500 to the Australian relief efforts thanks to 21 birdies this week, forced a playoff with Brendan Steele thanks to a birdie on the 18th hole and went on to win the Sony Open on a soggy Sunday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii.
This week Waialae played host to a PGA tour event for the 55th consecutive year, the fourth-longest streak on Tour.
Take a look at how much each player earned this week in Hawaii.
Cameron Smith closed with a 2-under 68 and won the Sony Open in Hawaii with a par in a sudden-death playoff over Brendan Steele.
Cameron Smith waited until the 72nd hole to catch Brendan Steele and then made par to win a sudden-death playoff for his first individual title on the PGA Tour.
“That’s one I’ve wanted to tick off for some time,” Smith told Golf Channel.
Smith rallied from three strokes behind entering the final round and canned a 9-foot birdie putt at 18 to shoot 2-under 68 and force extra holes.
On a rainy, soggy day, Steele closed with a 1-over 71 and squandered a two-stroke lead with three holes to go, missing a 6-foot-par putt at 17 and then a 28-foot birdie putt for the win.
On the first playoff hole, Smith blocked his tee shot right, but he drew a decent lie and punched an approach under a tree that chased to within 10 feet of the hole. With the pressure applied, Steele’s wedge from 87 yards away in the fairway flew the green and he pitched past the hole and missed his par putt to the right.
Smith, a native of Brisbane, Australia, was among the Aussie players in the field who pledged to donate $500 per birdie and $1,000 per eagle to aid the Australian wildlife effort.
Smith previously had won the 2018 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, a team event with Jonas Blixt.
Smith and Steele finished regulation with a 72-hole total of 11-under 269.
Brendan Steele is sleeping on a 3-stroke lead as the 54-hole leader at the Sony Open in Hawaii and seeking his fourth PGA Tour title.
Brendan Steele thrives in windy conditions, which has come in quite handy as gusting winds have turned what is usually a birdie-fest at Waialae Country Club into more of a grind. Steele overcame a sluggish start and played his final 14 holes in 8 under, including birdies on his final three holes, to tie for the low round of the day, 6-under 64, and open up a three-stroke lead over Cameron Smith after 54 holes at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Steele is seeking his fourth PGA Tour title and first since the 2017 Safeway Open.
“I feel like all phases of my game are about as good as they’ve ever been,” Steele told Golf Channel after the third round. “I’m really excited about the trajectory and where things are headed.”
Those confident words pale in contrast to his recent form. Steele, 36, is coming off his worst season on the PGA Tour. He finished 171st on the 2018-19 FedEx Cup standings, and hasn’t recorded a top-10 finish in 38 starts (dating to the 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open). Much of the blame can be placed squarely on Steele’s flat stick.
“I’ve been working really hard on it for a number of months and I haven’t seen the results that I would’ve liked,” Steele said after the second round, “but I putted pretty well in the fall and worked hard in the short break that we had, and I’ve been really happy with the results so far this week.”
As he should. Steele has canned 42 of 44 putts from inside 10 feet and leads the field in Strokes Gained:Putting (+9.564). He also ranks second in proximity to the hole (27’8″) and first in SG: Approach to the Green (+7.65).
Steele, who has plummeted to No. 403 in the world, overcame two early bogeys at Nos. 3 and 4 to drop out of the lead, but bounced back with a 13-foot birdie at 5 and an 8-foot eagle at the par-5 ninth to card 1-under 34 on his front nine. Then Steele stepped his game up a notch as the howling winds that have wreaked havoc all week at Waialae settled down to a more reasonable level. He tacked on birdies at 11 and 12 to regain the lead and closed with three birdies to become the first and only player to reach double figures this week (despite playing preferred lies during the first three rounds) and finish with a 54-hole total of 12-under 198.
If Steele’s putter has been his friend all week, Kevin Kisner said he felt like he couldn’t buy a putt in the first two rounds.
“I think I made more putts than I have the first two days,” he said of Saturday’s 6-under 64 to climb to 8-under 202.
The South Carolina native wasn’t joking. He poured in 117 feet of putts, which was more than his first two rounds combined. Kisner owns the most rounds of 64 or better at Waialae since the 2016 Sony Open with four, including a 60 in the third round two years ago.
When asked by Golf Channel’s Todd Lews what type of attitude will he bring to the golf course on the final day, Kisner didn’t hesitate: “Probably the same old redneck pretty aggressive guy that I normally am. I’m going to try to make birdie on every hole. That’s what I’ve always done. Sometimes it is to a victory and sometimes it is not.”
Smith, the 26-year-old Aussie who is seeking his first individual Tour title, was stuck in neutral for most of the round until he closed with birdies on his final three holes to card 66. Webb Simpson (67)and Collin Morikawa (68) are five back and within striking distance.
“He’s just laying low in the weeds,” Golf Channel’s Paul Azinger said about Simpson, who at No. 12 is the top-ranked player to make the cut.
Graeme McDowell made seven consecutive 3s in round three (Nos. 16 – 4) en route to a 3-under 67, tying the record for consecutive 3s in a round on Tour in the ShotLink era.
Steele, who won his maiden Tour title at the 2011 Valero Texas Open as the 54-hole leader but has failed to convert three 54 holes leads since then, is a savvy enough veteran to know that his three-stroke cushion guarantees him nothing.
“I’ve been out here long enough to know that it’s always difficult and just need to stick with everything that I’m doing and try to keep the pedal down and there will be chances to make birdies tomorrow when you hit good shots and there will be times when you are struggling and have to grind for pars and maybe bogey is even OK,” he said. “So, just keep doing what I’m doing and hope that’s enough.”
Cameron Smith’s performance at the Sony Open dictates his donation level to the relief efforts in Australia. Good thing he’s playing well.
Last week, with the bush fires spreading across Australia, Cameron Smith announced a generous pledge to help the relief efforts.
The 26-year-old Aussie pledged $500 per birdie and $1,000 for each eagle he’d make at this week’s Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Heading into the weekend, Smith sits T-3 at 5 under, one shot off the lead held by Brendan Steele and fellow Australian Cameron Davis. His pledge has been a motivator this week, and through two rounds, Smith has made 12 birdies, totaling $6,000 dollars in relief with “plenty more birdies” to come.
Smith flew to Hawaii straight from Australia, where he saw first-hand the damage being done. He has an uncle in New South Wales, who lost everything.
“Where I was in Brisbane it’s probably less affected than the areas down south, like New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, they’re all not doing too good,” explained Smith. “It’s pretty tragic to see. I flew into Sydney to come here, and we probably couldn’t see — usually from Sydney airport you can see downtown, the Sydney skyline. You couldn’t see that. The smoke was pretty bad.”
General view of the Dunn Road fire on January 10, 2020 in Mount Adrah, Australia. About 1995 homes have been destroyed and another 816 have been damaged across New South Wales. (Photo: Sam Mooy/Getty Images)
Focusing on winning a tournament is hard enough, let alone trying to keep in contact with friends and family in the middle of a disaster. After his rounds, the Brisbane native has been checking his phone, watching the news, anything to keep in touch.
“Like I said, in Brisbane where most of the family is isn’t so bad,” said Smith. “But, yeah, got heaps of friends down there that are all in the midst of it. Yeah, just send them my thoughts and hoping they all stay safe.”
Smith said while his pledge is motivating, he’s focused on the tournament, looking for his first solo PGA Tour win. His only win on Tour came in 2017 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside Jonas Blixt.
Images taken during the bushfire crisis are projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House on January 11, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)
“I’m just trying to do my thing, and that’s probably the best way to raise as much money as I can for the fires back home,” said Smith.
This level of form this early in the season is unusual for Smith, but with the Presidents Cup and Australian PGA Championship just weeks ago, he’s been able to keep his game in shape.
“In past years I’ve had three weeks, four weeks off before I get (to Hawaii), and I’m typically pretty lazy when I’m home, eating pies and all that stuff,” said Smith, who went 1-1-1 in his Presidents Cup debut and finished T-10 at the Australian PGA. “So it’s actually been quite good in the fact that I’ve been able to kind of carry over and I played really well at the Presidents Cup and played again the next week quite solidly.”
Aussie Cameron Smith pledges to donate $500 for every birdie and $1,000 for an eagle at this week’s Sony Open to start his PGA Tour year.
Cameron Smith’s performance at this week’s Sony Open will go toward helping the Australian wildfire relief effort.
The 26-year-old Aussie pledged he would donate $500 per birdie and $1,000 for each eagle made at the Sony Open at Waiʻalae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Smith, who will make his first PGA Tour start of the year in Honolulu, encouraged his followers to also donate to the relief effort.
“Australia is burning, and I’m lost for words!” Smith wrote on Instagram Sunday. “Have personally had family members effected by the disaster, and it’s only the start of fire season. If anyone can donate, even the smallest amounts, clothes, blankets etc, it all counts… Everyone stay safe and my thoughts are with you!! Let’s make some birdies!
Since the bush fires began, millions of acres have burned. The areas affected are both residential and habitats for Australia’s wildlife. More than 20 people have died nationwide as of Monday and officials estimate nearly half a billion animals have been killed including a third of New South Wales’ koala population.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned Sunday the blazes could continue into late January or early February.
The Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne has come and gone, but the action in Australia isn’t over thanks to the Australian PGA Championship.
The Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne has come and gone, but the action in Australia is far from over.
On the heels of Tiger Woods and Team USA’s epic comeback to win their eighth straight Cup is the 2019 Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
The tournament, which has a $1.5 million purse, will begin Thursday, Dec. 19 and end Sunday, Dec. 22, and features a field of some of golf’s best, including a handful of Presidents Cup competitors.
A pair of Australian members of Ernie Els’ International team, Adam Scott and two-time defending champion Cameron Smith, are the biggest names in the field, alongside heavy-hitting youngster Cameron Champ and his fellow Americans Stewart Cink and Smylie Kaufman.
MELBOURNE, Australia – On the eve of the Presidents Cup, Cameron Smith was asked about the state of his relationship with Patrick Reed after Smith didn’t mince words in calling Reed “a cheat” for his rules infraction at the Hero World Challenge last …
MELBOURNE, Australia – On the eve of the Presidents Cup, Cameron Smith was asked about the state of his relationship with Patrick Reed after Smith didn’t mince words in calling Reed “a cheat” for his rules infraction at the Hero World Challenge last week.
“I think there is a little bit of tension there. I’ve looked at Patrick a couple times but he hasn’t looked back,” Smith said. “I think our friendship, I guess, is not quite there anymore.”
Things got a bit chippy between the two on Friday when Smith, who sat out the first session of the Presidents Cup, was supporting teammates Hideki Matsuyama and C.T. Pan in their Four-ball match against Reed-Webb Simpson.
After Reed canned a birdie putt at the fifth green, he walked off the green and brushed shoulders with Smith. One witness described it as a “love tap” to Golf Digest Australia’s Brad Clifton. When asked after Saturday’s round whether it was done playfully or with a bit of venom, Smith said, “I’m not really sure what it was about to be honest. I mean, I haven’t said anything wrong.”
At the Australian Open last week in Sydney, Smith said he didn’t have sympathy for anyone that cheats.
“If you make a mistake once, maybe you can understand, but to give like a bit of a bulls–t response like the camera angle, I mean, that’s pretty up there,” Smith told reporters. “I know Pat pretty good and he’s always been nice to me, so I don’t want to say anything bad about him. But for anyone that is cheating the rules, I’m not up for that.”
Smith stopped short of adding anymore fuel to fire in the war of words.
“I just don’t want to really talk about it anymore. I think it’s all said and done. I’ve said my bit. He’s said his bit. Let’s just get on with our job and try and play the Presidents Cup.”
Small sample size but nearly every Australian this reporter has talked to is hoping that Captains Els and Woods let them settle their differences in a Sunday singles match.
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.
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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