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Watch: Luke List somehow made birdie at the Arnold Palmer after hitting this wild barefoot shot

You’ve got to love it when a golfer rolls up his pants and hops into the drink to hit a shot.

You’ve got to love it when a golfer rolls up his pants and hops into the drink to hit a shot.

It’s worked for some golfers over the years, although we’ve seen the situation in which golfers will hit a ball that’s in the water and get all muddy.

This time, it was Luke List realizing his lie was such that the only way to hit his second shot on No. 11 at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando would be to hop in the water and nail it.

Well, guess what? He hit the green with ease and then knocked it in for birdie.

Luke List somehow made birdie at the Arnold Palmer after hitting this wild barefoot in the water shot

Got to love a barefoot shot from the water.

You’ve got to love it when a golfer rolls up his pants and hops into the drink to hit a shot.

It’s worked for some golfers over the years, although we’ve seen the situation in which golfers will hit a ball that’s IN the water and get all muddy.

This time, it was Luke List realizing his lie was such that the only way to hit his second shot at Bay Hill’s No. 11 would be to hop in the water and nail it.

Well, guess what? He hit the green with ease and then knocked it in for birdie.

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Sizzling 62 at Riviera: Hideki Matsuyama smiling again after winning 2024 Genesis Invitational

The win is the ninth of Matsuyama’s PGA Tour career and first since the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Hideki Matsuyama is his own toughest critic.

The 31-year-old past Masters champion has developed a reputation for reacting as if he hated his shot more than hot sauce on ice cream only for the shot in question to be a thing of beauty.

Wearing his Sunday yellow golf shirt, even Matsuyama couldn’t resist cracking a smile as he struck irons on back-to-back holes on the back nine to within a foot to set up kick-in birdies and win the Genesis Invitational.

“It was 184 into the wind and I executed perfectly,” Matsuyama said through his agent, Ken Harai, who served as his interpreter, of his 6-iron at 15. “Happy with how I struck it.”

The Japanese star broke out of a five-way tie for the lead with three birdies in his final four holes to shoot bogey-free 9-under 62 at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, the lowest final-round score in tournament history.

Matsuyama, who has battled a neck injury the last two years, won for the ninth time on the PGA Tour, breaking out of a tie with Korea’s K.J. Choi for the most wins by an Asian-born male golfer, signing for a 72-hole total of 17-under 267 to defeat Luke List and Will Zalatoris by three strokes.

“There were a lot of times where I felt, you know, I was never going to win again,” Matsuyama said.

He erased a six-shot overnight deficit by making three birdies to start both nines of his round. Matsuyama drained his longest putt of the tournament at the 12th hole, a 46-foot birdie, to reach 14 under and cut the deficit to one. Patrick Cantlay led after each of the first three days but faded on Sunday, shooting 72 and finished T-4. He played alongside Xander Schauffele (70), the best man at his wedding, whose birdie at the 10th hole was the first of the day for either of the competitors in the final group. Cantlay ended his string of nine straight pars at the 10th with a bogey to trail by two. He bounced back with a birdie at 11 but was upstaged by Schauffele, who holed a bunker shot for eagle. Both improved to 14 under and joined a five-way tie for the lead when List (68), who vaulted in front with six threes in his first seven holes, made bogey at 12. Zalatoris, who underwent a microdiscectomy on his back in April, reached 15 under with a birdie at 13 but it turned out to be his last of the day (69).

“I’ve got a lot of silver in my house so getting another second place doesn’t really sit that well, but obviously coming back from what I had to go through physically, you know, we’re in the right direction,” Zalatoris said. “Hats off to Hideki, that is just stellar playing.”

Matsuyama broke out of the pack with his third stretch of three birdies in a row. At 15, he flushed an iron from 189 yards to inside a foot for his seventh birdie of the day. At the par-3, 160-yard 16th hole, his tee shot looked like instant replay but it wasn’t – this time he stuffed his tee shot to 6 inches.

“I hit it maybe like five yards to the right of my target, but it became a good shot,” he explained. “All is good.”

Matsuyama, the critic, rated his ball striking for the rest of the round as more like he’d shot 75 than 62. He credited his putter and short game for his birdie barrage. Matsuyama chipped close at the par-5 17th for his final birdie of the day. His long-range birdie putt at the last to tie the course record burned the left edge of the cup.

Tiger Woods, who serves as tournament host at the Genesis Invitational, withdrew from the tournament after completing just six holes on Friday citing illness. He confirmed on Saturday via social media that he had the flu and missed the trophy presentation.

“A little disappointed that I wasn’t able to take a picture with Tiger today,” Matsuyama said.

He had been winless since the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii, last recorded a top-10 finish nearly a year ago at the Players Championship in March, and had dropped out of the top 50 in the world a month ago. (He entered the week at No. 55.) Matsuyama’s injury dates to the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational and it caused him to withdraw most recently from the BMW Championship in August.

“Ever since that injury, I was worried every week that something bad might happen to my neck,” he said.

Matsuyama confirmed that his neck has been improving this year and he’s felt pain-free.

“I had this feeling of I can do something special maybe this year,” he said. “This week I played without any worries so that really helped too.”

 It helped him stand tallest on Sunday in the city of angels.

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Patrick Cantlay lights up Riviera, Gary Woodland’s day off in a dark room, Luke List’s putter is lit among 5 takeaways at Genesis Invitational

Cantlay shot 64 while Luke List poured in 224 feet of putts on Thursday at Riviera.

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Waiting to do a post-round interview with PGA Tour Live, Patrick Cantlay was asked to name his best finish at the Genesis Invitational. He shrugged his shoulders as if he had no idea.

One of the writers overheard this exchange and provided the answer: “He finished third last year.”

Cantlay smiled and said, “Oh, yeah.” Indeed, his record at Riviera Country Club is pretty stellar – four top-20 finishes in the last five years, including a T-4 in 2018 in which if he made any putts on the weekend he’d already be a tournament champion here.

That could be in Cantlay’s not-too-distant future if he can keep putting like he did on Thursday. He poured in more than 127 feet of putts en route to shooting a career-best 7-under 64 at Riviera in his 29th career Tour round here and claiming a one-stroke lead over the trio of Jason Day, Cameron Davis and Luke List.

“Made every putt I should have and a couple longer ones,” said Cantlay, who gain just over 4 strokes on the field for the day on the greens and ranked second in SG: Putting. “It was a good start.”

Cantlay grew up not too far away – depending on 405 traffic – in Long Beach, California, and attended UCLA before turning pro, logging many more rounds at Riviera during his tenure there.

“It’s a place I’m comfortable,” he said. “It feels like a home game.”

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He birdied eight of his first 14 holes in the opening round to vault to the top of the leaderboard, including holing birdie putts of 15 feet at No. 6, 26 feet at No. 8 and 28 feet at 14.

His lone blemish of the day happened at the par-3 166-yard 16th, where his tee shot caught a sycamore tree and left him in the rough 58 yards from the hole.

“Obviously a spot I’ve never been,” he said. “I’ve been on most places on this golf course.”

He didn’t bother to have caddie Joe LaCava pace it off, chunking his next into the bunker but scrambled for bogey.

“It was a good up-and-down,” he said.

And another good start: Cantlay has three 64s in his last four starts and entered the week leading the Tour with a first-round scoring average of 64.75 and went even lower.

Asked a few weeks ago whether he’d rather win at Pebble Beach or Riviera, two of his favorite places on the planet, he took the fifth, pleading that “I don’t like that question,” but something suggests that winning this close to home and just down the road from Westwood would be the former Bruin’s personal fifth major.

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Here are four more things to know from the first round of the Genesis Invitational.

Sleeper picks for 2024 The Sentry, including Hideki Matsuyama at 50/1

Matsuyama tied for 21st in Maui last year.

Another year, another week at the Plantation Course. The PGA Tour is back in Maui to kick off 2024 at The Sentry, the year’s first signature event. Although the 59-man field is loaded with big names, there are a few sleepers to keep an eye on.

Defending champion Jon Rahm isn’t in the field to vie for back-to-back titles thanks to his recent move to LIV Golf. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele and Max Homa are just some of the superstars teeing it up Thursday. Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas, however, aren’t in the field.

Let’s take a look at a few sleeper picks for The Sentry.

The Sentry: Odds, picks to win

2023 Shriners Children’s Open prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour.

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask this week’s winner, Tom Kim.

The 21-year-old won the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas for the second straight year. Kim picked up his third PGA Tour victory, shooting 20-under 264 and winning by a shot over Canadian Adam Hadwin.

For his efforts, Kim will take home the top prize of $1,512,000. Meanwhile, Hadwin made birdie on the last hole to finish solo second, where he gets $915,600. There was a four-way tie for third between Eric Cole, Alex Noren, Taylor Pendrith, and J.T. Poston, with each earning $410,025.

Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open.

Shriners Children’s Open prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Tom Kim -20 $1,512,000
2 Adam Hadwin -19 $915,600
T3 Eric Cole -18 $410,025
T3 Alex Noren -18 $410,025
T3 J.T. Poston -18 $410,025
T3 Taylor Pendrith -18 $410,025
T7 Beau Hossler -17 $238,000
T7 Cam Davis -17 $238,000
T7 Chesson Hadley -17 $238,000
T7 Joel Dahmen -17 $238,000
T7 Isaiah Salinda -17 $238,000
T7 K.H. Lee -17 $238,000
T13 Ludvig Aberg -16 $154,980
T13 Nick Taylor -16 $154,980
T13 Ryan Moore -16 $154,980
T13 Vince Whaley -16 $154,980
T13 Lanto Griffin -16 $154,980
T18 Cameron Champ -15 $111,300
T18 Tyler Duncan -15 $111,300
T18 Michael Kim -15 $111,300
T18 Luke List -15 $111,300
T18 Adam Svensson -15 $111,300
T23 Erik van Rooyen -14 $81,060
T23 Kelly Kraft -14 $81,060
T23 Callum Tarren -14 $81,060
T26 Matti Schmid -13 $66,360
T26 Harry Hall -13 $66,360
T28 Matt Wallace -12 $55,080
T28 Aaron Rai -12 $55,080
T28 Greyson Sigg -12 $55,080
T28 Davis Riley -12 $55,080
T28 Ben Taylor -12 $55,080
T28 Sam Ryder -12 $55,080
T28 Nicholas Lindheim -12 $55,080
T35 Adam Long -11 $40,080
T35 Austin Smotherman -11 $40,080
T35 Davis Thompson -11 $40,080
T35 Akshay Bhatia -11 $40,080
T35 Taylor Montgomery -11 $40,080
T35 Henrik Norlander -11 $40,080
T35 Brent Grant -11 $40,080
T42 Nate Lashley -10 $30,660
T42 Zac Blair -10 $30,660
T42 Scott Piercy -10 $30,660
T42 Matt NeSmith -10 $30,660
T46 Sam Stevens -9 $23,268
T46 J.J. Spaun -9 $23,268
T46 Garrick Higgo -9 $23,268
T46 Chad Ramey -9 $23,268
T46 Patton Kizzire -9 $23,268
T46 Webb Simpson -9 $23,268
T52 Carl Yuan -8 $20,244
T52 Brandt Snedeker -8 $20,244
T52 Yuxin Lin -8 $20,244
55 Nick Hardy -7 $19,740
T56 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -6 $19,236
T56 Harrison Endycott -6 $19,236
T56 Nicolai Hojgaard -6 $19,236
T56 Justin Suh -6 $19,236
T56 Trevor Werbylo -6 $19,236
T61 Tano Goya -5 $18,648
T61 Alex Smalley -5 $18,648
63 Matthias Schwab -3 $18,396
T64 Hayden Buckley -2 $18,144
T64 Troy Merritt -2 $18,144
T66 Jason Dufner -1 $17,808
T66 Doc Redman -1 $17,808
68 James Hahn 3 $17,556

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What PGA Tour players are saying about Lexi Thompson playing at Shriners Children’s Open

Here’s what several PGA Tour players have said about the 11-time LPGA winner teeing it up this week with the men.

LAS VEGAS — Although a number of intriguing storylines pop off the page at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open, all eyes will be on Lexi Thompson when she tees off Thursday at TPC Summerlin as part of a group with Kevin Roy and Trevor Werbylo, making her the seventh women to play on the PGA Tour.

Thompson’s exemption caused at least one Tour player (Peter Malnati) to say the move might have been a reach by tournament organizers (see full Malnati comments below), but Thompson calmly brushed the episode aside when she met with media members Tuesday.

“No reaction. I knew some comments were going to happen with anything. Like I said, I’m out here playing of course with the men, but I want to leave a message just to the kids that I’m following my dreams and to go after what you want with a positive mindset and don’t let anybody’s comments or reaction get in the way of that,” Thompson said. “But it’s all good. I mean, I expected it, so… ”

Here’s what other PGA Tour players have said about the 11-time LPGA winner teeing it up this week with the men.

See Luke List’s winning golf equipment at the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship

Check out the clubs that got the job done in Mississippi.

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See a complete list of the golf equipment Luke List used to win the PGA Tour’s 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship:

DRIVER: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX shaft

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FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ (15 degrees), TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX shaft shafts

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IRONS: PXG 0311 ST (4-PW), with KBS Tour V 125 shafts

WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50, 54 degrees) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts, (60 degrees) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shaft

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PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Fastback Plus Tour prototype

BALL: Titleist Pro V1

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GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet (full swing) / SuperStroke Flatso 2.0 (putter)

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2023 Sanderson Farms Championship prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour.

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask this week’s winner, Luke List.

The 38-year-old won the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi via a five-way playoff with a clutch birdie on the first playoff hole, the par-4 18th. The win is the second of List’s career after he claimed the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open, also in a playoff.

For his efforts, List will take home the top prize of $1,476,000. Ben Griffin, Henrik Norlander, Scott Stallings and Ludvig Aberg each made par in the playoff and finished T-2, earning $549,400 a piece.

Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Sanderson Farms Championship prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Luke List -18 $1,476,000
T2 Ludvig Aberg -18 $549,400
T2 Ben Griffin -18 $549,400
T2 Scott Stallings -18 $549,400
T2 Henrik Norlander -18 $549,400
T6 Mark Hubbard -17 $276,750
T6 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -17 $276,750
T6 Carl Yuan -17 $276,750
T9 C.T. Pan -16 $223,450
T9 Troy Merritt -16 $223,450
T9 Cameron Champ -16 $223,450
12 Zecheng Dou -15 $190,650
T13 Brett White -13 $160,583
T13 Tom Hoge -13 $160,583
T13 Joel Dahmen -13 $160,583
T16 Garrick Higgo -12 $109,197
T16 Ben Martin -12 $109,197
T16 Tyler Duncan -12 $109,197
T16 Kelly Kraft -12 $109,197
T16 Davis Thompson -12 $109,197
T16 Alex Smalley -12 $109,197
T16 Chad Ramey -12 $109,197
T16 Erik van Rooyen -12 $109,197
T16 Adam Svensson -12 $109,197
T25 Stephan Jaeger -11 $67,377
T25 Matt NeSmith -11 $67,377
T25 Peter Kuest -11 $67,377
T28 Lucas Herbert -10 $53,769
T28 Kevin Chappell -10 $53,769
T28 Vince Whaley -10 $53,769
T28 Beau Hossler -10 $53,769
T28 Russell Knox -10 $53,769
T28 Harrison Endycott -10 $53,769
T28 Lanto Griffin -10 $53,769
T35 Adam Long -9 $38,284
T35 Kramer Hickock -9 $38,284
T35 Hank Lebiota -9 $38,284
T35 Eric Cole -9 $38,284
T35 Robert Streb -9 $38,284
T35 Scott Harrington -9 $38,284
T35 Nick Hardy -9 $38,284
T35 Chesson Hadley -9 $38,284
T43 Callum Tarren -8 $25,379
T43 Jimmy Walker -8 $25,379
T43 Akshay Bhatia -8 $25,379
T43 Alex Noren -8 $25,379
T43 Lee Hodges -8 $25,379
T43 Cameron Percy -8 $25,379
T43 Nicholas Lindheim -8 $25,379
T53 Cody Gribble -8 $25,379
T51 Kevin Kisner -7 $19,828
T51 Sam Ryder -7 $19,828
T51 David Lipsky -7 $19,828
T51 Peter Malnati -7 $19,828
T51 Tommy Gainey -7 $19,828
T56 Doc Redman -6 $18,696
T56 Dylan Frittelli -6 $18,696
T56 Kyle Westmoreland -6 $18,696
T56 Andrew Landry -6 $18,696
T56 Chris Baker -6 $18,696
T56 Martin Laird -6 $18,696
T62 Brandon Wu -5 $17,958
T62 Michael Gligic -5 $17,958
T62 Wesley Bryan -5 $17,958
T65 Brandt Snedeker -4 $17,466
T65 Ross Streelman -4 $17,466
T65 Richy Werenski -4 $17,466
T68 Austin Cook -3 $16,974
T68 Ryan Palmer -3 $16,974
T68 Harry Higgs -3 $16,974
T71 Chris Stroud -2 $16,564
T71 William McGirt -2 $16,564
T73 Ben Taylor -1 $16,236
T73 Trevor Cone -1 $16,236
T75 Jonas Blixt E $15,908
T75 Ted Potter Jr. E $15,908
T77 Jim Herman 2 $15,580
T77 Ford Clegg 2 $15,580

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Luke List buries birdie putt to win five-way playoff and claim 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship

The win is List’s second on Tour and first since January 2022.

JACKSON, Miss. — Luke List stood nearby as PGA Tour rookie and Ryder Cup champion Ludvig Aberg sent the first putt of a five-man playoff toward the hole on No. 18 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

When waiting to hit a 43-foot putt of your own, any help on a read is worthwhile.

So List watched, just like the fans gathered in the grandstands as the sun set behind Country Club of Jackson. Then, he stepped up and nailed the putt of a lifetime.

The crowd erupted before quickly silencing for the remaining three shots in the playoff. When Ben Griffin, Scott Stallings and Henrik Norlander missed their birdie attempts, the victory was sealed. For List, it secured his second career PGA Tour win and first since Jan. 29, 2022, when he won the Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff.

“This is why we play and compete,” List said afterward on the broadcast. “For these moments.”

List finished 18 under for the tournament after carding 2-under 70 on Sunday. He entered the final round four shots back of Griffin.

List opened his week with back-to-back rounds of 66 and shot 68 on Saturday. It seemed like he’d come up shot of victory Sunday. However, with Griffin carding a pair of bogeys across his final three holes, the field opened up for a five-man playoff — the first on the PGA Tour since 2017.

“I thought I played really well all day and just hung in there,” List said. “I didn’t think it was going to be enough, but here we are. I’m so happy to be here.”

List was so convinced that his tournament was over at the end of regulation that he gave his hat to a kid while walking off the No. 18 green. However, as Griffin started to let the lead slip, List realized he needed the hat back.

He found the kid, who was glad to let him wear it for the playoff. After the trophy presentation, the hat was rewarded to the kid again.

“I’ve got another hat in the locker room, so it wouldn’t have been the end of the world,” List said. “But that one did me right.”

List’s 4-year-old daughter Ryann was the first to meet him on the 18th green after the playoff ended. His wife Chloe and his 2-year-old son Harrison, who was in the midst of enjoying a red lollipop, followed closely behind. As he lifted both kids, he leaned in to give Chloe a kiss.

As he leaned back, List’s eyes opened wide as he looked around at the scene.

“All my emotion came out after that putt, and then it was a shock − really, still is,” List said. “To have them there means everything.”

The Sanderson Farms Championship works closely with Friends of Children’s Hospital, which is a nonprofit organization benefiting Children’s of Mississippi − the state’s only children’s hospital.

That’s significant for List, whose son Harrison was born prematurely and battled health issues. The family, which resides in Augusta, Georgia, spent much of its time at Children’s Hospital of Georgia. Because of that, List took a break from play between mid-June and mid-July in 2021.

Now, he’s back on the PGA Tour, where he has collected two wins since his return, and his son is growing to love the game. Plus, the sport has now given them a Sanderson Farms Championship trophy — fittingly, a rooster — to take home.

“My daughter has been kind of on me (saying) it’s time to win another trophy,” List said. “She really enjoyed the surfboard at Torrey Pines. I told her earlier in the week there was a rooster or chicken or whatever you want to call it. She’s pretty excited.”

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