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CJ Cup at Shadow Creek Friday tee times, TV and streaming info

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek on Friday.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s CJ Cup is being played at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas this week instead of its usual home at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island, Korea.

Despite a bit of jet lag, the venue seems to be a good thing for Tyrrell Hatton. The Englishman flew to Las Vegas after winning the BMW Championship back home last week and has found himself in the top spot again.

Hatton’s opening 7-under 65 was good for a one-shot lead on Russell Henley. Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Tyler Duncan are another shot back.

Check out tee times and viewing info for Friday’s second round of the CJ Cup. All times are listed in eastern.

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Tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
12:45 p.m. Jason Kokrak, Tom Hoge, Tae Hee Lee
12:56 p.m. Gary Woodland, Kevin Kisner, Adam Long
1:07 p.m. Jim Herman, Michael Thompson, Dylan Frittelli
1:18 p.m. Lanto Griffin, Cameron Champ, J.T. Poston
1:29 p.m. Kevin Na, Shane Lowry, Ryan Palmer
1:40 p.m. Adam Hadwin, Harris English, Mark Hubbard
1:51 p.m. Russel Henley, Joel Dahmen, Scottie Scheffler
2:02 p.m. Cameron Smith, Corey Conners, Ian Poulter
2:13 p.m. Nick Taylor, Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood
2:24 p.m. Daniel Berger, Sung Kang, Justin Rose
2:35 p.m. Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Matthew Wolff
2:46 p.m. Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy, Si Woo Kim
2:57 p.m. Byeong Hun An, Abraham Ancer, Joohyung Kim

10th tee

Tee time Players
12:45 p.m. Brian Harman, Alex Noren, Carlos Ortiz
12:56 p.m.
Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Matthew Fitzpatrick
1:07 p.m. Rickie Fowler, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Hanbyeol Kim
1:18 p.m. Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele
1:29 p.m. Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im, Brooks Koepka
1:40 p.m. Mackenzie Hughes, Kevin Streelman, Seonghyeon Kim
1:51 p.m. Talor Gooch, Harry Higgs, Jaekyeong Lee
2:02 p.m. Tyler Duncan, Keegan Bradley, Brendan Steele
2:13 p.m. Marc Leishman, Andrew Landry, Jordan Spieth
2:24 p.m. Brendon Todd, Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen
2:35 p.m. Sebastian Munoz, Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson
2:46 p.m. Richy Werenski, Joaquin Niemann, Hideki Matsuyama
2:57 p.m. Danny Lee, Robby Shelton, Jeongwoo Ham

TV, streaming information

Friday, Oct. 16

TV

PGA Tour Live on NBC Sports Gold: 12:45-8 p.m. (featured groups, featured holes)

Golf Channel on fuboTV (watch for free): 5-8 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 2-8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17

TV

PGA Tour Live on NBC Sports Gold: 12:45-8 p.m. (featured groups, featured holes)

Golf Channel on fuboTV (watch for free): 5-8 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 3-8 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 18

TV

PGA Tour Live on NBC Sports Gold: 12:45-8 p.m. (featured groups, featured holes)

Golf Channel on fuboTV (watch for free): 5-8 p.m.

RADIO

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 3-8 p.m.

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Tyrrell Hatton travels well, wakes up enough to lead CJ Cup

Tyrrell Hatton proved his game travels well by assuming residence on the top of the leaderboard at the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek on Thursday.

NORTH LAS VEGAS – Tyrrell Hatton is still battling jet lag.

But he’s winning.

A week after living out a dream by winning the BMW Championship in England, and then after flying across the pond and then across the country, Tyrrell Hatton proved his game travels well by assuming residence on the first page of the leaderboard in Thursday’s first round of the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek.

After causing a commotion by wearing a hoodie during his win last week in the European Tour’s flagship event, Hatton created a stir with his clubs in a 7-under-65 on the breathtaking track in the Mojave Desert to grab the clubhouse lead.

While he’s still trying to get used to the new time zone, his game is dialed in.

“It’s fair to say I’m pretty tired at the moment,” Hatton said. “Still struggling a little bit with jetlag. And you can tell by my voice, picked up a little bit of a sore throat if you like on the way over. Today was a long day. Very happy with my score and I just need to try and get back to the hotel this evening, have a good rest and hopefully sleep better than I did last night and fingers crossed for another good day on Friday.

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“I was grumpy out there, I was quite agitated. Even though I had a really good score going, I was like just on edge. That’s generally quite a hard thing for me to manage. I wasn’t happy with kind of how I managed myself after some poor shots, but I think this is kind of easy when everyone loses their cool when they’re tired and haven’t slept enough. It is what it is.”

The Englishman was a shot ahead of Russell Henley and two ahead of playing partner Jon Rahm and Tyler Duncan. A large group was at 68.

Hatton flew out of the gate when he began his round on the 10th tee and made birdies on his first two holes. Then, after a 306-yard drive, he holed out from 92 yards for eagle on the 12th. He added another birdie two holes later.

“Almost like I was in a dream,” Hatton said of his first five holes.

Well, two holes later he added another birdie. After making the turn, he made three birdies to offset bogeys at 2 and 6. His last five rounds have been 66-67-69-67-65.

Last week’s win in England in the tournament that as a child inspired him to become a professional was his fifth win on the European Tour and moved him to No. 10 in the official world golf rankings, the first time he’s cracked the top 10.

His lone win on the PGA Tour came earlier this year at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the last tournament played before the PGA Tour went dark for 13 weeks because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Much of his success is due to his putter – he’s one of the best in the world. And that won’t change this week at Shadow Creek. He had nine one-putt greens in the first round.

“They’re absolutely perfect,” Hatton said of the greens. “It’s easy to almost give them a little bit too much respect because like downhill, they’re like rapid, you could almost blow on it and it’s going past the hole. So when you switch around and you’ve got a few like uphill putts, it’s kind of hard to get yourself to hit it.

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“But they’re beautiful to putt on we’re lucky to have that.”

And as far as wearing a hoodie last week? Hatton’s fashion choice caused a stir and ignited debate on whether someone should or shouldn’t wear a hoodie while playing golf. Hatton was surprised by all the noise his look caused.

“I’m not the first person to wear a hoodie,” he said. “There’s been so many guys that have worn hoodies. It’s crazy the amount of people that obviously don’t agree with it. If it looks smart and you’re comfortable to play in it, then I really don’t see what the issue is. And it’s funny, I reckon half the guys, if they put that hoodie on and swung a golf club, they’d love it.”

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Las Vegas a great spot for Rory McIlroy to prep for November Masters

Rory McIlroy said playing at Shadow Creek and Sherwood Country Club will prove pivotal in his pursuit of his first green jacket.

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NORTH LAS VEGAS – Rory McIlroy found an ideal place to prep for the November Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

Across the country in the southwest portion of the United States.

McIlroy said Wednesday that this week’s CJ Cup at Shadow Creek in the Mojave Desert and next week’s Zozo Championship at Sherwood Country Club in a lush forest north of Los Angeles will prove pivotal in his pursuit of his first green jacket and completion of the career Grand Slam.

Both tournaments were relocated from East Asia due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, McIlroy changed his itinerary.

“I was saying with how good the greens are here and how slopey and how fast and how the course is set up, it’s actually not a bad place to prepare for Augusta,” McIlroy said Wednesday at Shadow Creek. “It’s bent, the same conditions you’re going to get there in terms of grass anyway. Climate’s going to be a bit different, but it’s not bad preparation.

“It’s on the other side of the country, it’s not as close, but when you think about the courses that we play leading up to Augusta, they’re all Bermuda for the most part. I think here this week and Sherwood next week, I think that’s going to be a lot of guys’ last event before Augusta and I think they’re going to be two good courses. You both get 72 holes, which is a nice thing as well, so two really good weeks to see where your game’s at and then go home and work on some stuff before Augusta.”

CJ Cup: Tee times | Fantasy rankings | Odds | Shadow Creek

The new father – his daughter, Poppy, was born August 31 – is returning this week after a three-week break. In his last start, McIlroy tied for eighth in the U.S. Open. He also saw firsthand what beefed-up Bryson DeChambeau did to famed and rugged Winged Foot while winning by six shots.

The talk of golf has put on nearly 50 pounds of mass and started lashing the ball distances that have prompted some of his colleagues to try to follow suit.

That includes McIlroy.

During his break, the four-time major winner began working on dialing up his swing speed and distance. Two weeks ago he posted a photo on Instagram of his launch monitor that revealed the shot he had just hit was recorded at 186 mph ball speed with a 340-yard carry.

“Having length is an advantage and I’ve always been pretty long, but what I want to do is at least know that I have it if I need it,” McIlroy said. “I’m not going to try to do it all the time, I’m not trying to get my ball speed into the 190s every time I hit a driver, but at least I know that if I need to do it, I can do it.”

Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy hits out of the fifteen fairway during practice for the CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek on Oct. 13, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

McIlroy said he’s done some speed work in the gym. He also went to a lighter shaft – from 75 grams to 60 – to improve his mechanics, but the switch means he can move the club fasters, which translates to more ball speed and more yards.

“One of the great things that Bryson’s done (is) when he speed trains, he just hits the ball into a net, so he doesn’t really know where it’s going, he’s just trying to move as fast as he can, and it’s trying to get your body used to moving that way and sort of making the target irrelevant for a time being and then you can sort of try to bring it in from there,” McIlroy said. “From what I’ve been experimenting with the last couple weeks, it’s the fastest I’ve ever moved the club, the fastest my body’s ever moved.

“I think it’s the way the game’s going. I got sent a really good article last weekend, it was in the Wall Street Journal just about every single sport becoming faster, longer, stronger, and I don’t think golf’s any different. I’m just trying to keep up with the way it’s going.

“It’s been fun trying to do it. I don’t know how Bryson does it every day. You hit drivers really hard one day and you sort of have to back off for a couple days and do it again. It seems like he’s got a lot of robustness in that body that he can keep doing it day after day.”

Well, McIlroy will try to speed up from time to time.

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Shrouded in secrecy, Shadow Creek a magical host for the CJ Cup

Shrouded in secrecy just north of the Las Vegas Strip, Shadow Creek is a magical host for the PGA Tour’s CJ Cup.

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NORTH LAS VEGAS – Justin Thomas won’t soon forget his maiden voyage to the magical land of Shadow Creek Golf Course.

After walking through the unassuming clubhouse, he stepped into the locker room and was stunned to see the names gracing the storage units.

“I know that pretty much everybody who’s anybody has been here,” Thomas said. “Just going through and looking at the nameplates, it’s pretty impressive and unbelievable just the names that are on some of those lockers.”

Such as George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama. Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, John Elway and Derek Jeter. As well as Sylvester Stallone and Matt Damon. The fishing pole the late Bush 41 used to wield as he tried his luck in the course’s streams, ponds and lakes still rests above his locker. Jordan’s Carolina blue golf cart is parked here year-round.

Tiger Woods also will never forget his first trip to Shadow Creek.

“The first time I played it, I met Elizabeth Taylor on the 17th tee. And that kind of stuck out because, well, you don’t meet people like that when you are a kid,” said Woods, who later learned he had just missed seeing the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who often sat near the 17th hole’s waterfall down by the green.

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From the day Shadow Creek opened in 1990, it has been cloaked in mystique and aura and shrouded in secrecy. From its eye-opening price tag — anywhere from $45 million to $60 million — to its location in the Mojave Desert 15 miles north of the Las Vegas Strip, to its esteemed clientele of high-rollers, captains of industry, sports icons and stars of the silver screen, Shadow Creek has been a bucket list dream. One you can play out in reality for $750 a pop, plus the gratuity for the caddie.

The first time the course hit TV screens was in 2018 when Phil Mickelson took down Woods in a $9 million winner-take-all event called The Match. Now the PGA Tour makes its debut this week in the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. The tournament was relocated from the enchanted Jeju Island in South Korea because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

“Obviously Shadow Creek is a pretty unbelievable alternative,” said Thomas, the defending champion who headlines a loaded field of 78 that also includes Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Tommy Fleetwood and Jordan Spieth. “It’s definitely not overly difficult, but if it’s set up hard and it gets a little bit firm, then it’s obviously going to play a little bit more challenging. It’s a fun course, it’s scenic and I’m sure the history and the stories are something that even the people who know it all might not even know it all. There’s a lot of things that have gone down here and I’ve had a couple good times here and been able to make a couple of my own memories.”

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This transformed plot of hardened desert sprung from the fertile imagination of casino mogul Steve Wynn, who tapped the handiwork of renowned architect Tom Fazio to build a golf masterpiece.

“Steve told me he wanted to build a golf course as good as anything in the world. When I saw the land, I thought he was crazy,” Fazio said. “But whatever I wanted to do, I did.”

What he did was dig 50 feet into the chunk of the earth – about 3 million cubic yards of dirt was excavated. This allowed Fazio to carve out rolling hills and canyons. The massive mining also provided enough dirt to create a berm around the property to help keep the sun out of the players’ eyes.

Some 20,000 of more than 200 varieties of trees were imported and form a lush forest throughout the property that casts shadows over emerald fairways and greens, waterfalls, creeks, ponds, brooks, lagoons and lakes. The woods are so thick, no hole can be seen from another.

The unique environment also is home to lively vegetation; vibrant, multihued floral decorations; and exotic birds including swans and blue herons, pheasants with 6-foot tails, as well as rabbits and other critters.

There’s even a red London telephone booth on the ninth tee.

After an expensive renovation in 2006 that sand-capped the course, lengthened it and expanded some greens for more pin placements, the par-72 layout can tip out at 7,560 yards.

“I was very wowed by Shadow Creek the first time I played it, and I’ve played it a few times since and you’re still stunned,” three-time major winner Spieth said. “Just an unbelievable experience, one of the top ones I’ve ever had in the country.

“I like the mixture of holes. You have drivable par-4s and then you have long doglegs. The green complexes are complicated and very challenging. You can score on the course, but it also presents a legitimate challenge.”

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CJ Cup at Shadow Creek preview

Golfweek’s Adam Schupak previews the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek for this week’s PGA Tour event.

Golfweek’s Adam Schupak previews the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek for this week’s PGA Tour event.

The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges moving from Korea to Las Vegas

The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, the PGA Tour event held on Jeju Island, Korea, since 2017, will have a new venue in 2020.

The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, the PGA Tour event held on Jeju Island, Korea, since 2017, will have a different venue in 2020.

The Tour announced on Monday evening that the tournament will be played at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Oct. 15-18, the week after the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. Both tournaments are part of the Tour’s 2020-21 schedule.

Along with the move comes a new name: The CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. The tournament will once again have a 78-man field.

Justin Thomas won the first CJ Cup in 2017, as well as in 2019. Brooks Koepka won it in 2018.

“It’s unfortunate that we won’t be able to travel to Korea for this year’s event,” Thomas said in a statement released by the Tour. “But it is fantastic that we will still be able to shine a light on CJ Group through the tournament at a venue like Shadow Creek.”

Ethan Kim, Sports Marketing Director of CJ Group, said in a statement released by the Tour: “We are delighted to bring The CJ Cup to the U.S. and to the renowned Shadow Creek. It is unfortunate we will not be able to showcase the PGA Tour and the best players in the world on Jeju Island this year, but we look forward to having this tournament again in Korea in 2021.”

Shadow Creek hosted The Match in 2018 between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

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Golfweek’s Best: The secret sauce of course design

Commonalities such as waterfront sites, sandy soils and long sight lines are repeated throughout Golfweek’s Best annual course rankings.

What do the highest rated courses on Golfweek’s Best lists have in common? As a course designer I have spent the past 20 years trying to figure out the key ingredients of great courses. And in studying what goes into a great course, we found a few interesting tidbits. 

One might think having a famous architect or famous tour pro design the course is essential. In fact, pro golfers are not a good bet for such, especially if rated by percentage of their portfolio. Also, many of the top courses were designed by architects before they became famous. And we found that the age of the designer was not a great indicator, as there are top courses designed by architects in their 20s up to their 70s. 

You do notice that most of the Classic courses are located in urban or suburban areas, while most of the top Modern courses are in remote locations largely due to modern land costs, zoning, environmental restrictions and land availability. Most of the top Modern courses also feature on-site lodging. 

And while each project is different and offers varying levels of potential, in my opinion and as evidenced by this year’s Golfweek’s Best lists, greatness often is a byproduct of three key factors: the site, the design and the culture.

Sand Hills in Nebraska (Courtesy of Sand Hills)

The site

Sites vary. A layout on an inland parcel bordered by freeways and power plants would not garner the same love as the same layout on coastal duneland. So what are the components of a site that would provide the best chance for success?

Sand: Fifteen of the top 20 Classic (before 1960) courses are built on sandy soils. Even more noteworthy, nine of the 10 highest rated Modern courses sit on sand. Sandy soils provide an ideal growing medium, offer exceptional drainage, promote firm turf and are easier and less expensive on which to build. In golf, sand is gold.

Core golf: Sixteen of the top 20 Classic courses are core golf, meaning no public roads or houses bisect the course. Eighteen of the top 20 Modern courses are core layouts. Essentially, core golf means that golf is the focus – not tennis, swimming or weddings. Core golf provides the best opportunity to fully immerse yourself in nature.

Open site with long views: Thirteen of the top 15 Classic courses are open by nature, as are nine of the top 10 modern courses. Open sites may have trees but don’t isolate the holes, meaning there are long views across the property. Open sites allow the wind to play a role, and the designs often have more width and offer more strategic options. 

Waterfront: Seven of the top 13 Classic courses reside on a major body of water, as do six of the top nine modern courses. Any property on a major body of water is valuable and alluring, and it’s especially so for golf. Not only is the water pretty to look at, water is often closely tied to the sandy soils and open sites mentioned before. 

Shadow Creek in Nevada (Golfweek archives)

The design

A golf designer is tasked with meeting a client’s goals on a particular site. In some cases the mandate may be to create the best possible course, but other times it may be to construct a demanding championship layout or a fun and quirky track. Here are some elements that top courses have regardless of setting or client. 

Sense of place: This refers to what is inherently special or unique in a setting. In golf it is often a landscape, but it also could include a site’s history. Each of the top 20 Classic and Modern courses captures the sense of place. Augusta National sits on a former nursery and does a great job showcasing the tall pines and azaleas. Bandon Dunes highlights the great linksland as opposed to importing lakes, waterfalls, trees and flowers. The top courses, even when the design is manufactured, try to capture a sense of place. Shadow Creek is 100 percent artificial, but the goal was to create an oasis in the desert, which its layout does perfectly – it screams Las Vegas. 

Variety: The best courses maximize variety. They have short, medium and long holes. The holes move left to right, right to left, uphill, downhill and sidehill. The hazards (bunkers, water, hollows, etc.) are in different spots, sometimes in front, sometimes on the side and sometimes behind. And you don’t see many parallel fairways on these lists.

Walkability: The top courses are usually designed with walking in mind. This means the holes flow with the land, the tees are often near the previous green, and paths do not impact strategy or aesthetics. All 20 of the top Classic courses are easily walkable. The top nine, and 15 of the top 20, Modern courses are very walkable.

Many top courses, such as Augusta National with the Masters, host major championships. (Rob Schumacher/USA TODAY Sports)

The culture

While a site is a product of mother nature and the design is crafted by an architect, the culture is often a byproduct of the owner-developer. 

Golf first: Many clubs or resorts offer numerous amenities, but the top courses are found where golf is the priority. This means golf gets the best land and the other elements support the golf. None of the top five Classic courses (all private) have a pool or tennis. Seven of the top 20 Modern courses have water frontage, and in each case golf got that prime real estate as opposed to a clubhouse or lodging. 

Championships: Many of the top courses host major championships. Hosting these events can bring prestige to a club or course, but it also means giving up your course for weeks or more, repairing any damage and often a financial loss to the facility. The top courses have a culture of giving back to the game by hosting these events. Sixteen of the top 20 Classic courses have hosted a top-tier event on the PGA Tour.

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Top 10 Best Courses You Can Play

The top 10 Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play in the United States, as judged by our nationwide network of raters.

The top 10 Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play in the United States, as judged by our nationwide network of raters.

Top resorts including Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes announce reopen dates

Golfweek’s Best top resorts plan their reopenings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The top golf resorts in the country have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic. With revenues tied to accommodations and food services as well as to their golf courses, even the resorts that have been able to keep their courses operational have sustained more than a month of lost bookings throughout the properties.

Most states have reopened their golf courses – only Vermont, Maryland and Massachusetts have remained closed to golf with no announced plans to reopen. And now that many states are trying to restart businesses, several top resorts have announced reopening dates of at least some non-golf operations as they plan a return to normalcy.

As examples of how resorts around the country are trying to get things started as governors allow businesses to open, we offer the following look at Golfweek’s Best top resort courses and proposed timelines for the full resort operations to open. Each resort has stressed its efforts to provide sanitary playing opportunities with social distancing and other modifications such as leaving the flags in the hole while putting and using modified cups to prevent players from having to reach too deeply into the holes.

No. 1 Pebble Beach Golf Links

The famed course in Pebble Beach, California – host to six U.S. Opens – reopened Monday. Hotel operations are slated to begin June 1. Spyglass Hill at the resort, No. 11 on the Golfweek’s Best list, also reopened Monday. Tee times are typically reserved for resort guests with only limited non-resort public access, but during May the golf courses will be open for public-access bookings with reduced green fees: $495 for Pebble Beach, down from the normal $575, and $325 for Spyglass Hill, down from the normal $415.

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WATCH: 2020 Texas commit talks after winning state championship game

2020 commit Xavion Alford won the school’s first state championship Friday night. After the game, Alford caught up with a reporter to talk.

2020 four-star Texas commit Xavion Alford and the Shadow Creek Sharks won the school’s first state championship Friday night against Denton Ryan. With a final score of 28-22, the Sharks were able to stop a last-second hail mary attempt to win the game.

After the game, Alford caught up with a reporter to talk about his season and what it meant for him to win a championship.

“It’s unreal,” said Alford. “This season has been real emotional for me. I got hurt first game of the season.”

After falling short in 2018, Shadow Creek was able to win the 5A Divison 1 state championship in 2019. When asked what it meant to be a state champion, Alford said it meant “a lot.”

Here are Alford’s full comments:

Alford signed his national letter of intent with the Longhorns on National Signing Day. Playing safety, he is the sixth highest-rated prospect in the 2020 class for the Longhorns. Alford joins two other secondary players in the class, as Jerrin Thompson is another safety, while Kitan Crawford is listed as a cornerback.

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