Zurich Classic, LIV + NFL Mock Draft Results
Me and Fienberg preview the event for the Zurich Classic while running through the teams, odds, and our first bets of the week. Then we looked at LIV Golf Adelaide and the player who stick out to us there.
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ZURICH CLASSIC
Things to know
Field: 80 Teams
Cut: Top 33 Teams and Ties After 36 Holes
Format: Rounds 1 & 3 Fourball (best ball); Rounds 2 & 4 Foursomes (Alternate Shot)
COURSE
Course: TPC Louisiana
Yardage: 7,425
Par: 72
Greens Poa trivialis overseed
Average Green Size: 5,225 sq. ft.
Number of Sand Bunkers: 106
Number of Holes Water is in Play: 8
2024 Smallest Avg. Greens by sq. ft. Played
3,500 – Pebble Beach (AT&T PB Pro-Am)
3,700 – Harbour Town (RBC Heritage)
5,000 – PGA West Stadium (American Express)
5,000 – Torrey Pines South (Farmers Insurance)
5,225 – TPC Louisiana (Zurich Classic)
5,500 – TPC Sawgrass (The Players
Par 3's (4): Average distance - 215 yards
-Four of the six most-oft par'd holes on the course, Hole #17 is the second toughest hole on the course (over-par rate of 22.2%)
-Hardy and Riley birdied three of these four holes on Sunday (the only time the tandem did that for the week)
Par 4's (10): Average distance - 430 yards
-Two of the three toughest holes on the course come during a three-hole stretch (Holes 4-6), both being Par 4's that measure north of 475 yards
-Hardy and Riley wasted no time on Saturday, birding the first five holes (a stretch that includes three Par 4's)
Par 5's (4): Average distance - 567 yards
-The only holes on the course with a birdie rate over 30%, three of them have a sub-7% boget rate (Hole #18 can cause some problems: 3.3% double or worse rate)
-Hardy and Riley had as many bogeys as eagles (1) on the Par 5's for the week
WINNERS
2023: Davis Riley and Nick Hardy (-30)
2022: Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele (-29)
2021: Cam Smith and Marc Leishman (-20)
2019: Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer (-26)
2018: Billy Horshal and Scott Piercy (-22)
2017: Cam Smith and Jonas Blixt (-27)
WINNER PROFILE (form)
Davis Riley: MC at RBC Heritage, his only event in the month prior. T4 at Zurich the year previous.
Nick Hardy: MC at RBC Heritage, but was top 30 in his two events prior. T21 At Zurich the year previous.
Patrick Cantlay: 2nd at RBC Heritage, had gained with the putter in 7 straight measured events prior. T11 at Zurich the year previous.
Xander Schauffele: Only four events in the two months prior and no real consistency to speak of ... struggled in big events, placed fine in the others: 13-MC (THE PLAYERS)-12-MC (Masters). T11 at Zurich the year previous.
The team play dynamic is a unique one, but the past two winners (four players) shared to data points when it comes to the type of golfer they were in 2023
3 of 4 finished outside of the top 100 in Fairways Gained
3 of 4 finished top 30 in Opportunities Gained
Both teams had a putter that was top 25 in our predictive 10-15 foot range supporting a putter that ranked outside the top 115 in that range
Both teams were strong in approach (all golfers ranking inside the top 55 on TOUR) with less success around the green (no golfers ranking inside the top 55 on TOUR)
Here’s a quicky version of how that looks entering play this week…
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QUICK BETS
Zurich
Moore/NeSmith 75 (with 5 Places)
Smalley/Schmid 90 (with 5 Places)
Coodys 150 (with 5 Places)
LIV
Louis 22
Reed 35
Charl 140 (with 5 Places)
2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT
Every year since 2019, I’ve had Ray Garvin and Thor Nystorm on the show draft week to run through the entire first round and have them debate the talents coming into the NFL. As you all know, I don’t watch or care about college football, so I truly do use this as my prep to learn about the talents we’ll see in the NFL next year.
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Mock Draft Results + SHOW INDE
(NO TRADES WERE ALLOWED)
2:47 NFL Draft Industrial Complex
6:09 CHI via CAR — Caleb Williams
10:03 WAS — Jayden Daniels
15:13 NE — Drake Maye
28:04 ARZ — Marvin Harrison Jr.
33:43 LAC — Joe Alt
38:24 NYG — Malik Nabers
45:24 TEN — Olumuyiwa Fashanu
52:02 ATL — Dallas Turner
56:40 CHI — Rome Odunze
58:31 NYJ — Brock Bowers
1:01:17 MIN — JJ McCarthy
1:04:05 DEN — Quinyon Mitchell
1:06:32 LV — Taliese Fuaga
1:08:31 NO — Troy Fautanu
1:09:38 IND — Brian Thomas Jr.
1:12:26 SEA — Jared Verse
1:16:02 JAX — Terrion Arnold
1:16:58 CIN — JC Latham
1:18:06 LAR — Byron Murphy
1:19:16 PIT — Nate Wiggins
1:20:43 MIA — Graham Barton
1:21:38 PHI — Xavier Worthy
1:25:07 MIN via HOU via CLE — Cooper Dejean
1:26:35 DAL — Laiatu Latu
1:29:03 GB — Kool-Aid McKinstry
1:32:13 TB — Jackson Powers-Johnson
1:33:31 ARZ via HOU — Darius Robinson
1:35:53 BUF — Jer’Zhan Newton
1:37:41 DET — Ladd McConkey
1:40:20 BAL — Adonai Mitchell
1:42:28 SF — Amarius Mims
1:44:36 KC — Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
1:47:33 RBs Later in Draft
1:50:04 Sleeper WRs
EURO BETS
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Full Thursday Zurich entry coming in Wednesday post.
— PM