🏌🏻 LPGA Outplays PGA's #1

Good morning. The underdogs had a field day during Round 1 of the Valspar Championship before it was suspended due to darkness.

It will resume at 7:35 am ET today to finish the opening round while the start of the second round is scheduled for 9:20 am ET.

TRIVIA: Who holds the tournament record score at the Valspar Championship? Answer at the end of the mail.

⛳ This day in history: On this date in 1934, the golf world changed substantially. Bobby Jones’ golf tournament, to be known as the Masters, played its first round in its inaugural playing and it was led by Jimmy Hines and Horton Smith with 70s. Smith would go on to win by one shot over Craig Wood.

🚀 Today’s Golf Deals: Amazon has an incredible golf sale section. It’s just hard to find. Check out some amazing deals, up to 60% off on course essentials. Click here to check the latest deals.

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Scheffler Outperformed By 10 LPGA Players

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler currently leads the PGA Tour's greens in regulation statistics – hitting an impressive 77.78% in the season so far.

But, 10 LPGA players are doing better than him in this category.

📌 LPGA Players vs Scheffler: While female pros may not match men in raw power, they make up for in accuracy from tee to green.

Top 10 LPGA players - Greens In Regulation:

🏌️‍♀️Rose Zhang - 81.9%
🏌️‍♀️So Mi Lee - 81.9%
🏌️‍♀️Jeongeun Lee - 80.6%
🏌️‍♀️Lexi Thompson - 80.6%
🏌️‍♀️Nelly Korda - 80.6%
🏌️‍♀️Jenny Coleman - 80.6%
🏌️‍♀️Minami Katsu - 80.6%
🏌️‍♀️Meghan Khang - 79.9%
🏌️‍♀️Haeran Ryu - 78.1%
🏌️‍♀️Nataliya Guseva - 77.8%

PGA Tour courses are typically longer, making it more challenging for men to consistently reach the greens in regulation, but distances are relative between genders.

🤝 NHL's Role In Scheffler's Success: Troy Van Biezen, the director of sports performance and science with the NHL’s Dallas Stars had a pivotal role to play in Scheffler's defense of The Players title.

✅ Van Biezen has worked with Scheffler since he was 14 years old.

✅ Van Biezen was in regular contact with his physio when the World No 1 was given treatment for his neck issues at TPC Sawgrass.

✅ Van Biezen has 21 years of experience of providing consistent chiropractic care to Tour pros including Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.

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Ryder Cup Taunt Raises Eyebrows @ Valspar

Round 1 of the Valspar Championship was suspended due to darkness but not before some relatively unknown names made their mark.

🚀 Kevins 1-2: A record seven 'Kevins' are playing this event and two of them occupy top spots after the first round.

Streelman (-7) leads the field by one shot ahead of Roy (-6).

⏳ New Gadget: Kevin Streelman has a new ball marker to help with alignment that required USGA approval before he teed off in the Valspar Championship.

He had 10 consecutive one-putt greens on his way to a 7-under 64 and a one-shot lead.

🤯 Caddie Corner: Robert MacIntyre's caddie Mike Burrows donned a provocative caddie bib featuring the scoreline from the 2023 Ryder Cup.

‘16.5-11.5’ was written on his luminous top - a gesture which certainly rattled the American Ryder Cup fans present at the venue.

🎉 Birthday Bash: Carl Yuan celebrated his 27th birthday in style with an eagle and five birdies on his card for a 5-under 66. He is currently placed T-3.

🚨 Cut Alert: A number of stars including Tony Finau, Cameron Young, Webb Simpson and Sungjae Im currently lie outside the projected cut line.

Top 70 golfers and the ties will qualify for the weekend after Round 2.

Watch Round 1 Highlights

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What else is making news

LPGA Tour: Maude-Aimee LeBlanc holds a one-shot lead after the first round of the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship. 

Happy Retirement: South Korea's So Yeon Ryu will retire from professional golf next month after 13 seasons on the LPGA Tour and 2 Major victories.

DP World Tour: The English duo of Mansell and Sullivan share the lead alongside Germany’s Freddy Schott after Round 2 of the Singapore Classic.

Cabrera Denied: Angel Cabrera's 2024 Masters return thwarted after the US decline VISA application.

Olympics: Scottie Scheffler, Lilia Vu lead latest Olympic golf qualifying - check out the current field.

Fantasy Golf: Masters Fantasy returns in 2024, and there’s more on the line than just bragging rights - find out the details here.

Indoor Golf: World's best Indoor Golfer Jordan Weber earns DP World Tour start after topping the league's end-of-season Order of Merit.

Woods Spotted: Tiger Woods was spotted in North Carolina where his son, Charlie, is competing at the Will Lowery Junior Championship.

LIV Golf: Smash GC has announced its partnership with REDVANLY as the team’s official on-course apparel partner.

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These Golf Stats Made It To The Guinness Book Of World Records

Here are five amazing golfing stats from the famous Guinness Book of World Records.

🧢 Most PGA Tour Apps.: Mark Brooks holds the record with 803 starts. He played his first PGA Tour event in May 1983 and his last one some 35 years later in January 2018.

🤯 Oldest Player To Make Cut: The oldest player to make the cut on the PGA Tour is Jay Haas, aged 68 years 141 days at the 2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans in Louisiana.

He also holds the record for the most cuts made on the PGA Tour - 592.

🚀 Longest Throw Of A Golf Club: The longest throw of a golf club is 77.19 m and was achieved by Tyler Toney on the set of Dude Perfect in Frisco, Texas.

The attempt took place at the PGA Frisco golf course.

⛳️ Most Consecutive Holes Without A Bogey: The most consecutive holes of professional golf without a bogey is 114, achieved by Ko Jin-Young of South Korea.

Along the way Ko Jin-Young topped Tiger Woods’ record of 110 holes, which he had set in 2000.

⏳ Fastest Round In A Fourball: A fourball consisting of Matthew Dalton, Steven Holloway, Landyn Edwards and Michael Ryan (all New Zealand) completed 18 holes in 48 min 56 sec at Rotorua Golf Club.

The record was attempted as a fundraiser.

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