Apr. 20, 2011
The first round of The Heritage is set to begin. The Golf Channel will televise live action beginning at 3 p.m. ET.
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| Groups we're watching |
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8:20 a.m. ET
No. 10 |
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Luke Donald, Aaron Baddeley, Mark Wilson
Baddeley won here in 2006, Donald has back-to-back top 3s at Harbour Town and Wilson is the season's only two-time winner.
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8:30 a.m. ET
No. 10 |
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Graeme McDowell, Ernie Els, Ian Poulter
This week's featured group includes three players ranked inside the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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8:30 a.m. ET
No. 1 |
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Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Francesco Molinari
They've got it all. A long hitter (Garrigus), tournament record holder (Gay) and a European shot-maker (Molinari).
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1 p.m. ET
No. 1 |
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Brendan Steele, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III
Last week's winner in Texas gets paired with two players who have multiple victories at Harbour Town.
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1:10 p.m. ET
No. 1 |
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Jim Furyk, Matt Kuchar, Jason Day
We'll get a good look at both sides of our New Breed vs. Establishment feature with Furyk and Day together.
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STORYLINES FOR THURSDAY:
• It's not too late to submit your picks and show off your prediction skills.
• Harbour Town is a course, not for the big hitters, but for the shot makers.
• Matt Kuchar's short game is a work in progress that will be tested this week.
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| Round 1 weather forecast |
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Scattered Thunderstorms
Temp: 78 high/57 low
Partly cloudy, 40 percent chance of storms, with winds around 10 mph. |
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| ShotLink Player notes |
| Here are some of the players you'll see on the Golf Channel's coverage of Thursday's first round |
| JIM FURYK |
Entering the 2010 Heritage Furyk had already carded his first of three wins in the 2010 PGA TOUR season and ranked 11th in the FedExCup standings. However, entering this week, Furyk has just two top 10s in nine starts and currently ranks 51st in the FedExCup standings. Furyks win at the 2010 Heritage vaulted him from 11th to 2nd in the FedExCup standings. From this point forward last year, Furyk never ranked worse than 11th in the standings en route to winning the FedExCup.
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| MATT KUCHAR |
No one on TOUR in 2010 was better in the opening round than Matt Kuchar. He played 22 of 25 opening rounds under par with an average of 69.28. Kuchar continues to lead the TOUR in opening round scoring in 2011 with an average of 68.25 (1st on TOUR). Averaging 1.94 bogeys per round, Kuchar is one of just two players on TOUR in 2011 averaging less than two bogeys per round (Paul Casey).
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| JASON DAY |
| Jason Day has three top 10s in his first eight starts this year thanks in large part to his performance on the greens. In 2011 on the greens, Jason Day ranks 14th on TOUR for putts per round, ninth in one-putts, 10th for feet of putts made per round and 13th for birdie or better conversion percentage. |
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