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Jake Yono

JY Journalism

7/15/25

Golf Culture Is Shifting Rapidly, And It’s For The Greater Good Of The Game

For the longest time, golf’s culture has been defined by two main principles: first, it is a sport for the wealthy, meaning that only those with money can afford to play and improve; second, the game is too slow and boring, both to play and watch. However, in recent years, golf has transformed. The sport is becoming more inclusive and accessible, shedding its elitist image and attracting a wider range of players. Furthermore, efforts to make the game more exciting and engaging have helped to combat the notion that golf is a slow and tedious pastime.

Golf has a rich history dating back to the 15th century, when the Scots first played the game using handmade sticks on large farms. The vast tracts of land required to play were expensive to own, and the game was exclusive to those with the financial means. Over time, courses like St. Andrews began charging for rounds, and soon other clubs followed suit, requiring memberships. By the 20th century, golf became a sport for the wealthy and professional, with rounds of 18 holes taking up to six hours. The game had become time-consuming and inaccessible for most people due to country clubs and high prices. In the past five years, golf has become more affordable and accessible than ever before. About three-quarters of American golf courses are now public, making the sport more affordable for casual players. Public courses make golf accessible to a wider range of people who otherwise might not have the financial means to pay the high fees of private clubs. The rise of driving ranges and golf simulators has also changed the way people practice and play. Driving ranges, which became widespread in the 2000s, allow players to work on their game without committing to a full round. Additionally, Golfzon, a company that operates indoor simulators, has expanded globally, offering year-round practice opportunities for golfers at home or in dedicated facilities. These innovations provide golfers with more convenient ways to practice and play at their own pace, helping to break down barriers that previously made the game difficult for newcomers. Topgolf has also played a major role in making golf more fun and social. By offering a scoring-based driving range with equipment provided, Topgolf attracts a younger audience, creating a party-like atmosphere that makes the sport less intimidating if you hit a poor shot. These innovations have made golf more appealing to those who may not have been interested in the traditional, formal golfing experience. Topgolf’s fun and competitive environment is perfect for socializing with friends while still offering opportunities for skill development.

The cost of equipment has long been a barrier to entry for many potential golfers. However, new golfers no longer need to spend thousands of dollars on expensive clubs. Starter sets are available for $500-$1,000, while custom-fitted sets for experienced players range from $1,500-$3,000. These more affordable options have made the game more accessible to people from various financial backgrounds. With these options, golfers can start playing the sport without worrying about large upfront costs.

Beyond affordability, golf culture is being reshaped by content creators who are bringing a fresh, entertaining perspective to the sport. Social media influencers, such as Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Luke Kwon, regularly post videos showcasing their PGA Tour experiences and offering tips to fans. This behind-the-scenes content helps demystify the game, allowing fans to learn from the best players in the world. However, the most popular content often comes from non-professional influencers like Good Good Golf, Grant Horvat, and Bob Does Sports. These creators make golf more fun by producing videos featuring challenges, fun guests, and lighthearted content that appeals to a wider audience. One notable moment in golf content history was when Bryson DeChambeau teamed up with President Donald Trump to break 50 on a golf course. The video, which also featured NFL stars Tony Romo and Tom Brady, went viral, with 13 million views. This kind of content has boosted interest in the game and encouraged more people to try it. The success of these videos has helped to transform golf into a more approachable, entertaining sport, drawing in new audiences who may have otherwise never considered playing or watching. The combination of affordable courses, innovative practice options, and engaging content creators has made golf more exciting and less elitist. Golf is no longer a sport just for the wealthy; it is becoming more inclusive and accessible to everyone. Influencers are making golf more engaging by adding a fun, competitive twist to the game, and public courses and driving ranges are making it easier for newcomers to get involved. As more players enter the game, the sport continues to evolve into a modern, dynamic experience.

In conclusion, golf is undergoing a cultural shift that is making it more accessible and enjoyable for people of all backgrounds. The rise of affordable courses and simulators, combined with the influence of social media creators, is making golf less intimidating and more fun. The sport is evolving in a way that allows everyone to enjoy it, regardless of their financial status or skill level. As these changes continue, golf’s popularity is likely to grow, and the future of the game looks bright. These transformations are just the beginning, and it will be exciting to see where the sport goes next.

Jake Yono 

6/30/25 

JY Journalism

2025 Rocket Classic recap and whats next for the tournament

The 2025 Rocket Classic brought me a lot of enthusiasm as in my 4 year history of being a standerd bearer, This year was the first where I volunteered all 4 rounds of the tournament and I realized what i've been missing out on about the game of golf as on my golf page the 2024 tournament recap was the last article on that page and I would like to change that with more articles on a regular basic not just one tournament of the year.

As always the tournament started in birdie-like fashion with the course record of -9 being broken 2 times when 4 year PGA veteran Kevin Roy shot a -10 62 round and South African winless 20 year rookie on the tour Aldrich Potgieter shot the same score tireing them for first and breaking the course record. behind them tied for -9 was Max Greyserman,  the 2nd year Tour Player emereging onto the scene and A man I never heard of before the tournament but currently has a playoff spot at 48th in FedEx cup points and 101/151 on cuts made and notable top 10 finishes. Tied with him was also 2nd year tour player and fan favorite Min Woo Lee who got onto the tour be winning the SJM Macao Open and Fortinet Australian PGA Championship internationally in 2023 and has made 44/64 cuts on the tour and only missed 3 cuts this season and won the Texas Children's Open and is currently ranked 39th in FedEx cup points and I was walked with his group as a Standard Bearer in round 3 coming up later. Also tied with them is 11 year PGA Tour veteran Mark Hubbard who has stayed in the top 125 consistently throughout this period but has not achieved victory on tour but earned a lot of money from made cuts. Also I would like to shout out a player that can potentially make a future impact African American Detroit Golf Member Joe Hooks who has multiple APGA wins and who win the John Shippen to get exemption into the tournament. With vary few African Americans to make PGA Tour Starts in the leagues existence, only about 15 players (less than 1%). The only African-American player in the field had the community watching him, as Hooks started off really well on pace to make the cut at -2 through 9 but on his 2nd nine he made 2 more birdies but double bogeyed and had 2 bogeys putting him at even for the first round, Many thought hooks can adjust going into round 2 and he started too much into the future as golfers who don't make the cut have a lot of regrouping to do. With this in round 2 through 11 holes Hooks was -2 with a double bogey on 6  putting him in great contention to make the cut at -6 in his last 7 holes until he started shortdiding and high-flying greens and not being able to make it out of bunkers making him +6 for his last 7 holes leaving him at +4 for the tournament and missing the cut. I truly believe Joe has it in him but constant double bogeys aren't going to get him to prosperity, otherwise i'm excited to see what he can do as I watched him on the course and can see he has potential. My round 1 group was the 8:13 starting time of Danish Oympian Rasmus Høggard who shot -3, German PGA Tour rookie Jeremy Paul who shot -2, and Clemson Native Ben Martin who has been on tour since 2009 and has 1 win and earned over $11 million playing on Tour and shot -3 giving himself a shot at making the cut and his caddy Luke Hopkins hadf a conversation with me because I was in a boot the entire time just to ask me how I got the injury and seeing if I was ok and he talked to me about how he became A professional caddy and how I could do it because in the future I might want to as a side hustle.

Round 2 of the tournament was filled with much excitement as Philip Knowles jumped up the leaderboard form a -6 round 1 to a -8 round 2 to move T1  and after this he had a disappointing finish to the tournament as he finished at T34. With him was Andrew Potham jumping up from 8th but in his weekend rounds he moved back down to 8th where he would finish the tournament. The 3rd man tied for the lead going into the weekend was 40 year old veteran Chris Kirk  with 6 career wins spread across his career and he shot -7 on both days, he would later go on to maintain this position and make a 3 man playoff. Jackson Suber the 25 year old rookie out of Ole Miss was in second 1 shot back jumping up from a round 1 66 and shot a 65 on friday. Aldrich had his worst round of the tournament shooting a 70 putting him at -12 along with Mark Hubbard. My group on friday was the  7:18 tee time of #52 OWGR the German Stephan Jaeger who was -2 coming into the day, Tom Kim who currently 90th fighting for a playoff spot in the FedEx cup and has $15 Million in prize money on the tour with 3 wins and he was -5 coming into the day and Jake Knapp who is in playoff position as he's #54 in FedEx cup standings and winner of the 2024 Mexico Open who was even coming in. Jaeger couldn't control his driver which haunted him and shot even to miss the cut in a vary frustrating fashion. Tom Kim also struggled as well hitting penalties on drives and misreading par 3s which led him to 3 double bogeys in the finish finishing at +4 for fridays outing and -1 for the tournament missing the cut. Jake Knapp had an unforgettable day as he shot a 61 which is -11 breaking the course record set by two men the day before and he had a slow start to the round also as he was even through 3 but the last 15 holes he went -11 to move up 125 spots to jump up to being tied for 4th in the tournament. To be honest I was more focused on putting the score on the sign ASAP rather than actually know whats going on on the course and I zoned out until about his 15th hole when camaras started approaching my group and when he birdied #8 (his 17th of the day) he had done it and no one from rounds 3 or 4 got close to Jake Knapp's course record.

86 players made the six under cutline at the Rocket Classic which meant a lot more players then usual will be contending in the 3rd and 4th rounds 3 and 4. Aldrich Potgieter shot a 65 which was the best score of the day and -19 for the tournament 2 shots ahead of the rest of the field at -17 consisting of Max Greyserman, Jake Knapp, Andrew Putnam, Chris Kirk and Mark Hubbard who all had recent rounds on the day but nothing big to jump up into a lone second in first. This meant going into the final round of the 2025 Rocket Classic, the 20 year PGA big hitter PGA tour rookie Aldrich Potgieter with a 2 shot lead going into the final day. My loop for the day was the 2 man 10:15 tee time of one of the nicest people on Tour Peter Malnati and the Australian of South Korean descent 2nd your star and fan favorite on the PGA Tour Min Woo Lee who were both -7 for the tournament coming into the day and were firing on all cylinders and showing that should of made the cut with Peter shooting -5 and Min Woo at -4 placing Peter in the top 30 and Min Woo in the top 20. This was my favorite group overall of the week even though I watched Jake Knapp break the course record the day before, these guys had no issue with penalties only 3 combined bogeys all together and Min Woo Closed with 4 straight bridies as he was even before that in round 3. I also would like to highlight how nice these guys are and it goes a long way in sports, whenever Min Woo wanted to change his ball his caddie gave me and the walking scorer his ball with his logo on it and he asked me questions about my ankle and called me a "trooper". Malnadi truly has a heart of gold, he was asking me questions and remembered peoples names who worked at the tournament and things mentioned in their conversations 1 whole tournament later, and at the end of the round he gave me a personalized message on a signed ball.

The final round of the tournament played out as expected as Potgieter shot a 69 and still hung on dispute all the pressure putting him at -22 under,  Chris Kirk had a huge day shooting -5 to get back from his 2 shot deficit, and Max Greyserman who was at -17 shot the same score to enter into the 3 man playoff and Jake Knapp missed a birdie putt on 18 to join the 3 men in the playoff and at that moment after my shift I left the tournament. I didn't want to watch 3 guys I didn't care for in a playoff that lasted 90 minutes and although is was compelling golf to watch I wasn't interested in it but Aldrich is going to be an amazing player as he's a power hitter and can putt under pressure, I knew none of these players in the 3-man playoff but congrats to the South African Aldrich Potgieter who's only 20 years old. My group for sunday was the worst of the tournament but I still learned a lot from these gentlemen who we're out of the picture in the lefty and 2025 winner of the Cognizant Classic and currently ranked 42nd in FedEx cup standings and coming in had been -10 and shot a 69 while accidently dropping his wedge in front of the green on the 17th hole hitting his ball costing him a stroke, he earned FedEx cup points furthering his case to be crowned Tour Champion, the other player in my group at -10 was Luke List who has won twice on the tour since 2013 and won twice in his career and is out of the playoff picture and couldn't hit on birdie putts and shot a 70 to finish in the top 40. 

The current situation of the Rocket Classic is in jeopardy as the contract expires after 2026 and members at the club are not fascinated with this tournament as it's shown that it is really hard to get a PGA Tour started as in the 7th running of the tournament it's seen some traction but it's like so many other PGA events where there's low scores and not the best competition, the best players in the tournaments history by OWGR have been current #5 Collin Morikawa, who played in previous years but not currently. #11 Hideki Matsuyama, #7 Keegan Bradley, and Patrick Cantlay #20 have played in the recent years despite the recent current dilemma, Tony Finau stopped coming to the tournament a previous winner who's #42 in the world as long as world #4 Justin Thomas, and #15 Bryson Dechambeau because he forgoed his eligibility and PGA Tour card as the field rating and points total on the OWGR's website listed it as 17th out of the 26 events played this year on Tour and noting that it's not in a prime location like tournaments ranked behind at such as the Puerto Rico Open, the Sony Open in Hawaii, the Mexico Open and Puerto Rico open, many critics and angry people on social media do not like this addition to the tour and want it out but I think it's fine for the tour to keep it up and the diversity that it brings with the John Shippen event for African American players to enter the field like Joe Hooks this year. Just like last year, I will be sharing photos and videos with captions of my experiences of this years event as I had a great time in a google drive albumm linked below, thank you.

ROCKET CLASSIC 2025

Jake Yono Rocket Mortgage Classic 2024 Recap

JY Journalism

7/1/24

Hello again, as you might have seen last year I volunteered at the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club by holding up the score walking with the golfers, I did this on Friday and Sunday of the tournament and it was an amazing experience meeting and watching some of the worlds best golfers on the PGA Tour. This year I was a standard bearer and did the 2 final rounds of the event (Saturday and Sunday) where I saw some very competitive action-packed golf. In this article, I will be sharing my experiences on these days and also will be talking about the whole tournament in general.

For round 3 on Saturday the tournament was delayed because of rain and storms in the morning, these conditions pushed the starting tee times back to 12:48-3:00EST with players teeing off from the 1st and 10th holes (Rocket Mortgage Classic Tee Times). My tee time was scheduled at 8; 20 am with a normal 6:45 start time going off 1 and 10 but we started at 1:10 due to the delays, going off 1 The players in my group were Bud Cauley, Ben Kohles, and who would eventually finish tied for 2nd in the contest Davis Thompson. First Bud Cauley had a horrific injury in 2018 which put him at a disadvantage for a few years while being out, In round 1 he shot an even-par 72 round, and in round 2 he had a -7 65 shows, in round 3 on the front 9 he was 1 under than on the back then on the back he made all pars leaving him at a 71 (-1) round for the day. Bud finished the tournament on Sunday with a +1 showing leaving him at -7 in the entire tournament which was good enough for a 52nd-place finish. the 2nd golfer in my group was Ben Kohles who is currently in contention for the FedEx Cup playoffs at 78th place, coming into round 3 Kohles was at -7 for the tournament with a 67 and a 70, in round 3 he opened the front 9 with a 34 (-2) and closed at even with 3 bogeys, this led to a 70 in round 3. In the whole tournament, Ben Kohles was -11 and tied for 20th place. The final player I held the sign for was the best in the group the 25-year-old kid from Georgia Davis Thompson. First I would like to say that I was a standard bearer for Davis last year and he was very nice and gave me an autographed ball, he also did that for me this year, also he drives the ball as far as the whole round he was outdriving Cauley and Kohles. Coming into round three Davis was -7 with a 68 and a 69 and he played better in his final 2 rounds with a 66 and a 68 putting at -17 for the tournament and 1 shot off the winner for a share of second place and taking home a million dollars. Saturday was a fun day for me as I watched Davis Thompson nail birdie putts and climb his way up the leaderboard.

This round 4 group was the greatest experience I've ever had in my 3 years working in the standard bearer position at the RMC. Originally my schedule for this day said 1:30 was my tee time which was the 4th to last group which was Luke Klanton and Min Woo Lee, the kid with the final grouping is a big fan of Min Woo Lee who finished tied for 2nd and wanted to switch with my group which meant I was going to be the standard bearer for the 2:00 tee time Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai the leaders going into the final round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. This experience of a championship-level golf round is truly unmatched, the huge crowds, cameras, reporters, and overall attention are truly flawless. I am very blessed to have had this experience, I did not need it but will take it. Going into the day Akshay and Aaron were both -17 for the tournament, watching and listening to the broadcast on Saturday the broadcasters kept saying "Someone from behind is gonna put up a massive day and try to win this thing tomorrow" but that never happened. On the first hole, Aaron Rai made a birdie while Bhatia pared, then on Hole 3 Akshay bogeyed but came back on Hole 4 with a bogey, 6 Rai bogeyed leaving the door a little more open for Bhatia where he took advantage of the Birdied hole 7. On the front 9 Bhatia was 1 under while Rai was 1 over. On 10, Rai made a birdie but on 11 he struggled to make par and hopped back on the bogey train until hole 14 where he birdied the par 5 to bring him back to a 1-shot deficient. The next 3 holes were pared out until hole 18 where both of the players hit excellent approach shots into the green leaving Rai with 78ft to go for par and Akshay with 28ft left for par. Rai made it to 5 feet and made it for par keeping him at a shot back from Bhatia. Akshays first putt from 28ft was short and made it to 5ft, at this point he was tied with Cam Davis from the group before and he had a 5ft 9in putt to send it into a playoff with Davis but it broke right before the hole and the missed right. Akshay would tap in to finish tied for second in the tournament while Cam Davis would become the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic Champion. All Cam needed was a -2 day and he did it, with a birdie at 17 Akshay had to save par on 18 to advance but sadly he didn't.

This year's edition of the Rocket Mortage classic was the most surreal experience I've ever had at the tournament. I would have liked to see Akshay win the tournament outright or to have a playoff at least but it is ok as with this finish he is now ranked #11 on the FedEx Cup standings with a few more events until the playoffs, Aaron Rai from England is in 57th place, Cam Davis is in 40th place, and Davis Thompson is now sitting in 51st place. This year's edition of the tournament was the best experience for me as I got to walk with the final group and get a taste of world-class championship-level golf.

Me and Grant watching Akshay tee off Us watching Aaron Rai putt for Birdie

Video of Akshay teeing off on 17 Video of Akshay Walking down to 18 fairway

After the final hole when I switched Bhatias score back to -17 where it originally was          Me after the tournament with the ball Aaron Rai gave me 

Jake Yono

7/5/23

JY Journalism

Recapping the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club 

Welcome everybody, this is my first article about golf and only golf, I wrote about the masters with the NCAA march madness tournament. But in this article, I will be genuinely writing about the Rocket Mortgage classic In Detroit at the Detroit Golf Club. I was a standard bearer for the weekend rounds and I watched it after my shifts today I will be giving a recap on it and my experiences.

To start off this was the fifth year of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, the tournament is a lowly ranked on the PGA Tour. Only 4 of the top 10 players in the FedEx Cup standings were in the tournament, and the course was not challenging at all with the winning score at -24 which means that the 3 players who went into the playoff hole were all at that score which is an Average of -6 per day.

Let’s talk about my experience first before we talk about the actual tournament. I was a standers bearer at this year's event. I became a standard bearer by signing up to volunteer. If you want to be as close to PGA tour action as possible you should consider volunteering. I know that not all events take volunteers on the PGA tour but most of them do. Also being a volunteer gets me 4 tickets and parking passes for the whole tournament, also in the volunteer headquarters I got complimentary breakfast and lunch. My job was holding a sign with the score of a group of golfers on it. On Saturday I held the sign for Davis Thompson and Scott Stallings. David finished 24th and Stallings 56th. On the final round Sunday I had a group of 3 for Ryan Palmer, Kyle Reifers, and the 5th ranked FedEx Cup ranked player Keegan Bradley. Bradley finished 21st with a score of -15, Reifers finished 52nd with a score of -9, and Ryan Palmer finished with a score of -12 which put him in 33rd place. I liked my Sunday group way better than my Saturday group because of Keegan Bradley and because it was a featured group on ESPN+ and I got on TV a ton of times which created a more fun atmosphere for the group and everyone around it. I will attach some pictures below. Also, another perk of doing this is that a got signed golf balls and gloves from the PGA Tour players. The only other volunteer position that gets that opportunity is the walking scorer that walks with me the entire round. Overall I recommend the Walking Scorer/Standard Bearer volunteer experience to any PGA Tour Fan when they have this opportunity.

Now let’s talk about the actual tournament and the top players on the leaderboard. In the final round, there was a 3-way playoff between Adam Hadwin, Collin Morikawa, and the winner Rickie Fowler. But before that, I would like to talk about significant players who have not been cut which are Justin Thomas, and the defending Rocket Mortgage Classic champion Tony Finau. Some surprises were Aaron Rai and the Monday tournament qualifier Peter Kuest both finishing in the top 10. In the final round on the back 9 through 17 holes Rickie Fowler was at even par. Rickie could have put the tournament away earlier in the day. Put he birdied 18 and sent the field to a playoff on 18. Morikawa and Hadwin pared 18 after Rickie made the winning birdie putt. I wanted Rickie to win as it was a storybook ending as he is the Rocket Mortgage Ambassador and has played in the tournament for all 5 years and had earned his first PGA Tour win since 2019. 

In conclusion, I love the Rocket Mortgage classic because I get the ultimate sports fan experience by watching and volunteering. I would also like to say that on the final playoff hole I used my volunteer credentials to sneak on the 18th hole to get an amazing view, and on Sunday when I was volunteering the caddy for Kyle Reifers was “Fluff” the greatest caddy in PGA Tour history. Finally to close out this article congrats to Rickie Fowler was winning his first event since 2019 which is the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club.

Jake Yono

JY Journalism

3/27/23

The Greatest 2 Weeks of the Sports Year

A spinoff of Jim Nantz’s article in Golf Digest

         Hello, my people, Today I’m going to be analyzing and breaking down Jim Nantz announcer for CBS who calls the NCAA Tournament (March Madness) and the Masters the week after the Final Four of the men’s basketball tournament.

         This year the final four and the national championship are on the weekend of April 1st. Then the masters are starting April 6th and going through Sunday, April 9th. I personally believe that CBS has got itself the greatest 2 sporting events of the entire calendar year. There really is no other period in the year where it is just constant exciting sporting events back-to-back. My other very underdog contender is during October when the MLB World Series is on, the NFL is in full traction, the NBA is on, and College Football and NCAAB are starting up.  Even with these having a thrilling end to the March Madness championship than a historic weekend at Augusta National Golf Club I think all of this beats out the MLB World Series and all of the other pro leagues that I mentioned in their regular seasons all at the same time in the spooky month of October. 

The network CBS has got themselves the greatest period of time in the American sports year. In 2010 CBS and the NCAA reached an agreement that was signed and it ends in 2032. And for the Master's Golf Tournament started coverage for CBS in 1956. CBS will always be covering the Masters. 

Now let's get into my predictions on the Masters and the final four. I am writing this on Monday, March 27th so on Saturday and Sunday was the elite 8. In the Elite 8 FAU upset Kansas State, Uconn pulled away in the second half to blow out Gonzaga, Miami beat Texas by 7, and late last night the San Diego State Aztecs beat the Crighton Bluejays to move on to the Final Four. This all means that in the Final Four on April first the early game is between Florida Atlantic (9) and San Diego State (5) and the late game compresses Miami (5) and UCONN (4). For the Aztecs and the Owls, I believe that this game will be fairly close until with about 8 minutes to go I think San Diego State will pull away and get to the title game. I think that FAU will collapse because in their matchup with Kansas State for about the first half of the second half Kansas State had a lead ranging from 5-7 points until FAU made a 3 with 9 minutes to go in the game. I thought that KSU should have come out on top and if they did I would have had them to win the championship. (Shoutout to Marquis Nowell by the way)

For our other matchup, Miami and UCONN are 2 extremely talented programs by winning all of their previous games in a dominant fashion. I think that MIAMI played a tougher schedule leading up to this but I still think  UCONN is more of a talented team than the hurricanes and that they will come out on top over the Huskies of UCONN.

Now it is time to talk about and predict the greatest golf tournament on planet earth, also being broadcasted by CBS The Masters. Like it has and ever will be the 2023 Masters Tournament will be held at Agusta National Golf Club in Agusta Georgia. Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, and Rory McIlroy have all held the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking this year and are the top three names in the 2023 Masters odds at Caesars Sportsbook. (CBS Sports). With this from CBS sports I think all 3 of these tour players have a significant chance at winning the tournament but I think Scottie Scheffler the defending champion has the greatest chance to earn the Green Jacket. Coming off wins at the Players Championship and the Waste Management Open, he has a lot of momentum going into the masters. Rahm and Mcilroy should also be at the top of the leaderboard in the tournament also. Also, any of these guys have a legitimate shot at taking the Green Jacket home. Cameron Smith 12-1

Jordan Spieth 15-1

Justin Thomas 16-1

Xander Schauffele 18-1

Tony Finau 20-1

Will Zalatoris 20-1

Collin Morikawa 22-1

Max Homa 22-1

Patrick Cantlay 22-1

Dustin Johnson 25-1 (CBS Sports/Ceasers Sportsbook Odds starting at 4th). Out of all these outstanding PGA Tour Players, I think Finau and Justin Thomas could take the win the weekend of April 6th.

To close out this article about the greatest 2 weeks in the sports calendar year I just wanna say thank you to Jim Nantz and Golf Digest for pubnlishing this amazing article in the Magazine. This years Masters and the Final 4 shouldent be a disappointment as we are in for a thrilling best 2 weeks of the sports year on CBS.