The 2015 Players Championship comes our way from TPC Sawgrass this weekend – a par-72 layout that stretches out to 7,215 yards.
It has four par 5s, four par 3s and 10 par 4s – the long hitters will certainly be able to do some damage here, although length isn’t as essential as you may think. Sawgrass doesn’t seem to favor any one style of golfer – a terrific all-around week usually gets it done.
The third leg of the Florida swing comes our way from Palm Harbor this week when the 2015 Valspar Championship is contested a the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort. Copperhead is a par 71, 7,340 yard track that rewards a solid all-around game.
The PGA pros take a short trip to Doral this week to play the Cadillac Championship on the redesigned Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster – the toughest non-major track on TOUR since 2013. Fairways are tough to hit, proximity stats were among the worst of any PGA event last year and putting was almost unfair on the 7,528 yard pat 72 track.
The big news ahead of this week’s 2014 Hero World Challenge is the return of Tiger Woods back to the golf world – as host for this week’s event! Just 18 of the best golfers in the world will tee it up this week on the 7,544 yard par 71 Isleworth Golf & CC in Windermere, Florida. It should be fun.
The University of Florida, Gators fans and the team’s boosters are not accustomed to losing. Clearly, last year’s 4-8 effort went over like a lead zeppelin in Gainesville.
Besides undefeated Wichita State, which flamed out in the Big Dance 3rd round, the Florida Gators ended the season with the nation’s longest winning streak.
The Kentucky Wildcats will face off with the top-ranked Florida Gators in the SEC title game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sunday.
The Gators continued their dominance of the SEC with an easy quarterfinal victory over Missouri.
The New Jersey Devils will make the trip down to the Sunshine State for a visit with the Florida Panthers on Friday. New Jersey comes to town having won five of its last seven games, while Florida has lost three in a row and eight of its last 10 games.
Marshall is 9-15-1 ATS with an O/U record of 10-15 and Florida Atlantic is 12-14 ATS with an O/U record of 12-14. This game I being held at a neutral site in El Paso, Texas.
The No. 2 Florida Gators will aim to extend their school-record winning streak to 19 games on Saturday when they visit SEC-rival Mississippi.
The third-ranked Florida Gators will make the trip out to Lexington on Saturday for a date with the 14th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats as college basketball’s Rivalry Week continues.
Missouri is 8-9-2 ATS with an O/U record of 6-12 and Missouri is 9-7-1 ATS with an O/U record of 4-12-1.
Sixth-ranked Florida will put its 11-game winning streak on the line on Thursday when they take on Mississippi State who is 11-1 at home.
The 16th-ranked Florida Gators will do battle with the 15th-ranked Memphis Tigers on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. Memphis brings a six-game winning streak into this one, while Florida has won six of their last seven, with their lone loss coming against UConn.
Florida lost to Georgia Southern last week which is making this matchup between the supposed two best teams in the state of Florida look like a battle between the haves and have nots.
