NICHOLASVILLE, Kentucky – The Champions Course at Keene Trace Golf Club is an unknown commodity for nearly all the pros teeing it up at the Barbasol Championship. The first three years of the tournament had been held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Opelika, Alabama. So players have been scrambling this week to learn the intricacies of this scenic Arthur Hills design. “Obviously new excitement for this tournament,” World Golf Hall of Famer Davis Love III said. “New golf course and new town and nobody really has an advantage here, so we’re all trying to figure it out.” Billy Horschel, though, feels good vibes at the course nestled among sprawling horse farms that has hosted a U.S. Senior Amateur, SEC Championship and an NCAA tournament, among other events. “Knowing the history of it, that the Florida Gators won the 1993 national championship here is also a little good luck, so …,” Horschel said, grinning as his voice trailed off. Until this week, the PGA TOUR hadn’t played an annual event in the Bluegrass State since 1959 when the third and final Kentucky Derby Open was played in Louisville. (Yes, we know Valhalla in Louisville has hosted three PGAs and a Ryder Cup but those aren’t TOUR-run events or played at the same place every year.) In fact, only one player competing this week at Keene Trace was even alive when that final Kentucky Derby Open trophy was handed out. But Jay Don Blake, born seven months earlier, was still in diapers – and he’s here this week making his 499th start. The field for the Barbasol Championship, which is played opposite The Open Championship at Carnoustie, has topped out at 132 players. The tournament offers 300 all-important FedExCup points to the winner and is one of just seven events remaining to earn a spot in the 125 who make the FedExCup Playoffs. Horschel, who won the FedExCup in 2014, enters the week solidly in the postseason at No. 45 in the standings. But the recent Zurich Classic of New Orleans winner is hoping to build on the work he did last month with swing coach Todd Anderson and set the stage for a big finish to the year. “Obviously the British Open Championship is going on this week, but I wanted to play some golf and I wanted to compete,” he said. “I feel like my game is in a really good spot, and I just wanted to build off some momentum that I’ve had the last few months … and get ready for the last half, stretch of the season with the PGA Championship and the four Playoff events. “So I didn’t want to take three weeks off. I wanted to come play. I’m grateful there was an opposite event to The Open Championship, and Barbasol puts on a great event.” THREE PLAYERS TO PONDER Brittany Lincicome: The 32-year-old from Florida is just the sixth woman to play in a PGA TOUR event. The eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour came to Kentucky on the heels of a playoff loss on Sunday. She is known for her length off the tee and is hoping to become the first woman since Babe Didrikson Zaharias at the 1945 Phoenix Open to make the cut. Joel Dahmen: The 30-year-old from Washington enters the Barbasol Championship on a hot streak after ties for fifth and second in his last two starts. All but two of his last 12 rounds have been in the 60s and he is 31 under the last two weeks. William McGirt: The North Carolinian finds himself on the FedExCup bubble at No. 125 so a good finish at Keene Trace could go a long way toward relieving the pressure of the final five weeks. WEATHER CHECK From PGA TOUR meteorologist Willis Young: High pressure will provide us with dry and pleasant weather through Thursday, with comfortable humidity levels. Low pressure will develop over the northern plains and push into the Great Lakes region by early Friday. A warm front will lift northward over the state Thursday night through Friday, resulting in showers and thunderstorms over or near the golf course first thing Friday morning. Very moist and unstable air will allow storms to redevelop during the afternoon/evening hours. An unsettled weather pattern will persist through the weekend.  For the latest weather news from Nicholasville, Kentucky, check out PGATOUR.COM’s Weather Hub. SOUND CHECK I had to play on the boys’ golf team when I was younger, and back then, 14, 15 years ago, there wasn’t as many girls as there is now that played, so for me back in the day it was great because the guys were better, their games were better, and it pushed me to want to be better. So I think playing with the guys, even this week, I’ll learn a few things. I can take things from this week out into my LPGA events. I think it’ll help my game for sure.I played when Annika played. It’s fun for us to see them out. My generation loved playing in the mixed team and competing alongside the LPGA players. … No matter what she does this week, it inspires the younger generation, both men and women, to play golf. So I think it’s great. It’s fun. BY THE NUMBERS 182 – Number of combined PGA TOUR victories among players in the field. 14 – Number of Bank One Classics, on PGA TOUR Champions, played in nearby Lexington, the last in 1997. 6 – Players with Kentucky ties in the field — Josh Teater, Grover Justice, Cooper Musselman, Chip McDaniel and Matt Atkins grew up in the Bluegrass state while Derek Fathauer attended the University of Louisville. 2 – Number of LPGA majors won by Brittany Lincicome. SCATTERSHOT The front and back nines of the par-72 Champions Course have been flipped to create a more exciting finish. So for the second time in three weeks, the final hole is a par 3 – this one a 205-yarder, while the 17th is a par 5 and No. 16 a par 4. Horschel thinks the back nine will be a little more generous since the greens are less undulating. “The greens are in absolutely incredible shape,â€� he said. “Course is in pretty good shape with all the rain they’ve had. I think the scores will be really low. I think it’s going to allow some guys to be aggressive into the greens. I think you’ll have to go low, so 18-, 20-, 22-under par is I think the winning score.â€� Josh Teater grew up in nearby Lexington and remembers attending the Bank One Classic on PGA TOUR Champions when he was a kid. “My interest in golf had already been sparked,â€� Teater said in an article on the Barbasol Championship website. “But that probably took it to another level.â€� Teater, who is playing the Web.com Tour this year in hopes of regaining his TOUR card, was given a sponsor’s exemption for this week’s event. He’s one of the few pros who has played the Champions Course in competition – shooting 7 under to finish third at the 2004 Kentucky Open, three strokes off the pace set by J.B. Holmes.
Quick look at the Barbasol Championship
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Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Stewart Cink | +450 |
Steven Alker | +500 |
Miguel Angel Jimenez | +1200 |
Stephen Ames | +1200 |
Alex Cejka | +1400 |
David Toms | +1400 |
Y E Yang | +1800 |
Brian Gay | +2500 |
Kevin Sutherland | +2500 |
Paul Broadhurst | +2500 |
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2nd Round 2-Balls – Merritt-Streb / Sloan-Teater | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Troy Merritt / Robert Streb | -115 |
Roger Sloan / Josh Teater | -105 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – S.H. Kim-Bae / Smalley-Schmid | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Alex Smalley / Matti Schmid | -145 |
S.H. Kim / Sangmoon Bae | +120 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Hossler/Ryder vs Mitchell/Dahmen | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Keith Mitchell / Joel Dahmen | -120 |
Beau Hossler / Sam Ryder | +100 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Rai/Lipsky vs Eckroat/Gotterup | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Aaron Rai / David Lipsky | -110 |
Austin Eckroat / Chris Gotterup | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Tarren-Skinns / Rai-Lipsky | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Aaron Rai / David Lipsky | -145 |
Callum Tarren / David Skinns | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Hall-Piercy / Hossler-Ryder | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Beau Hossler / Sam Ryder | -145 |
Harry Hall / Scott Piercy | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Pereda-Cook / Tosti-Potter | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Alejandro Tosti / Ted Potter Jr | -155 |
Raul Pereda / Austin Cook | +130 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Eckroat-Gotterup / Mitchell-Dahmen | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Keith Mitchell / Joel Dahmen | -115 |
Austin Eckroat / Chris Gotterup | -105 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Molinari-Donald / Wallace-Olesen | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Matt Wallace / Thorbjorn Olesen | -135 |
Francesco Molinari / Luke Donald | +115 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Morikawa-Kitayama – McIIroy-Lowry | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Rory McIlroy / Shane Lowry | -145 |
Collin Morikawa / Kurt Kitayama | +120 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Fitzpatrick/Fitzpatrick vs N. Taylor/Hadwin | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Nick Taylor / Adam Hadwin | -120 |
Matt Fitzpatrick / Alex Fitzpatrick | +100 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Johnson-Palmer / Cole-Cochran | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Zach Johnson / Ryan Palmer | -230 |
Eric Cole / Russ Cochran | +190 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Horschel-Alexander / Taylor-Hadwin | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Nick Taylor / Adam Hadwin | -150 |
Billy Horschel / Tyson Alexander | +125 |
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Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Sei Young Kim | +400 |
Maja Stark | +600 |
Haeran Ryu | +700 |
Grace Kim | +1200 |
Hannah Green | +1200 |
Amy Yang | +2000 |
Carlota Ciganda | +2200 |
Chanettee Wannasaen | +2200 |
Rose Zhang | +2200 |
Auston Kim | +2500 |
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2nd Round Match-Up – Horschel/Alexander vs Hojgaard/Hojgaard | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Billy Horschel / Tyson Alexander | -110 |
Nicolai Hojgaard / Rasmus Hojgaard | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Malnati-Knox / Lee-M. Kim | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
K.H. Lee / Michael Kim | -130 |
Peter Malnati / Russell Knox | +110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Fitzpatrick-Fitzpatrick / Hojgaard-Hojgaard | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Matt Fitzpatrick / Alex Fitzpatrick | -110 |
Nicolai Hojgaard / Rasmus Hojgaard | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Lashley-Campos / Young-Martin | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Nate Lashley / Rafael Campos | -120 |
Carson Young / Ben Martin | +100 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Woodland-Hodges / Reavie-Snedeker | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Gary Woodland / Lee Hodges | -140 |
Chez Reavie / Brandt Snedeker | +115 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Gutschewski-Byrd / D. Wu-Lower | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Dylan Wu / Justin Lower | -190 |
Scott Gutschewski / Jonathan Byrd | +155 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Streelman-Laird / B. Taylor-O’Hair | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Ben Taylor / Sean O’Hair | -110 |
Kevin Streelman / Martin Laird | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Shelton-Furr / Crowe-Higgs | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Robby Shelton / Wilson Furr | -110 |
Trace Crowe / Harry Higgs | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Norrman-Campillo / Sigg-Hadley | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Greyson Sigg / Chesson Hadley | -110 |
Vincent Norrman / Jorge Campillo | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Xiong-McCormick / Springer-Whitney | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Hayden Springer / Tom Whitney | -110 |
Norman Xiong / Ryan McCormick | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Pi. Coody-Pa. Coody / Silverman-Dougherty | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Ben Silverman / Kevin Dougherty | -110 |
Parker Coody / Pierceson Coody | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Detry/MacIntyre vs Thompson/Novak | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak | -110 |
Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Chappell-Dufner / Thompson-Novak | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak | -195 |
Kevin Chappell / Jason Dufner | +160 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Whaley-Long / Kraft-Tway | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Kelly Kraft / Kevin Tway | -110 |
Vince Whaley / Adam Long | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Higgo-Fox / Yu-Pan | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Garrick Higgo / Ryan Fox | -110 |
Kevin Yu / C.T. Pan | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Vegas-Burgoon / Stevens-Barjon | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jhonattan Vegas / Bronson Burgoon | -110 |
Sam Stevens / Paul Barjon | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Yuan-Dou / Ghim-C. Kim | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Doug Ghim / Chan Kim | -165 |
Carl Yuan / Zecheng Dou | +135 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Montgomery-Griffin / Detry-McIntyre | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre | -130 |
Taylor Montgomery / Ben Griffin | +110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Theegala-Zalatoris / Cantlay-Schauffele | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele | -130 |
Sahith Theegala / Will Zalatoris | +110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Ramey-Trainer / Brehm-Hubbard | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Chad Ramey / Martin Trainer | -110 |
Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Conners/Pendrith vs Moore/NeSmith | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Corey Conners / Taylor Pendrith | -135 |
Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith | +115 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Hoge/McNealy vs Garnett/Straka | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka | -110 |
Tom Hoge / Maverick McNealy | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Hardy-Riley / Garnett-Straka | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka | -120 |
Nick Hardy / Davis Riley | +100 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Spaun-Buckley / T. Moore-NeSmith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith | -145 |
J.J. Spaun / Hayden Buckley | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kisner-Brown / Hoge-McNealy | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Tom Hoge / Maverick McNealy | -280 |
Kevin Kisner / Scott Brown | +230 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Echavarria-Greyserman / Champ-Daffue | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Cameron Champ / MJ Daffue | -110 |
Nico Echavarria / Max Greyserman | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Kohles/Kizzire vs List/Norlander | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -125 |
Ben Kohles / Patton Kizzire | +105 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kuchar-Stricker / Conners-Pendrith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Corey Conners / Taylor Pendrith | -180 |
Matt Kuchar / Steve Stricker | +150 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – List-Norlander – Hoffman-Watney | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -160 |
Charley Hoffman / Nick Watney | +130 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Berger-Perez / Putnam-Highsmith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Andrew Putnam / Joe Highsmith | -110 |
Daniel Berger / Victor Perez | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kohles-Kizzire / Blair-Fishburn | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Ben Kohles / Patton Kizzire | -130 |
Zac Blair / Patrick Fishburn | +110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Phillips-Bridgeman / Barnes-Endycott | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgeman | -140 |
Erik Barnes / Harrison Endycott | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – B. Wu-Nicholas / Suh-Hoey | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Justin Suh / Rico Hoey | -145 |
Brandon Wu / James Nicholas | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Stanger-Dumont de Chassart / Lawrence-Potgieter | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jimmy Stanger / Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -110 |
Thriston Lawrence / Aldrich Potgieter | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Meissner-Smotherman / Hale-Haley | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Mac Meissner / Austin Smotherman | -185 |
Blaine Hale Jr / Paul Haley II | +150 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – B. DeChambeau / C. Tringale / T. Gooch | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Bryson DeChambeau | +130 |
Talor Gooch | +150 |
Cameron Tringale | +280 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – C. Ortiz / D. Lee / J. Kozuma | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Carlos Ortiz | -130 |
Danny Lee | +275 |
Jinichiro Kozuma | +275 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – M. Leishman / P. Reed / D. Burmester | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Dean Burmester | +150 |
Patrick Reed | +175 |
Marc Leishman | +200 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – J. Rahm / J. Niemann / P. Casey | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jon Rahm | +140 |
Joaquin Niemann | +150 |
Paul Casey | +260 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – A. Ogletree / P. Uihlein / M. Pereira | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Peter Uihlein | +140 |
Mito Pereira | +160 |
Andy Ogletree | +240 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – B. Steele / M. Jones / A. Lahiri | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Anirban Lahiri | +145 |
Brendan Steele | +190 |
Matt Jones | +190 |
Scottie Scheffler Specials | |
Type: Scottie Scheffler Specials – Status: OPEN | |
Win Any Remaining Signature Event | -200 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & US Open (Top 10 Finish) | +115 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +125 |
US Open (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +135 |
All Remaining Signature Events – Top 10 Finish | +200 |
PGA Championship (Top 5 Finish) & The Open (Top 5 Finish) | +200 |
US Open (Top 5 Finish) & The Open (Top 5 Finish) | +210 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & US Open (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +240 |
PGA Championship (Top 5 Finish) & US Open (Top 5 Finish) | +280 |
Win 2 Remaining Signature Events | +450 |
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PGA Championship 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +350 |
Jon Rahm | +1200 |
Rory McIlroy | +1200 |
Ludvig Aberg | +1600 |
Brooks Koepka | +2000 |
Xander Schauffele | +2000 |
Bryson DeChambeau | +2500 |
Collin Morikawa | +2500 |
Max Homa | +2500 |
Patrick Cantlay | +2500 |
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US Open 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +350 |
Jon Rahm | +1200 |
Rory McIlroy | +1200 |
Ludvig Aberg | +1600 |
Collin Morikawa | +2000 |
Viktor Hovland | +2000 |
Brooks Koepka | +2500 |
Cameron Smith | +2500 |
Patrick Cantlay | +2500 |
Xander Schauffele | +2500 |
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The Open Championship 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +500 |
Jon Rahm | +1000 |
Rory McIlroy | +1000 |
Viktor Hovland | +1100 |
Brooks Koepka | +2000 |
Cameron Smith | +2000 |
Cameron Young | +2000 |
Collin Morikawa | +2000 |
Ludvig Aberg | +2000 |
Jordan Spieth | +2500 |
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Requests | |
Type: Requests – Status: OPEN | |
The Open Championship – Alex Noren – Top 20 Finish | +200 |
Solheim Cup 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
USA | -140 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1200 |
Ryder Cup 2025 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
USA | -135 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1000 |