CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Justin Thomas is playing his third Presidents Cup and is 6-2-2 for his career, so it’s not unusual for rookies to ask him how to handle nerves. In this case, though, the rookie was singer/songwriter/keyboardist Sam Harrop. They were at the VIP party at the Westin hotel on Tuesday night, and Harrop, who had come from London to belt out his International and U.S. Team songs for fans on the first tee, was feeling anxious. Thomas told him that everyone, even the world’s best golfers, felt first-tee jitters, and he would be fine. Harrop was. With a 12:08 p.m. start Thursday – “Sounds like a tee time, doesn’t it?” – golf Twitter’s beloved crooner commenced playing from his perch in the stands, a Presidents Cup first. The crowd quieted down and even laughed, cheered and/or jeered at his lyrics. “It was an adrenaline rush like I’ve never experienced,” said Harrop, whose golf-themed cover songs have earned him nearly 20,000 Twitter followers, including many of the TOUR players he writes songs about. “I’ve never done this!” This Presidents Cup has set new standards with the more than 500,000-square-foot buildout, among other benchmarks, but it has also been the first of its kind in involving Harrop, a married father of two who works for a maker of sheet music in his day job. He flew here Sunday with his manager/former bandmate Jonathan Haselden not knowing what to expect. Haselden, who said they’re like an old married couple, had never even been to a golf tournament. “Sam’s generally always been pretty humble about his talents,” Harrop’s wife, Julia, a child psychologist, said via email from London. “I think he’s been more surprised than anyone by how it’s taken off. He gets really happy when any of the pro golfers reference him or re-tweet one of his songs. “He’s had cool things sent to him, too,” she continued, “like an engraved club and more recently his precious Tony Finau-signed cap!” (Harrop calls himself perhaps Finau’s biggest fan.) Harrop and Haselden used to play in a band called RedBoxBlue. Haselden was the lead singer; Harrop was the keyboardist. “We were the first band in the world to do a gig live on Facebook,” Haselden said. “London, 2008.” Alas, their fate was like that of so many bands: They broke up. For a while, Harrop scratched the creative itch by writing songs about family members, but he was always such a golf nut that it made sense to mash up two of his greatest passions. When his golf parodies began to take off, he enlisted Haselden to be his manager. Their first order of business this week was to sit with members of both teams to make a sort of music video of the U.S. and International Team songs, with the players singing lyrics. Harrop assumed they wouldn’t know him – not true; Finau, the subject of some of his earlier songs, knew who he was – and was pleasantly surprised when they played along. “They all got into it,” Harrop said. “Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, Tony Finau – they got the lines out and they’re not terrible singers. Taylor Pendrith was in a band when he was younger. He wasn’t a singer; he played guitar, so we talked about that. And Tom Kim said he’d rather run around a room naked than sing, but two minutes later, he sang.” Harrop chuckled. As for Thomas, he refused to sing, but played along, otherwise, Harrop said. “J.T. was the most engaging one,” he said. The collaboration resulted in a pair of videos that made the rounds on social media. Then came the VIP party before the man who has been called “golf’s premier parodist” took his moment in the sun shortly after lunch Thursday. Adapting the lyrics of “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis & The News to the specifics of the U.S. Team, and “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire to the makeup of the International Team, Harrop belted out his latest masterpieces. The crowd ate it up, especially the line that the U.S. Team might just win by five. “I told him, ‘You might get booed when you’re singing the other team’s song,’” Haselden said. “And he did, a bit, but in jest. What’s cool is how well received he is – no negativity at all.” Haselden and Harrop were in the hospitality chalet to the right of the first tee with the matches about to begin. Harrop, clutching a cold beer, was trying to come down off his performance high while taking in the scene. “I’m meters away from Jack Nicklaus,” he said, awe-struck. They planned to fly home after the second round Friday. Harrop said he would be taking a bus from Heathrow Airport to his house about an hour outside London. “I’m not big enough for a private car,” he said. Next week he’ll be back to his normal life, taking the kids to school. He doesn’t play as much golf as he used to, but the kids – Georgia, 9 and Theo, 7 – are old enough to go with him to the driving range. Be that as it may, Harrop will likely continue spending more time with keyboard than clubs. After all, the Ryder Cup in Italy is only a year away; now is not the time for rest.
‘Slightly nervous’ Sam Harrop a hit a Presidents Cup
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2nd Round 2-Balls – Morikawa-Kitayama – McIIroy-Lowry | |
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Rory McIlroy / Shane Lowry | -130 |
Collin Morikawa / Kurt Kitayama | +110 |
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 Match-Up – Lashley/Campos v Johnson/Palmer | |
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Nate Lashley / Rafael Campos | -120 |
Zach Johnson / Ryan Palmer | +100 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Johnson-Palmer / Cole-Cochran | |
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Zach Johnson / Ryan Palmer | -285 |
Eric Cole / Russ Cochran | +225 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Horschel-Alexander / Taylor-Hadwin | |
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Nick Taylor / Adam Hadwin | -150 |
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Billy Horschel / Tyson Alexander | -110 |
Nicolai Hojgaard / Rasmus Hojgaard | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Lee/Kim v Campillo/Norman | |
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K.H. Lee / Michael Kim | -125 |
Jorge Campillo / Vincent Norrman | +105 |
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K.H. Lee / Michael Kim | -130 |
Peter Malnati / Russell Knox | +110 |
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2nd Round Match-Up – Martin/Young v Silverman/Dougherty | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Carson Young / Ben Martin | -120 |
Ben Silverman / Kevin Dougherty | -105 |
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Nate Lashley / Rafael Campos | -120 |
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Dylan Wu / Justin Lower | -110 |
Greyson Sigg / Chesson Hadley | -110 |
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Kevin Streelman / Martin Laird | -110 |
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Robby Shelton / Wilson Furr | -110 |
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Vincent Norrman / Jorge Campillo | -110 |
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Norman Xiong / Ryan McCormick | -110 |
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Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak | -110 |
Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre | -110 |
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Garrick Higgo / Ryan Fox | -110 |
Kevin Yu / C.T. Pan | -110 |
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Jhonattan Vegas / Bronson Burgoon | -110 |
Sam Stevens / Paul Barjon | -110 |
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Doug Ghim / Chan Kim | -165 |
Carl Yuan / Zecheng Dou | +135 |
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Taylor Montgomery / Ben Griffin | +110 |
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Chad Ramey / Martin Trainer | -110 |
Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard | -110 |
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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 |
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Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka | -120 |
Nick Hardy / Davis Riley | +100 |
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Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith | -145 |
J.J. Spaun / Hayden Buckley | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kisner-Brown / Hoge-McNealy | |
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Kevin Kisner / Scott Brown | +230 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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Thriston Lawrence / Aldrich Potgieter | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Meissner-Smotherman / Hale-Haley | |
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Blaine Hale Jr / Paul Haley II | +150 |
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Minjee Lee | +160 |
Cheyenne Knight | +290 |
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Celine Boutier | +175 |
Nasa Hataoka | +185 |
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Yannik Paul | +350 |
Sam Bairstow | +500 |
Taihei Sato | +900 |
Keita Nakajima | +1600 |
Tom McKibbin | +1600 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +2500 |
Matthew Southgate | +2500 |
Casey Jarvis | +3500 |
Taiki Yoshida | +3500 |
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Over 68.5 | +125 |
Under 68.5 | -165 |
2nd Round Score – Brooks Koepka | |
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Over 67.5 | -115 |
Under 67.5 | -115 |
2nd Round Score – Bryson DeChambeau | |
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Over 66.5 | -150 |
Under 66.5 | +115 |
2nd Round Score – Cameron Smith | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -165 |
Under 66.5 | +125 |
2nd Round Score – Carlos Ortiz | |
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Over 67.5 | +110 |
Under 67.5 | -145 |
2nd Round Score – Dean Burmester | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -120 |
Under 66.5 | -110 |
2nd Round Score – Jinichiro Kozuma | |
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Over 68.5 | -115 |
Under 68.5 | -115 |
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Over 66.5 | -135 |
Under 66.5 | +105 |
2nd Round Score – Jon Rahm | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | +105 |
Under 66.5 | -135 |
2nd Round Score – Mito Pereira | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 67.5 | -130 |
Under 67.5 | +100 |
2nd Round Score – Patrick Reed | |
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Over 67.5 | +120 |
Under 67.5 | -155 |
2nd Round Score – Talor Gooch | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -135 |
Under 66.5 | +105 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – B. DeChambeau / C. Tringale / T. Gooch | |
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Talor Gooch | +150 |
Cameron Tringale | +280 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – C. Ortiz / D. Lee / J. Kozuma | |
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Carlos Ortiz | -130 |
Danny Lee | +275 |
Jinichiro Kozuma | +275 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – M. Leishman / P. Reed / D. Burmester | |
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Patrick Reed | +175 |
Marc Leishman | +200 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – J. Rahm / J. Niemann / P. Casey | |
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Joaquin Niemann | +150 |
Paul Casey | +260 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – A. Ogletree / P. Uihlein / M. Pereira | |
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Mito Pereira | +160 |
Andy Ogletree | +240 |
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Brendan Steele | +190 |
Matt Jones | +190 |
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PGA Championship 2024 | |
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Jon Rahm | +1200 |
Rory McIlroy | +1200 |
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Brooks Koepka | +2000 |
Xander Schauffele | +2000 |
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US Open 2024 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Solheim Cup 2024 | |
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USA | -140 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1200 |
Ryder Cup 2025 | |
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USA | -135 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1000 |