Driving Distances for Birdie Chances at Puerto Rico Open
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00:03 - Now that they've made the signature event, 70 golfers,
00:06 there's about 50 or 60 guys who would normally
00:10 be at the Arnold Palmer this week.
00:11 Instead, they're in Puerto Rico,
00:14 and that makes this field a little bit better.
00:16 - Yes, so you get to these resort courses,
00:20 and I mean, look, is it gonna help?
00:22 To be accurate, do you want a guy
00:24 who's spraying it out into the ocean?
00:26 I mean, obviously that would not be your first choice,
00:29 but distance is going to be the key here.
00:31 Like, some of these holes, these guys can poke it out
00:34 to like 330, 340, 350, and have a pitching wedge
00:38 in to the greens.
00:39 I mean, look, think about where they're playing.
00:40 It literally is an event built to, you know, make birdies,
00:45 and Chris Gotterup is gonna be making some birdies.
00:48 He might be, I mean, honestly,
00:51 he might be the most consistent distance guy,
00:54 like, honestly, on tour right now,
00:56 outside of like the truly, you know,
00:58 I mean, he's not Scottie Shuffler or Roy McIlroy,
01:00 but he is an elite driver of the golf ball,
01:03 and I've already taken worse numbers on S.H. Kim this year,
01:07 so I saw him sitting there at a 40 to one,
01:10 and I was like, you know what?
01:11 He's gonna win an event.
01:13 A lot of the times, these guys, you know,
01:15 kind of a PGA Tour prospect,
01:17 they do make their first run at a T5 at a win
01:20 in these alternate field events,
01:22 so I've already bet him at a 50 to one in a real event,
01:25 so I took him at 40 to one here in the alternate tour event.
01:29 Again, another really good iron player.
01:32 - Yeah, and he didn't play bad last week either,
01:35 down at the Cognizant.
01:36 In fact, I went after him,
01:38 I guess he played with the French guy, Pavon.
01:41 I guess he played with him on Saturday, maybe,
01:43 and I had Pavon in that three ball,
01:45 and sure enough, S.H. Kim played well,
01:47 and he pushed in that three ball against Pavon.
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