$1.4 Million Dollar Winner

Good Afternoon, Taylor Moore is your 2023 Valspar Champ and first time PGA Tour winner. He was +7000 pre-tournament. We didn't bet him. 

In todays email:

• Valspar Recap

• Pebble Beach Mansion For Sale

• LIV Tuscon Recap

• Is Bryson Still Good?

• TaylorMade x Kith

Taylor Moore Wins $1.4 million

Taylor played a helluva round (-4) on Sunday, finishing 10 under for the tournament. Not that anyone would know, as the broadcast showed about 3 of his shots all weekend. Shame on you NBC.

He wrapped up his round, and went up to the clubhouse to wait while Schenk and Spieth finished up their day and tried to force a playoff.

This is where we point out that golf is always better, and more drama filled, when it comes down to the 72nd hole. 

Adam Schenk looked primed to win or force the playoff, especially after Spieth sprayed his drive into the water on 16 and made bogey.

As he approached the final hole, he needed a birdie to win, or a par to force a playoff.

Unfortunately, he toe-hooked his tee shot left into the trees, just to remind us all that golf is a brutal game and winning on the tour don't come easy. 

Schenk hit the left handed, upside-down wedge shot to keep himself alive, but ultimately lipped out the par saving putt (another reminder of how brutal golf is), made bogey, and finished in 2nd place.

The win for Moore earned him $1,458,000 and moved him to No. 9 in the FedEx Cup standings. Along with the Masters, he gets in the PGA Championship. He moved from No. 103 to just inside the top 50 in the world.

What about everybody else?

First, a final note on Adam Schenk. Congrats on the sex, bro. 

Jordan Spieth: Watching Spieth play golf is flat out fun and chaotic. A roller coaster. He's been playing really well in the lead up to The Masters, and it's going to be hard not to pick him. He finished T3 with Fleetwood.

Tommy Fleetwood: As mentioned last week, the dude is a great golfer, yet he wasn't won on Tour yet. Despite not winning, he still just hit the $15 million dollar earnings mark. Not bad!

Sam Burns: We really would've loved the three peat here, but it wasn't meant to be. He finished 6th.

Golf Shots Heard Round The World

Turned Down: Apparently, Willy Z was offered a LOT of money by LIV. 

Tonight 8pm: Becoming Annika premiers on Golf Channel.

Distance Debate: Here's what everyone involved has said so far.

LIV Golf: BIG YIKES BRO - Ratings are even worse after Tuscon.

17 Days: Until the 2023 Masters.

Recap: LIV Tuscon, The Gallery Golf Club

Tucson, AZ – Based on those girls kissing on camera at the last event, I’m not surprised this event ended in a 4-way. Tie. 4-way tie. But the fact that it concluded with newcomer Danny Lee hitting a putt from off the green for the win made it feel… really exciting actually! And if this the post-win interview doesn’t leave you with a smile on your face, then you must be fun at parties. 

So, then there’s the other 3 dudes who ended Sunday at -9 (Carlos Ortiz, Brendan Steel, & Louis Oosthuizen). Although they aren’t taking home the $4 million first place, taking home $1,558,333.33 each isn’t a bummer. 

In fact, thanks to Ortiz’s -9 score, he’ll be taking home EXTRA cheddar seeing as how he led his team, Fireballs GC, to the team #1 spot (-25 team total). Dustin Johnson’s (-5) 4 Aces finished 2nd place (-21 team total) and Kevin Na’s (-7) Iron Heads GC finished 3rd (-19 team total). 

For all team and individual scores, check out livgolf.com/leaderboard and trust me, you’ll wanna see the dude who scored the worst (hint: ONE OF US).

Also, apparently this was Sergio, not a fan.. but you can't tell the difference because they are all wearing shorts. Still, odd to see. 

Also, this: 

Better Than Your Desk

Can someone please loan me $31 million dollars? I want to live on hole 12 at Pebble Beach.

Golf Thing We'd Buy If We Weren't Broke

One of the sickest collaborations has been out (and sold out) for a while but the golf/hypebeast that lives inside me cannot stop thinking about it. TaylorMade x KITH. Even if you’re unfamiliar with KITH, it doesn’t matter. 

You could fill your entire bag with this fire. Stealth driver, P790 irons, MG3 wedges, and take your pick between the Spider GT putter or the TP solo putter. All in iconic and beautiful black and gold. It seems like a travesty that these clubs are out there probably accumulating dust on some collector’s shelf… or worse, someone is using them to hit like +25 over (thru 9). 

That's all folks! See you Wednesday where we'll make some picks for the final iteration of the Dell Match Play from Austin, Texas. 

Matchplay Lineup: Strong field — 64 of the top 77 players in the official world golf rankings are expected to be on hand this week when the five-day tournament begins Wednesday.