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⛳️ Super Quick Update: BMW & Fortinet Championships
Plus: a joke, golf is hard, and more.
Good Morning! Welcome to Shanks. The Make The Cut Parlay has hit yet again, this time at +496. We hope you cashed it. It was a close one, as Rory McIlroy birdied the 18th hole in near total darkness to make the cut on the number. You gotta love the drama of the MTCP.
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Super Quick Update: BMW & Fortinet Championships
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Super Quick Update: BMW & Fortinet
BMW LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 2
BMW Update:
If you’ve been reading Shanks for a while, then you know we were really high on Ludvig Aberg when he made his rookie debut earlier in the year. So much so, that we bet him to finish Top 20 like three times in a row, which was, admittedly, a bit overzealous.
However, it turns out the kid might actually be more of a stud than we originally thought.
He’s fresh off a Ryder Cup selection, a European Masters win, and now the 23 year old sits tied with fellow Swede Sebastian Soderberg at -10. Talk about getting hot at the right time.
Tommy Lad also carded a 66 yesterday and sits T3. He’s got nine top-ten finishes on the year. Sepp Straka is at -8 and Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Tyrrell Hatton are tied at -7.
Takeaway: Team Europe is looking pretty dialed right now. The entire team made the cut. (Who could’ve predicted that?) Team USA better come ready to play.
Fortinet Leaderboard After Round 2
Fortinet Update:
How about this quote from Wednesday’s newsletter?
Outright Winner: Sahith Theegala at +1600 just doesn’t feel like enough juice, so we are going to throw a little on Stephen Jaeger at +2500 instead.
Sahith Theegala snapped in round two, shooting 8-under, and finished at -12.
For those keeping score at home, that’s nine full strokes ahead of our pick, Stephen Jaeger, who is -3.
Max Homa and Justin Thomas are both playing well, which is encouraging to see after the slump JT has had this year. They are T6 and 8-under.
Make The Cut Parlay (+496) has hit, pretty much all of the Outrights are done-zo. We’re really pulling for Beau Hossler to deliver on our Top 5 pick at +575 and same for Matty Fitz across the pond at +300.
Weekend Pick: Maybe the storylines write themselves this weekend… Justin Thomas to win The Fortinet at +1400 via Fanduel.
Golf is…hard
Readers, we came across a Twitter thread that we hope makes you feel better when your golf swing is a little off. It turns out, being even one degree off can totally screw up your game. Why? Because golf is f*cking hard.
To highlight this craziness
left pic shows the 1 deg closed face, resulting in a decent look at birdie.
right pic shows a ball that's going to be a penalty drop and tough up and down.
In terms of strokes gained (for above scenario), there's maybe 1.5 shots diff between these
— Adam Young Golf (@adamyounggolf)
6:19 PM • Sep 14, 2023
Golf Shots Heard Round The World
Golf Joke
Thanks to Todd K for the submission!
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That’s all folks! See you Monday.