Good Morning! Welcome to Shanks. If you’ve ever wanted to work in golf, we highly recommend going to the PGA Show next year. It’s a great way to get to know golf as an industry, but more importantly, to meet and connect with real people from the industry. And a special shoutout to the folks at Bridgestone, who were incredibly kind and welcoming, by far the nicest group of any OEM at the show, and their new Mindset Ball is really clever.

Golf Joke: According to some old guys, when you hit it dead left OB, that’s called a Thurmon Munson, or a “dead yank”. Munson played for the Yankees and died in a plane crash in 1979. Dark joke, but you will impress the old guys if you know who the heck Thurmon Munson is.

Here's what we've got for ya today:

• Quick Update: Farmers Insurance Open

• Anthony Kim Is Back

• PGAT Is About To Get 3 Billy

• Shots Heard Round The World

• Thing We’d Buy If We Weren’t Broke

Quick Update: Farmers Insurance Open

Torrey Pines South Course Is A Beast

If anything can convey the difficulty of Torrey Pines during the third round, it would be the scoring average, which was 73.55. A full shot and a half harder than the first two rounds.

Not only that, but only two players shot 68 or better during the third round Friday.

If you’ve been reading Shanks for a while, you know we prefer contests like this, as opposed to the Birdiefest last week at the Amex. We want scars and struggle. We want the golfers to bleed a little.

Heading into the final round, there are 26 players within 5 shots of Stephen Jaeger, the leader. The history of this tournament would tell you that Stephen’s one stroke lead won’t be enough to win it.

According to PGAT, 8 of the last 10 winners came from at least 3 shots back entering the final round.

“I Got Punched In The Face”

Thomas Detry was playing great. He was in the lead on the 18th hole and he’d avoided disaster all day. Shit, he even laid up on the 18th and played it safe. That choice ended up earning him a double bogey. Golf is so f*cked up, he ended up finishing the 3rd round at 9-under and 4th place.

Shanks Picks Recap

Alright, the cards not totally dead, but there’s not much to be happy with either.

Winner: Min Woo Lee

Chef made the cut, shot even par in the third round, but is seven shots off the lead and T38. Would take a miracle to win.

Top Five: Jason Day

MC for Jason Day.

Top Ten: Ludvig Aberg +200

This is our best chance for a winner, with Ludvig T-10 heading into the final round.

Top Twenty: Sahith Theegala +160

Currently 1-under and T60, he’ll need an incredible round to sneak into the top-twenty.

Longshot: Hideki Matsuyama +7000

There was a brief, shining moment when it looked like Hideki had a shot, especially when he was 7-under with his first career ace, but a 76 in the third round put him out of the race.

Make The Cut Parlay: Busted, with Jason Day missing the cut.

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Anthony Kim Is Back…

For more than a decade he’s been golf’s Yeti, golf’s most famous recluse, golf’s man of mystery, golf’s greatest “what-if”. As the years have ticked by, stories from his abridged career have been told and retold with increasing levels of admiration and exaggeration. His cult hero status has continued to grow, even as hopes of his competitive future have dwindled.

But now Anthony Kim is planning his return to professional golf.

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PGAT To Get A Few Billy

By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard about SSG, or Strategic Sports Group, which is lead by Fenway Sports Group and a bunch of other deep-pocketed investors.

You’re probably also aware that they became the third entity to join the “framework agreement” with LIV and PGAT.

Well, according to Sportico, they will be sending the PGAT it’s $3 billion dollar cash infusion within the next few days. The LIV part of the agreement is still up in the air, especially with this new form of financial leverage the tour has.

It’s been 7 months since the framework agreement was laid out between the PGAT and LIV, and they say they want an agreement reached by April, but who knows how this will all shake out, even with guys like Bryson saying the merger with LIV should be done soon.

All we know for sure is, with $3 billion in cash, the PGAT is in a much better financial position than they were a year ago.

Shots Heard Round The World

WHAT’S NEXT IN GOLF BROADCASTING?

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Thing We'd Buy If We Weren't Broke

You may or may not have seen what’s coming from the geniuses at Blue Tees, like the Player+ GPS Speaker, but this is the dawn of a new kind of tech available to you now.

Intro, the new Ringer GPS Handheld. For $199.00, you can get this little Magnetic GPS handheld that is “comes equipped with over 40k preloaded courses, touch screen glass display, built-in magnet, and companion app engineered to elevate your round.” What does this glass touch screen show you? Let us explain:

• You can track the time, date, and each shot from your round, that comes with an easy-to-read round summary

• Accurate GPS distances, including your driving distance, and how close or far you are from hazards

• Green view with accurate yardage for front, back and center of green

This is the kinda thing that makes me want to get rid of my range finder!

Get the NEW Ringer GPS Handheld from Blue Tees for $199.00.

That’s all folks! See you Monday.