The world of sports activities is extremely busy right here within the remaining days of April. Contemplate that the NBA and NHL are each in the midst of their playoffs, the NFL Draft simply came about, MLB has been in play for a month now, the LPGA Tour had its first main of the season within the Chevron Championship… it’s virtually a full-time job maintaining with all of it.
So far as males’s skilled golf is worried the LIV Tour was in Mexico Metropolis whereas the PGA Tour had its personal workforce occasion within the annual Zurich Traditional of New Orleans. Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin emerged victorious with a 28-under par rating. It’s the first skilled win for each Novak and Griffin.
So far as Novak is worried he virtually broke although in that capability per week earlier at Harbour City. Novak went to a playoff on the RBC Heritage with Justin Thomas and misplaced on the primary gap. Getting so near his first profession win and letting it get away needed to damage which absolutely makes the win in New Orleans quite candy for him.
One thing notably attention-grabbing about Novak’s win alongside Griffin in New Orleans although is that it repeated a stage of historical past that the Tour had not seen in three years. Andrew Novak turned the primary participant to win an occasion the week after shedding a playoff since Patrick Cantlay did it in 2022 (we threw this chance out over the weekend).
What was notably wonderful about that, although? Identical to Novak, Cantlay misplaced the RBC Heritage in a playoff earlier than successful the Zurich Traditional. These are some insane coincidences!
For what it’s value if we’re following the script that 2022 laid out for us then bear in mind the main winners from throughout the remainder of that season (recall that Scottie Scheffler gained his first Masters earlier that yr):
Of the three in query the more than likely to repeat is arguably Thomas given his current kind (the aforementioned win at Hilton Head) and that this yr’s PGA Championship is going down at Qual Hole the place Thomas gained his first PGA Championship title.
We are going to see what else this yr has in retailer for us all.
