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Below are the expert picks.  Who are yours?

http://www.pgatour.com/expert-picks/2015/01/20/humana-challenge.html

Scott

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Blake Adams (I admit I dont know of this golfer) has birdied 6 holes in a row and he's coming up to a Par 5.

I think I heard he's playing on an injury exemption.

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That par three 17th on the Palmer course is pretty scary...

Any miss and the ball ricochets off the rocks!

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JD with a nice little 69 (31-38) to start, seeing if he can string 3 rounds together to play on Sunday (Daly)

the "other" JD starting out his year with that weight loss didn't help with his 76 (Dufner)

Players play, tough players win!

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JD with a nice little 69 (31-38) to start, seeing if he can string 3 rounds together to play on Sunday (Daly)

the "other" JD starting out his year with that weight loss didn't help with his 76 (Dufner)

I don't know that I would bet money on it but I sure would like to see the first JD win.  He certainly has talent if he can just keep himself together long enough he'd be a force to be dealt with.

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Any miss and the ball ricochets off the rocks!

15 ain't much easier. There are a couple of bunkers as a safety net, but otherwise it's a very similar hole. That whole stretch from 14 through 17 plays right along that ditch. It's certainly intriguing but it's not very aesthetically pleasing. I wish they could give the ditch a little makeover and make it a little less utilitarian looking.

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Perhaps the pros aren't quite as superhuman as we sometimes like to think. On the Par 5 18th hole of the Palmer private course, where everybody I've seen so far has been pounding their driver, the longest of the day has been 313 and the average is 276 yards.
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Perhaps the pros aren't quite as superhuman as we sometimes like to think. On the Par 5 18th hole of the Palmer private course, where everybody I've seen so far has been pounding their driver, the longest of the day has been 313 and the average is 276 yards.

Is this the course that was televised on the GC today?

Christian

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Is this the course that was televised on the GC today?

Mostly yeah. They show a little bit here and there from the other two courses but the PP is the main course (that they all play Sunday) so that's where the majority of the cameras are.

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Mostly yeah. They show a little bit here and there from the other two courses but the PP is the main course (that they all play Sunday) so that's where the majority of the cameras are.

Didn't get to watch it this afternoon but watching now

Christian

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I think these are pretty courses too in a desert beauty kind of way.   The water holes are challenging as are the par 3s.

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Should be a good finish today.  Kuch was on fire but stumbled at the end yesterday and the top of the leaderboard is very heavy.  For me...its so much harder to watch golf on TV now that Tiger, isnt playing unconscious like he used to, but still trying to to enjoy it for what it is and pull for some of these guys.  Its gotten to where I only watch the majors if those....Id rather just tee it up myself, but I'll tune in today and see what happens.

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Perhaps the pros aren't quite as superhuman as we sometimes like to think. On the Par 5 18th hole of the Palmer private course, where everybody I've seen so far has been pounding their driver, the longest of the day has been 313 and the average is 276 yards.

I noticed that too. It was the hole where they had the ProTracer and the yardage grid, right? Guys were hitting well struck shots and they were landing at 270 and rolling out to 285. Longest carry I saw was maybe 295. I saw one guy carried only 255.

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