skinnydeac
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This week's PGA Event is the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. It's a two man team event.
Bill Haas (who still has lots of work to do to get into the top 125 for this season) is teamed with his Dad, Jay. Pretty cool, both are Deacon greats, but this is a legit event (with teams such as Morikawa/Hovland; Cam Smith/Leishman; Scheffler/Palmer) and this event counts toward keeping your PGA card, world rankings, tour exemptions. Jay Haas is 68, and barely competes on the Champions Tour. I know they will have fun, but there are so many deserving players that would love to get into this event; just seems a little weird that the Haas/Haas pairing is essentially a ceremonial entry with no chance to compete. FWIW, I am a fan of the Haas family, and hope they prove me wrong (wouldn't be the first time).
An amazing first round for father and son at the Zurich Open.
Jay and Bill Haas finished the first round -7 and in 6th place. Even though half the field has yet to tee-off and the team will drop down the leaderboard during the day, they will certainly finish in the top half of the field, and would be in line to make the cut with a similar finish in alternate shot (which is a much tougher format). What a stud Jay Haas is! 68 year-old. The course is 7425 yards (sea-level), and Jay cards 4 birdies, and no bogies. To give an idea of how well the Haas team played, the defending champs, Cam Smith and Mark Leishman, played a couple of groups behind the Haas group, and Smith.Leishman are -6 through 16 holes. Also, the oldest player to ever make the cut in a PGA tour event was Sam Snead at age 67 in the 1979 Westchester Classic. Jay Haas is 68. Realize that they could crumble tomorrow, but really impressive showing today for two Deacon golf greats.