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PGA Tour

VidantaWorld Mexico Open

Vidanta Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta, MEX · Oct 29–Nov 1 · par 71, 7,337 yds · $6M · 120 players · cut after 36 holes · defending: Brian Campbell (−20)

R1 underway. First tee 8:05 AM CT; afternoon wave 12:45–2:24 PM CT. Golf Channel Thu–Sat 3–6 PM CT, Sun 2–5 PM CT.

Featured R1 tee times (CT): Conners/Finau/Homa 8:38 AM · Griffin/Novak/Dahmen 8:49 AM · Penge/James/Daly II 9:44 AM · Ghim/Keefer/C. Phillips 1:07 PM · Clark/Kim/Campbell 1:18 PM · Brown/Clanton/Akina 2:02 PM

New fall date and a re-routed course this year (two holes from the Nayar course). Baddeley and C.T. Pan are out (Kalshi markets closed).

• Clark 6.1/6.7¢ WCLA
• James 5.0/5.1¢ BJAM
• Ghim 4.2/4.3¢ DGHI
• Kim 4.1/4.2¢ TKIM
• Keefer 2.9/3.2¢ JKEE
• Griffin 2.8/3.1¢ BGRI
• Conners 2.3/2.4¢ CCON
• Penge 2.3/2.4¢ MPEN
• Blades Brown 2.2/2.4¢ BBRO
• Suber 2.1/2.2¢ JSUB

Top 20 Ghim 50/53 · Clark 51/52 · Kim 51/52 · James 48/51

Top 10 Clark 33/35 · Ghim 33/35 · Kim 31/34 · James 31/33

LPGA

Maybank Championship

Kuala Lumpur G&CC (West), Malaysia · Oct 29–Nov 1 · par 72 · $3M · 78 players · no cut (UNVERIFIED) · defending: Miyu Yamashita

R1 complete. R2 starts Thu night CT (about 6:30 PM CT, UNVERIFIED). Stream window about 8:30 PM–1:30 AM CT.

After R1: Roussin-Bouchard −8 · Yamashita −7 · Schubert −7 · Hull −6 · Delacour −6

Yamashita 34/38 · Hull 9/12 · H.-J. Choi 8.1/14 · R. Yin 6.9/9 · Roussin-Bouchard 3.5/8.9 · Schubert 3.2/8.1

PGA Tour Champions

Simmons Bank Championship

Pleasant Valley CC, Little Rock, AR · Oct 30–Nov 1 (54 holes) · defending: Steven Alker

R1 Fri Oct 30, first group 9:00 AM CT.

Z. Johnson 11/12 · Alker 10/11 · Cink 8/10 · Stenson 3/6

Mexico Open

• BET Doug Ghim Top 20 · 53¢ (53% · −113) · Tees 1:07 PM CT. Five straight top-25s, field-best tee-to-green, T8 here in 2024.
• PICK Tom Kim to win · 4.2¢ (4.2% · +2281) · Top of the seal (6.4% vs 4.15% market). Energy confirms only. A winner pick is research, not a lock.
• PICK Ben James Top 10 · 33¢ (33% · +203) · No. 1 ball-striker over his last 24 rounds and 3-2-5 before Bermuda. Best Four Pillars on Sunday. DOB single-source.
• WATCH Wyndham Clark to win · 6.7¢ (+1393) · Market chalk, but 4th on the seal and Sunday's clash animal is his year Rooster. Don't fade him off R1 bogeys. Recheck at thru 9.
• WATCH R1 morning wave is live now (Griffin, Conners/Homa, James). Early live prices can be underpriced. Recheck around thru 9 before anything moves.

Maybank (LPGA)

• PICK Charley Hull to win · 12¢ (12% · +733) · −6 after a 66, two back with 54 holes left.
• WATCH Miyu Yamashita · 38¢ ask (+163) · Defending champion at −7. That's a short price after one round. Don't crown chalk this early.
• WATCH Pauline Roussin-Bouchard · 3.5/8.9¢ · Leads at −8, still chasing her first LPGA win. The ask is wide, so size down if anything.

Simmons Bank (Champions)

• PICK Steven Alker to win · 11¢ (11% · +809) · Defending champion. Tees off Fri. WATCH Zach Johnson at 12¢.