The Sunday Sweat

Every Sunday, the LoopGolf team writes a newsletter for our 1,515 members highlighting the action taking place both on & off the golf course.

Episode 2 of The Play For Tour is out now! In this episode, we challenged Devereux Golf to a 9-hole money match at the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale, host of the 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open. Watch the full episode below.

Episode 3 of The Play For Tour will be featuring two rising stars in the NBA, Kevin Huerter & Keegan Murray from the Sacramento Kings! Be sure to subscribe to our channel for more content to come.

• ⛳️ Tournament: AT&T Pro-Am

• 🏝 Location: Pebble Beach, CA

• 💰 Purse: $9,000,000

• 📺 TV Coverage: CBS from 3-6pm ET

• 🏆 Final Group: 11:25am ET

We love using golf as an outlet to set the stage for competition. When the celebrities come out for the AT&T Pro-Am, some of the world's best competitors are known to show up in the field. This year there is no shortage of athletes at Pebble Beach (full list here). Some of the smoothest swings we've seen are from pro-bowl QB Josh Allen and Welsh soccer player Gareth Bale.

Viktor Hovland has been quiet the last few months. This is only Hovland's second official PGA Tour event he has competed in since November 6th, it looks like that much needed off-time is paying off. Hovland was T-6 heading into the back-9 at 8-under before the delay. Check out this DART he threw on his the front 9 to set up an eagle.

Saturday's round was postponed mid-day due to the wind conditions, it's not often wind is the cause of a delay on the PGA Tour. You can see how extreme these conditions got when Jordan Spieth hit a 7-iron into the 113 yard iconic Par 3 7th hole. Should the Tour have let these guys battle the elements?

In his second season on Tour, Kurt Kitayama has had four top-10 finishes in 46 career starts. Over the course of the past year, he's grown accustomed to being at the top of the leaderboards but hasn't been able to handle Sunday's elevated pressure.

By the numbers: In 2022, he tied for second at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, finishing behind Jon Rahm. He finished runner-up to Xander Schauffele at the Genesis Scottish Open and earlier in the season, finished second behind Rory Mcllroy at the CJ Cup.

He believes the hard lessons from finishing runner up will eventually pay off -- "I think the more you put yourself in that position, the more you can get comfortable feeling uncomfortable. It's definitely good experience to fall back on come Sunday". Could this be the day he breaks through and solidifies himself as one of the next rising stars on the PGA Tour? He's currently +850 to win and only three back of the lead.

It's week 2 of our free-to-play pick' em pool and the action is heating up! We had two participants pick last weeks winner, Max Homa (+1,566,000 pts).

It's not too late to join and compete risk free for $500 in prize money paid out directly to your LoopGolf wallet. If you're interested in participating, sign up here.

How to Play: Each week, participants are asked to pick one golfer. From there, you will receive one point for each dollar that golfer earns from their performance that weekend. See more details here.

Drippy: The Duck Collection by Bogey Boys

Design Brief: Macklemore has been busy teeing it up this week at Pebble Beach but Bogey Boys didn't skip a beat this week dropping "The Duck Collection".