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Dave Ross right here at the Midgaming Hall in Franklin, Kentucky.

Our closer, Jensen, who is back home in Cleveland, Ohio. We're going to have Rob Bradford joined the program a little bit later on in this hour. He's got a great podcast called Baseball isn't boring. We know that. Jensen, you certainly know that better than most. Talk all about those Boston Red Sox there as we continue the Daily Diamond today. Get to the Daily Docket, a lot of college basketball to discuss, and certainly our best

bets that are out there on the horizon for today and into the weekend.

But we did want to update what's going on right now with the players.

This is the fifth major, at least in the eyes of the players on the PGA tour.

It's their crown jewel at the TPC sawgrass right now.

We do have Ricky Castillo.

Yes, it's Castillo, not Castillo.

And Castillo right now, who won on the opposite event last week in good form right now.

He's two under par here, Jensen.

So right now he is the leader after a few holes here.

He feels like people are getting off to a relatively good starts. A lot of guys that won under par here. We'll see how the course is playing. We do have weather that's supposed to come in a little bit later on. Scotty Schaeffer still is a betting favorite, even for first round leader today. Scotty, you remember, was north of four to one to win the tournament. but you can get him about plus 1450 to be first round leader in real time here.

It does not seem to play well on Thursdays so far in the PGA tour for whatever reason.

He did get off to a better start last week, but yet did not finish in the top 20 a week ago.

Rory McElroy got off to a really good start last week in the elevated event and it came out there on Saturday before his round and all of a sudden you see him shaking hands.

What's up with Rory? He had to withdraw because of a bad back. He says he's a game time decision.

We'll find out and make sure that Rory gets out there if you have any bets on Rour's.

We expect him to go today here at the players.

And I'm talking a lot here so far in the program about the new look and the new direction

of the PGA tour.

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