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2023 LIV Golf Tulsa Tips
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Event Info
Starts: 12th May 2023
Course: Cedar Ridge CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Par: 71
Length: 7,332 yards
2022 Champion: New Event
Significant Info To Be Aware Of
- This will be the first time LIV Golf has hosted an event at Cedar Ridge country club. Aside from the 1983 U.S. Women's Open, the course hasn't hosted too many other professional events. It has hosted several state amateur championships.- The course did co-host the 2009 US Amateur Championship with Southern Hills, the players playing one round on Cedar Ridge in the stroke play qualification. LIV players who qualified included Peter Uihlein, Talor Gooch and Cameron Tringale.
- There are six golfers in the field with Oklahoma connections - Talor Gooch, Matthew Wolff, Eugenio Chacarra, Peter Uihlein, Charles Howell III and Abraham Ancer.
Summary
Cedar Ridge CC opened in the 1960's, with Joe Finger the original course architect. The club employed Tripp Davis in 1996 to carry out a re-design, with a view to modernising the course. The Cedar Ridge CC website provides a hole by hole summary of the course.
Weather
Friday: Sunny intervals. Wind 11-14mph.
Saturday: Possible thunderstorms. Wind 5-8mph.
Sunday: Possible thunderstorms. Wind 5-8mph.
LIV Golf Tulsa Quotes
"They switched the nines, right? We're playing it as the 12th hole, but I remember that hole early on. That was the only one I remembered. I just remember it being a quirky hole. Still is. You have to hit like 4- or 5-iron off the tee. They added some flagpoles I think to not let us try and drive the green. Still tried it yesterday but it didn't work. I remember it being in good shape. I remember it being tough. Every time I come back to Oklahoma I forget all the elevation. There's a decent amount of elevation here always. That's kind of what I remember a bit. It should be a good test." Peter Uihlein, 2022
"When I played the U.S. Am here, I think I was like 16 or 17 years old, and I just remember thinking, I need to get better because these golf courses are hard. I shot -- I vividly remember shooting 77 at Southern Hills the first round, and then I think I shot like 67 or 68 here, and I think I hit like five or six greens. It was like the epitome of the 16 year old that just makes everything he looks at. I'll see if I can try to channel some of that 16-year-old me again." Talor Gooch, 2022
"I played here quite a few times with Bo Van Pelt, who obviously I played one year with, and he lives in the Tulsa area. Golf course is really good. A lot of crosswinds. Obviously the defense is the wind, but it will blow. Yeah, you don't really get a lot of holes straight down or straight into. You get some quirkiness. It's got a couple of good par-3s on it. Throw in a couple of the par-5s and par-4s, as well. Yeah, it's a touch test, but I'd say the crosswinds of it is probably the biggest part of it." Charles Howell III, 2022
"This is a great golf course, tree-lined, you've got to be in the fairway. The thing is it can get pretty windy and it can get tricky with the tall trees. It can swirl a little bit; you can feel it from one side but it's really from another." Abraham Ancer, 2022
"This is the first time I'm here. I've only played the back nine. I'm going to play the front nine today. I like golf courses like this. I'm a big fan of tree-lined, old school, small greens, somewhere you have to shape the ball. It's like playing kind of like checkers in a way. You're not just stepping on the tee and just hitting driver every single time and trying to smash it. I really enjoy the golf course layout. I think it's great." Abraham Ancer, 2022
"I got lucky enough that I played a couple times here with the team. When Karsten Creek has a tournament or something, we'd try to go, we played Southern Hills, we played here, we played also in Oklahoma City or whatever. I got lucky enough that I played here twice and I feel it's a great course. Like Abe said, it's not a very long course, but it's a course that you need to place the ball pretty good, and if you don't, the rough is going to get real nasty, the greens are going to get firm, hopefully a little firmer and they're quick. They're small greens, small sections, and it's going to be a good test. I feel overall it's a great golf course. It's going to test every shot in your bag. It's going to feel like it's a fair course. The guy that plays the best is going to win on Sunday." Eugenio Chacarra, 2022
Our LIV Golf Tulsa Picks
- 1.5pts Each Way Jason Kokrak 33/1 @ Unibet/Bet Rivers (1/5 1-5)
Kokrak has been trending nicely on LIV in the last few events, finishing 12th, 11th and then 6th last time out in Singapore. All nine rounds in those tournaments have been under par and he looks like a player who is ready to win. He's ranked 1st and 3rd for Greens in Regulation in the last two events. With this week's event being played in Oklahoma, we like the fact Kokrak has plenty of form in neighbouring Texas. Three of Kokrak's six best career performances have come in Texas and he's clearly comfortable in this part of the world. Back him to make his LIV breakthrough this week. Take 30/1 if needed.
- 0.75pts Each Way Eugenio Chacarra 100/1 @ Unibet/Bet Rivers (1/5 1-5)
Chacarra has been in our thoughts ever since he signed off with a Sunday 64 at LIV Singapore to finish 13th. That was the perfect preparation for coming back to Oklahoma, the State he went to college at. A winner on LIV already, playing in familiar surroundings and with plenty of momentum, he has lots to play for this week. Take 80/1 if needed.
2023 LIV Golf Tulsa Tips
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