Vol. 32, No. 42 R O C H E S T E R Monday, November 23, 2020 Paulina Gretzky Shares a The Dollars and Cents Behind Nude Photo to Celebrate Streb’s Winning Shot DJ’s Masters Win BY BILL FELBER On the second hole of his playoff with Kevin Kisner Sun- day for the RSM Championship, Robert Streb stiffed a 120 wedge from the left rough to within inches of the flag. It was the shot that effectively finished off Kevin Kisner and finally sealed the playoff victory. Purely on a dollars and cents basis, what was the value of that shot? The immediate calculation is: $468,600. That’s the differ- ence between Streb’s $1.188 Robert Streb (right) fist bumps Kevin Kisner after after winning a second Winning Shot — PAGE 3 hole playoff at the RSM Classic. (Stephen B. Morton/Associated Press) Capital One’s ‘The Match’: Odds for Mickelson and Barkley vs. Manning and Curry Celebrating in style: Paulina Gretzky, 31, posed nude on Instagram on BY JOSEPH ZUCKER yon Golf Club in Oro Valley, The 57-year-old was crowned Sunday to celebrate her finace Dustin Johnson’s win the week before at This might come as a sur- Arizona. Manning and Curry NBA MVP in 1993 and entered the Masters Tournament. (paulinagretzky/instagram) prise, but the team with the pro- are -175 favorites (bet $100 the Basketball Hall of Fame in fessional golfer isn’t favored to to win $57.14) on DraftKings, 2006. His greatness on the BY BRIAN MARKS Wayne Gretzky was dressed in win Capital One’s “The Match: while Mickelson and Barkley are court hasn’t carried over to the Her fiancé Dustin Johnson nothing but a floppy straw hat Champions for Change.” +138 (bet $100 to win $138) links, though. earned his first green jacket a as she posed outdoors. Peyton Manning and Stephen underdogs. Barkley’s swing has been a week earlier by winning the ‘Je l’aime St. Barths,’ she cap- Curry are joining forces to take That’s probably in large part regular source of lighthearted 2020 Masters Tournament in tioned her photo. on Phil Mickelson and Charles because of Barkley’s well-docu- mockery over the years. Augusta, Georgia. The photo was an unmitigat- Barkley on Friday at Stone Can- mented exploits on the course. The Match — PAGE 8 And Paulina Gretzky celebrat- ed success on Instagram, as it ed in high fashion by sharing a was bombarded with approving nude photo of herself the follow- comments. ing Sunday from their vacation ‘I need a green jacket,’ joked Thanksgiving Week: Looking Back at in St. Barts. one user, while another wrote, The 31-year-old daughter of Gretzky — PAGE 9 the First Skins Game, Controversy BY TIM LETCHER Thanksgiving week used to be U.S. Facility Financial a lot of fun for sports fans. There were the traditional Thanksgiv- Health Update ing Day NFL football games and college football. In college bas- BY JOSEPH F BEDITZ, PH.D. private clubs, 21% were doing ketball, there was the Maui Clas- Back in 2009, towards the poorly in ’09, but seven years sic. And for golf fans, there was end of the Great Recession, we later that proportion had the Skins Game, an interesting surveyed U.S. golf courses and dropped to 14%. invention in the history of golf. clubs regarding their financial Did these self-reported finan- For those who don’t remember health. We did it again in 2016 cial health measures have any here’s the basic concept of the to see how things had changed, predictive validity? Yes, they did. Skins Game. It was a competi- and again over the course of the • Nearly 20% of the public cours- tion between four golfers where, past few months. es in our previous samples who if one player scored lower than In both 2009 and 2016, rated their financial health 0-4 the other three on a hole, he roughly a quarter of public on a 0-10 scale are no lon- won that hole, or skin, and the courses admitted to being in ger in business — a 4x higher prize money that went with it. bad shape, financially. Among Update — PAGE 8 Skins Game — PAGE 9 Tom, Jack, Gary and Arnie began the Skins Game. Our 1654th GolfWeekRochester.com Consecutive Issue Page 2 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, November 23, 2020 Mulligans News, Notes, Quotes & Anecdotes from the Local Golfing Community 80th Monroe Invitational Sets New Dates; Scheduled for July 5-10, 2021 The members of Monroe Golf golf course at the time when it is Tiger Woods before he entered Club are pleased to announce at its best condition for compe- college. Past champions of the that the 80th edition of The tition, firm and fast,” said Tour- event include Dustin Johnson Monroe Invitational will be held nament Director Mason Grower. (2007), Thomas Pieters (2012) July 5-10, 2021. The event is The Official Schedule of and most recently Andy Ogle- one of the longest running am- Events for the 2021 Monroe tree (2019), who went on a few ateur tournaments and perenni- Invitational will be as follows: weeks later to become U.S. Am- ally draws together a field of top • First Round: Wednesday, July 7 ateur Champion at Pinehurst. amateur players from around the • Second Round: Thursday, July 8 The reigning U.S. Amateur world for a week of competition • Third Round: Friday, July 9 (54 Champion, Tyler Strafaci, is a in beautiful upstate New York. Hole Cut to Low 42 and Ties) multiple time participant as well. “The Tournament Committee • Final Round: Saturday, July 10 “The Monroe Invitational has felt that the move to July would Many current PGA Tour play- a great tradition of hosting the allow us to draw the strongest ers have played in The Monroe best amateurs in the country, possible field and showcase our as amateurs, including a young and seeing players like Andy and Tyler succeed at the highest level continues to show how our event contributes to their development as players,” said Joe Merlin, Monroe’s PGA Head Professional. Earlier this year, the Monroe Invitational tournament commit- tee and the Rochester District Golf Association announced a working partnership to collab- orate in the promotion, stag- ing and operation of the annual A LEGACY OF GREAT PLAYERS: Andy Ogletree won the 2019 Monroe Monroe Invitational. Both orga- Invitational, above, before winning the U.S. Amateur Championship later nizations look forward to plan- that year. Most recently, he finished as the low amateur in the 2020 ning for the 2021 championship Masters last weekend and is expected to turn professional in the near in the months to come. x future. (Monroe Invitational) Mainframe Goes Mainstream BY JOHN BARBA Srixon ZX Irons — Key Takeaways The new Srixon ZX lineup replaces the highly successful Z85 series. ZX7 is a one-piece forged cav- ity back for better players; the ZX5 is a multi-piece iron for distance and forgiveness. The updated ZX utility is more streamlined than the Z85 utility while still keeping the center of gravity low. Srixon’s computer-driven Mainframe technology designed variable thickness face for the ZX5 and ZX utility. There’s a clear and present challenge for the new Srixon ZX irons: When you have a power- house iron lineup like the Srixon Z85 series, how do you make it better? Can you realistically im- prove on one of the best game improvement irons, one of the best player’s irons and one of the best utility irons of the last half-decade? After all, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Right? Srixon’s Z85 line has completed MGS top performer, many golf- ing. “There’s two sides to that. its two-year mission. And while ers preferred the older Z765 for On the one hand, you want the the Z585 copped Most Wanted looks and feel. brand-new bell or whistle that’s All Ages. All Abilities. Game Improvement iron in 2018 Those may be nits to pick but going to give you big marketing and was still a top runner-up in picking nits is at the heart of bullets. But at the same time, you In-Person or Online Lessons. 2020, some were turned off by Srixon’s iron development. just want to tweak what’s really the looks — specifically, the black “We don’t jump around sig- needed. It allows for improving We are Hochstein. 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