In the $750K Sand Trap tournament, there are 23 golfers rostered on at least 10% of teams. Here are the golfers who are sweating the projected five-under cutline after one round:
Sepp Straka ($9,400; 25 FPTS) is the highest rostered golfer at 27.2%. After 18 holes, he is four under. It was an unblemished round for Straka, but he was only able to drain four birdies on the day. DK Sportsbook has Straka at +4500 of winning it all, the 11th-lowest odds.
Taylor Pendrith ($9,500; 21.5 FPTS) is rostered on 18.28% of teams. He shot a three-under round on Thursday. The day got off to a great start, as he eagled the first hole. He gave back a stroke with a bogey seven holes late, then drained two birdies on the back nine.
Nicolai Hojgaard ($7,400; 23.5 FPTS) is rostered on 17.94% of teams. He also shot a three-under round on Thursday. Hojgaard buried an eagle on the third hole and drained another birdie to close out the front nine. He birdied the first hole of the back nine, but gave back two strokes with a double-bogey the next hole. He did end the round on a high note, though, with a birdie.
Sungjae Im ($9,800; 22 FPTS) is rostered on 17.5% of teams. Im racked up two birdies in the first three holes. The back nine was full of excitement, though. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the good kind of excitement. He birdied the first and last holes but had three bogeys as well to finish the day three-under.
Denny McCarthy ($9,300; 23.5 FPTS) is rostered on 17.46% of teams. He had a birdie and a bogey on the first two holes of the round. McCarthy then drained three birdies to close out the front nine and was clean on the back nine with a birdie on the final hole. He finished the day four under. DK Sportsbook has him at +6000 to win it all.
Ben Griffin ($8,500; 21.5 FPTS) is rostered on 17.12% of teams. He eagled the third hole of the day, but gave a stroke back with a bogey three holes later. The rest of the round was clean with two birdies on the back nine to finish the day three under.
Lucas Glover ($7,800; 20.5 FPTS) is rostered on 15.53% of teams. He had a bogey and a birdie on the front nine to finish even. On the back nine, he racked up three birdies before bogeying Hole 8. He got it right back, though, with a birdie on the final hole to finish the day three under.
Min Woo Lee ($9,200; 14 FPTS) bad a bogey and two birdies before closing out the front nine with a double-bogey. He was clean the rest of the way, but only notched one birdie and finished the day at even-par.
Max Greyserman ($8,700; 29.5 FPTS) is rostered on 13.93% of teams. The day started off well with a birdie on the first hole. He then alternated birdies and bogeys for four holes to close out the front nine. On the back nine, he had a three-hole birdie streak on Holes 2, 3 and 4, then drained another birdie two holes later before closing out the round with a bogey. Greyserman finished the day four under.
Kurt Kitayama ($8,300; 13.5 FPTS) is rostered on 13.36% of teams. He shot an even-par on Thursday with a birdie and two bogeys on the front nine. On the back nine, he racked up two birdies and a bogey. Kitayama has a 29.3% chance of making the cut.
The current leader of the Cognizant Classic is:
Jake Knapp ($7,300; 75 FPTS), who blistered the course with a 12-under 59. The day started off in amazing fashion with five straight birdies. He then closed out the front nine with another birdie. On the back nine, he birdied the first two holes and had a three-hole birdie streak on Holes 13, 14 and 15, before closing out the round with another birdie.
Knapp is rostered on 7.97% of teams and is +360 on DK Sportsbook to win it all, the current favorite. Knapp leads the field by four strokes after one round.
