Kirk ($6,200; 63 FPTS) won his first tournament of the year, The Sentry. Since then, he’s played in 17 events, missed the cut in four and finished in the top 20 three times. After Thursday’s first round showing at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Kirk is in prime position to make it four and possibly notch his second win of the year.
On the front nine, Kirk birdied four holes. On the back nine, he drained a birdie and had a hole-in-one on Hole 14 before spoiling the unblemished round with a bogey on the final hole.
Kirk heads into Friday carried by the momentum of shooting his lowest first round score—64—on the PGA TOUR since the 2023 Sony Open. In the $1M Summer Sand Trap tournament, Kirk is rostered on only 4.53% of teams. The most rostered golfer is Scottie Scheffler ($12,400; 37.5 FPTS), who shot a four-under and is two strokes off the lead.
DraftKings Sportsbook currently has Scheffler as the favorite to win it all at +250. Kirk has the seventh-lowest odds at +2200.
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