Franklin Templeton Shootout 2014: Daily Scores, Results and Prize Money
One of the more fun golf tournaments over the winter was underway on Thursday, as 12 teams of two players competed in the Franklin Templeton Shootout at the Tiburon Golf Course in Naples, Florida.
Featuring three different formats for the three days of the tournament and a slew of big names competing, including Jason Day, Matt Kuchar, Keegan Bradley and Patrick Reed, among others, the tournament promised to be an entertaining spectacle for golf fans.
Below, you'll find information on the prize money, format and the daily results.
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Prize Money
| 1st Place | $770,000 | $385,000 each |
| 2nd Place | $485,000 | $242,500 each |
| 3rd Place | $290,000 | $145,000 each |
| 4th Place | $230,000 | $115,000 each |
| 5th Place | $200,000 | $100,000 each |
| 6th Place | $180,000 | $90,000 each |
| 7th Place | $170,000 | $85,000 each |
| 8th Place | $165,000 | $82,500 each |
| 9th Place | $160,000 | $80,000 each |
| 10th Place | $155,000 | $77,500 each |
| 11th Place | $150,000 | $75,000 each |
| 12th Place | $145,000 | $72,500 each |
Format
On Thursday, the players will play Scramble. Both players will hit a drive, and the best one is selected. Then, both players will hit the next shot and the best of those two will be selected. This process is repeated until the hole is complete.
The second round is Modified Alternate Shot. Like Scramble, each player will hit a drive and the best one is selected. However, the player whose drive wasn't selected will then hit the second shot and the players will alternate shots from there until the hole is complete.
Finally, the last round played will be Better Ball. Each player plays the hole using their own ball and the better score per hole is used.
Saturday
| 1 | Jason Day & Cameron Tringale | -32 |
| 2 | Harris English & Matt Kuchar | -31 |
| T-3 | Keegan Bradley & Camilo Villegas | -29 |
| T-3 | Billy Horschel & Ian Poulter | -29 |
| T-5 | Graeme McDowell & Gary Woodland | -28 |
| T-5 | Jerry Kelly & Steve Stricker | -28 |
| T-7 | Charles Howell III & Scott Verplank | -26 |
| T-7 | Justin Leonard & Rory Sabbatini | -26 |
| 9 | Ryan Palmer & Jimmy Walker | -25 |
| 10 | Patrick Reed & Brandt Snedeker | -24 |
| 11 | Sean O'Hair & Kenny Perry | -22 |
| 12 | Retief Goosen & Mike Weir | -15 |
Jason Day and Cameron Tringale held off a wave of challengers throughout the final round to emerge as the champions of the 2014 Franklin Templeton Shootout. Harris English and Matt Kuchar finished second, one stroke off the pace.
Playing under better ball rules, Day and Tringale posted their most modest score of the week by combining to shoot a 7-under 65. But it was still good enough to bring their cumulative score to a gaudy -32 for the week to secure the win.
Fox Sports confirmed the result:
Several different teams made a run at the duo before they were finally able to close it out.
Billy Horschel and Ian Poulter started in the middle of the pack but came out firing. They climbed all the way into contention and got back level on the 12th courtesy of some terrific sand play from Poulter:
English and Kuchar were also in the mix until the very end. Some nice play around the green on the 17th from Kuchar kept the pressure on the leaders:
One other tandem, Keegan Bradley and Camilo Villegas, got close but their comeback bid fell three strokes short.
In the end, the week was all about Day and Tringale, who led from wire to wire. Brendan James of Golf Australia notes it's a noteworthy victory for Day, who battled injuries throughout 2014 and this should help him improve the outlook for next year:
They set the tone during the Thursday scramble and never looked back.
Friday
| 1 | Jason Day & Cameron Tringale | -25 |
| 2 | Graeme McDowell & Gary Woodland | -22 |
| 3 | Harris English & Matt Kuchar | -21 |
| 4 | Charles Howell III & Scott Verplank | -19 |
| T-5 | Keegan Bradley & Camilo Villegas | -18 |
| T-5 | Billy Horschel & Ian Poulter | -18 |
| T-5 | Patrick Reed & Brandt Snedeker | -18 |
| T-8 | Ryan Palmer & Jimmy Walker | -17 |
| T-8 | Justin Leonard & Rory Sabbatini | -17 |
| 10 | Jerry Kelly & Steve Stricker | -16 |
| 11 | Sean O'Hair & Kenny Perry | -15 |
| 12 | Retief Goosen & Mike Weir | -10 |
The duo of Jason Day and Cameron Tringale extended their lead to three strokes in the second round of the 2014 Franklin Templeton Shootout. They posted an 8-under par round of 64 to move their cumlative score for the tournament to 25-under.
It was another terrific performance from Day and Tringale, whose gaudy 17-under round on Thursday was enough to tie the scoring record. The switch from scramble to modified alternate shot made the challenge a little more difficult, but they were still up to the task.
The best round of the day, however, came from the combination of Graeme McDowell and Gary Woodland. They dropped nine strokes during Thursday's action to bring them to -22 for the event. That puts them in second place heading into the final round.
McDowell also provided one of the day's best shots as he holed out for eagle on the 13th:
Harris English and Matt Kuchar are the only other team better than 20-under par heading into the last day, which will use a better ball format.
Billy Horschel and Ian Poulter are seven shots off the pace. They had a solid second day, but the focus was some friendly banter with the European star joking with his American teammate about paying for the dry cleaning after one of his shots left Poulter to play from a swampy area:
Although Day and Tringale have been virtually unstoppable through two days, the thing that makes this event so interesting is the extreme ability to go low. It leaves the door open for a team to get hot on Day 3 and pull out the victory.
McDowell and Woodland are the team to watch because they form a nice mix. McDowell tends to lay back a bit and rely more on his iron play, which when on is among the best in the world. Woodland is more of a power player. So they should be able to attack each hole pretty well.
Regardless of the outcome, it should be a thrilling finish at Tiburon Golf Club.
Thursday
| 1 | Jason Day & Cameron Tringale | -17 |
| 2 | Harris English & Matt Kuchar | -15 |
| T3 | Graeme McDowell & Gary Woodland | -13 |
| T3 | Keegan Bradley & Camilo Villegas | -13 |
| T3 | Ryan Palmer & Jimmy Walker | -13 |
| T6 | Jerry Kelly & Steve Stricker | -12 |
| T6 | Sean O'Hair & Kenny Perry | -12 |
| T6 | Retief Goosen & Mike Weir | -12 |
| T6 | Justin Leonard & Rory Sabbatini | -12 |
| T10 | Billy Horschel & Ian Poulter | -11 |
| T10 | Patrick Reed & Brandt Snedeker | -11 |
| T10 | Charles Howell III & Scott Verplank | -11 |
Jason Day and Cameron Tringale raced out to an early lead at the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting an impressive 17-under on Thursday. That left them two strokes ahead of defending champions Matt Kuchar and Harris English and four strokes ahead of the teams of Keegan Bradley and Camilo Villegas, Ryan Palmer and Jimmy Walker and Graeme McDowell and Gary Woodland.
The pair spoke after their impressive first round.
So dominant were Kuchar and English last year—they shot a a tour-record of 34-under 182—that the tournament officials actually flipped the format, starting Thursday with the Scramble, which was the format for last year's final round.
Kuchar spoke on last year's performance and the changes the tournament made heading into this year before play on Thursday, per Craig Handel of News-Press.com:
"It was great to play with Harris, both of us had it going. It was really a lot of fun. We walked up to the 18th hole with about a seven-shot lead and we said, 'We can enjoy this'.
I completely understand the idea that the scramble format, there's not a whole lot of separation that happens. You don't get the big differences in scores. The best ball, you might have guys go 2-under to 12-under, or even better.
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While last year was all about Kuchar and English, it was Day and Tringale that impressed on Thursday, due in part to shots like this from Day:
Day wasn't the only one who provided highlights on Thursday. Jerry Kelly came this close to a hole-in-one on No. 10:
And Brandt Snedeker impressed everyone with this shot on the 13th:
With eight of the top-30 players in the world in the field and every single team within six strokes, the final two days of the tournament promise to be compelling. The unique format of this tournament always leaves room for some surprises.
Day and Tringale are going to have their work cut out for them as they try to hold onto their lead, especially with the record-setting Kuchar and English nipping at their heels.
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