Sneedeker was a pretty dominant golfer Sunday at Pebble Beach as he captured his second AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am with a 67 on Sunday. Brandt had one bogey the entire tournament. Wow. He hit all 18 greens in regulation on Friday at the hardest course of the three (Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Pennisula), Spyglass Hill. Wow, that’s awesome. What I’d give for that.,  He was driving it right down the pipe, he was never in any serious trouble, and when he had any problems, like on number 14 when he was behind the green in the rough and had to get up and down, he executed the up and down perfectly for par. He sank birdie putts on three from four feet, on 5 from 15 feet, on seven from three feet, on 11 from eight feet, and then on 15 he hit a hard drive down the left side of the fairway that looked headed for an ominous looking sand trap, but the ball amazingly kicked over the trap and rolled another 50 yards. Must have been a 320 yard drive. It was Brandt’s day. He ended up birdieing 15 from 14 feet. His ball striking was superb, his putter was en fuego, heck his whole game was stellar. Good to see Brandt back in the winners circle. That was Sneds seventh PGA tournament victory. He also won the 2007 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., the 2011 Heritage at Hilton Head, the 2012 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, the Tour Championship and the Fed Ex Cup in September of 2012 at East Lake in Atlanta, the 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach, the 2013 RBC Canadian Open and this one.
Brandt moved over to Butch Harmon in July of last year (2013) and Butch is paying dividends for Sneds. He looks great on the course. Brandt needed this victory to qualify for the Masters as he was not in the top 50 in the world rankings which automatically qualifies a player for Augusta National. This was huge. He is now No.31 in the world and now that he’s won, he’s in the Masters. He’s also in all the World Golf Championship tournaments with the first one at Doral in three weeks. That is the World Golf Championships Cadillac Classic at the Donald course in Miami. It’s a big tournament. Brandt’s goal is to win a lot of PGA events and to win majors. He really wants to win the Masters, and his game looks sharp right now. He is fifth on the Fed Ex rankings now too. Brandt shot 64-67-67-67. He’s in the field this week for the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club, in LA. He tees off @ 3:12 PM ET/2:12 PM CT and he’s playing with Ernie Els and Jim Furyk. Nice pairing.

Jon Curran also had an excellent tournament. Jon, who is on his first year on the tour after qualifying last year in the top 25 on the Web.com tour, finished tied 10th at -15. Jon shot 69-64-69-70. Jon just turned 28 yesterday and is working hard to make it big on the tour. He is playing this weekend as well at Riviera. His tee time is 11:35 AM ET/10:35 AM CT and he’s playing with Jonathan Randolph and Jin Park. Not familiar with those guys. Will be exciting to keep up with Sneds and Jon this weekend. Really like where Brandt is at and Jon keeps getting better and better. Luke List is again on the Web.com tour and will keep you posted on his progress. The Web.com’ next event is in March in South America.

Basketball with an excellent victory Saturday night in Tuscaloosa over Alabama. Some clutch play by our guys, particularly Riley, Damian and James. James with a key block and a couple of key offensive rebounds in the end. Riley with a huge trifecta and a clutch two late. Damian got it going in the second half. He finished with 20 points and seven boards. Our free throw shooting was terrific. We sank 28-of-33 from the line, 80%< and were 17-of-19 in the second half (89%). Excellent rebound from the loss vs UT at home last Wednesday night when our free throw shooting did not get the job done. MFD finished with 13 and sank 3-of-6 triples. MFD is a marksman. What a shooter. Luke had a nice game with 12 and four boards. Riley finished with 12 and Wade finished with 10 and WB4 also dished out six assists. James had nine and six pulls. We moved to 14-11 on the season and 4-8 in the conference. We have six games left, three at home and three on the road, starting tonight @ Florida at 7  ET/6 CT on the Network (SEC Network).  Florida may not have their best record this year (12-13, 5-7 in SEC), but they’re still Florida and have good players. If Michael Frazier plays, he’s one of the best three point shooters in the conference. Not sure about his availability. He’s had a high ankle sprain and hasn’t played since the second half of the Kentucky game a week and a half ago. Will let you know at tip-off. He’s been hurt latelyAnd they still have Billy Donovan, one of the elite coaches in the game.. Our team will HAVE to bring it tonight to come out of the O Dome with a victory. We play Mizzou at home Saturday @ 2:30 PM ET/1:30 PM CT on the Network. Then we go to UT to try to extract some revenge a week from tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 26 @ 7 PM ET/6 PM CT on ESPN or the Deuce. We then play Alabama at home, Saturday, Feb. 28th @ 4 PM ET/3 PM CT on Fox Sports Net. We play State Wednesday, March 4th @ 9 PM ET/8 PM CT on the Network, then we finish up at Ole Miss Saturday, March 7th@ 9PM ET/8 PM CT, on the Network. The SEC tournament starts March 11th with two games Wednesday, March 11th for the 11-14 seeds.  We are now in 11th place in the conference and would play Missouri if we started today. Hopefully, we can get hot here at the end and move up.

***Note: Frazier is out tonight and Dorian Finney-Smith, the Gators send leading scorer, is suspended for this game. Jeff Roberson is out with a concussion. Shelton Mitchell is till out with a concussion.

Baseball took two of three from Santa Clara over the weekend. Hit it OK, played OK defense and pitched OK. It was pretty cold in Nashville and had an effect on the team’s play. Plus we were at the yard for over 13 hours on Saturday playing in a doubleheader Saturday and may not have been as sharp as usual. Carson combined with Philip Pfeifer to pitch a 4-0 shutout Friday night. We lost the second game on Saturday, 7-6, though Dansby was four-for-four at the plate. Hayden uncharacteristically gave up two runs in the top of the ninth. We persevered in the final game to take it 6-5 on an infield RBI single by Ro Coleman. Jordan Sheffield, who was hurt last year, came in in relief and gave us some excellent innings. Like his potential. We’ve got an excellent team, just need to shore up in all three areas (pitching, defense and hitting). We’re postponed today at Belmont and Friday-Sunday for Illinois Chicago series as there has been a lot of ice in Nashville and it’s pretty bitterly cold up there. We are heading to Port Charlotte, Florida this weekend to play at the Tampa Bay Rays facility against Indiana State. Will have more on this series on Friday. Need to get things shaped up. Santa Clara was a pretty scrappy team though. Carson will most likely be on the hill on Friday, with Saturday and Sunday’s starters to be determined. John Kilichowski and Tyler Ferguson struggled last Saturday starting, but I believe John can be a good starter for us. Still not sure if Tyler is our guy as the Sunday starter. We’ll see how he develops.

Football getting cranked up with spring practice. Derek has liked the energy. I watched some highlights from day one. There was a lot of energy and looked like a lot of talent. I like this spring ball in February. Derek said the team hasn’t practiced since November and we need to get to work. Looks like our new strength coach, James Dobson, has done a good job of preparing the guys physically. They look impressive and serious during workouts. Quarterback will be looked at closely. All positions will. Will keep you posted on what’s happening with the team.