John Deere Classic TV Schedule, Tee Times, Odds: No Defending Champ Jordan Spieth

While the Olympic golf tournament is taking place in Rio, the PGA Tour is still rolling along, and this week we’ve got the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois.

Defending champion Jordan Spieth didn’t feel it would be right to withdraw from the Olympics and compete simultaneously in the John Deere, so he is out this week, but 2014 winner Brian Harman, 2012 winner Zach Johnson, and Steve Stricker, who won in 2009, 2010, and 2011, are all in the field. It should be noted that Stricker has finishes of T2, T3, and 4 in his last four tournaments, with the fourth place finish coming at The Open.

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Bryson DeChambeau attempted to Monday qualify for the tournament and didn’t make the cut. He will now have to Monday qualify for the Wyndham Championship where he will need a very good showing. If he were a PGA Tour member, he would currently be ranked 151st on the money list and 165th in FedExCup points, and unless he can qualify for and earn enough points or money to move up into the top 125 of FedExCup standings or the money list, it looks like he’ll have to head to the Web.com Tour and earn his PGA Tour card.

DeChambeau is already entered into the Web.com Tour Finals, a series of four events he gained entry into by earning 235 non-member FedExCup points and $476,621 in winnings while playing through sponsor’s exemptions on the PGA Tour, where he can earn his PGA Tour card if he earns enough money to move into the Web.com Top 25.

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Wesley Bryan, who won three Web.com events this season and earned a battlefield promotion, is making his PGA Tour debut as an official member of the Tour. Bryan played in the Quicken Loans National in June on a sponsor’s exemption where he finished T29 at three-under.

TV Schedule

Th – 5:00 – 8:00 PM ET – Golf Channel
Fr – 5:00 – 8:00 PM ET – Golf Channel
Sa – 3:00 – 6:00 PM ET – CBS
Su – 3:00 – 6:00 PM ET – CBS

Tee Times

1 – 7:20 AM – Luke Guthrie, Alex Prugh, Tom Hoge
10 – 7:20 AM – Mark Wilson, Jamie Lovemark, Whee Kim
1 – 7:30 AM – Cameron Smith, D.H. Lee, Michael Kim
10 – 7:30 AM – Ken Duke, Dicky Pride, Bronson Burgoon
1 – 7:40 AM – Jerry Kelly, Bud Cauley, Patrick Rodgers
10 – 7:40 AM – Sean O’Hair, Tim Herron, Carlos Ortiz
1 – 7:50 AM – George McNeill, Chris Smith, Scott Pinckney
10 – 7:50 AM – Troy Matteson, Chris Stroud, Jarrod Lyle
1 – 8:00 AM – Matt Every, Robert Streb, Stuart Appleby
10 – 8:00 AM – Troy Merritt, Nick Taylor, Ryan Moore
1 – 8:10 AM – Angel Cabrera, Seung-Yul Noh, John Senden
10 – 8:10 AM – Hunter Mahan, Camilo Villegas, Retief Goosen
1 – 8:20 AM – J.J. Henry, Steven Bowditch, Scott Stallings
10 – 8:20 AM – Zach Johnson, Brian Harman, Steve Stricker
1 – 8:30 AM – Tim Petrovic, Shaun Micheel, Dudley Hart
10 – 8:30 AM – John Huh, Robert Garrigus, Len Mattiace
1 – 8:40 AM – Johnson Wagner, Frank Lickliter II, Chad Collins
10 – 8:40 AM – Derek Ernst, D.A. Points, Trevor Immelman
1 – 8:50 AM – Gary Woodland, Cameron Percy, Andres Gonzales
10 – 8:50 AM – Scott Brown, Ted Purdy, Erik Compton
1 – 9:00 AM – Andres Romero, Blayne Barber, Hiroshi Iwata
10 – 9:00 AM – Martin Piller, Dawie van der Walt, Rhein Gibson
1 – 9:10 AM – AWes Roach, Jordan Niebrugge, Ryan McClintock
10 – 9:10 AM – Robert Gamez, Mark Hensby, Matt Weibring
1 – 9:20 AM – Andrew Landry, Lucas Lee, Joey Garber
10 – 9:20 AM – Thomas Aiken, Steven Ihm, Lee McCoy
1 – 12:30 PM – Marc Turnesa, Robert Allenby, Tom Gillis
10 – 12:30 PM – Eric Axley, Rod Pampling, Morgan Hoffmann
1 – 12:40 PM – Ben Curtis, Ricky Barnes, Darron Stiles
10 – 12:40 PM – Arjun Atwal, Spencer Levin, Tim Wilkinson
1 – 12:50 PM – Daniel Chopra, Steve Marino, Andrew Loupe
10 – 12:50 PM – Jason Bohn, Cameron Beckman, Greg Owen
1 – 1:00 PM – Michael Thompson, Will MacKenzie, Shawn Stefani
10 – 1:00 PM – D.J. Trahan, Daniel Summerhays, Scott Langley
1 – 1:10 PM – Matt Jones, Chesson Hadley, Brian Gay
10 – 1:10 PM – Geoff Ogilvy, Brendon Todd, Rory Sabbatini
1 – 1:20 PM – Billy Hurley III, Vaughn Taylor, Peter Malnati
10 – 1:20 PM – Ben Martin, Stewart Cink, Mike Weir
1 – 1:30 PM – Keegan Bradley, Kevin Na, Wesley Bryan
10 – 1:30 PM – Boo Weekley, Zac Blair, Luke List
1 – 1:40 PM – John Rollins, Craig Barlow, Tyrone Van Aswegen
10 – 1:40 PM – Charlie Wi, Adam Hadwin, Tyler Aldridge
1 – 1:50 PM – John Merrick, Hudson Swafford, Mark Hubbard
10 – 1:50 PM – Kyle Stanley, Matt Bettencourt, Steve Wheatcroft
1 – 2:00 PM – Heath Slocum, Jason Gore, Richard H. Lee
10 – 2:00 PM – Brendon de Jonge, Sung Kang, Derek Fathauer
1 – 2:10 PM – Garrett Willis, Brice Garnett, Charlie Danielson
10 – 2:10 PM – Sam Saunders, Abraham Ancer, Jon Rahm
1 – 2:20 PM – Kelly Kraft, Gavin Coles, Brian Bullington
10 – 2:20 PM – Miguel Angel Carballo, Michael Johnson, Armando Villarreal
1 – 2:30 PM – Kent Jones, Robby Shelton, Austin Connelly
10 – 2:30 PM – Henrik Norlander, Rob Oppenheim, Aaron Wise

Odds

Zach Johnson – 7/1
Steve Stricker – 12/1
Jon Rahm – 14/1
Kevin Na – 18/1
Daniel Summerhays – 20/1
Ryan Moore – 23/1
Gary Woodland – 25/1
Robert Streb – 30/1
Brian Harman – 35/1
Keegan Bradley – 35/1
Jerry Kelly – 40/1
Patrick Rodgers – 40/1
Wesley Bryan – 40/1
Robert Garrigus – 50/1
Chris Stroud – 60/1
Matt Jones – 60/1
Spencer Levin – 60/1
Hudson Swafford – 65/1
John Senden – 65/1
Adam Hadwin – 70/1
Seung-Yul Noh – 70/1
Billy Hurley III – 80/1
Boo Weekley – 80/1
Michael Thompson – 80/1
Retief Goosen – 80/1
Scott Brown – 80/1
Shawn Stefani – 80/1
Steve Wheatcroft – 80/1
Will Wilcox – 80/1
Ricky Barnes – 85/1
Jamie Lovemark – 90/1
Jason Bohn – 90/1
Tyrone Van Aswegen – 90/1
Johnson Wagner – 100/1

My Pick

I debated going with Jon Rahm again, but this week I’m going to take Kevin Na, who can be seen driving a bulldozer in the Instagram video below. Yes, that’s the only reason.