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About Aaron Burger, PT, DPT
I'm Aaron, a Doctor of Physical Therapy living in Pittsburgh, PA. When I'm not treating patients, I'm probably doing something fantasy football related. Given my knowledge of injuries and love for fantasy football, I decided to bring my two worlds together and provide fantasy football injury analysis. I'm thankful to be able to provide you guys with analysis of all the latest fantasy football injuries! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to help!
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Aaron Burger, PT, DPT has written 96 articles so far, you can find them below.
Keegan Bradley Returns To Muirfield
Keegan Bradley finished T45 at 10-under par at the Rocket Mortgage but will look to rebound at a course where he’s had success in the past -- Muirfield Village Golf Club. Bradley has finished T8 twice at Muirfield -- in 2015 and 2016. Thankfully, putting isn’t weighed quite as heavily compared to the tour average,... Read More
Ian Poulter Not In Rocket Mortgage Field
Ian Poulter finished 64th at the Travelers Championship, shooting two strokes under par for the tournament. He lost 3.45 strokes on approach but rode a hot putter to make the cut, gaining 1.17 strokes on the greens. Poulter will likely return for the Workday Charity Open and Memorial tournaments at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
Matthew Fitzpatrick Misses Cut At Travelers
Matthew Fitzpatrick, after making 20 cuts in a row, had his streak broken after missing the cut at the Travelers Championship. Fitzpatrick lost strokes on approach as well as tee to green, which certainly won’t help at a course like TPC River Highlands. Fitzpatrick will not be in the field for the Rocket Mortgage Classic... Read More
Harold Varner III Returns To Detroit
Harold Varner III will return to Detroit Golf Club, a course where he missed the cut at last year’s Rocket Mortgage Classic. Varner fired off a pair of 71s, only gaining strokes on approach for the week. This season, Varner has improved off the tee, as he is gaining 0.482 strokes from the tee box.... Read More
Cameron Champ Not In Field After Positive COVID-19 Test
Cameron Champ, according to the PGA Tour, has tested positive for COVID-19 as of June 23. Champ revealed in a Tweet that following his positive test, he tested negative three times within the next 72 hours. Champ will obviously not be in the field for the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club but will... Read More
Branden Grace Makes Rocket Mortgage Debut
Branden Grace, coming off a missed cut at the Travelers Championship, will make his Rocket Mortgage Classic debut at Detroit Golf Club. Grace was able to gain strokes on approach as well as tee to green last week, but he didn’t convert enough birdie chances to make the cut. Although the course will likely play... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Absent From Field
Louis Oosthuizen, after finishing T46 at the Travelers Championship, is not in the field this week for the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Oosthuizen really struggled on approach as well as around the green, losing 0.14 and 4.16 strokes, respectively, for the week. We can expect Oosthuizen to return for the inaugural Workday... Read More
Bubba Watson Returns To Detroit
Bubba Watson returns to Detroit Golf Club, a course where he missed the cut last year at its inaugural event. For this year’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, Watson comes in with neutral form, finishing T7 at the Charles Schwab, T52 at RBC Heritage and missing the cut last week at the Travelers Championship. Last year at... Read More
Corey Conners Not In The Field This Week
Corey Conners, despite being a great course fit for TPC River Highlands, missed the cut last week, shooting one-under par. This was a result of a three-over first round, which had him playing catch-up on Friday. This week, Conners is not in the field for the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Conners will... Read More
Scottie Scheffler Looks To Bounce Back
Scottie Scheffler will be teeing it up for the first time at Detroit Golf Club this week, following up a missed cut at the Travelers Championship. Scheffler came back to Earth off the tee, only gaining an average of 0.68 strokes between his two rounds. Despite the struggles at TPC River Highlands, Scheffler still ranks... Read More
Rickie Fowler Returns To Detroit
Rickie Fowler will tee it up at one of his many sponsor’s events, the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Last year in the event's first year, Fowler finished T46, shooting nine-under par for the tournament. In that tournament, Fowler did not do anything particularly well and was around neutral for every strokes-gained category.... Read More
Keegan Bradley Makes Debut At Rocket Mortgage
Keegan Bradley missed the cut last week at the Travelers Championship but will look to rebound for the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. At the Travelers, Bradley lost strokes tee to green, approach and in putting. He specifically struggled on Friday, losing 1.18 strokes on approach and 2.51 tee to green. This will... Read More
Dylan Frittelli Tests Positive For COVID-19
Dylan Frittelli has unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19 and will not make the trip to Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Frittelli missed the cut last week at the Travelers Championship, losing strokes on approach, tee to green and in putting. Frittelli will now self-isolate for 10 days, and if he is able to bounce... Read More
Ian Poulter Back At TPC River Highlands
Ian Poulter was tied for the first-round lead last week at the RBC Heritage, but unfortunately he couldn’t ride the momentum, finishing T14 at 16-under par. Poulter will tee it up at the Travelers Championship for the first time since 2013 when he finished outside the top 40. He struggles a bit off the tee,... Read More
Dylan Frittelli Coming Off Good Week
Dylan Frittelli shot a 62 on Sunday at the RBC Heritage and finished T8, shooting 17 strokes under par. He gained strokes in all five categories for the event, but most importantly an average of 1.22 tee to green. At TPC River Highlands, Frittelli has very little course history with only one start, which ended... Read More
Matthew Fitzpatrick Looks To Ride Hot Putter
Matthew Fitzpatrick, coming off a T16 finish at the RBC Heritage, will tee it up at the Travelers Championship for the first time. Fitzpatrick will arrive at TPC River Highlands in great form after making his last 20 cuts. Last week, Fitzpatrick gained an average of 1.48 strokes putting, good for sixth in the field.... Read More
Harold Varner III A Good Fit At Travelers
Harold Varner III lost strokes off the tee and barely gained on approach last weekend at RBC Heritage, which is certainly not the norm for a ball-striker such as Varner. In the Travelers Championship field, he is 30th in strokes gained off the tee and 23rd in strokes gained tee to green. If he can... Read More
Branden Grace Returns To TPC River Highlands
Branden Grace will tee it up this week at TPC River Highlands for the Travelers Championship and certainly doesn’t have the course history to suggest he will make a run. Grace has played here twice in the past (2015 and 2016), missing the cut both times. This season, Grace’s best finish was at the Waste... Read More
Brooks Koepka Withdraws From Travelers Championship
Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship after his caddie, Ricky Elliott, tested positive for COVID-19. Koepka and Elliott will now self-isolate for 10 days in order to mitigate risk of spreading the virus to others. It's unclear if Koepka was going to tee it up at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, but given the... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Looks To Bounce Back
Louis Oosthuizen is struggling to strike the golf ball currently, ranking 112nd in the field for strokes gained approach and 130th for strokes gained tee to green. His recent form includes missed cuts at the Honda Classic and RBC Heritage, while also finishing outside the top 50 at WGC Mexico and the Charles Schwab Challenge.... Read More
Bubba Watson A Three-Time Winner
Bubba Watson returns to TPC River Highlands, a course where he has won on three different occasions. Watson notched a win here in 2010, 2015 and 2018, while finishing in the top 10 in 2008, 2012 and 2013. His form has been decent this year, finishing T7 at the Charles Schwab, T6 at the Farmers... Read More
Cameron Champ Tests Positive For COVID-19
Cameron Champ, according to the PGA Tour, has tested positive for COVID-19. Champ will obviously not be in the field for the Travelers Championship and will be required to self isolate for 10 days. With this being the case, he will also miss the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The team at RotoBaller wishes Champ a quick... Read More
Corey Conners Looks To Ride Hot Irons
Corey Conners impressed during his first two rounds of the RBC Heritage, but unfortunately faded during the weekend due to a cold putter. This season, Conners has found success from the tee box, gaining 0.627 strokes off the tee, good for 11th in this field. Conners is also the best player in this field when... Read More
Scottie Scheffler Returns After Withdrawing
Scottie Scheffler will be teeing it up for the first time at TPC River Highlands this week after withdrawing before RBC Heritage. Scheffler’s game off the tee should help him this week, as he is averaging 0.967 strokes tee to green and 0.663 strokes off the tee, ranking 14th and ninth in this field, respectively.... Read More
Rickie Fowler Misses Another Cut
Rickie Fowler followed up his missed cut at the Charles Schwab Challenge with another at the RBC Heritage last week. Fowler is not in the field for the Travelers Challenge as he sets his sights on the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Fowler averaged 0.44 strokes gained approach at RBC Heritage and 0.16 at Colonial, which certainly... Read More
Keegan Bradley Returns To Action At Travelers
Keegan Bradley was not part of the field last week in Hilton Head, but he will tee it up at TPC River Highlands for the Tour’s third event post-shutdown. At the Charles Schwab Challenge, Bradley turned in a T32, shooting six-under par. Bradley has had success here at the Travelers Championship, finishing T2 in 2019... Read More
Matthew Fitzpatrick Returns To RBC Heritage
Matthew Fitzpatrick, coming off a T32 finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge, will tee it up in Harbour Town for the sixth time in seven years at a course he admittedly enjoys. Fitzpatrick’s best finish at an RBC Heritage is T14, which was in 2018. Last week, Fitzpatrick gained on average 1.35 strokes putting, which... Read More
Harold Varner III Looks To Maintain Form
After sharing the lead with Justin Rose after the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge, Harold Varner III unfortunately let the lead slip away, finishing T19 for the event. Varner brought his irons with him to Fort Worth, gaining on average 1.43 strokes on approach. He does not have the greatest course history here... Read More
Branden Grace Returns To Familiar Course
Branden Grace sets his sights this week on the RBC Heritage, an event he won in 2016. There was some weather and wind in 2016 at Harbour Town, but 2016 wasn’t the only year that Grace has found success here. He also turned in a T7 in 2015 and a T11 in 2017. This season,... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Has Had Success At RBC Heritage
Louis Oosthuizen returns to Harbour Town this week for the first time since 2015, a year in which he finished T7 by shooting 12-under par. For that tournament, Oosthuizen averaged 1.61 strokes gained on approach compared to the negative-0.67 and negative-0.56 averages at his two most recent tournaments -- WGC Mexico and the Charles Schwab... Read More
