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Jason Day’s Putter Kept Him In Touch At The Players
Jason Day put his back problems aside last week at the Players Championship, getting himself into contention before settling for a T8 finish. The Australian gained strokes over the field in every significant strokes gained category for the four days, with his putting being particularly good at Sawgrass. Day gained 4.7 strokes over the field... Read More
Sergio Garcia Keeps Solid Run Going
Sergio Garcia produced a decent display at last week’s Players Championship on his way to a T22 finish. The Spaniard gained 3.6 strokes over the field with the flat-stick last week which is the best he has performed on the greens at any event in over 12 months. However, the Spaniard struggled around the greens,... Read More
Jon Rahm Back In Action At The Valspar
After a stunning blow up on the 11th hole while in the lead at the Players Championship, Jon Rahm is set to go again this week at the Valspar as he seeks his first title of 2019. Besides the confusing water ball incident on Sunday, Rahm performed excellently at TPC Sawgrass, particularly with his irons.... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - The PLAYERS Championship
Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud to announce the addition of a weekly PGA “One and Done” column. In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Gianni Magliocco will... Read More
Francesco Molinari Triumphs At Bay Hill
Francesco Molinari reigned supreme at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, producing a brilliant Sunday round to take the title. Making his debut as a Callaway staffer, Molinari shot a superb round of 64 on Sunday, and over the four days, it was the Italian’s hot putter which made the difference. Molinari gained 6.8 strokes over... Read More
Xander Schauffele Back In Action At TPC Sawgrass
Xander Schauffele returns to action this week at the Players. Schauffele has been out of action since the WGC-Mexico, where the Californian finished T14. Schauffele has gained strokes over the field in both strokes gained approaching the green and strokes gained putting in each event he has played in 2019. Schauffele has only played the... Read More
Kevin Kisner Continues Steady Form
Kevin Kisner continued his decent run of form at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Kisner finished the event T23 which is his best finish so far in 2019. Kisner has made every cut thus far in 2019, and he has now recorded four successive top-30 finishes. The American produced his best display of the year... Read More
Patrick Reed Struggles At Bay Hill
Patrick Reed failed to get going at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Reed finished the event T50 which is his worst finish so far in 2019. Reed’s play off the tee has been spotty so far this year, and last week he really struggled in this department, losing almost 2.5 strokes to the field with... Read More
Rafa Cabrera Bello Produces His Best At Bay Hill
Rafa Cabrera Bello produced his best performance of the year last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The Spaniard finished the event T3, and it was his work on the greens that was truly impressive. Cabrera Bello gained almost six strokes over the field with the flat-stick, which is easily his best work on the... Read More
Bubba Watson Shines With His Irons At Bay Hill
Bubba Watson produced a solid display at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, finishing the event at T17. What’s even more encouraging for Watson is that the American produced his best display of the year with his irons. Watson gained 6.4 strokes over the field for his approach play last week, which is his best performance... Read More
Jason Day To Tee It Up At Sawgrass
Jason Day’s back forced the Australian to withdraw after just six holes at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Day stated how he struggled to walk the week prior to the event, and he took time off after the tournament to visit Magic Kingdom with his family. The Australian has stated how he is healthy now... Read More
Brooks Koepka Misses First Cut Of The Year
Brooks Koepka missed his first cut of the year at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. It is Koepka’s first missed cut on Tour since July, and the American struggled primarily with his irons and flat-stick at Bay Hill. Koepka lost over two strokes on the greens for the two days of play, and he has... Read More
Rickie Fowler Struggles Off The Tee At Bay Hill
Rickie Fowler struggled at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week on his way to a T40 finish. Fowler’s main issues were with his driver at Bay Hill, with the American losing almost three strokes to the field off the tee. Fowler will look to put that right at TPC Sawgrass this week. Fowler won the... Read More
Hideki Matsuyama Suffers Worst Week Of Career On Greens
Hideki Matsuyama suffered a disaster on the greens at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. The Japanese star recorded his worst ever strokes gained putting total at an event last week, losing 8.3 strokes to the field in this department. Remarkably, Matsuyama still managed to record a respectable T33 finish, which was down to his solid... Read More
Sergio Garcia In Good Form Heading To The Players
Sergio Garcia heads to TPC Sawgrass in good form. Garcia has recorded back-to-back top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in his last two starts, and his ball striking has been particularly impressive in that period. On both occasions, Garcia gained over seven strokes approaching the green over the field. The Spaniard won the Players back... Read More
Jon Rahm Returns To Action At Sawgrass
Jon Rahm returns to action this week at the Players, hoping to improve on a disappointing display in his last outing. Rahm finished T45 at the WGC-Mexico and suffered both with his irons and on the greens. Rahm lost 4.7 strokes to the field for his approach play that week and over three strokes to... Read More
Charley Hoffman Returning To Action
Charley Hoffman will make his first start since the Genesis Open at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Hoffman’s best finish of the year came in Phoenix where he finished T20, but since then he has struggled, finishing T60 at Pebble Beach before missing the cut at Riviera. Hoffman has a fine record at the Arnold... Read More
Francesco Molinari Teeing It Up At Bay Hill
Francesco Molinari returns to action this week, making his debut as a member of Callaway Golf’s staff. It will be just Molinari’s third start on Tour this year, who finished T26 at the Tournament of Champions and then T17 at the WGC-Mexico. Molinari has an excellent record at this week’s event. Since 2013, Molinari has... Read More
Kevin Kisner Looking To Keep Solid Form Going
Kevin Kisner has played well recently after struggling to begin the year. In his last three outings, Kisner has recorded top-30 finishes in all three, and on all three occasions, Kisner did his best work with the flat-stick. The American gained strokes over the field in all three of those events on the greens. Around... Read More
Patrick Reed In Good Form Heading To Bay Hill
Patrick Reed is back in action this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Reed has had an excellent start to the year, recording five consecutive top-25 finishes to begin his year. The best of those finishes is a T13 finish at both the Sony and Farmers, while on his last outing, Reed finished T14 at... Read More
Brian Harman Suffers Nightmare At Honda Classic
Brian Harman will hope to erase the memories of last week’s Honda Classic when he tees it up at Bay Hill this Thursday. Harman suffered a nightmare at PGA National and lost an enormous 8.1 strokes to the field for his approach play over just two days of action. That performance with his irons is... Read More
Rafa Cabrera Bello Ready To Make Debut At Bay Hill
Rafa Cabrera Bello will tee it up at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational looking to keep his hot start to 2019 going. The Spaniard has recorded three consecutive top-25 finishes to begin his year, including his best finish so far this year at his last outing in Mexico where he finished T19. Over his previous... Read More
Hideki Matsuyama Looking To Improve Bay Hill Form
Hideki Matsuyama will look to keep his top-20 streak going at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Matsuyama has recorded four consecutive top-20 finishes, including a T19 finish at his last outing at the WGC-Mexico. Over his previous 50 rounds, Matsuyama leads this week’s field for strokes gained approaching the green. The Japanese star has struggled... Read More
Brooks Koepka Produces Excellent Display At Honda Classic
Brooks Koepka will hope to go one better than last week when he tees it up at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday. Koepka produced an excellent display at the Honda Classic last week, recording a runner-up finish. Koepka recorded his best performance with his putter at PGA National since his win at the PGA... Read More
Rickie Fowler In Top Form Heading To Bay Hill
Rickie Fowler will hope to keep his excellent run of form going at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Fowler came agonizingly close to making it two wins in 2019 at last week's Honda Classic. Fowler birdied the final two holes of the event but was thwarted in the end by a birdie on the final... Read More
Bubba Watson Set To Play API
Bubba Watson will tee it up at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, hoping to have found what was missing for him at the WGC-Mexico. Watson performed very poorly that week in Mexico with his irons, losing over four strokes to the field in this department. Watson finished T4 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational back in... Read More
Jason Day Looking For Title No. 2 At Bay Hill
Jason Day returns to action at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, an event which he has performed well at in the past. Day won the event back in 2016, and in his last four appearances at Bay Hill, the Australian has finished no worse than T23. Day has recorded back-to-back top-five finishes heading into this week’s... Read More
Sergio Garcia Teeing It Up At Honda Classic
Sergio Garcia will begin as one of the favorites at this week’s Honda Classic. Garcia has a fine record at the event, finishing runner-up back in 2016. Garcia is also coming off an excellent showing at last week’s WGC-Mexico. The Spaniard finished the tournament T6 and excelled with his iron play over the four days,... Read More
Joel Dahmen Looking To End Missed Cut Streak
Joel Dahmen returns to action at this week’s Honda Classic. Dahmen has missed his last two cuts on the PGA Tour after beginning the year brightly. Tee to green, Dahmen has lost strokes to the field in three successive events. Dahmen is making his second appearance at the Honda Classic this week. In 2018, Dahmen... Read More
Chris Kirk In Dismal Form Ahead Of Honda Classic
Chris Kirk will tee it up at this week’s Honda Classic looking to put an end to his horrific run of form. Kirk has missed the cut in four out of five events he has teed it up at this year, including last week’s Puerto Rico Open. Kirk’s putting has been particularly poor as of... Read More
