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RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - The Players Championship
C'mon Rory, you gotta win that tournament! Ok...had to get that out of my system. My decision to burn Rory McIlroy at the Arnold Palmer Invitational sorta worked, as he nabbed a top-five and $330k for me. However, it was a tournament that was very winnable for him and that's what you're looking for when... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Set To Return To Action At The Players
Patrick Cantlay is set to tee it up in The Players Championship. It will be Cantlay's first start since a T17 finish at the Genesis Invitational nearly a month ago. The rising star's absence from competition was due to a surgical procedure to repair a deviated septum. Cantlay had previously had the same procedure done... Read More
Jim Furyk Looks To Make Another Run At The Players
Jim Furyk made a surprising charge at last year's Players Championship to log a surprising runner-up finish. The veteran was a dependable DFS option throughout 2019, but has struggled mightily this year. Furyk has missed the cut in all three of his starts in 2020. His recent poor results can be mostly attributed to a... Read More
Sungjae Im Heads To Sawgrass In Red-Hot Form
After winning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors last season, Sungjae Im is taking his game to the next level in 2020. The youngster captured the Honda Classic crown two weeks ago and almost went back-to-back before ultimately settling for a third-place finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The Korean prodigy will head to... Read More
Tony Finau Hopes To Rebound At TPC Sawgrass
Tony Finau heads to the upcoming Players Championship on the heels of a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Finau narrowly missed a win a month ago at the Waste Management Phoenix Open when he lost to Webb Simpson in a playoff. He's floundered in his two subsequent starts, but will look to rebound... Read More
Daniel Berger Looks To Continue Comeback At Players
Daniel Berger is in the field for the upcoming Players Championship. After battling a wrist injury for almost two seasons, Berger finally appears to be fully healthy and has played excellent golf in 2020. The two-time PGA Tour winner hasn't missed a cut since October and has recorded top-five finishes in his last two starts.... Read More
Joaquin Niemann Set To Make Players Championship Debut
Joaquin Niemann is set to make his Players Championship debut this week. The youngster from Chile logged his first PGA Tour victory at The Greenbrier during the fall season, but has slumped in 2020. Niemann has missed the cut in his last three starts and hasn't looked sharp since a top-five finish at the Sentry... Read More
Paul Casey Brings Hot Irons To TPC Sawgrass
Paul Casey is set to make his first start in two weeks at the upcoming Players Championship. The Englishman elected to skip both the Honda Classic and the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Prior to the break, Casey had been on fire with his irons and gained over five strokes on approach in his last two starts.... Read More
Henrik Stenson Looks To Rebound At Players Championship
Henrik Stenson finds himself in an unusual situation this week, as he looks to rebound from a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a tournament in which he has traditionally performed well. Last week's API was Stenson's first start on U.S. soil this year and hopefully helped him to knock off any rust. The... Read More
Marc Leishman Comes Up Short At Arnold Palmer Invitational
Marc Leishman almost nabbed his second win of 2020 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Sunday. The "Big Aussie" came up one-stroke shy of tournament winner Tyrell Hatton on a weekend that was marked by high scores and brutal conditions. Leishman will now head to this week's Players Championship with loads of positive momentum. The veteran... Read More
Matt Kuchar Has Strong Track Record At The Players
Matt Kuchar heads to this week's Players Championship in sharp form. The veteran scored an international win at the Singapore Open earlier this year and has logged four top-25 finishes over six PGA Tour starts in 2020. Kuchar is a former Players Championship winner and has made four straight cuts at TPC Sawgrass. His course... Read More
Justin Rose Heads To Players Championship In Shaky Form
Consistency hasn't been a problem for Justin Rose in recent years, but the world's former top-ranked player has struggled to find his form in 2020. The Englishman heads to this week's Players Championship fresh off a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and he's now failed to make the weekend in three of his... Read More
Jon Rahm Has Unfinished Business At The Players
Jon Rahm heads to the upcoming Players Championship as one of the hottest golfers in the world. The fiery Spaniard has some unfinished business at TPC Sawgrass, as a final-round collapse in last year's Players sent him tumbling down the leaderboard and into a tie for 12th place. The knock on Rahm is his mental... Read More
PGA DFS Tournament Preview: THE PLAYERS Championship
Hi RotoBallers! In our ongoing attempt to expand and improve our PGA coverage, we will be dropping a 'Tournament Preview' for some of the big events on the PGA Tour schedule. We're getting this new series kicked off this week with the 'Fifth Major', THE PLAYERS Championship! We hope this preview will give you a... Read More
Tiger Woods Will Miss The Players Championship
This week's Players Championship will have a field full of elite golfers, but the biggest name in the sport won't tee it up at TPC Sawgrass. Tiger Woods announced last week that he will be forced to miss the "fifth major" due to a back injury. All signs indicate that this is a precautionary measure,... Read More
Horse For The Course: PGA DFS (Course History) - Arnold Palmer Invitational
Hello again PGA family and thanks for joining me here at RotoBaller! It seemed inevitable that Sungjae Im would soon win on the PGA Tour and the "hardest working man in golf" pulled it off Sunday at the Honda Classic, as the 21-year-old thrived in what was a pressure-packed back nine down the stretch to... Read More
PGA DFS: DraftKings Core Four - Arnold Palmer Invitational
All other PGA Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Hello RotoBallers and thanks for joining me for the Arnold Palmer Invitational! In this article you will find my four favorite overall DraftKings DFS lineup plays for this week's PGA tournament. The 'Core Four' will usually be spread across different DraftKings price points,... Read More
PGA DFS: Expert Roundtable - Arnold Palmer Invitational
Please enjoy this PGA Premium article free for a limited time. Hello RotoBallers and thanks for joining us for the Arnold Palmer Invitational! This is a new article that we're offering each week as part of our PGA Premium subscription, and we hope that you will find it useful. Be sure also to read all... Read More
Rookie Collin Morikawa Continues To Produce
After a splashy start to his professional career in 2019 that included a win at the Barracuda Championship, Collin Morikawa has continued to produce impressive results during his rookie campaign on the PGA Tour. In 10 starts this season, Morikawa has recorded six top-25 finishes with two top-10 results. The youngster out of Cal will... Read More
Viktor Hovland Looks To Rebound At Bay Hill
It has been a roller coaster couple of weeks for Viktor Hovland. The rising star notched his first PGA Tour win two weeks ago at the Puerto Rico Open, but followed it up with a disastrous appearance at last week's Honda Classic that resulted in a missed cut. We have to imagine that his poor... Read More
Phil Mickelson Still A Risky DFS Proposition
Phil Mickelson finally showed some signs of life at the beginning of February by logging a T3 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but his performance in that event is a bit misleading when taking into consideration that he lost strokes on approach. It was the same story for the veteran at Riviera, when he... Read More
Slumping Rickie Fowler Heads To Bay Hill
Rickie Fowler has long been one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour, but the fan favorite heads to this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational with his game out of sorts. Fowler missed the cut at last week's Honda Classic, a tournament in which he's a former winner. It was his second missed cut... Read More
Marc Leishman A Former Champion At Bay Hill
Marc Leishman is off to a fantastic start this year. The "Big Aussie" found the winner's circle at the Farmers Insurance Open at the end of January and this week heads to a Bay Hill course on which he won the 2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Much has been made about Leishman's hot putting week at... Read More
Maverick McNealy Looks To Stay Hot At Arnold Palmer
Maverick McNealy is a former college star that is making some noise on the PGA Tour this season. After something of a shaky start to his professional career that included a stint on the Korn Ferry Tour, McNealy is finally flashing the talent that was apparent during his college days. He's ran off 11 straight... Read More
Tony Finau Back In Action At Arnold Palmer Invitational
Tony Finau will return to action this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Finau has teed it up four times in 2020, but elected to take the last two weeks off. This will be his first trip to Bay Hill since a T28 outing in the 2017 API. The young star has looked sharp this... Read More
Joaquin Niemann Heads To Bay Hill In Cold Form
Joaquin Niemann nabbed his first PGA Tour win at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier back in September, but his game has been out of sorts in 2020. Niemann missed his second straight cut at last week's Honda Classic with uninspiring rounds of 74 and 71. The Chilean will attempt to find his form in... Read More
Bubba Watson Looks To Keep Strong Season Going
Bubba Watson has played well in 2020, with a top-10 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open and a top-five outing at the Waste Management Phoenix Open already under his belt this year. Watson will look to keep his hot play going as he heads to Florida for this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The "Florida Swing"... Read More
Henrik Stenson Has Elite Course History At Bay Hill
Henrik Stenson is set to make his first start in the United States this year at the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational. Stenson has played sparingly since a win at the Hero Challenge in December and has teed it up just twice on the Euro Tour in 2020. His track record at Bay Hill is elite,... Read More
Justin Rose Looks To Rebound At Bay Hill
It has been a somewhat rocky start to 2020 for Justin Rose. The Englishman shot 72-74 to miss the cut at last week's Honda Classic. It marked his second missed cut in his last three starts on the PGA Tour. Rose will attempt to get back on track in this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, a... Read More
Sungjae Im Grabs First PGA Tour Win At Honda
Sungjae Im recorded his first PGA Tour victory Sunday at the Honda Classic. The 21-year-old played aggressively down the stretch at PGA National to fire a final-round 66 and finish at six-under par for the tournament. Im finished one shot clear of Mackenzie Hughes and two strokes ahead of Tommy Fleetwood. The South Korean was... Read More
