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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Travelers Championship
How about that U.S. Open? Gary Woodland held off Brooks Koepka to win the first major championship of his career. Woodland won at 13-under-par, not exactly the type of score we were expecting for a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. The unpredictable weather that we've seen at Pebble in years past never showed up and... Read More
Tiger Woods Grinds Out Opening-Round 70
The first round of the 2019 U.S. Open proved to be a grind for the man that made Pebble Beach look easy in 2000. Tiger Woods shot an opening-round 70 Thursday, but it was apparent that his game wasn't fully clicking. The 15-time major winner overcame a double-bogey on the fifth hole to shoot one-under... Read More
Justin Rose Grabs First-Round Lead At U.S. Open
Justin Rose might have headed to this week's U.S. Open flying under the radar, but the Englishman grabbed everyone's attention Thursday. Rose tied the U.S. Open record of lowest round at Pebble Beach with an opening-round 65. The outing put him at six-under par, one shot clear of a group of four players at five-under... Read More
Shane Lowry Heads To Pebble Beach In Red-Hot Form
Shane Lowry is set to play in the 2019 U.S. Open. Lowry heads to Pebble Beach Golf Links in red-hot form. The Irishman logged a runner-up finish in last week's RBC Canadian Open. It was the third consecutive top-10 outing for Lowry. He has a Euro Tour win to his credit earlier this season and... Read More
Marc Leishman Finds Putting Stroke At Memorial
Marc Leishman kicked off the season in blistering fashion with a win in the fall and multiple top-five finishes to begin 2019. Leishman's game has dropped off dramatically over the past few months. His poor results can be attributed to a stretch of ice-cold putting. However, the 'Big Aussie' seemed to rediscover his putting stroke... Read More
Does Bubba Watson Fit At Pebble Beach?
Bubba Watson is set to tee it up in the 2019 U.S. Open. Watson has traditionally struggled in USGA events, with his best U.S. Open finish coming back in 2007 at Oakmont. Pebble Beach doesn't profile as a great fit for his aggressive style off the tee and he is prone to mental lapses on... Read More
Matt Kuchar A Rock-Solid Option
Matt Kuchar has suffered through some controversial moments this season, but he is playing perhaps the finest golf of his career. After suffering a minor setback with a missed cut at the Memorial, Kuchar bounced back with a T4 at the RBC Canadian Open. He heads to the U.S. Open in great shape to contend.... Read More
Rickie Fowler Still Searching For First Major
Rickie Fowler is in the 2019 U.S. Open field. Fowler heads to Pebble Beach Golf Links in search of his first career major championship title. We've seen the fan favorite routinely play well in golf's biggest tournaments, but he is yet to lift a piece of major hardware. Fowler's spotty history at Pebble Beach is... Read More
Don't Sleep On Kevin Na This Week
Kevin Na is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Na heads to Pebble Beach still riding high from a victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge last month. It was the third win of his PGA Tour career and second title in less than a year. Na's lack of distance takes him out of... Read More
Jim Furyk A Solid Option At Pebble Beach
Jim Furyk is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Furyk, now free of his Ryder Cup captaincy responsibilities, has experienced something of a career renaissance this year. The 49-year-old has logged three top-10s in 16 starts this season, including a runner-up finish at the Players Championship. The veteran's 'fairways-and-greens' playing style should serve... Read More
Patrick Reed Brings Poor Form To Pebble Beach
Patrick Reed is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Reed heads to Pebble Beach in questionable form. He hasn't logged a top-25 finish in a stroke-play event since the WGC-Mexico in February. The 28-year-old has never produced eye-popping statistics, but he's been especially bad this year according to the numbers. He currently stands... Read More
Phil Mickelson Still Chasing U.S. Open Win
Phil Mickelson is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Mickelson heads to Pebble Beach in search of the one major championship title that has eluded him. The 48-year-old has suffered multiple heartbreaking misses in America's national championship. This year's U.S. Open might be his last realistic chance to capture the title and complete... Read More
Brooks Koepka Eyes U.S. Open Three-Peat
Brooks Koepka heads to Pebble Beach Golf Links this week with his eyes on a third consecutive U.S. Open title. Koepka bullied both the field and Bethpage Black in his most recent win at the PGA Championship. The 29-year-old has emerged as a dominating force in professional golf and has won four of the last... Read More
Paul Casey Looks For Repeat Performance At Pebble Beach
Paul Casey is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Casey will look to repeat his performance of earlier this year at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The Englishman scored a runner-up finish in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February. He has been a bit erratic in 2019, with a win at the Valspar... Read More
Is Justin Rose Being Overlooked This Week?
Justin Rose is set to tee it up in the 2019 U.S. Open. Despite scoring a victory earlier this year at the Farmers, Rose seems to be a forgotten man as he heads to Pebble Beach Golf Links. The 2018 FedEx Cup champion hasn't exhibited the consistent form he displayed last season, but must still... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Looks To Take Major Step
Patrick Cantlay is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Cantlay heads to his native California riding high after a victory at the Memorial two weeks ago. The young star will look to add a major championship to his resume at Pebble Beach Golf Links. He has played well in both of this year's... Read More
Henrik Stenson Brings Scorching Irons To Pebble Beach
Henrik Stenson is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Stenson heads to Pebble Beach with a set of scorching irons in tow. The 'Iceman' logged a T8 last week at the RBC Canadian Open and has now gained strokes on approach in nine consecutive tournaments. Despite his mind-boggling iron play, he has struggled... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: 2019 U.S. Open DFS Bible
Hello RotoBallers and PGA DFS fans! It's hard to believe that we are already talking about the third major championship of 2019, but here we are. The USGA is taking it old school and heading to Pebble Beach, one of the most well-known golf courses in the world. It will be the sixth U.S. Open... Read More
Webb Simpson Heads To Pebble Beach Looking Sharp
Webb Simpson is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Simpson heads to Pebble Beach in sharp form. He turned in a sterling performance in last week's RBC Canadian Open and finished in a share of second place. The 2012 U.S. Open champion is no stranger to winning big tournaments and his lack of... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - 2019 U.S. Open
What is up RotoBallers? Rory McIlroy turned what had been a tight RBC Canadian Open through 54 holes into a blowout Sunday afternoon. The only drama available down the stretch was Rory's chance to shoot 59 (58 was even a possibility at one point). Hamilton Golf & Country Club was a very suitable host of... Read More
Tiger Woods Returns To Pebble Beach
Tiger Woods is in the field for the 2019 U.S. Open. Woods heads back to Pebble Beach Golf Links for the first time since 2010, when he logged a T4 in the national championship. The 15-time major winner dominated Pebble Beach at the 2000 U.S. Open when he finished at 12-under par, 15 shots clear... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - RBC Canadian Open
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
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - RBC Canadian Open
Hello RotoBallers and welcome back to HFTC! Patrick Cantlay came up huge with a final-round 64 at Muirfield Village to win the Memorial at 19-under par over Adam Scott and Martin Kaymer. It was the 27-year-old's second PGA Tour victory and I get the feeling that there are many more to come. Cantlay has an... Read More
Matt Kuchar Looks To Rebound In Canada
Matt Kuchar is listed as in the field for this week's RBC Canadian Open. Kuchar heads to Ontario fresh off a missed cut at the Memorial. His early exit at Muirfield Village was his first missed cut of the 2018-19 season and came as a shock to his DFS backers. The veteran is a safe... Read More
Tony Finau Disappoints At Memorial
Tony Finau suffered an early exit from last week's Memorial tournament. Finau struggled with rounds of 77 and 74 to badly miss the cut at Muirfield Village. It was a disappointing effort from the young star who headed to Ohio on the heels of a runner-up finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Finau sputtered in... Read More
Tiger Woods Finishes Strong At Memorial
Tiger Woods logged a T9 at the Memorial with a 72-hole total of 279. The finish was powered by a vintage Sunday charge from the five-time Memorial champion. Woods racked up five birdies en route to a blistering front-nine 31. After two more birdies on the back nine, it looked as though the 43-year-old might... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Scores Huge Win At Memorial
Patrick Cantlay fired a blistering final-round 64 to win the Memorial tournament Sunday at Muirfield Village. Cantlay finished at 19-under par to overcome 54-hole leader Martin Kaymer and hold off a charging Adam Scott. He will take home over $1.6 million for the win. It is the 27-year-old's second victory on the PGA Tour and... Read More
Branden Grace Mired In Slump
Branden Grace is in the field for this week's Memorial. Grace heads to Ohio mired in a slump. The South African hasn't recorded a top-25 finish in a stroke-play event since a runner-up finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February. He is currently struggling in all facets of the game, but his biggest... Read More
Keegan Bradley's Game Fits Muirfield Village
Keegan Bradley is in the field for the upcoming Memorial. Bradley has had a solid, but unremarkable 2019. Bradley has made the cut in 14 of his 16 starts this season with two top-10 finishes. He heads to Muirfield Village ranked third on the PGA Tour in strokes gained: approach. Bradley's sharp iron play should... Read More
Kevin Na Withdraws From The Memorial
Kevin Na picked up the third victory of his PGA Tour career at last week's Charles Schwab Challenge. Na was scheduled to tee it up in the upcoming Memorial, but has withdrawn from the event following his win in Texas last week. The veteran missed the cut in his most recent start at Muirfield Village... Read More
