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Keith Mitchell Has Struggled On Poa Annua Greens
Keith Mitchell is in the field for the 2019 PGA Championship. It will be the second major championship start of Mitchell's career. The UGA alum scored a breakthrough victory at the Honda Classic earlier this year and has grown in popularity with DFS regulars. While Mitchell is a tremendous ball striker, he has struggled terribly... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: One and Done Staff Picks - 2019 PGA 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
Webb Simpson Will Rely On Short Game At Bethpage
Webb Simpson is in the field for the 2019 PGA Championship. Simpson heads to New York off a strong trio of recent outings that included a T5 at the Masters. The 2012 U.S. Open champion is no stranger to tough golf courses, but his lack of distance off the tee will put him at a... Read More
Tony Finau Looks To Continue Strong Play In Majors
Tony Finau is in the field for the 101st PGA Championship. After a breakthrough season in 2018, Finau's play this year has been slightly underwhelming. Despite several mediocre finishes this season, the young star showed up in a big way at the year's first major championship. Finau had a legitimate chance to win the Masters... Read More
Ian Poulter Looks To Continue Great Season At Bethpage
Ian Poulter is in the field for the 101st PGA Championship. Poulter is having a tremendous season in 2019 and heads to Bethpage fresh off a top-10 finish at the RBC Heritage. The Englishman hasn't missed a cut in 11 starts this season and made his presence known at Augusta National with a T12 in... Read More
Bubba Watson Has Strong History At Bethpage
Bubba Watson is in the field for the 101st PGA Championship. Watson heads to Bethpage State Park with a history of strong performances on the notoriously tough track. In three career starts at Bethpage, Watson has finished no worse than tied for 18th. He will look to take advantage of his length off the tee... Read More
Branden Grace Heads To PGA In Slump
Branden Grace is in the field for the 101st PGA Championship. Grace heads to Bethpage State Park in a slump. The normally-reliable South African hasn't logged a top-50 tournament finish since his strong run at the WGC-Dell Match Play in March. The 30-year-old is finding life difficult on the greens in 2019 and ranks just... Read More
Patrick Cantlay A Dark-Horse Contender At The PGA
Patrick Cantlay is in the field for the 2019 PGA Championship. Cantlay has garnered attention over the past year with his strong tee-to-green game. The young star made an impressive weekend push at the Masters last month before ultimately finishing in a tie for ninth place. Cantlay followed that outing with a strong T3 performance... Read More
Francesco Molinari Takes Aim At Another Major Title
Francesco Molinari is in the field for the upcoming PGA Championship. Molinari will take aim at another major championship title after suffering a heartbreaking loss at the Masters last month. The Italian captured the 2018 Open Championship and has established himself as one of the best players in the world. He picked up a victory... Read More
Phil Mickelson Hopes To Turn Back Time At Bethpage
Phil Mickelson is in the field for the upcoming PGA Championship. Mickelson heads to New York in hopes of turning back time in a major championship. 'Lefty' has played beautifully in his two previous major starts at Bethpage Black, logging runner-up finishes at both U.S. Opens that have been held on the Long Island track.... Read More
Matt Kuchar Has Struggled At Bethpage
Matt Kuchar is in the field for the upcoming PGA Championship. Kuchar has enjoyed a terrific season by any measure, as he's logged two victories and four top-10 finishes in just 13 starts. The veteran heads to New York fresh off a runner-up finish in his most recent outing at the RBC Heritage. Though his... Read More
Questions Surround Marc Leishman
Marc Leishman heads to this week's PGA Championship surrounded by question marks. Leishman is currently listed as in the Bethpage field, but withdrew from last week's AT&T Byron Nelson at a late hour with a reported back injury. After a blazing start to the season, things have cooled off considerably for the 'Big Aussie'. He... Read More
Rickie Fowler Chasing First Major Championship
Rickie Fowler is in the field for the 101st PGA Championship. Fowler heads to Bethpage is search of his first major championship victory. The fan favorite recorded a top-10 finish last month at the Masters, but still hasn't been able to capture one of golf's most elusive titles in his 10-year career. Fowler has been... Read More
Henrik Stenson Brings Sharp Iron Play To PGA
Henrik Stenson is in the field for the 2019 PGA Championship. Stenson heads to Bethpage fresh off a T20 outing at the AT&T Byron Nelson. The Swede has been red hot with his irons as of late and is averaging 5.4 strokes gained on approaches over his last five tournaments. The 'Iceman' just needs to... Read More
Paul Casey Looks To Improve At PGA Championship
Paul Casey is in the field for the upcoming 2019 PGA Championship. Casey will look to improve on his first major championship start of the season, a disastrous missed cut at the Masters that included an opening-round 81. The Englishman bounced back nicely with a top-five outing at the recent Wells Fargo Championship. The veteran... Read More
All Eyes Are On Tiger Woods At PGA Championship
Tiger Woods is set to play in the 2019 PGA Championship. It will be Woods' first action since his historic win at the Masters last month. The newly-minted 15-time major champion will take aim at Bethpage Black this week, the same course where he won the 2002 U.S. Open. The 43-year-old has battled injuries and... Read More
Justin Rose Looks To Find Major Form At PGA
Justin Rose is in the field for the 2019 PGA Championship. Rose will look to regain his steady major championship form after he logged a disappointing missed cut at the Masters last month. The Englishman looked sharp two weeks ago in a third-place performance at the Wells Fargo Championship. Rose's previous outings at this week's... Read More
Charles Howell III Withdraws From Byron Nelson
Charles Howell III has withdrawn from the AT&T Byron Nelson. Howell is citing a hip injury as the reason for his early Dallas exit. The veteran finished the first round with a one-over par 72, but has elected not to return for the second round. This is the latest in a rash of withdrawals by... Read More
Marc Leishman Withdraws From AT&T Byron Nelson
Marc Leishman has withdrawn from the AT&T Byron Nelson with a back injury. The news comes as a shock to those that rostered the Aussie in fantasy formats this week. There had been no indication throughout the week that Leishman was injured or a possible candidate to withdraw. His DFS backers will not be pleased,... Read More
Sungjae Im Stays In Action At Byron Nelson
Sungjae Im is set to play in the upcoming AT&T Byron Nelson. Im is quickly earning a reputation as the hardest working man in professional golf and continues to tee it up in almost every event on the schedule. The young South Korean has already made 21 starts during his rookie season on the PGA... Read More
Charles Howell III Looks To Rebound From Missed Cuts
Charles Howell III is set to play in the upcoming AT&T Byron Nelson. Howell heads to Dallas fresh off back-to-back missed cuts at the RBC Heritage and Wells Fargo Championship. Trinity Forest Golf Club provides a nice bounce-back opportunity for the veteran, as he logged a T9 in last year's Nelson. 'CH3' is having his... Read More
Daniel Berger Struggling To Regain Form
Daniel Berger is set to tee it up in the AT&T Byron Nelson. Berger has been attempting to come back from a wrist injury this season but is still struggling to regain his prior form. The talented 26-year-old already has two PGA Tour victories on his resume, but Berger has failed to log a top-25... Read More
Marc Leishman Aims For Repeat Performance At Trinity Forest
Marc Leishman is in the field for this week's AT&T Byron Nelson. Leishman will look to repeat his performance from last year's Nelson, when he logged a runner-up finish at 20-under par. The 'Big Aussie' fired an opening-round 61 at Trinity Forest last year, but couldn't hold off eventual champion Aaron Wise. After a blistering... Read More
Alex Noren Set To Make AT&T Byron Nelson Debut
Alex Noren is in the field for this week's AT&T Byron Nelson. It will be his first career start in the event. Noren has suffered through some abysmal play in 2019 but has looked better in his last two starts -- a T62 at the Masters and a T28 at the RBC Heritage. The Swede... Read More
Henrik Stenson Looks For Breakthrough In Dallas
Henrik Stenson is set to play in the upcoming AT&T Byron Nelson. Stenson heads to Dallas in search of a breakthrough performance. The Swede has been solid as of late but has yet to put himself in position to win a tournament this year. He logged a T28 in last week's Wells Fargo Championship on... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - AT&T Byron Nelson
Welcome back RotoBallers! Max Homa? How many of you guys had him winning the Wells Fargo? Yeah...me neither. Homa's victory is a nice reminder that these guys on the PGA Tour are good, ALL of them. While we didn't discuss Homa in last week's article, the Wells Fargo went well for our Horses. We nabbed... Read More
Joaquin Niemann Still Struggling On The Greens
Joaquin Niemann is in the field for the upcoming Wells Fargo Championship. The youngster from Chile exploded onto the professional golf scene last year with his dynamic ball striking, but 2019 has been a different story for the 20-year-old. Niemann has been held back by his struggles on the greens and ranks just 208th on... Read More
Sam Burns Is Trending Up
Sam Burns is in the field for the upcoming Wells Fargo Championship. The 22-year-old has been labeled a future star by many in the golf community. Burns' recent play has demonstrated his potential, as he's ran off nine straight made cuts and recorded a top-10 in his most recent outing at the RBC Heritage. The... Read More
Sungjae Im Set To Make Wells Fargo Debut
Sungjae Im is in the field for this week's Wells Fargo Championship. It will be his first career start at Quail Hollow. The young South Korean has made a big impression during his rookie season on the PGA Tour. Im has already recorded three top-five finishes this season and appears to be a star in... Read More
Daniel Berger Plagued By Inconsistent Play
Daniel Berger is set to tee it up in this week's Wells Fargo Championship. Berger has never missed a cut in this event in four career starts, but his play has been inconsistent throughout 2019. A two-time winner on the PGA Tour, Berger has been attempting to come back from a wrist injury that derailed... Read More
