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Jim Furyk Eyes Third RBC Heritage Title
Jim Furyk is set to tee it up in this week's RBC Heritage. Furyk heads to South Carolina in search of his third Heritage title. The veteran won at Harbour Town in 2010 and 2015. He is the tournament's all-time leading money winner. In addition to his elite course history, Furyk has been in tremendous... Read More
Sungjae Im Set To Make RBC Heritage Debut
Sungjae Im is in the field for this week's RBC Heritage. It will be the young South Korean's Harbour Town debut. Im has quickly played his way into the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year conversation. The 21-year-old ranks 20th on the Tour in strokes gained: tee to green and he has notched two top-five... Read More
Ian Poulter Looks To Continue Success At Heritage
Ian Poulter is scheduled to tee it up in the upcoming RBC Heritage. Poulter has found a great deal of success in this tournament throughout his career and most recently logged a T7 in last year's edition. The Englishman has performed well in 2019. He rolls into Hilton Head on the heels of a strong... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - RBC Heritage
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 Heritage
Wow! Can you believe what we just saw? Tiger Woods captured his fifth Masters title and 15th (!) major championship in a performance for the ages. It was Woods' first major championship win since the 2008 U.S. Open and was a storybook moment in what might be the greatest comeback story in the history of... Read More
Thorbjorn Olesen Surprises At Augusta
Thorbjorn Olesen recorded a T21 in the 2019 Masters. It was a surprisingly strong performance from the talented, but streaky Dane. Olesen had struggled with his game in 2019 and his recent form gave little indication that he would play well at Augusta. A third-round 68 put him in the mix, but a Sunday 73... Read More
Branden Grace Underwhelms At Augusta National
Branden Grace recorded a T58 in the 2019 Masters. It was an underwhelming performance from the South African that had logged a T24 in last year's Masters. Grace squeaked into the weekend at three-over par but was never in serious contention at Augusta National. Outside of a runner-up finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open,... Read More
Matt Kuchar Logs Another Solid Masters Finish
It was business as usual for Matt Kuchar at Augusta National. Kuchar recorded a T12 finish in the 2019 Masters. It was his seventh top-25 finish in the last eight years at Augusta. The veteran entered Sunday within striking distance of the lead, but could only manage an even-par 72 in the final round. It's... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Has Sizzling Weekend At Masters
Patrick Cantlay recorded a T9 finish in the 2019 Masters. It was the best Masters finish of his young career. The rising superstar made a serious run at the green jacket with rounds of 64 and 68 over the weekend. Cantlay briefly had the lead Sunday after an eagle on the par-five 15th, but proceeded... Read More
Tony Finau Comes Up Short At Augusta
Tony Finau recorded a T5 at the 2019 Masters. It was Finau's best career finish in the tournament and a strong follow-up to his T10 finish in last year's edition. The young star entered the final round just two shots off the lead, but never really got things going Sunday and settled for an even-par... Read More
Alex Noren Makes Masters Cut For First Time
Alex Noren finished tied for 62nd at the 2019 Masters. His total of eight-over par wasn't pretty, but it marked the first time that Noren made the cut in a Masters. The Swede has struggled horribly for the majority of 2019, but was able to sneak into the weekend with a score of three-over par... Read More
Phil Mickelson Fades At Masters
Phil Mickelson logged a T18 finish in the 2019 Masters. Mickelson fired an opening-round 67 to put himself squarely in contention, but failed to break 70 in any of his subsequent rounds. Despite fading over the weekend, it was still Mickelson's best Masters finish since a T2 in 2015. The 48-year-old has shown that he... Read More
Webb Simpson Records Career-Best Masters Finish
Webb Simpson finished the 2019 Masters at 11-under par, good for a share of fifth place. The T5 marks the best Masters finish of his career. Simpson's best previous outing at Augusta National was a T20 that he logged last year. He skyrocketed up the leaderboard Saturday with a dazzling eight-under par 64 in the... Read More
Tiger Woods Captures Fifth Masters Title
Tiger Woods captured his fifth Masters title Sunday. It was a storybook punctuation on what has been an extraordinary comeback for Woods. He entered the final round trailing Italy's Francesco Molinari by two shots, but Woods' final-round 70 was enough to overcome the deficit and leave him at 13-under par for the tournament, one shot... Read More
Justin Rose Misses Cut At Masters
Justin Rose logged a shocking missed cut at the 2019 Masters. The Englishman hadn't finished outside of the Masters top 25 in a decade, but was unable to gain any traction in this year's edition. Rose followed an opening-round 75 with a lackluster second-round 73 to finish at four-over par through 36 holes. That was... Read More
Paul Casey Implodes At Masters
Paul Casey's 2019 Masters was over almost as soon as it started. The Englishman went out in 41 and things didn't get any better on Augusta National's second nine, as a 40 coming in left him with a shocking first-round 81. Casey settled down to shoot a one-over par 73 on Friday, but was never... Read More
Tiger Woods Eyes Fifth Masters Win
Tiger Woods is in the 2019 Masters field. Woods heads to Augusta National in search of his fifth green jacket. His 2019 play has been solid, but not amazing. He's been statistically strong across the board this year and stands seventh in this Masters field in strokes gained: tee to green over his last 24... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: 2019 Masters DFS Bible
Hello RotoBallers and PGA DFS fans! Welcome to the 2019 Masters DFS Bible! This piece is near and dear to my heart, probably because the Masters is my favorite golf tournament of the year. It has it all...the greatest players in the world, the most exciting golf course in the world, and all the awesome... Read More
Marc Leishman Has Erratic Masters History
Marc Leishman is in the field for the 2019 Masters. Leishman has a rather erratic history in the year's first major championship. Big Aussie has a top-five, a top-10 and three missed cuts in his six career Masters starts. He started the season on fire with a win at the CIMB Classic in the fall... Read More
Phil Mickelson Is A Masters Wild Card
Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson will attempt to win his fourth green jacket this week. The 48-year-old would become the oldest player in history to win a major championship with a victory at Augusta. 'Lefty' has played like a young man in 2019. He has a win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and a... Read More
Webb Simpson's Lack Of Distance Limits Masters Upside
Webb Simpson is in the field for the 2019 Masters. Simpson recorded the best Masters finish of his career last year, a T20. The 2018 Players champion will attempt to improve on that mark at Augusta National this week. Simpson has been quiet this season and his best outing of the year stands as a... Read More
Streaky Thorbjorn Olesen Looks To Find Form At Masters
Thorbjorn Olesen's place inside the official world golf ranking top 50 earned him an invite to this week's Masters. The Dane spends most of his time on the European Tour and represented Team Europe in last year's Ryder Cup. Olesen is an uber-talented player that struggles with streaky play. He hasn't shown much form in... Read More
Tony Finau Hopes To Find Form At Masters
Tony Finau is set to play in the Masters for the second time in his young career. The young star impressed in his Augusta debut last season with a top-10 finish. After a breakout 2018, Finau's play this year has been slightly underwhelming and he's failed to log a top-10 in 2019. He heads to... Read More
Justin Rose Still Chasing Elusive Green Jacket
The 2018 FedEx Cup champion Justin Rose is in the field for the 2019 Masters. The Englishman is a two-time runner-up at Augusta National. Rose is a consistently solid performer at the Masters and hasn't finished outside of the tournament's top 25 in a decade. He has played a somewhat limited schedule in 2019, but... Read More
Henrik Stenson Brings Hot Irons To Augusta National
Henrik Stenson is in the 2019 Masters field. Stenson heads to Augusta wielding smoking-hot irons. The Swede fought through a sluggish start to the year and has found some form during the month of March. Stenson has gained strokes on approach shots in his last three tournaments, including a massive tally of 7.3 strokes gained... Read More
Paul Casey Will Be A Strong Contender At Augusta
Paul Casey is set to tee it up in the 2019 Masters. The Englishman should be considered a serious contender for the coveted green jacket this week. Casey has looked sharp in 2019. He won the Valspar Championship for the second consecutive year and logged top-three finishes at the AT&T Pebble Beach and WGC-Mexico Championship.... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - 2019 Masters
It's time! The week we've all been waiting for is upon us. Welcome to the 2019 Masters edition of 'HFTC'! In an amazing story, Corey Conners pulled off the unbelievable feat of Monday qualifying for, and then winning, the Valero Texas Open. The victory will get the Canadian into the field at Augusta National. Dreams... Read More
RotoBaller PGA DFS: 2019 Masters Preview
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. This week we're diving into the first major championship of the year, The Masters! We hope this preview will give you a head start... Read More
Matt Kuchar Will Be A Popular DFS Option
Matt Kuchar is set to tee it up in the 2019 Masters. Kuchar's arrow is pointing up as he heads to Augusta. The veteran already has two wins this season and his form has held steady with a recent trip to the WGC-Dell Match Play finals and a strong T7 finish at last week's Valero... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen's Form Is Trending In The Right Direction
Louis Oosthuizen is in the 2019 Masters field. Oosthuizen heads to Augusta National with his game trending in the right direction. After battling neck and back injuries throughout 2018, the South African appears to be physically sound. 'Shrek' logged an impressive runner-up finish at the Valspar Championship and followed that outing with a feisty WGC-Dell... Read More
