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Alex Noren Heads To Augusta In A Slump
Alex Noren's standing inside the world's top 50 secured him an invite to this week's Masters. Noren's recent play has been anything but world class, as the Swede has been mired in a horrible slump this year. The Euro Tour vet missed consecutive cuts at the Honda Classic and The Players. He hasn't logged a... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Looks To Improve On Last Masters Outing
Patrick Cantlay is in the field for the 2019 Masters. Cantlay's place in the elite field was secured by his Tour Championship appearance last season. The budding superstar looks to improve on last year's disappointing Masters outing, when he shot 75-76 to miss the cut. The 27-year-old has all the tools to play well at... Read More
Tony Finau Looks To Get Back On Track At Valero
Tony Finau will tee it up in the upcoming Valero Texas Open. Finau failed to advance from the group stage at last week's WGC-Dell Match Play, going 1-2 in his three matches. After a breakout season in 2018, Finau's play this year hasn't been bad, just somewhat underwhelming. He heads to a TPC San Antonio... Read More
Matt Kuchar Carries WGC Momentum To Valero
Matt Kuchar is in the field for this week's Valero Texas Open. Kuchar carries tons of positive momentum to San Antonio after a run to the finals of last week's WGC-Dell Match Play event. The veteran was caught in a dust-up with Sergio Garcia during a match with the Spaniard, but powered through before eventually... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Valero Texas Open
Hello and welcome back RotoBallers! The 'Kiz' was lit at Austin Country Club, as Kevin Kisner took down the WGC-Dell Match Play. Kisner is proving to be a real bulldog in match play formats and last week's win was a very impressive follow up to a runner-up finish in the event last year. The WGC-Match... Read More
Branden Grace Facing Uphill Battle In Match Play
Branden Grace is in the field for the upcoming WGC-Dell Match Play. The South African will be facing an uphill battle in the group stage. His pod consists of the event's top-seeded player Dustin Johnson and elite ball-striker Hideki Matsuyama. Grace is a tough player in match-play formats, but enters the week on the heels... Read More
Phil Mickelson Has Logged Consecutive Missed Cuts
Phil Mickelson is in the field for the upcoming WGC-Dell Match Play. After a hot start to the season that included a win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and a runner-up finish at the Desert Classic, the 48-year-old's play has cooled off considerably in the month of March. 'Lefty' has missed the cut in... Read More
Marc Leishman Looks To Rebound In Texas
Marc Leishman is set to play in the WGC-Dell Match Play event. After a blistering start to the season that included a win at the CIMB Classic and four top-five finishes, Leishman's play has cooled a bit over the past month. He heads to Texas on the heels of a missed cut at The Players... Read More
Matt Kuchar Is A Former WGC-Match Play Champion
Matt Kuchar is in the field for the WGC-Dell Match Play. The mild-mannered Kuchar has been a beast in match play formats throughout his career and won this event in 2013. The veteran has been tremendous over the past six months and has two wins since the start of the new season. He heads to... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - WGC Dell Match Play
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
Alex Noren Looks To Break Out Of Slump In Texas
Alex Noren is in the WGC-Dell Match Play field this week. Noren is in the midst of a horrible slump and has missed three cuts in his five 2019 starts on the PGA Tour. The Swede is struggling in all facets of the game and ranks a horrible 211th in strokes gained: putting on the... Read More
Henrik Stenson Gets Tough Draw In WGC Bracket
Henrik Stenson is in the field for the WGC-Dell Match Play event. The Swede will have his work cut out for him this week, as he faces an absolutely brutal draw in the bracket. Stenson's pod is perhaps the strongest in the event and consists of Jason Day, Phil Mickelson, and Jim Furyk. After a... Read More
Webb Simpson Looks To Rebound At WGC
Webb Simpson is in the field for the WGC-Dell Match Play event. Simpson is looking to rebound from his first missed cut of the season at last week's Valspar Championship. The 2018 Players Champion has been remarkably consistent over the past year and enters the Match Play as the 21st-seeded player in the event. Simpson... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Brings Momentum To Austin
Louis Oosthuizen heads to Austin for this week's WGC-Dell Match Play with some positive momentum. The South African had his best outing of 2019 at last week's Valspar Championship, where he logged a runner-up finish. It was his first top-10 finish of the year. Oosthuizen has excelled in the match play format in the past... Read More
Tiger Woods Chasing Fourth WGC Match-Play Title
Tiger Woods is in the field for the WGC-Dell Match Play. It will be his first appearance in the event since 2013. Woods has been tremendously successful in match play formats as both an amateur and a professional. He has won this event three times, with his last victory coming in 2008. The possibility that... Read More
Jim Furyk Sneaks Into WGC-Dell Match Play Field
Jim Furyk is in the field for the upcoming WGC-Dell Match Play event. Furyk was one of the last players to get in the field and qualified on the strength of his runner-up finish at The Players Championship. The 48-year-old is experiencing a career renaissance in 2019 and has racked up four top-20 finishes this... Read More
Justin Rose Returns To WGC-Dell Match Play
Justin Rose is in the field for this week's WGC-Dell Match Play. The Englishman is returning to the event after a two-year absence. Rose has failed to gain much traction in the match play format over the course of his career, which might be why he's elected to skip this event in recent years. The... Read More
Ian Poulter Is A Match-Play Legend
Ian Poulter is in the field for this week's WGC-Dell Match Play event. Poulter is widely considered one of the greatest match-play golfers of his generation. The Englishman is undefeated in Ryder Cup singles matches over his career. He's previously captured titles in both this event and the Volvo Match Play Championship on the Euro... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - WGC Dell Match Play
Welcome back golf fans! Paul Casey successfully defended his Valspar title over the weekend to log his second straight win at the Copperhead Course. The Englishman headed into the Valspar fresh off a disastrous outing at The Players Championship and reminded us that it is often a viable DFS strategy to target good players in... Read More
Henrik Stenson Records Solid Valspar Finish
Henrik Stenson recorded a T24 in the Valspar Championship. It was a solid outing for the Swede and his second top-25 finish this month. Stenson's game has been trending in the right direction after a sluggish start to the season. He finished the Valspar ranked second in the field in strokes gained: approach. One of... Read More
Keegan Bradley Up To His Old Tricks At Valspar
Keegan Bradley logged a missed cut at the Valspar Championship. Bradley's performance in this year's tournament was eerily similar to his 2016 Valspar outing, in which he went from a share of the first round lead to missing the cut. This time, Bradley followed up an opening-round 68 that had him near the top of... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Shines At Valspar
Louis Oosthuizen recorded a T2 at the Valspar Championship. It was the South African's best outing of 2019 and marked his first top-ten finish of the season. 'Shrek' played tremendous golf over the weekend on a tough Copperhead course, posting rounds of 66 and 69 over his final 36 holes. His seven-under total left him... Read More
Paul Casey Repeats At Valspar
Paul Casey captured the Valspar Championship title for the second consecutive year Sunday at Innisbrook Resort. The Englishman overcame a very difficult Copperhead Course and a group of chasers that included Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen, and Jason Kokrak. The veteran entered the week fresh off a horrible performance at The Players Championship, but navigated the... Read More
Kevin Tway Goes To Valspar In A Slump
Kevin Tway is scheduled to appear in the upcoming Valspar Championship. Tway heads to Tampa in poor form. The young bomber has missed four consecutive cuts and five of his last six. His slump is especially surprising when considering his terrific play during the fall, which included his first career win on the PGA Tour... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Brings Inconsistent Form To Copperhead
Louis Oosthuizen is in the Valspar Championship field this week. The South African has been plagued by inconsistent form this season. 'Shrek' managed a T56 in last week's Players Championship on the heels of a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational the week prior. It's fair to wonder to what extent nagging back and... Read More
Keegan Bradley Has Infamous History At Valspar
Keegan Bradley continued his strong play last week by logging a T16 at The Players Championship. Bradley has perhaps the best iron game on the PGA Tour and his ball striking consistently keeps him in the mix, while his putting continues to frustrate his DFS backers. The 32-year-old heads to Innisbrook Resort for this week's... Read More
Brendan Steele Unravels At The Players
Fresh off his best performance of the season, a T17 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Brendan Steele missed the cut at last week's Players Championship. Steele appeared to be cruising after an opening-round 68, but things unraveled quickly with a brutal round of 76 on Friday. His API finish was propelled by some uncharacteristically-great putting,... Read More
Jim Furyk Brings Good Vibes To Valspar
Jim Furyk is scheduled to play in the upcoming Valspar Championship. The 48-year-old almost pulled off a miracle at The Players Championship last week, but ultimately fell shy of winner Rory McIlroy and settled for a runner-up finish at TPC Sawgrass. The ageless wonder will take his grind-it-out game to Tampa Bay this week. The... Read More
Michael Thompson's Hot Streak Goes Cold
Michael Thompson is in the field for the upcoming Valspar Championship. After a blistering hot streak during which he logged five consecutive finishes of 16th or better, Thompson has cooled off in his last two starts. He has lost strokes with his irons in both of his recent outings, a missed cut at the Arnold... Read More
Sungjae Im Set To Make Valspar Debut
PGA Tour rookie Sungjae Im is set to make his Valspar Championship debut this week. The 20-year-old from South Korea is having an impressive rookie campaign. Im has already recorded three top-10 finishes in his 15 starts of the 2018-19 season. Last year's Web.com Tour player of the year ranks an eye-opening 20th in strokes... Read More
