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Talor Gooch Withdraws From Arnold Palmer Invitational
Talor Gooch has withdrawn from the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational. Rob Bolton of PGATour.com reports Gooch is dealing with a minor thumb injury. The 27-year-old is having a breakout season and has already recorded two top-five finishes in 2019. Gooch notched a T20 in last week's Honda Classic and was shaping up to be a... Read More
Phil Mickelson Returns To Bay Hill For First Time Since 2013
Phil Mickelson returns to Bay Hill this week in what will be his first start in the Arnold Palmer Invitational since 2013. Mickelson won the API title in 1997, but the Bay Hill layout has never been a great fit for his game. The 48-year-old is having an amazing 2019 and has already picked up... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - Arnold Palmer Invitational
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
Marc Leishman Eyes Second API Title
Marc Leishman is set to tee it up in this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 'Big Aussie' won the API title in 2017 and has a legitimate shot raise the trophy again at Bay Hill this week. Outside of an ugly T62 outing at the WGC-Mexico Championship, the 35-year-old has been razor-sharp this season. He... Read More
Henrik Stenson Hopes To Find Form At Bay Hill
It's been an unusually poor start to the season for Henrik Stenson. The Swede has struggled mightily with his game in 2019 and has missed the cut in all three of his Euro Tour starts this year. He most recently logged a T54 at the WGC-Mexico Championship and lost over six strokes to the field... Read More
Justin Rose Back In Action This Week
After a brief break in his schedule, Justin Rose will tee it up for the first time since January in this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 2019 FedEx Cup champion already has one win to his credit this season after taking down the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The Englishman will attempt to add... Read More
Ian Poulter Heads To Bay Hill On Fire
Ian Poulter is scheduled to tee it up in the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational. Poulter heads to Bay Hill in red-hot form. The Englishman logged a T3 in his latest start at the WGC-Mexico Championship and ran off three straight top-10's on the European Tour in January. He has fared well at Bay Hill throughout... Read More
Zach Johnson Fades At Honda Classic
Last week's Honda Classic got off to a promising start for Zach Johnson. An opening-round 66 had Johnson near the top of the leaderboard, but the two-time major champion failed to break par in any of his final three rounds and faded into a T59 finish. It's been a sluggish start to the season for... Read More
Scott Piercy Misses Honda Cut
Scott Piercy missed the cut at last week's Honda Classic after opening rounds of 72-73. It was a disappointing effort from the Las Vegas resident who was coming off a top-10 finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Normally a sharp ball striker, Piercy surprisingly lost over four strokes on approach shots at PGA National.... Read More
Sungjae Im Suffers Third-Round Collapse At Honda
Promising PGA Tour rookie Sungjae Im was tied for the 36-hole lead at last week's Honda Classic, but a Saturday implosion sent him tumbling down the leaderboard. Im failed to make a single birdie on the way to shooting the dismal third-round 77 and a final-round 71 wasn't enough to get him back into contention.... Read More
Brendan Steele's Miserable Season Continues
It was more of the same for Brendan Steele at last week's Honda Classic. Rounds of 75 and 77 prevented Steele from playing on the weekend. It was his fourth straight start with a missed cut and he is struggling mightily in several facets of the game right now. Steele ranks just 218th on the... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Arnold Palmer Invitational
Welcome back RotoBallers! DFS darling and FRL legend Keith Mitchell fought off Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka to take down the Honda Classic last week. While Mitchell might not be well known to casual golf fans, he is a player that has been popular in the DFS community for over a year, so score one... Read More
Tiger Woods Withdraws From Arnold Palmer Invitational
In a surprising announcement, Tiger Woods withdrew from the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational this afternoon. In a statement on his Twitter account, Woods cited a lingering neck strain as the reason for this unexpected development. An eight-time winner at Bay Hill, he was considered one of the favorites in the Arnold Palmer field. Woods stated... Read More
Sungjae Im Looks To Rebound From Missed Cuts
Sungjae Im is in the field for the upcoming Honda Classic. The young South Korean has played well in his rookie campaign on the PGA Tour, but has slumped a bit over the past month. Im missed consecutive cuts at the AT&T Pro-Am and Genesis Open. The 20-year-old hopes to rebound at PGA National this... Read More
Scott Piercy Heads To Florida In Good Form
Scott Piercy is in the field for this week's Honda Classic. Piercy heads to Florida fresh off a pair of nice outings on the West Coast. The Las Vegas resident recorded a T20 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and a T10 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am over his last two starts. He carries... Read More
Joaquin Niemann's Putting Struggles Continue
Joaquin Niemann is set to make his Honda Classic debut this week. The young Chilean exploded on to the professional golf scene last year with four top-10's in his rookie campaign. Niemann hasn't been able to reproduce those results recently and the culprit has been a balky putter. The 20-year-old ranks a dismal 215th on... Read More
Russell Henley Seeking Another Honda Classic Title
Russell Henley is in the field for this week's Honda Classic. He has played well at PGA National in his career and won the Honda title in 2014. The former Georgia Bulldog has had mixed results in his five 2019 starts, missing two cuts with a season-best T15 finish coming at the Waste Management Phoenix... Read More
Zach Johnson Looks To Up His Game In Florida
Zach Johnson is in the field for the upcoming Honda Classic. The two-time major champion will attempt to kick his game into high gear as the PGA Tour's 'Florida Swing' gets underway. Johnson has played at a middling level in 2019, making two of three cuts with a season-high finish of a T28 in the... Read More
Brendan Steele Mired In Terrible Slump
Brendan Steele is scheduled to tee it up in this week's Honda Classic. Steele has been mired in a terrible slump for several months. The 35-year-old has missed the cut in three of his four 2019 starts and is regularly failing to break par. He is hitting the driver well, but continually struggles with his... Read More
Webb Simpson An Elite Option At The Honda Classic
Webb Simpson is slated to tee it up in this week's Honda Classic. Simpson stands out as one of the elite players in what's a slightly watered-down field. The 33-year-old had a career-best season in 2018 and has continued to look sharp in his limited starts this year. His iron-play has been sharp and he... Read More
Daniel Berger Bringing Hot Putter To Honda Classic
Daniel Berger is set to play in this week's Honda Classic. After dealing with a wrist injury for the majority of 2018, Berger is attempting to get his game back on track this season. He looked good last week and scored a T2 at the Puerto Rico Open. The 25-year-old was on fire with the... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - The Honda Classic
What's up PGA DFS fans? Thanks so much for joining me for another edition of Horse For The Course! Dustin Johnson was in 'God Mode' down in Mexico last week and made things look easy at the WGC-Mexico Championship. D.J. trounced the field and earned his 20th career win in the process. He also illustrated... Read More
Alex Noren Heads To Honda In Ice-Cold Form
Alex Noren finished the WGC-Mexico Championship in a tie for 62nd place. It was the latest in a string of brutal outings for the Swede. Noren had previously logged a missed cut and a T44 in his two 2019 starts on the PGA Tour. His game wasn't close in Mexico City and he finished near... Read More
Kevin Na Struggles To Find Fairways In Mexico
Kevin Na logged a T36 in an uneven performance at the WGC-Mexico Championship. Na was plagued by a spotty driver throughout the week. He finished 64th in the field in strokes gained: off the tee and found just 44% of the fairways at Chapultepec. The 35-year-old's iron play was excellent and he ranked fourth in... Read More
Keegan Bradley Mounts Sunday Charge At WGC-Mexico
After treading water for three rounds, Keegan Bradley fired a blistering final-round 65 to charge up the WGC-Mexico Championship leaderboard. Bradley racked up eight birdies to just two bogeys on Sunday. The stellar round was enough to propel him into a tie for 10th place. Despite losing strokes with his putter, the 32-year-old finished the... Read More
Tony Finau Struggles Around The Greens At WGC-Mexico
Tony Finau ran off three straight rounds of 69 after opening with a 73 to sneak into the top-25 at the WGC-Mexico Championship. It was another slightly disappointing outing from the young superstar who had a breakout season in 2018. Finau struck the ball well, but was undone by a terrible short game. He ranked... Read More
Ian Poulter Stays Hot At WGC-Mexico
Ian Poulter notched a T3 finish at the WGC-Mexico Championship. The Englishman recorded three rounds of 68 on the way to finishing 11-under par for the tournament. It was another impressive outing for Poulter, who had previously logged three consecutive top-10 finishes on the European Tour in 2019. The 43-year-old was masterful on Chapultepec's tricky... Read More
Branden Grace Mediocre In Mexico City
Branden Grace logged a T33 at the WGC-Mexico Championship. The South African shot 71 in three of his four rounds and finished at two-under par for the week. He drove the ball exceptionally well and finished 15th in the field in strokes gained: tee to green, but was befuddled by Chapultepec's tricky poa annua greens.... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Continues To Impress
Patrick Cantlay scored a T6 finish at the WGC-Mexico Championship. It was another impressive outing from the 26-year-old rising star who has now logged five top-10 finishes since October. Cantlay's solid overall game and calm demeanor were on full display at Chapultepec. He finished the week ranked 12th in the field in strokes gained: tee... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Logs T25 At WGC-Mexico
Louis Oosthuizen recorded a T25 in the WGC-Mexico Championship. The South African put himself in the weekend mix on the strength of a third-round 66, but sputtered on Sunday with a two-over par 73. Oosthuizen's lack of distance off the tee put him at a noticeable disadvantage at Chapultepec and he finished 50th in the... Read More
