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Phil Mickelson Struggles In WGC-Mexico Title Defense
Phil Mickelson logged a T39 in defense of his WGC-Mexico Championship title. The 2018 champion got off to a brutal start this year by logging a horrendous opening-round 79. 'Lefty' battled back with a second-round 65, but failed to make up any ground over the weekend and finished at even par for the tournament. It... Read More
Tiger Woods Fails To Find Putting Stroke In Mexico
Tiger Woods logged a T10 finish in his WGC-Mexico Championship debut. His tournament was highlighted by a beautiful second-round 66 on Friday. Woods was unable to keep things going over the weekend and played his final 36 holes in three-under par. His iron game was extremely sharp and he ranked first in the WGC field... Read More
Marc Leishman Disappoints In Mexico City
Marc Leishman struggled at the WGC-Mexico Championship, finishing in a tie for 62nd place. It was a shockingly-bad outing from the 'Big Aussie' who headed to Mexico City in red-hot form. Leishman had logged three top-five finishes over four 2019 starts. He opened his week with a first-round 77 and was never a factor in... Read More
Henrik Stenson Continues Underwhelming Play In Mexico
Henrik Stenson's sluggish start to 2019 continued at the WGC-Mexico Championship. The Swede failed to break par in any round at Chapultepec and finished in a tie for 54th place. The underwhelming performance was a continuation of what we've seen from Stenson in three Euro Tour starts this year. The normally-sharp ball striker lost strokes... Read More
Paul Casey Finishes Strong At WGC-Mexico
Paul Casey overcame a sluggish start in the WGC-Mexico with a superb weekend performance. The Englishman failed to break par over his first 36 holes, but fired a pair of sizzling 65's over his last two rounds. The impressive performance sent Casey surging up the leaderboard and led him to finish the tournament in a... Read More
Matt Kuchar Suffers Weekend Implosion At WGC
After a promising start to the WGC-Mexico Championship, Matt Kuchar suffered a weekend implosion that sent him tumbling down the leaderboard. The veteran opened with rounds of 66 and 67, and sat in second place through 54 holes. A brutal third-round 79 seemingly came out of nowhere to take him out of contention at Chapultepec... Read More
Tiger Woods To Skip Honda Classic
Prior to teeing off in this week's WGC-Mexico Championship, Tiger Woods announced his scheduling plans for some upcoming events via his official Twitter account. The 14-time major champion will skip next week's Honda Classic, but committed to playing both the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Players Championship in March. At 43-years-old and with a surgically-fused spine,... Read More
Tony Finau Looking To Make A Splash In Mexico City
Tony Finau is in the field for the upcoming WGC-Mexico Championship. After a breakout 2018 campaign, the young star has been quietly consistent in 2019. Finau is coming off a T15 finish at last week's Genesis Open, his best outing since a T13 at the Farmers Insurance Open in mid-January. The 29-year-old will make his... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Continues To Produce Elite Results
Patrick Cantlay is slated to tee it up in the WGC-Mexico Championship. The rising star is coming off a solid T15 outing at last week's Genesis Open. It was yet another excellent performance by the 26-year-old. Cantlay is quickly becoming one of the most consistent performers on the PGA Tour and he produces top-notch results... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Looks To Rebound From Missed Cut
Louis Oosthuizen is scheduled to play in the upcoming WGC-Mexico Championship. The South African heads to Mexico City fresh off a missed cut in last week's Genesis Open. 'Shrek' started the year in promising fashion with a top-five outing at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship last month, but has since been forced to withdraw from... Read More
Branden Grace Offers DFS Value At WGC-Mexico
Branden Grace is set to play in the upcoming WGC-Mexico Championship. It will be the South African's third career start in the event. He notched finishes of T32 and T30 in his previous Chapultepec appearances. It's been a roller-coaster season for Grace, as he's endured two missed cuts in addition to a runner-up finish at... Read More
Tiger Woods Making WGC-Mexico Debut
Tiger Woods is in the field for this week's WGC-Mexico Championship. It will be the 43-year-old's first career appearance in the event. Woods was an electrifying presence at last week's Genesis Open when he fired a third-round 65 before eventually settling for a share of 15th place. The 14-time major champion's game should thrive this... Read More
Matthew Fitzpatrick Looking For Breakout In WGC-Mexico
Matthew Fitzpatrick is set to tee it up in this week's WGC-Mexico Championship. The young Englishman is in search of a breakthrough performance in a marquee event. The 24-year-old already has five European Tour wins to his credit, but Fitzpatrick has failed to lift a trophy in a PGA Tour or WGC event. He is... Read More
Henrik Stenson's DFS Price Tag Is Drastically Reduced
Henrik Stenson is in the field for the upcoming WGC-Mexico Championship. The Swede is off to a slow start in 2019. Stenson made three Euro Tour starts in January and missed the cut in all three events. 'The Iceman' was plagued by nagging injuries throughout 2018, but is currently healthy. He will attempt to get... Read More
Paul Casey Continues Steady Play
Paul Casey is in the field for the upcoming WGC-Mexico Championship. The Englishman has exhibited rock-solid form in his 2019 starts. Casey logged a tough-luck runner-up finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am two weeks ago and has two additional top-25's over four starts this season. He heads to Mexico City for the third straight... Read More
Alex Noren Hopes To Find Form In Mexico
Alex Noren is slated to tee it up in this week's WGC-Mexico Championship. The Swede has started the year in rocky fashion, having logged a missed cut and a T44 in his two 2019 starts. The Euro Tour vet is known for his sharp ball striking, but he ranks an abysmal 93rd on the PGA... Read More
Matt Kuchar Playing Well Through Controversy
Matt Kuchar has been at the center of a media firestorm over the past week. The veteran has been under fire for his gross underpayment to a fill-in caddie that was on his bag for a win at the Mayakoba Classic in November. The once-popular player handled the distractions well last week and logged a... Read More
Marc Leishman Heads To WGC-Mexico On A Roll
Marc Leishman is in the field for this week's WGC-Mexico Championship. The 'Big Aussie' heads to Mexico City on a roll. He racked up a T4 in last week's Genesis Open, his third top-five finish of 2019. Leishman is currently sixth in total strokes gained on the PGA Tour and has every aspect of his... Read More
Ian Poulter Looks To Stay Hot In Mexico City
Ian Poulter is scheduled to make his WGC-Mexico Championship debut this week. The Englishman qualified for the event on the strength of his 2018 performance. Poulter has continued to play well this season and he heads to Mexico City fresh off three consecutive top-10 finishes on the European Tour. He ranked 38th on the PGA... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - WGC Mexico Championship
Hello RotoBallers and welcome back to Horse For The Course! J.B. Holmes took down a rain-soaked Genesis Open, overcoming Justin Thomas in the final round for the fifth win of his PGA Tour career. I unfortunately missed the boat on Holmes by a week, as I used him fairly heavily in the AT&T Pebble Beach... Read More
Keegan Bradley Making WGC-Mexico Championship Debut
Keegan Bradley is in the field for this week's WGC-Mexico Championship. It will be his first career start in the event. Bradley's game should fit well on a course that demands accuracy off the tee and precise iron play. The 38-year-old finished 2018 ranked 15th in driving accuracy percentage and second in strokes gained: approach... Read More
Phil Mickelson Set To Defend Title At WGC-Mexico
Phil Mickelson is set to defend his WGC-Mexico Championship title this week. The 48-year-old has recently been playing like he's found the fountain of youth. Mickelson won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am two weeks ago and kicked off 2019 with a runner-up finish at the Desert Classic. 'Lefty' has fared very well in his two... Read More
Michael Thompson Stays Hot At Genesis Open
Michael Thompson recorded a T7 finish in the Genesis Open. His tournament was highlighted by a second-round 64. The 142nd-ranked player in the world is quickly making a name for himself in 2019. His result at Riviera marked his third top-10 finish in his last four starts. Thompson is playing well in all facets of... Read More
Marc Leishman Surges To Top-Five Finish At Riviera
Marc Leishman surged up the Genesis Open leaderboard Sunday to grab a T4 finish at Riviera Country Club. While many players were negatively impacted by the wet and windy weather, the 'Big Aussie' took advantage and turned in four sub-70 rounds. The result was a continuation of Leishman's amazing start to the season. He picked... Read More
Tiger Woods Has Roller Coaster Genesis Outing
Tiger Woods' second start of 2019 wasn't short on drama. After starting the Genesis Open with two lackluster rounds, Woods electrified golf fans with a sizzling third-round 65. He kept the momentum going in the final round with three birdies in his first seven holes and climbed into a tie for fifth. The combination of... Read More
Kevin Na Has Great History At Riviera
Kevin Na is scheduled to play in the Genesis Open. Na has battled a fractured finger in 2019, but made his first start of the season at the Waste Management Open two weeks ago. The PGA Tour veteran has gained a reputation as a risky DFS option due to his penchant for withdrawing from tournaments,... Read More
Rookie Sungjae Im Making Riviera Debut
Sungjae Im will tee it up in the Genesis Open. It will be his first professional appearance at Riviera Country Club. Im was dominant on the Web.com Tour last season and is quickly making his presence felt on the PGA Tour in 2019. The South Korean has already recorded two top-10's and three top-20's in... Read More
Tiger Woods Set For Second Start Of 2019
Tiger Woods is set to make his second start of 2019 in this week's Genesis Open. Woods played very little golf over the winter and logged a T20 in his lone start of the year at the Farmers Insurance Open. The 14-time major champion is acting as the host for this week's Genesis Open and... Read More
Tony Finau Looks To Get Back On Track At Riviera
Tony Finau is scheduled to tee it up in this week's Genesis Open. Finau will look to improve on his somewhat lackluster results of the past two weeks. The young star missed the Waste Management cut two weeks ago and could only manage a T38 in the recent AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Finau had struggled... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Set To Return To Action At Genesis
Patrick Cantlay is listed in the field for the upcoming Genesis Open. Cantlay was a surprise late scratch from last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. It's believed the decision to skip the event was for maintenance reasons rather than a specific injury. The rising star has been forced to miss a portion of his career... Read More
