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Alex Noren A Solid Option At Valspar Championship
Alex Noren has put together a great stretch of golf to start the 2022 calendar year. Noren has made five consecutive cuts and has two top-five finishes over that period at the Phoenix Open and Honda Classic. Noren has gained over a stroke on approach in his last five events and has gained over five... Read More
Doc Redman Looks To Continue Good Play This Week
It wasn't too long ago that Doc Redman was being talked about as one of golf's rising young golfers, but after a really poor stretch of golf last year, there were a lot of question marks. Redman has started to show some promise again in 2022, having made four of his last five cuts while... Read More
Webb Simpson Continues His Return From Injury
Webb Simpson returned from a two-month absence from a back injury last week at the Players Championship. Although Webb missed the cut, we think it is pretty telling that he is playing in back-to-back weeks this week at the Valspar Championship. If Webb was still not 100%, it would be a great week to skip,... Read More
Webb Simpson Returns After Bulging Disc Injury
Webb Simpson (back) returns to the PGA Tour after a two-month layoff while dealing with a bulging disc injury. It's difficult to say how healthy Simpson is as he comes to TPC Sawgrass this week, but we think the extended layoff will have him feeling pretty good. Simpson, a former Players Champion, certainly has some... Read More
Lee Westwood Looks To Replicate Last Year's Performance
Lee Westwood has been rather quiet on the PGA Tour to start the 2021-2022 season, and we have only seen him appear twice. Westwood's performance last week at the Honda Classic was rather pedestrian, but he gained strokes in all major statistical categories other than around the green. In contrast, Westwood's short game was spectacular... Read More
Henrik Stenson Looks To Find Past Success At The API
Henrik Stenson has been on the worst run of golf he's had on the PGA Tour in his illustrious career. Stenson has missed 10 of his last 13 cuts dating back to last year's Arnold Palmer Invitational. His game has essentially been a mess in all aspects, and there haven't been many bright spots. With... Read More
Kevin Na Looks To Build On Past Success At Bay Hill
Kevin Na is no stranger to the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Na has teed it up at Bay Hill the last 11 years and has had quite a bit of success at this course. During his time here, he has posted three top-six finishes and six top-30 finishes with only two missed cuts. Although most of... Read More
Chez Reavie Continues To Struggle Entering Genesis Invitational
Chez Reavie comes off another missed cut after his performance at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, which is now three missed cuts and a 70th-place finish to start his 2022 campaign. Reavie also missed the cut last year at this week's event, the Genesis Invitational. Riviera Country Club is certainly a tough course to get... Read More
Billy Horschel Looks To Contend At TPC Scottsdale
Billy Horschel comes to TPC Scottsdale in great form. Horschel has been about as consistent as anyone over the last five months, with nine consecutive made cuts since last year's U.S. Open. Also, he just became the second American-born player to win the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship back in September. Horschel is no stranger... Read More
Chez Reavie Is A Risky Play At The Phoenix Open
Chez Reavie comes to Scottsdale on a run of very poor golf. Reavie has missed two of his first three cuts and mixed in a 70th-place finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. As expected, Reavie's iron play continues to be the lone bright spot in his game, but the rest of his game has been... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Makes 2022 Debut At TPC Scottsdale
Louis Oosthuizen starts his year in Arizona at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, coming off an impressive run in 2021. Of his 16 starts on the PGA tour last year, he had 11 top-20 performances, including a runner-up finish in both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. It's hard to find a more well-rounded golfer... Read More
Gary Woodland Looks To Return To Form At Phoenix Open
Former major champion Gary Woodland has had quite a tough time finding consistent success on the PGA Tour since the restart after the COVID-19 pause in June of 2020. Woodland did have five top-15 finishes in 2021, but the season was littered with missed cuts and disappointing performances. Luckily for Woodland, he is back at... Read More
Chez Reavie Looks To Bounce Back At Pebble Beach
Chez Reavie comes off a 70th-place finish at the Farmers Insurance and a missed cut at the American Express, where he has now missed three consecutive cuts. In contrast, he has made four consecutive cuts at Pebble Beach and had a runner-up performance back in 2018. At the AT&T Pro-Am, Reavie has gained strokes on... Read More
Patrick Rodgers A Volatile DFS Option At Torrey
Patrick Rodgers is known for being a "boom or bust" type of golfer with varying extreme finishes. When he finds a hot putter, he is absolutely capable of finishing inside the top ten at any course, but the possibility of a missed cut always looms when considering the Stanford alum. Rodgers' volatility has been on... Read More
Joel Dahmen Looks To Rebound At Farmers Insurance Open
Joel Dahmen heads to Torrey Pines after a missed cut at the Sony Open in his most recent start. Dahmen had made seven straight cuts prior to that performance. It was an impressive 2021 season for the fan-favorite, with a victory at Corrales Puntacana and a fifth-place finish at the Houston Open being among the... Read More
PGA Champion Phil Mickelson Longshot At The Farmers Insurance Open
As Phil Mickelson loves to remind us, he is the reigning PGA Champion, and although he's been as inconsistent as anyone, we know the upside is always there. Mickelson comes to the Farmers Insurance Open after opening 2022 with two horrible performances at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and American Express. The 51-year-old is no... Read More
Chez Reavie Looks To Bounce Back at the Farmers Insurance Open
Chez Reavie enters the week off of a missed cut at the American Express, a tournament where he has failed to make the weekend three consecutive times. Reavie will hope things are better at the Farmers Insurance Open, as he hasn't played it since 2016, but in theory, his irons should translate onto any track.... Read More
Matthew Wolff Returns To Action At The American Express
Matthew Wolff starts off 2022 at the American Express after finishing the fall swing strong with four consecutive top-20 performances, including a fifth-place finish at the Mayakoba Classic and a runner-up result at the Shriners. Although he may have some rust to shake off since he hasn't played since November, Wolff is no stranger to... Read More
Justin Rose Starts 2022 At The American Express
Justin Rose, the former No. 1 player in the world for a short period of time, seemed to have found some form in 2021 with four top-12 finishes -- two of those came in major championships. Rose enters the American Express after a three-month layoff, with his last event being the RSM Classic, where he... Read More
Carlos Ortiz Coming Off A Runner-Up Finish At The Mayokoba
Carlos Ortiz starts the new year coming off three consecutive made cuts, capped off with a runner-up finish at the Mayakoba Classic, where he gained over 11 strokes total. He is in the top 10 in both strokes gained on approach and in strokes gained in ball-striking over his last 36 rounds in this field.... Read More
Can Andrew Putnam Continue His Good Form This Week?
Andrew Putnam enters the American Express coming off a 27th-place finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where he gained over a stroke in both putting and ARG. He heads to the American Express this week, where he has strung together four consecutive top-34 performances, with his best finish being a 10th-place showing in 2020.... Read More
Harold Varner III Kicks Off 2022 At American Express
Harold Varner III returns to action after a couples months off, with his last event being a missed cut at the Mayakoba. He ended the 2020-2021 season with an 11th-place finish at the BMW and a 12th-place showing at the Northern Trust, where he gained over 3.5 strokes on approach. Before his missed cut at... Read More
