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Jon Rahm Always A Favorite In Major Championship Golf
Jon Rahm comes into The Open Championship after a surprising T55 finish at the Scottish Open last week. However, the result did extend Rahm's made cut streak, dating back to the Sentry Tournament of Champions in early January. Now, Rahm will look to build off his best major championship finish of the season, which came... Read More
Mito Pereira Not A Good Option At The Open
Mito Pereira picked the wrong time to start missing shots and putts. The Chilean golfer has missed three consecutive cuts and worse, fired an 81 at the Scottish Open last week. Around the green, he has been average but he was far into the negative range the last three tournaments. Can he find better form... Read More
Sam Burns Struggling To Bounce Back On The Course
Sam Burns has not had an easy time of it lately. Burns after an opening round 67 faded at the Scottish Open with a second round 76 and a final round 74. The American golfer kept missing shots and putts which could have stopped the bogeys. That final round featured five bogeys in all over... Read More
Corey Connors Could Falter At The Open
Corey Connors just could not put anything together right at the Scottish Open last week. He managed to make the cut but did little else as the Canadian struggled to a +7 and a tied for 61st finish. Conners can be quite accurate but he has to make putts. His 3.82 birdie average ranks just... Read More
Ian Poulter Struggling As The Open Beckons
Ian Poulter picked the wrong time to struggle heading into "The Open". Poulter has missed the cut in two of this last three appearances including last week's Scottish Open. Poulter struggled to string holes together as he could not recover from an opening round 78. The lack of accuracy from tee-to-green hurts the Englishman as... Read More
Francesco Molinari Might Have Some Issues At St. Andrews
Francesco Molinari has won "The Open" before in 2018 at Carnoustie. However, St. Andrews is typically a more open course where birdies and scoring is more of a priority. Molinari has never better than eight-under par in any of his appearances. He missed the cut at St. Andrews in 2010 and did not factor in... Read More
Sergio Garcia Still Looks To Win First British Open
Sergio Garcia has played in 24 British Opens. He has finished twice -- once in 2007 and again in 2014. Now, at St. Andrews, things have been interesting for the Spanish golfer. In his previous three appearances, Garcia has a fifth, sixth, and 14th. He came close in 2015 but just could not catch up... Read More
Paul Casey May Struggle At The Open
Paul Casey had not played on the PGA Tour since the World Golf Championship Match Play in late March. It does seem his back spasms have calmed down enough to allow the English golfer to give it a go at St. Andrews. Casey nearly won The Players Championship earlier that month where he finished tied... Read More
Gary Woodland Form Is Improving
Gary Woodland finished in 30th place at last week's Scottish Open. Woodland played very well the first two rounds and was in second place going into the weekend. It was another good performance for Woodland. He also finished in 10th place at The U.S. Open last month. He has mixed results at The Open with... Read More
Bryson DeChambeau To Use Power And Distance At Open
Bryson DeChambeau will play St. Andrews for the first time on Thursday but believe he has an advantage. His power and distance (320+ yard drives) should keep him out of trouble from most pot bunkers. DeChambeau has struggled to find his form due to a wrist injury. He just finished tenth at the LIV Tour's... Read More
Collin Morikawa Looks To Defend As Champion Golfer Of The Year
Collin Morikawa won last year's edition of The Open Championship. He beat Jordan Spieth by two shots at Royal St. Georges. Morikawa struck the ball beautifully last year, but his putting performance truly stuck out. Morikawa missed the cut in his most recent start at The Scottish Open. However, he recently finished in fifth place... Read More
Sahith Theegala Set To Make Open Championship Debut
With Daniel Berger withdrawing from the Open Championship last week, Sahith Theegala has been added to the field at St. Andrews. It will be his debut in the Open. Theegala has impressed during his rookie season on the PGA Tour. The Pepperdine alum has logged five top-10 finishes over his maiden campaign with a runner-up... Read More
Rory McIlroy Looks To End Major Drought At The Old Course
Rory McIlroy's last major championship victory came in 2014 and he'll look to end that drought this week at the Old Course. McIlroy infamously opened the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrews by shooting 63-80 before ultimately finishing in a share of third place. He was forced to miss the 2015 version with an injury.... Read More
Tiger Woods Returns To St. Andrews This Week
Due to the injuries sustained in a life-threatening car accident last year, Tiger Woods has been reduced to playing an extremely limited schedule for the foreseeable future. Woods struggled in starts at the Masters and PGA Championship earlier this year but will give it another go this week at the Open Championship. The legend is... Read More
Keegan Bradley Gaining With Putter Since March
Keegan Bradley has gained half a stroke per round with his putter since March. This is a statistical revelation considering he has lost an average of -0.55 strokes per round over his last three years on tour. His incredible turnaround with the flat stick has seen him finish top-10 in five of his last nine... Read More
Joaquin Niemann Can Go Low Enough To Win Scottish Open
Joaquin Niemann has the length, approach play and short game to win tournaments on tour, validated by his record-setting win at the Genesis Invitational in February. However, Niemann has only gained strokes across all four major categories once since doing so at Riviera Country Club. If he can keep his concentration this week, he has... Read More
Christiaan Bezuidenhout Capable Of Hitting Driver Further
After a one-on-one discussion with Christiaan Bezuidenhout's trainer at the John Deere Classic, he mentioned that Bezuidenhout has gained a full club worth of distance recently and can hit his driver further than his on-course metrics portray. The reason this has yet to come to fruition on the course is because the distance he has... Read More
Viktor Hovland Can Limit Poor Chipping On Links Course
Viktor Hovland's only major weakness is his around-the-green game, losing an average of 0.67 strokes per round this year. The rest of his game has been sensational for the most part. At a links-style course, the undulations and grass type around the green allow significantly more opportunities to putt your ball onto the putting surface,... Read More
Keith Mitchell Trending In The Right Direction
Keith Mitchell is on a roll. He has posted back-to-back top-10 finishes, putting up a sixth-place finish at the Travelers Championship during his last start. Mitchell has played 13 events in 2022 and has finished in the top 20 eight times. He has been very solid in all aspects of his game, particularly from the... Read More
Matthew Fitzpatrick Looking For Consecutive Wins
Matthew Fitzpatrick will tee it up for the first time since winning the US Open. He did so without gaining any strokes putting, which is a testament to his hard work on the ball striking front finally paying off. He now is considerably longer off the tee and that will come in handy at a... Read More
Sungjae Im Is A Wild Card Heading Into The Scottish Open
This will be the first start for Sungjae Im (back) since the U.S. Open. Im was supposed to tee it up in Hartford at The Travelers Championship, but he was forced to withdraw due to back pain. Although weeks of rest may have healed his injury, it is still concerning he wasn't able to play... Read More
Tyrrell Hatton A Threat To Win At The Scottish Open
Tyrrell Hatton arrives at The Renaissance Club playing some pretty good golf. He has made the cut in eight of his last nine events, posting four top-25 finishes during that time. Hatton has shown the ability to win tournaments all around the world. He has posted at least one win in three straight years, his... Read More
Marc Leishman Looks For Consistency At The Scottish Open
It has been an up-and-down stretch of golf for Marc Leishman. He has missed the cut in four of his last eight events and has not posted a top-10 finish since January. The main issue for the Australian has been his around-the-green game. He has lost strokes around the greens in five of his last... Read More
Tommy Fleetwood Dependent On Tougher Conditions
Tommy Fleetwood's ball-striking has not been consistent enough for him to find himself regularly contending for wins, particularly on easier courses that require a multitude of birdie opportunities. His short game is the best aspect of his skill profile, and that is often emphasized when conditions get tougher and greens are harder to hit. His... Read More
Justin Thomas Looking To Capitalize On Revitalized Putter
Justin Thomas heads to the Scottish Open refreshed after teeing it up last at the US Open a few weeks ago. He is also in incredible form with his relatively poor performance of T37 at the US Open resulting from some sloppy short game which is typically the most volatile area of a golf game.... Read More
Jordan Spieth Hopes To Rebound After Poor Performance
Jordan Spieth had a strong late spring. He won The RBC Heritage and then finished second in his next start. In his last start at The Travelers, Spieth lost strokes in all key metrics outside putting. Spieth's play at The Travelers seems to be an outlier and he is a good option in DFS this... Read More
Max Homa Looks To Stay Hot
Max Homa has been on the best run of his PGA career recently, making 10 consecutive cuts. Seven of those 10 have been top-20 finishes, including a win at the Wells Fargo in May. The statistics match the results, as Homa ranks fifth in the field on approach over his last 36 rounds, 14th off... Read More
Scottie Scheffler Looks To Continue Great Form Abroad
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is well-deserving of his top ranking. He has won three times this year. His strokes-gained data is even more impressive. Scheffler has only lost strokes from tee-to-green once this year. He has also only lost strokes on approach twice. Scheffler was a runner-up at The U.S. Open and recorded a... Read More
Billy Horschel Ready To Contend This Week
Billy Horschel has been across the pond for a few weeks now prepping for this week's Scottish Open and next week's Open Championship. Horschel won the BMW Championship at Wentworth in England last fall and is looking to continue his success in the UK. The 35-year-old is a month removed from his win at the... Read More
Gary Woodland A Possible Sleeper For The Scottish Open
Gary Woodland showed some nice form in his last start at The U.S. Open. Woodland had missed the cut in three out of his past four starts before Brookline. He finished in 10th place and gained 10.4 strokes total. Woodland is very reasonably priced across the industry and is expected to be low-owned. In large... Read More
