World no. 2 (per the Hawley Ratings) Patrick Cantlay slightly out-ranks world no. 1 Scottie Scheffler this week in the Memorial Tournament based on his outstanding record in the event over the past five years. Cantlay won the event in 2021 and 2019 and was in the top five last year and in 2018. He […]
Scottie Scheffler is back in the neighborhood and presumably in his own bed this week as the PGA Tour returns to the Colonial Country Club for the Charles Schwab Challenge. Scheffler, also back in a familiar spot as no. 1-ranked player in the world, is a Dallas resident, from just east of the Colonial locale […]
Another week goes by, and Scottie Scheffler’s amazing run of success on the PGA Tour continues. After finishing fifth (three strokes behind Jason Day) in last week’s Byron Nelson, Scheffler has appeared 13 times since November and his worst finish in the span is 12th in the Genesis. He has 10 top-10 finishes in those […]
For PGA Tour players and others who must travel for a living, there’s nothing like getting home and sleeping in your own bed. Also, for a pro golfer it doesn’t hurt to be the top-rated player in an event, arrive on site playing very well, and have confidence that the course is one on which […]
Patrick Cantlay Pick Player Power Number Actual Finish 1 Patrick Cantlay -8.1 21 2 Xander Schauffele 0.0 2 3 Rory McIlroy 1.1 47 4 Sungjae Im 14.4 8 5 Max Homa 14.8 8 6 Jordan Spieth 15.1 135 7 Viktor Hovland 18.8 43 8 Jason Day 20.0 69 9 Justin Thomas 23.5 14 10 Sam […]
It’s not exactly like Snow White and the seven dwarfs, but this week Jon Rahm is alone among the PGA Tour five big names of 2023 on the entry list in the Mexico Open. Tony Finau is the second-highest-ranked player in the field at no. 11 (Hawley Rankings). From there you drop down to no. […]
The PGA Tour’s annual team event, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, is being contested this week. They’re at TPC Louisiana in the New Orleans metro area town of Avondale. Four teams stand out against the rest — the defending champions Xander Schauffele & Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa & Max Homa, Sungjae Im & Keith […]
We’ll go with Patrick Cantlay as the choice in this week’s RBC Heritage, based largely on his record of four top-10 finishes in his five lifetime appearances in the event. He lost to Jordan Spieth in a playoff last year, missed the cut in 2021, and was third twice and seventh between 2017 and 2019. […]
World no. 1 and defending champion Scottie Scheffler stands just a tiny bit taller than the rest as the world’s top golfers prepare to compete in the Masters this week. In addition to being a great fit for the course, Scheffler has been uniformly excellent in 2023. The 26-year-old Texan has won twice (Phoenix and […]
The mingling of what used to be normal events on the PGA Tour with $20 million (and up) events is causing the formerly normal events to suffer a severe reduction in strength of field. The latest example is this week’s Valero Texas Open in San Antonio TX, where one of the world’s top 20 golfers […]
Scottie Scheffler Pick Player W-L-T Actual Finish 1 Scottie Scheffler 11-3-2 4 2 Jason Day 10-14-0 6 3 Jon Rahm 12-8-3 31 4 Tyrrell Hatton 13-10-2 59 5 Max Homa 4-3-0 15 6 Rory McIlroy 18-9-3 2 7 Patrick Cantlay 9-4-2 15 8 Rickie Fowler 5-4-3 17 9 Viktor Hovland 3-3-1 31 10 Tony Finau […]
Wyndham Clark Pick Player Power Number Actual Finish 1 Wyndham Clark 42.4 6 2 Thomas Detry 49.0 8 3 Joel Dahmen 50.4 49 4 Adam Schenk 53.6 DNP 5 Jhonattan Vegas 54.0 DNP 6 Ben Martin 55.1 8 7 Taylor Pendrith 56.5 68 8 Kramer Hickok 56.7 45 9 Stephan Jaeger 56.9 DNP 10 Emiliano […]