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Bud Cauley Needs a Big Result in Maryland
Bud Cauley and his playoff hopes looked bleak before last week. The American golfer had one Top 25 result in his previous seven events (three missed cuts). Fortunately, a Sunday 69 was enough for a T-14 that moved Cauley inside the Top 50 in FedEx Cup points. Now, he ranks 46th and needs a Top […]
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Harris English Confident for BMW Championship
Harris English still has inconsistencies in his game. However, the American golfer has buried most of those enough to be 10th in the FedEx Cup points as the BMW Championship looms. English is +4500 to win the tournament via DraftKings. The last time at Caves Valley saw English finish T-26 as he rebounded with a […]
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Jason Day Faces Uphill Battle at BMW Championship
Jason Day finds himself in a bind. The Australian golfer ranks 44th in the FedEx Cup points standings heading into Caves Valley Golf Club this week. The Maryland golf course expects to yield a lot of birdies. Day has struggled in the past three events staying mostly around Even (no better than -2). Finishing outside […]
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Cameron Young Hot at the Right Time
Cameron Young had doubters. Then, the American golfer showed up and won the Wyndham Championship. Last week in Memphis, a 71 brought on a little more skepticism. Young erased that with a 64 that vaulted him back into the Top 5. With that, Young stands at 12th in the FedEx Cup point standings. Young's putter […]
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J.J. Spaun Rolls in After Near Miss in Memphis
J.J. Spaun won the US Open at Oakmont. However, the American golfer nearly pulled off an improbable win last week in Memphis. He forced a playoff with Justin Rose before just missing out on the win. That mattered little as Spaun moved up to third in the FedEx Cup standings. Spaun is among the contenders […]
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Brian Harman is a Longer Shot Heading to Maryland
Brian Harman stands inside the top 20 in terms of FedEx Cup points. The American golfer is in position to make it to East Lake next week. First, he must stay in the top 30 after the BMW Championship. Harman shot a 67 on Sunday to end up T22 in Memphis. That kept him on […]
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Corey Conners Appears Safe This Week in Maryland
Corey Conners knows anything can happen with the playoffs. The Canadian golfer is currently 16th in the points standings heading into the BMW Championship. Also, Conners has a solid history at the event finishing inside the Top 25 four consecutive times. That includes the last time the event was held at Caves Valley Golf Club […]
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Daniel Berger Must Play Better at BMW Championship
Daniel Berger knows the time is now. The American golfer comes in ranked 33rd for the BMW Championship. Only the Top 30 players advance to next week's Tour Championship. Caves Valley Golf Club has gone from a par of 72 to a par of 70 since it last hosted the event in 2021. The added […]
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Maverick McNealy Attempts to Bounce Back at Memphis
Maverick McNealy enjoyed a nice summer run but the American golfer missed the cut at the 3M open to end July. That sparked some betting and DFS red flags for McNealy. Experts are not on the radar of the golfer. He ranks inside the Top 50 in several strokes gained metrics in 2025 including off […]
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Kurt Kitayama Could Get Hot at Memphis
Kurt Kitayama won the 3M Open in Minnesota then finished T-31 at the Wyndham Championship. The American golfer can develop a hot putter in a New York minute. See that third round 60 at the 3M Open. Kitayama can be a bit of a mixed bag but he ranks 10th in strokes gained tee-to-green at […]
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Sungjae Im a Volatile Risk at FedEx St. Jude
Sungjae Im can be a factor in Memphis. The South Korean golfer finished -10 or better in three of his past four appearances in Memphis. That includes a T-6 in 2023. Last year did not go quite as well (T-40). However, Im does have a couple of Top 10 results in 2025. The problem is […]
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Harry Hall Playing Well as Playoffs Approach
Harry Hall is turning up the heat in the summer. The English golfer has four Top 10 outcomes in 2025. After a hot start in Hawaii (two Top ten results), Hall cooled off. Since the middle of May, Hall has not finished outside the Top 30 in any event. He shot all four rounds in […]
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Chris Gotterup on Impressive Run Heading to Memphis
Chris Gotterup did not start too well in 2025. The American golfer missed eight cuts in his first 12 events. Then, the switch went off. Gotterup started putting better, hitting balls on the fairway and the green, and the results came. He had a bunch of Top 30 results then went over to Europe and […]
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Harris English Ready for the Playoffs
Harris English is enjoying a career year in 2025. The American golfer won earlier in the year at the Farmers Insurance Open. Also, English ranked 7th in FedEx Cup points this season behind four Top 10 results including two in the previous three events. English has been much more consistent too while making the cut […]
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Bud Cauley Trying to Reverse Course at Memphis
Bud Cauley has finished inside the top 10 four times in 2025. The American golfer has missed the cut in back-to-back tournaments. At the Wyndham, Cauley could not make birdies and wound up at two-over. The same happened at The Open Championship. History at Memphis has been light regarding the golfer. Cauley missed the cut […]
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Daniel Berger Hoping to Contend at FedEx St. Jude
Daniel Berger has a couple of top-10 results in 2025 but ranks 30th in FedEx points. The American golfer has moved up to 36th in the official world golf rankings overall. Berger has turned things around from off the tee to his approach of the green. He ranks inside the top 20 in several key […]
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Joel Dahmen May Struggle Again at TPC Twin Cities
Joel Dahmen had a decent week at the Barracuda Championship. However, the American golfer has not had a lot of success of late. Before that event, he missed the cut in seven of eight tournaments. Even worse, the John Deere Classic was a tailor-made course for Dahmen but he struggled on the weekend (70-74). One […]
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Quade Cummins a Wild Card at the 3M Open
Quade Cummins is a far-reaching longer shot at the 3M Open. The American golfer did finish inside the Top 20 at the Barracuda Championship. Remember this was not a stroke play tournament. Cummins has several Top 40 events in higher-tiered PGA events. Those include The American Express, Cognizant Classic, and the Charles Schwab Classic. Part […]
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Haotong Li Tries to Capitalize on Great Open Championship
Haotong Li has only played two events on the PGA Tour this season. The Chinese golfer did not make the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open. However, an opening 67 at Royal Portrush and a subsequent 67 kept Li on the first page of the leaderboard at the Open Championship. The T-4 was a career […]
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Chris Kirk has Potential at the 3M Open
Chris Kirk can be dangerously good at events like the 3M Open. The American golfer may be 40 but seems to spring to life in summer events. See the Rocket Classic as a great example in late June where Kirk shot all four rounds in the 60's and lost in a playoff. Kirk may not […]
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Mackenzie Hughes Desperate to Play Better in Minnesota
Mackenzie Hughes was harder on himself after playing in Europe the past couple of weeks. The Canadian golfer missed the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open Championship. It came down to not making enough birdies which has been a struggle for a couple of months now. Hughes has a birdie or better […]
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Joe Highsmith Highly Volatile Heading into TPC Twin Cities
Joe Highsmith either plays really well or misses the weekend. The American golfer has missed the cut in six of his previous eight tournaments. He has had some amazing results in 2025 including the T-8 at the PGA Championship and winning the Cognizant Classic. Unfortunately, too many times, Highsmith and missing so many cuts has […]
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Max Greyserman Poised to Rebound at 3M Open
Max Greyserman got his first taste of links golf and it was a short stint. The American golfer missed the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open Championship. However, his Friday 67 at Royal Portrush at least offers a sign of hope for this week's 3M Open. Before his trip overseas, Greyserman was […]
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Christiaan Bezuidenhout Seeks Thursday Form at 3M Open
Christiaan Bezuidenhout was on the front page of the leaderboard for a while at The Open Championship. The South African golfer had an up and down tournament overall, however. Bezuidenhout finished T-34 after a final round 72. His opening 67 was followed up by a Friday 73. The "moving day" 69 was dashed by what […]
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Harris English Takes Stellar 2025 Performance to The Open Championship
Harris English ranks eighth in FedEx points. The American golfer even has cracked the Top 20 in the world rankings (19th). However, despite nine appearances overseas, English has not had quite the same success at The Open Championship. His best result was a T-15 at Muirfield way back in 2013. Since then, there have been […]
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Aldrich Potgieter Seeks Better Result in Northern Ireland
Aldrich Potgieter missed the cut at St. Andrews in 2022 as an amateur. The South African golfer won the amateur version of The Open Championship that year. Potgeiter did win his first event on the PGA Tour in June at the 2025 Rocket Classic. He defeated Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk in a playoff. It […]
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Cameron Young Likely to Hang Around at The Open Championship
Cameron Young has a way of appearing in contention in majors. The American golfer came out of almost nowhere to win the Claret Jug at St. Andrews in 2022. Young finished one stroke off the lead then to Cameron Smith. Young had poor form early in 2025 but then rattled off a T-4 at the […]
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Cameron Smith Just Trying to Make the Cut at Royal Portrush
Cameron Smith has played in three majors in 2025. The Australian golfer has missed the cut in each one. However, hope springs eternal for Smith. Anyway, he is listed at +11000 to win the Open Championship. Given his struggles, that may be conservative. Smith has had one dreadful round in each major this year which […]
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Patrick Reed a Viable Option at The Open Championship
Patrick Reed only plays the majors on the PGA Tour these days. However, the American golfer does not have nine career wins (including the 2018 Masters) by accident. Reed did finish T-3 at this year's opening major. He even rebounded from a poor start at the U.S. Open with a 71-70 to end up inside […]
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Sungjae Im Wants to Rebound from Last Experience at Royal Portrush
Sungjae Im could be a true wildcard heading into The Open Championship. The golfer from South Korea has experienced a lot in his four appearances in the United Kingdom. Last year at Royal Troon, Im finished T-7 behind a strong 66-69 weekend. However, he has truly bottomed out since the PGA Championship where he missed […]
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