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Jon Rahm Is Among The Favorites At PGA Championship
Jon Rahm has been on quite a roll in 2023. He has four wins in 11 tournaments and eight top-ten results. The Spanish golfer won the Masters in a way that was sweeping television. More than that, Rahm's execution is otherworldly. He ranks number one on tour in overall strokes gained at 2.625. Furthermore, putting […]
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Denny McCarthy Finds Ways To Stay Among Contenders
Denny McCarthy has missed a few cuts but when he does not, the American golfer usually nets a top-25 or better result. McCarthy in stroke play has finished 25th or better in seven consecutive tournaments. That includes a couple of top tens too. The only main concern with the golfer is his average tendencies at […]
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Justin Rose Could Hang Around At PGA Championship
Justin Rose has a golf game that sets up pretty well at the PGA Championship. The English golfer is enjoying a bit of a resurgence as he won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February. After that, he finished tied for sixth at The Players Championship. Add a top-20 result at The Masters and there […]
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Sahith Theegala Keeps Getting Closer To A Victory
Sahith Theegala plays an entertaining style of golf that translates well in majors. He contended at the Masters before falling back a bit to ninth. Though the American golfer struggled a bit at the Wells Fargo, his game is conducive to better scoring at Oak Hill Country Club. The East golf course is tough but […]
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Tony Finau In Contention For PGA Championship
Tony Finau has missed one cut in 14 tournaments this year along with winning twice. The American golfer has moved up to 12th in the world rankings. His total strokes gained stands at 2.171 which ranks third on tour. With tougher greens and bunkers, approaching the green is essential at Oak Hill. Finau tops the […]
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NASCAR PrizePicks Predictions - Goodyear 400 DFS Prop Picks
May 14th, 2023 on a Sunday afternoon features the Goodyear 400 from Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. This is the 13th 2023 edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. However, this time, these props will be available […]
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Chase Briscoe Back To Struggling Once Again
Chase Briscoe enjoyed a nice run from Bristol to Talladega with three straight top-five finishes. Since then, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver has been outside the top ten again. At Dover and Kansas, the No. 14 Ford wound up 30th and 32nd respectively. Just when Briscoe gains some momentum, he lays two eggs for everyone to […]
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Justin Haley May Be Seen Coming At Darlington This Time
Justin Haley snuck up on racers last year with a third-place result at Darlington. The chances of that happening this year are not as likely. Haley begins the Sunday race 22nd. He lines up next to Chase Elliott in Row 11. Haley's last top ten was sixth at Bristol but the Kaulig Racing driver improved […]
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Chris Buescher Riding Well Of Late In Ford
Chris Buescher starts 27th in his RFK Racing car for Sunday's Goodyear 400 from Darlington. However, Buescher's results have been better. He has two top-ten finishes and was ninth at Dover and 17th at Kansas the past two weeks. Buescher only has one DNF all season through 11 races. There was that third at Talladega […]
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A.J. Allmendinger Starts Near Back Again On Sunday
A.J. Allmendinger has not had the season he expected with Kaulig Racing. Worse, he begins Darlington on Sunday from the 30th position. The No. 16 Chevy has shown little late speed and his total speed intervals keep slipping. So, the hope for some long-run magic is almost zero. The best bet may be to stay […]
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Aric Almirola Decent DFS Choice At Darlington
Aric Almirola may prove to be a decent DFS option at Darlington. The chances of a win are about zero. His best finish there is seventh. The Ford did run consistently well late at last May's race. Almirola was ninth after Stage 2 and only a few driver hiccups kept himself out of the top […]
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Noah Gragson Begins Disappointing 29th On Sunday
Noah Gragson had an eventful time last weekend. There was a punch and some grabbing between the Legacy Motor Club driver and Ross Chastain. Not much came from it as both drivers were separated quickly enough. This week, Gragson begins his Sunday after qualifying 29th. Being 0.449 seconds behind Martin Truex Jr. does not sound […]
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Tyler Reddick Has Chance To Contend At Darlington
Qualifying ninth at Darlington for Tyler Reddick is good news. Reddick enjoyed some good runs with Richard Childress Racing. Now, his 23XI Racing car may be even faster on the 1.366-mile track. In Reddick's previous seven times at Darlington, he finished in the top five twice. A third and second in 2022 could bode well […]
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Kyle Busch Outside Row 6 To Start Darlington
Kyle Busch starts the Goodyear 400 from 12th on Sunday afternoon. His early qualifying effort wound up being 0.079 seconds behind Martin Truex Jr. When Busch was with Toyota., he won his debut race at Darlington in 2008 and has not won there since. The last three appearances have all ended in DNF's for Busch. […]
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Josh Berry Continues At Darlington In Place Of Alex Bowman
Josh Berry starts Darlington from the 23rd position for Hendrick Motorsports in the No.48 car. Berry is intriguing from a DFS standpoint because of where he starts. Alex Bowman enjoyed a tenth place finish last Fall as Bowman was seventh after Stage 2. Shorter runs seem not to favor the Hendrick Chevy. Longer runs suit […]
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Christopher Bell Last Toyota In Qualifying At Darlington
Christopher Bell did not figure to be the last Toyota in qualifying at Darlington and yet here we are. Bell and his Joe Gibbs Racing car ended up 16th for Sunday's race. Even the past two times where Bell did not qualify well, he was in position to contend both times (second and sixth after […]
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Brad Keselowski Wants To Bounce Back At Darlington
Brad Keselowski and his RFK Racing Ford will begin Sunday from tenth at the Goodyear 400. The 1.368-mile track has exasperated Keselowski the last two Springs with results of 24th and 34th. He started 23rd and 25th in those races so maybe being closer to the front will help. The No. 6 car had qualified […]
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Ryan Blaney Begins 11th For Goodyear 400
Ryan Blaney had a very fast car early in qualifying but just missed out on the final group. As a result, he starts 11th at Darlington on Sunday. For all his early success early in races there, the Team Penske driver has one top ten in May of 2021. A variety of issues have held […]
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Chase Elliott Springs Ahead At Darlington
Chase Elliott and his Hendrick Motorsports car seem to enjoy Darlington in May. Though Elliott has never won on the track, he has come close. The No. 9 Chevy charged up the field last year from 34th to wind up fifth. By the end of the second stage, Elliott was eighth. His total speed interval […]
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Austin Dillon Looking For Result At Darlington
Austin Dillon and Richard Childress Racing enjoyed a ninth place finish at Darlington last year. Dillon begins Sunday from the 18th spot in his No. 3 Chevy. Despite three top-ten results in his last five appearances, he has never led a single lap in his career on the intermediate track. Dillon does seem to have […]
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Erik Jones Qualified 28th At Darlington For Sunday
One expected a better qualifying effort from Erik Jones. The Legacy Motor Club driver will begin 28th from Darlington on Sunday afternoon. Jones normally runs great here and he surprised the experts last year as he outlasted Joey Logano among others to win in September. He came from starting 15th, led 23 laps and found […]
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Joey Logano Tries To Replicate 2022 At Darlington
Joey Logano enjoyed Darlington last year at Team Penske. Logano and his No. 22 car won in May and finished fourth in September. He led a combined 171 laps as Ford seemed to run well late. That was especially true in the Spring race. That was where Logano just seemed to pick up tenths of […]
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Kevin Harvick Begins 20th From Darlington Sunday
Kevin Harvick has not qualified well at Darlington the past three occasions. On Sunday, the Stewart-Haas Ford will starts from the 20th position. Harvick was 35th last May when he jumped the field late finishing fourth. His first race at Darlington with SHR saw him lead 238 laps and win in 2014. Nine years later […]
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Denny Hamlin Starts Eighth For Goodyear 400
Denny Hamlin had some nice qualifying runs and a solid practice on Saturday. Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing car will start eighth at Darlington. Hamlin enjoys the best average finishing position of all drivers since 2020 at 6.9. That includes five top-five results and two victories. Considering how many "big ones" happen at Darlington, […]
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Daniel Suarez Could Use A Good Result At Darlington
Daniel Suarez has had a bit of a rough year for Trackhouse Racing. However, he did qualify sixth at Darlington for Sunday. The good news for the No. 99 car is that he has been right around the top ten the past three races in South Carolina. Suarez has raced pretty good on the track […]
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Ross Chastain Could Contend At Darlington On Sunday
Ross Chastain put himself in a good position for Sunday's Goodyear 400. The Trackhouse Racing driver qualified fifth a mere 0.227 seconds off from the time of Martin Truex Jr. Chastain loves the hard racing that Darlington offers. The No. 1 car was near the lead for most of the first two stages last May. […]
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William Byron Can Lead Laps At Darlington Sunday
William Byron and his Hendrick Motorsports Chevy loves being out front. The last two appearances at Darlington have seen Byron lead a total of 74 laps. He can run well out front and has some solid longer run speed. Some strategy hurt his chances last year as he fell to 13th and 8th in the […]
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Starts Sunday Third At Darlington
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. likes to throw out some surprises and Saturday was no exception. Stenhouse Jr. qualified for the Goodyear 400 third. It makes one wonder if last May was an outlier? That race saw the JTG Daugherty Racing driver come from 26th to finish eighth. It was his last stage that surprised many. Top […]
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Martin Truex Jr. Takes The Pole For Sunday At Darlington
Martin Truex Jr. likes his Toyota setup for Darlington this weekend. That was obvious from his qualifying effort on Saturday. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver snagged the pole for Sunday's race just ahead of Bubba Wallace by 0.012 seconds. Truex Jr. is capable of racking up laps led (24.5% over the past seven races). He […]
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Dylan Wu Pretty Consistent As Byron Nelson Looms
While Dylan Wu has had only one top-10 result (Honda Classic) in 2023, the American golfer has been pretty consistent. He has made 10 cuts in 13 tournaments this calendar year and has back-to-back top-25 results (15th and 21st). Wu does not drive the ball long at only 296.5 yards (117th on tour). However, he […]
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