Justin Haley Heats Up Coliseum Track Saturday

While temperatures cooled down, Justin Haley heated things up on Saturday at the Coliseum. The Kaulig Racing driver topped all racers with a lap speed of 67.099 mph in qualifying Saturday night. Qualifying at night did not slow down the No. 31 car much at all. Haley will reach in Heat 1 of the Busch […]

Taylor Pendrith Seeking Better Fortune At Pebble Beach

Taylor Pendrith has not seen the start to 2023 he expected. The Canadian golfer seems to be having issues with working approaching and around the green. He loses nearly 0.8 strokes gained combined in those two metrics. That hurts. Add in tour-average putting and that is a recipe for disaster for Pendrith. Accuracy has been […]

Justin Lower Sets Up Well For Pebble Beach

Justin Lower is getting putts in the hole. The American golfer ranks 27th on the tour at 0.669 strokes gained putting. The problem lies in a few other metrics. Driving distance at 289 yards is far from optimal but at least Pebble Beach courses are right around 7,000 yards. Therefore, driving is not as much […]

Davis Riley Not On Many Radars For Pebble Beach

Davis Riley has struggled with his putter early. At 177th on the tour, the American golfer just cannot strike anything into the cup. Add in some errant drives off the tee and Riley imploded with a 78 at the American Express. That is what causes much concern heading into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Honestly, […]

Matthew NeSmith Trying To Turn Back Clock At Pebble Beach

Matthew NeSmith was rolling in October with three straight top-10 finishes. The American golfer looked poised to win a tournament early in 2023. Then 2023 happened. NeSmith has missed back-to-back cuts. Arguably, the problems started in November with a 78 in the third round of the Houston Open. After that, starts have been hit or […]

Justin Rose Needs To Avoid Mistakes At Pebble Beach

Justin Rose can putt with the best in the world when he is in good form. Rose ranks 25th early in 2023 in putting. The English golfer gains nearly seven tenths of a stroke in the putting discipline. However, the rest of his game shows a few more dings in the armor. Too many missed […]

Sungjae Im Could Continue Momentum At Farmers

Sungjae Im played very well last week at The American Express. The Korean golfer shot in the 60's during all four rounds. That resulted in a solid top-20 finish. Im is masterful at times around bunkers as his 73.08% sand save percentage suggests (10th on tour). He drives the ball well and mostly straight (66.56% […]

Tony Finau Aims To Battle For Farmers Insurance Title

Tony Finau is playing some great golf right now. He has eight straight rounds of shooting in the 60's. Only a few errant show and missed putts kept him from winning the Sentry two weeks ago. He won in Houston in November and even last week managed to end up tied for 16th. Finau is […]

Hayden Buckley Creates Intrigue At Farmers This Week

Hayden Buckley is very young at just 26. The American golfer turned pro in 2018 and has turned some heads. Last week, he could not get past Jon Rahm but no one did as the Spaniard led wire-to-wire. However, a second place finish is nothing to be ashamed of for Buckley. Since, the Fortinet Championship, […]

Max Homa One Of Those Californians To Contend

Max Homa has only played once on the PGA Tour in 2023. That came at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions. The American golfer finished third behind a sizzling 63-66 over the weekend. Homa is one of the golfers that comes in just outside +2000 in the odds. He knows Torrey Pines well and could enjoy […]

Gary Woodland Seeks Rebound After Sony Open

Gary Woodland wishes the first round from last week did not take place. It was an unmitigated disaster as the American golfer shot a whopping 76 on the La Quinta course. Shots were missed, putts were missed, and worse he played much better on Friday with a 65. So with the Farmers Insurance Open starting […]

Tony Finau Is An American Express Contender

Tony Finau took the week off at The Sony Open and maybe that was a wise move. The American golfer finished tied for seventh at the Tournament Of Champions. Finau comes in fourth in the odds at +1500. He also came close two years ago after co-leading through three rounds. Four wins later and Finau […]

K.H. Lee's Consistency May Not Be Good Enough

K.H. Lee shot in the 60's all four rounds last week at The Sony Open. That gave the South Korean golfer eight straight rounds under 70 to start 2023. However, this time that was only good enough for a tied for 28th. The one weakness Lee has is his sand saves which rank just 116th […]

Tom Hoge Expects To Rebound At American Express

Tom Hoge is a bit more of a longer shot this weekend at La Quinta. At +4200, no one should be surprised given the American golfer finished just outside the top 40 last week (t-41st). The smaller fairways and approaches to the green hindered Hoge, but he managed to shoot three-under-par during each weekend round. […]

Sungjae Im Trying To Get Back In Groove

Sungjae Im let things snowball last week at The Sony Open. His second round, in particular, was a disaster for the South Korean golfer. Not only were putts not dropping, but Im got wild on holes five and six. That led to a bogey and double bogey. Im never recovered and missed the cut after […]

Tom Kim Looks To Bounce Back At La Quinta

Tom Kim looks to a much better weekend after what happened at The Sony Open last week. Kim just could not make enough shots or birdies as he missed the cut. Given how good the start of the season was for the South Korean golfer, Kim maybe just had one of those tournaments. This week […]

Tom Hoge Is Intriguing For The Sony Open

Tom Hoge played Sunday masterfully at the Tournament Of Championship except for two holes. Yes, the first two holes of the back nine finished any chance Hoge had of winning the tournament. However, the American golfer righted himself and shot six under over the final six holes including an amazing eagle at 15. His work […]

Kyoung-Hoon Lee May Not Have Easy Time At Sony

Kyoung-Hoon Lee played smart last week at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions. He finished tied for seventh and shot every round in the 60's. Lee fired four birdies in a five-hole stretch, but was even par over holes 16-18. The South Korean golfer flirted with the top page of the leaderboard and yet just could […]

Adam Scott Could Set Up Well For Sony Open

Adam Scott has a game made for the Sony Open. The Waialae Country Club features smaller greens and fairways. That suits the Australian golfer just fine. At the Sentry Tournament Of Champions, Scott never truly got going until late on Sunday. He had four birdies on the back nine en route to a 29th place […]

Tom Kim Could Hit All The Metrics For Sony Open

Tom Kim was one of the few golfers to shoot in the 60's all four rounds at the Tournament Of Champions. The South Korean golfer shot -22 under par and though he started slowly on Sunday, he finished with a flourish. Kim sank five birdies over the final seven holes to move into the top-five […]

Sungjae Im One To Keep An Eye On For Sony Open

Sungjae Im enjoyed a solid showing last week at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions. While he did not battle for the win, he was in the top ten for most of the weekend. His Sunday round of 70 was a bit troubling. The South Korean golfer hit some errant shots then could not get the […]

K.H. Lee Poised To Improve At Kapalua

K.H. Lee has now won a tournament in each of the past two seasons. Last year, he won the Byron Nelson to back up the other Byron Nelson triumph. The South Korean golfer ended the year pretty well with some solid August results. That included a top-30 in three straight events. The BMW final-round 65 […]

Adam Scott Looks To Show Good Form At Kapalua

Adam Scott seeks to keep playing well at Kapalua. The Australian golfer did not win a tournament on the PGA Tour last year but came close with a few top five results. He ranked near the top 30 in birdie average and overall scoring. At 42, Scott can still drive the ball more than 315 […]

Patrick Cantlay In Familiar Spot At Kapalua

Patrick Cantlay nearly won the Shriners in October, settling for second place. The American golfer won twice in 2021-22 while losing two playoffs. He finished fourth at Kapalua last year, with all four rounds in the 60s. Cantlay's strokes gained ranked ninth overall at 1.522 last season. Also, the golfer comes in at plus-1,200, which […]

Tony Finau Enjoys Nice Success Heading To Kapalua

Tony Finau, like Xander Schauffele, has won three times since the start of the 2021-22 season. Most recently, the American golfer won at the Houston Open by four strokes. Finau went wire-to-wire at the tournament. He won the Rocket Mortgage and 3M Classics in consecutive weeks. It shows that Finau can get hot at any […]

Xander Schauffele Among Favorites At Kapalua

Few understand that Xander Schauffele just wants to play some golf. Since the triumph at the Presidents Cup, the American golfer has played competitively just twice. He shot a 65 at the Zozo Championship to barrel his way into the top ten. The golfer plays on temperate courses in and near San Diego which makes […]

Tom Kim Looks To Make More Putts At Kapalua

Tom Kim heated up during the Fall season. The South Korean golfer shot 24-under par en route to a win at The Shriners Children's Open. Kim showed the ability to be cool under pressure and gain an automatic spot to the Sentry Tournament Of Champions. Only 39 golfers qualify for this prestigious tournament. All Kim […]

Corey Conners Looks To Shine At Tournament Of Champions

Corey Conners is believed to have some value as the first tournament of 2023 gets underway later this week. At the Tournament Of Champions, the Canadian golfer figures to continue the momentum he forged over the final four events from the end of 2022. In his last full season, Conners ranked second in greens-in-regulation at […]

Wyndham Clark Could Atone For Misses Of Weekend's Past

Wyndham Clark has played well enough to win the last two tournaments on the PGA Tour. However, the American golfer has faltered on Saturday and Sunday due to missed putts and errant shots on back-nines. Though he has gained 0.23 strokes putting on the Fall wraparound, that number is likely closer to one if the […]

Kevin Kisner On The Radar At RSM Classic

Kevin Kisner is a huge wildcard heading into the RSM Classic this weekend in Georgia. After all, Kisner won the tournament in 2015 and finished second in 2020. He has not played competitively in more than three weeks but the courses are very familiar to the American golfer. Kisner went to school in Georgia and […]