Matt Jones Could Be One To Avoid At The Farmers Insurance Open

Matt Jones had a disappointing missed cut at The Sony Open after a record-setting performance at Kapalua. Jones set the record for 36-hole scoring in Maui, finishing in third place during the Tournament of Champions. Unfortunately, the Sony Open was a different story, as he missed the cut while losing strokes in every metric other […]

Maverick McNealy Looks to Contend in San Diego

Maverick McNealy returns to Southern California in good form. In his last 12 tournaments, the American has 11 made cuts and seven top 25-finishes and showed some of that momentum a few weeks ago at the Sony Open, where he finished 27th-place and gained 4.6 strokes tee-to-green. McNealy has decent course history at Torrey Pines, […]

Mito Pereira Begins His New Year At The Farmers Insurance Open

Mito Pereira received his tour card early by winning three times on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021. The three-win promotion was the first since 2016, and the 26-year-old Chilean carried that momentum into three top-10s last season on the PGA Tour. Pereira is known as an excellent ball striker, gaining 2.6 strokes tee-to-green over […]

Will Zalatoris Riding Momentum Into Torrey Pines

Will Zalatoris started his 2022 campaign last week at The American Express, finishing sixth-place. Zalatoris flew under the radar heading into La Quinta, likely due to his poor finishes in the fall swing, but he managed to gain 5.7 strokes tee-to-green and 3.7 strokes on approach. A bad putting weak ultimately derailed his chances, and […]

PGA DFS DraftKings Pivots: Sleepers and Value Picks for The American Express

Hey RotoBallers, my name is Rob Giltner and I'm excited to join the incredible RotoBaller PGA crew this year. In this article, you will find my top PGA DFS Pivots for Draftkings for The American Express. I pumped to assist you in any way possible to help make us all some money in DFS! Pivoting […]

Russel Knox Coming To La Quinta In Great Form

Russel Knox had a great start to his 2022 year by finishing in seventh place at The Sony Open. Knox gained 5.1 strokes on approach last week. More impressively, he also gained 7.1 strokes from tee-to-green. The 36-year-old is beginning his 10th year on tour. Knox has only won twice on tour but has good […]

Adam Long Has Good Memories At La Quinta

Adam Long won the American Express, formally known as the Desert Classic, in 2019. He came into that week off three straight missed cuts. After his win in 2019, Long went on to miss five more cuts in a row. Long's win was an outlier, but he played very well that week. He had 16.2 […]

Corey Conners Could Be Overlooked This Week

Corey Conners had a disappointing first three days at The Sony Open. The 30-year-old Canadian was stuck in neutral for much of the tournament before he fired a 64 on Sunday to finish in 11th place. Conners' strokes-gained data is impressive from Waialae. He gained 5.9 strokes on approach and 6.8 from tee-to-green. Although limited, […]

Phil Mickelson A Wild Card This Week

Phil Mickelson returns to action this week at The American Express. The 51-year-old golfer is coming off a 30th-place finish at Kapalua. Mickelson struggled on his approach in Maui, losing 2.9 strokes two weeks ago. Mickelson had a career-defining moment last spring when he won The PGA Championship at the Ocean course. Mickelson became the […]

Christiaan Bezuidenhout A Possible Sleeper This Week

Christiaan Bezuidenhout comes to La Quinta for the first time this week for The American Express. The 27-year-old South African had a strong showing last week at The Sony Open. Bezuidenhout gained 4.7 strokes from tee-to-green at Waialae while finishing in 17th place. Bezuidenhout is known as a great iron player and strong putter. Those […]

Rickie Fowler Hopes To Jump Start His Year At La Quinta

Off the course, Rickie Fowler had a nice 2021. He and his wife welcomed a baby girl last fall. On the course, Fowler struggled again last year. His best finish was a third-place showing at The CJ Cup in October. Fowler played exceptionally from tee-to-green that week, gaining nine strokes. Unfortunately, that success was short-lived. […]

Abraham Ancer A Nice Fit At The American Express

Abraham Ancer has excellent course history at La Quinta. His strong performance is highlighted by his fifth-place finish last year. In 2021, Ancer gained 4.3 strokes from tee-to-green and 3.6 strokes on approach. What is very surprising is how poorly he putted that week. Despite finishing fifth, Ancer lost strokes on the green that week. […]

Patrick Cantlay A Heavy Favorite This Week

Patrick Cantlay's 2022 debut was a solid one, as he finished fourth at Kapalua. In Maui, Cantlay gained 5.9 strokes from tee to green and 3.6 strokes on approach. This solid performance was only minuscule compared to his incredible run in the playoffs. Cantlay should also feel at home here in La Quinta, California. He […]

Takumi Kanaya Flying Under The Radar At Sony Open

Takumi Kanaya is a relatively unknown name on the PGA tour. The 23-year-old Japanese golfer ranks 51st currently in the world. While he has played in tour events before, he shined this past fall at The CJ Cup by finishing in seventh place. Kanaya doesn't have much strokes-gained data available, but the upside is definitely […]

Matt Jones Coming Into Sony Open In Great Form

Matt Jones had an amazing weekend at Kapalua. Jones shot a PGA tour record for 36 holes. Yet Jones is not projected to be highly owned this week. Jones is not known for his approach game; he only has gained strokes on approach in 13 out of his last 51 starts. However, Jones is an […]

Stewart Cink Has Good Value At Sony Open

Stewart Cink played better than his 21st-place finish last week. Cink gained 2.7 strokes from tee to green while also gaining strokes on approach and off the tee. The 48-year-old American tries to play The Sony Open every year and has found success at Waialae. The winner of the RBC Heritage last year, Cink ranks […]

Keith Mitchell An Elite Value At Waialae

Keith Mitchel has excellent course history at Waialae. Mitchell ranks 11th from tee to green at this course and is 18th in DraftKings points. Mitchell is consistently strong off the tee and from tee to green, which makes sense as to why he has found success at The Sony Open. Mitchell also had a strong […]

Branden Grace Has Nice Value In Hawaii

Branden Grace arrives at The Sony after a 33rd-place finish at The Sentry. The South African won the Puerto Rico Open last year and had a strong summer campaign, highlighted by a seventh-place finish at The U.S. Open. Grace's best finish at the Sony was a 13th-place showing in 2017. Grace did his damage that […]

Adam Long Could Be An Easy Fade This Week

Adam Long had an excellent fall swing. After Oct. 10, Long had four straight top-25s. At The Houston Open, Long finished 11th while gaining 5.2 strokes from tee to green. Long carried that performance over to a top-20 at the RSM Classic. Long is an excellent Bermuda putter, which is why it is surprising he […]

Corey Conners Will Likely Contend At Sony Open

Corey Conners has two top-15 finishes in three starts at Waialae. Conners ranks 10th in the field in strokes-gained at this event. What is very enticing is his putting statistics at The Sony. Conners is not known as a great putter, but at Waialae he ranks eighth in the field in putting. Conners will likely […]

Joel Dahmen Has High Upside At The Sony Open

Last year, Joel Dahmen finished 12th at The Sony Open, gaining 6.2 strokes overall. While Dahmen didn't blow anyone away at Kapalua last week, he did gain strokes off the tee and on approach. Dahmen had a good showing this fall, highlighted by a fifth-place finish at The Houston Open. Dahmen could fly under the […]

Christiaan Bezuidenhout Should Fit Nicely At Waialae

Christiaan Bezuidenhout will take on Waialae Country Club for the first time this week. The South African is an excellent Bermuda putter, which should lead to success this week. Bezuidenhout had a mixed bag over the fall swing, finishing 15th at Mayakoba and with a missed cut at The Houston Open. Bezuidenhout is underpriced across […]

Billy Horschel Overvalued At Sony Open

Billy Horschel has played the Sony Open twice since 2017. In those two starts, he has a seventh- and 68th-place finish. While he played well last year, his game heading into this week may not be in top form. Horschel lost 8.4 strokes on approach last week. What kept him in the tournament were the […]

Abraham Ancer Could Be A Fade At Sony Open

Abraham Ancer lost 9.1 strokes gained last week at Kapalua. His course history at The Sony Open does not instill much confidence, either. In four starts at The Sony, Ancer has two missed cuts and has not finished better than 29th. Outside of not being a great Bermuda putter, Ancer does have the type of […]

Marc Leishman A Popular Play This Week

Marc Leishman had a strong start to the new year, finishing 10th at Kapalua. Leishman gained 2.1 strokes on approach last week, while also gaining 2.8 strokes on the greens. Similar to last week, the greens at Waialae Country Club are Bermuda, which plays into Leishman's strengths. He also has strong course history here, having […]

Past Winner Justin Thomas Is An Excellent Fit At Kapalua

Justin Thomas has arguably the best course history at Kapalua. In his last five starts, Thomas has two wins and four top-fives. Thomas played three times on tour since his fourth-place finish at The Tour Championship. In those starts, he finished 18th, third and fifth. Thomas ranks third in the field in total strokes gained […]

Patrick Reed Has Had Mixed Results At Kapalua

Patrick Reed's fall swing was unsatisfactory, to say the least. While he did have a second-place finish at The Bermuda Championship in October, his other starts were not so great. Outside of Bermuda, Reed lost strokes gained in almost every category. Reed has two top-10s and two top-20s at Kapalua. He finished second in 2020, […]

Daniel Berger Arrives In Kapalua With Limited Form

Daniel Berger had an excellent 2021, highlighted by a win at Pebble Beach. Berger has only played once in three months, and that was a seventh-place finish at The Hero World Challenge. Berger has decent course history at Kapalua, playing here three times and finishing in the top 15 in each of his starts. Berger […]

Sungjae Im A Popular Play This Week

Sungjae Im won The Shriners Children Open in October while gaining 10.5 strokes tee-to-green. Im carried that strong play into a ninth-place finish at The CJ Cup and a 19th-place showing at The Houston Open. In those three tournaments, Im had a combined total of 24.7 strokes tee-to-green. Im has played The Tournament of Champions […]

Billy Horschel Disrespected With Low Salary This Week

It is hard to argue that anyone had a better fall than Billy Horshel. After catching fire at The Tour Championship, Horshel went over the pond to England and won the PGA BMW Championship. He has played at Kapalua three times, highlighted by a T11 in 2018. Horshel's game doesn't seem to correlate here. however. […]