Xander Schauffele Trending In The Right Direction For Valspar Championship

Xander Schauffele finished third at last week's PLAYERS Championship, and this was followed by a tie for 24th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. Schauffele has now secured four straight top-25 finishes and gained strokes across the board in his last three starts. Schauffele has played well in past Valspar Championship editions, finishing […]

Sahith Theegala Has Shot to Challenge at Valspar Championship

Sahith Theegala finished tied for 32nd at last week's PLAYERS Championship, and this was followed by a tie for sixth finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. Theegala has rattled off three top-10 finishes and no missed cuts in eight starts this season. Theegala finished tied for 36th at last year's Valspar Championship […]

Mackenzie Hughes Looking to Bounce Back at Valspar Championship

Mackenzie Hughes missed the cut at last week's PLAYERS Championship, and this followed a tie for 23rd finish at the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches three weeks ago. The missed cut last week marked only the second missed cut of the 2026 season for Hughes. Hughes has played well at the Valspar Championship, finishing […]

Nicolai Hojgaard Finding Rhythm For Valspar Championship

Nicolai Hojgaard finished tied for 27th at last week's PLAYERS Championship, following a tie for 24th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. Hojgaard has yet to miss a cut in seven starts and has rattled off five straight top-25 finishes. Hojgaard missed the cut at last year's Valspar Championship and will hope to […]

Matt Fitzpatrick Continues Hot Start to 2026 Heading to Valspar Championship

Matt Fitzpatrick finished second at last week's PLAYERS Championship after making a strong push up the leaderboard on Saturday and Sunday. He followed this up with a tied for 41st finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. This week will mark Fitzpatrick's first appearance at the Valspar Championship since 2023, when he missed […]

Pierceson Coody Heads to Valspar Championship Following Two Missed Cuts

Pierceson Coody missed the cut at The PLAYERS Championship last week, following a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. The missed cut at the PLAYERS Championship marked only the second time Coody has missed the cut in 2026. He has had a stellar start to the season with five top-25 finishes […]

Patrick Cantlay Playing Well Heading to Valspar Championship

Patrick Cantlay finished tied for 32nd at last week's PLAYERS Championship and will now prepare for this week's Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida. Cantlay has had mixed results so far this season, missing the cut twice in six starts. However, he also has two top-15 finishes. Cantlay is playing in the Valspar Championship for […]

Keegan Bradley Needs Improvement From Approach Play at Valspar Championship

Keegan Bradley finished tied for 50th at last week's PLAYERS Championship, and that was followed by a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. Bradley gained strokes for only the second time in 2026 last week and has lost strokes on approach in four of his six starts. Bradley has had inconsistent […]

Xander Schauffele Rounding into Form Heading to Players Championship

Xander Schauffele finished tied for 24th at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, and this was followed by a tie for seventh finish at the Genesis Invitational two weeks ago. Schauffele has now rattled off three straight top-25 finishes, and he has gained strokes across the board in his two prior starts. Schauffele finished 72nd in […]

Rory McIlroy Set to Return at Players Championship to Defend Title

Rory McIlroy is set to return at this week's Players Championship held at TPC Sawgrass after he withdrew before his third-round tee time due to a back injury at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. McIlroy was sitting at 4-under before withdrawing and was within striking distance of the leader, Daniel Berger. McIlroy won the Players […]

Jake Knapp Set to Return at Players Championship

Jake Knapp is set to return at this week's Players Championship held at TPC Sawgrass after he had to withdraw before his first-round tee time due to illness at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. Knapp has had an excellent start to the 2026 season by rattling off four straight top-10 finishes and five straight top-15 […]

Viktor Hovland Continues Strong Start to 2026 Season

Viktor Hovland found his putting stroke at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, and that buoyed him to a tied-for-13th finish that was followed by a tie for 41st finish at The Genesis Invitational two weeks ago. Hovland has secured four top-25 finishes in six starts this season. Hovland has struggled at TPC Sawgrass in the […]

Rasmus Hojgaard Looking for Bounce-Back at Players Championship

Rasmus Hojgaard missed the cut at last week's Puerto Rico Open, and that was followed by a tie for ninth finish at the Cognizant Classic two weeks ago. Hojgaard has secured two top-25 finishes this season and missed his first cut of the season last week. Hojgaard missed the cut at last year's PLAYERS Championship […]

Tommy Fleetwood Will Need to Find Putter to Compete at Players Championship

Tommy Fleetwood finished 49th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last weekend, and that was followed by a tie for seventh finish at the Genesis Invitational two weeks ago. Fleetwood has secured three top-25 finishes in five starts this season. Fleetwood has played well at TPC Sawgrass, finishing tied for 14th in 2024 and tied for […]

Akshay Bhatia Continues Improving Heading to Players Championship

Akshay Bhatia walked away as the winner at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, and that was followed by a tied for 16th finish at The Genesis Invitational two weeks ago. He'll start preparing for this week's THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Bhatia has played well at TPC Sawgrass, finishing tied for third in 2025 […]

Jason Day Needs to Find Form Again at Players Championship

Jason Day missed the cut at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, and that was followed by a missed cut at The Genesis Invitational two weeks ago. Day opened the season with two top-25 finishes in his first three starts. Day will need to shake off these missed cuts and get back to his early-season form […]

Patrick Cantlay Hasn't Found Consistency This Season

Patrick Cantlay missed the cut at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, and this was followed by a tie for 37th at The Genesis Invitational two weeks ago. He'll now turn his focus on preparing for this week's THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Cantlay finished tied for 12th in 2025 and tied for 68th in […]

Matt Fitzpatrick Continues Scorching Start to 2026 Season

Matt Fitzpatrick finished tied for 24th at the Genesis Invitational two weeks ago and will now prepare for this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida. Fitzpatrick now has three straight top-25 finishes and will look to rely on his strong approach play this week. He's gained strokes on approach in all […]

Keegan Bradley Searching for Better Results Heading to Bay Hill

Keegan Bradley missed the cut at the Genesis Invitational two weeks ago and will need to find his approach game to compete at Bay Hill. Bradley has lost strokes on approach in three of his four starts this season. Bradley finished tied for fifth at Bay Hill in 2025 and tied for 36th in 2024. […]

Max McGreevy Will Need to Improve on the Greens to Compete

Max McGreevy missed the cut at last week's The Genesis Invitational following a tied-for-29th finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McGreevy has had a solid start to 2026, but has lost strokes, putting in four of his six appearances. If he can improve his putting, he could give himself a chance to be near […]

Rico Hoey Returns to Cognizant Classic

Rico Hoey missed the cut at last week's The Genesis Invitational following a tied-for-67th finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. This was Hoey's first missed cut in six starts this season. His best finish came at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where he finished tied for 24th. Hoey will need to improve almost every […]

Austin Eckroat Looks to Bounce Back at Cognizant Classic

Austin Eckroat returns to action this week after missing the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open two weeks ago. Eckroat has had a rough start to the 2026 season, missing the cut in three of his four starts. His best finish was tied for 49th at the Farmers Insurance Open. Eckroat has had mixed […]

Aaron Rai Bounces Back After Rough Start to 2026 Season

Aaron Rai finished tied for 28th at last week's The Genesis Invitational, followed by a tied for 73rd finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. This was a welcome sign for Rai as he gained strokes across the board except off the tee. Rai gained over 0.50 strokes on approach and 0.39 strokes putting last […]

Shane Lowry Continues Playing Well Heading to Cognizant Classic

Shane Lowry finished tied for 24th at last week's The Genesis Invitational, and this was followed by a tied for eighth finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Lowry has three top-25 finishes in four starts so far this season. Lowry has played well at the Cognizant Classic, finishing tied for 11th in 2025 and […]

Max Homa Has Opportunity to Continue Building Momentum at the Cognizant Classic

Max Homa finished tied for 37th at last week's The Genesis Invitational and is set to play in this week's Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. This will mark Homa's first appearance at the Cognizant Classic. Homa has started strongly this season but has yet to crack a top-25 finish. Over the past 12 months, […]

Ryan Gerard's Strong Approach Play Behind his Hot Start in 2026

Ryan Gerard finished tied for 28th at last week's Genesis Invitational, and that was followed by a T45 finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Gerard has gained strokes on approach in four of his five starts this season and gained over 1.50 strokes at The Genesis Invitational. This week will mark Gerard's second appearance […]

Luke Clanton Making Fourth Start of 2026 at Cognizant Classic

Luke Clanton is set to make his fourth start of the 2026 season at this week's Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. Clanton has endured a tough start to the 2026 season, missing the cut twice and withdrawing once. At last year's Cognizant Classic, Clanton finished tied for 18th and hopes to best that this […]

Xander Schauffele Rounding into Form Before Genesis Invitational

Xander Schauffele finished tied for 19th at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and this was followed up by a tied for 41st finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open the week prior. Schauffele has improved his performance each week in his three starts this season and will look to better his tied for 19th […]

Maverick McNealy Will Need to Find his Putter Again

Maverick McNealy finished tied for 29th at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am but lost strokes putting for the first time in his four starts in 2026. McNealy has gained strokes across the board in three of his four starts this season, and losing strokes putting was the only category he lost strokes in last […]

Viktor Hovland Needs to Find His Putting Stroke Heading to Genesis Invitational

Viktor Hovland finished tied for 58th at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to break his streak of three straight top-25 finishes in 2026. Hovland finished tied for 10th at the Waste Management Phoenix Open two weeks ago and gained strokes across the board except for off the tee. However, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am […]