PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Travelers Championship

Hello and welcome back to Horse For The Course! Brooks Koepka walked away with the victory at a very wild U.S. Open last week. Several of our Horses and Ponies were in serious contention over the weekend. I hope the picks translated into DFS success for you folks that read this column. Using the info […]

Webb Simpson Quietly Scores Top Ten in U.S. Open

Webb Simpson fired a final round 69 Sunday to quietly movie into a tie for tenth at the U.S. Open. Simpson didn't garner much TV-time, but played extremely well at the tough Shinnecock Hills track. Following an opening round 76, Simpson was able to play his next three rounds in only 1-over par. His tournament […]

Daniel Berger Struggles Sunday, Finishes Sixth in U.S. Open

Daniel Berger entered this week's U.S. Open struggling with his game. The young American missed the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Classic last week, a tournament where he was the two-time defending champion. Berger must have utilized the time off well, as he looked extremely sharp at Shinnecock Hills this week. After a third […]

Tony Finau Finishes U.S. Open in Fifth Place

After a wild Saturday, Tony Finau found himself in the final group the U.S. Open's final round Sunday. Finau got off to a rocky start in the pressure-packed environment, playing his first four holes in 3-over par. The rising star was able to right the ship with a birdie on the par-5 fifth hole and […]

Daniel Berger Finds Himself Tied For The Lead At U.S. Open

Daniel Berger got off to a hot start early Saturday morning and fired a beautiful four-under 66 in the third round of the U.S. Open. After beginning the day at 7-over par for the tournament and nowhere near the lead, Berger surged up the leaderboard while sitting in the clubhouse Saturday afternoon. While the leaders […]

Tony Finau Surges Into Tie For Lead At U.S. Open

It was a wild third round at Shinnecock Hills on Saturday and Tony Finau was a huge benefactor. Finau got his third round underway early Saturday morning and fired a gorgeous four-under 66. As Finau finished up his round, the leaders began teeing off and faced increasingly difficult conditions throughout the day. Thanks in part […]

Matthew Fitzpatrick Keeps U.S. Open Cut Streak Alive

Matthew Fitzpatrick shot a solid even-par 70 Thursday at Shinnecock Hills. The round kept Fitzpatrick at 3-over par for the tournament and moved him into a tie for 11th place. The 23-year-old Englishman has now made the cut in all four U.S. Open appearances of his young career. Fitzpatrick enters the weekend seven shots behind […]

Scott Piercy Continues Surprising Play In Second Round

Scott Piercy continued his solid play Friday in the U.S. Open. An alternate to make it into the field at Shinnecock Hills this week, Piercy has surprised many with his sharp play. The veteran followed up an opening round 69 with a 1-over par 71 in the second round. Piercy is an excellent ballstriker that […]

Tiger Woods Misses Cut At U.S. Open

A week that began with anticipation and excitement for Tiger Woods, ended with a disappointing missed cut Friday. Woods entered the second round of the U.S. Open at 8-over par following a terrible opening round. The three-time U.S. Open champion played better in his second round, grinding out a 2-over par 72, but missed the […]

Tiger Woods Disappoints With Opening-Round 78

Tiger Woods headed to Shinnecock Hills this week with hopes of capturing his fourth U.S. Open title. Those expectations took a huge blow Thursday when he sputtered to an opening-round 78. Woods put himself in the hole early when he made an ugly triple-bogey on his very first hole of the day. He followed with […]

Tiger Woods Takes Aim At Fourth U.S. Open Title

Tiger Woods will attempt to win the U.S. Open for the fourth time in his career this week. Woods has shown some encouraging signs in his last two outings at the Players Championship and the Memorial, where he finished 11th and 23rd. The 14-time major champion has once again shown the ability to make birdies […]

Brendan Steele Back In Action At U.S. Open

Brendan Steele will return from a somewhat lengthy layoff to play in this week's U.S. Open. Steele last teed it up over a month ago when he logged an MDF in the Players Championship. He has cooled off a bit since beginning the season on fire. Steele won the Safeway Open in the fall and […]

Tony Finau Looking For Major Breakthrough At U.S. Open

Tony Finau heads to Shinnecock Hills for this week's U.S. Open in search of a breakthrough victory. The young star has only one career win on the PGA Tour, but seems to be knocking on the door of elite status. Finau impressed the golf world earlier this year when he fought through a severe ankle […]

PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - 2018 U.S. Open

Hello and welcome to the U.S. Open edition of Horse For The Course! If you are a golf fan, this week is like Christmas! Golf only has four major championships per year and the U.S. Open generally presents golf's toughest test. After a couple years at new venues, the USGA heads back to a classic […]

Webb Simpson Chasing Second U.S. Open Championship

Webb Simpson will attempt to win his second U.S. Open championship this week at Shinnecock Hills. Simpson captured his only major championship title at the 2012 U.S. Open that was held at the Olympic Club. Simpson has struggled in subsequent versions of the U.S. Open, having never cracked the top 25 since winning the title. […]

Kevin Chappell Heads To U.S. Open In Horrible Form

Kevin Chappell heads to this week's U.S. Open in horrible form. He is coming off a terrible performance in the FedEx St. Jude Classic last week that included an ugly 77 in the second round. Chappell has missed the cut in five of his last six tournament appearances. After a promising start to the 2018 […]

Daniel Berger's Recent Play Has Been Disappointing

Daniel Berger heads to Shinnecock Hills after a very disappointing missed cut at last week's FedEx St. Jude Classic. Berger was the two-time defending champion of the St. Jude, but missed the weekend cut by one shot. This is the latest in a string of underwhelming starts for Berger over the past month. He failed […]

Matthew Fitzpatrick Looks To Keep U.S. Open Cut Streak Alive

Matthew Fitzpatrick will look to keep his U.S. Open cut-making streak alive at Shinnecock Hills this week. The young Englishman has made the cut in all three of his career U.S. Open appearances. Fitzpatrick will attempt to improve on his career-best finish of T-35th, which he logged last year at Erin Hills. He is fresh […]

Ross Fisher Looks To Make First U.S. Open Cut Since 2009

Once thought to be the next golf superstar from England, Ross Fisher has never been able to find his footing in the United States. Fisher has five career international victories, but has never won on the PGA Tour. The Englishman has not found any recent success in the states, missing four of six cuts on […]

Patrick Cantlay In Search Of First Major Championship

Since his tremendously successful season in 2017, Patrick Cantlay has been making his presence felt on the PGA Tour. Though he picked up a win at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in the fall, Cantlay enters this week's U.S. Open in search of his first major championship win. The young star seems primed for […]

Louis Oosthuizen Is Boom-Or-Bust Option At U.S. Open

This has been an uncharacteristic season for Louis Oosthuizen. The South African is normally one of the game's most consistent players, but Shrek has been plagued by erratic play in 2018. Over Oosthuizen's last nine starts, he has finished inside the top 20 six times and missed the cut in the other three. Oosthuizen has […]

Branden Grace Is Dark-Horse Contender At U.S. Open

Branden Grace enters this week’s U.S. Open as a serious dark horse contender. The South African has played excellent golf over the past month, highlighted by back-to-back top five finishes at the AT&T Byron Nelson and the BMW PGA Championship. Grace has fared well in recent U.S. Opens, finishing tied for fourth in 2015 and […]

Kevin Chappell Continues To Struggle, Misses Cut At FedEx St. Jude

Kevin Chappell's struggles continued this week at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. He was never close to making the weekend, finishing at an ugly 11-over par to miss the cut. Chappell shot 74 in his opening round, but the wheels really came off Friday when he made two double-bogeys en route to a 77. He […]

Tony Finau Logs Suprising Missed Cut at FedEx St. Jude

Tony Finau missed the 36-hole cut at this week's FedEx St. Jude Classic. It snaps a string of five consecutive cuts made for the young star. Finau shot rounds of 70 and 71 at TPC Southwind to finish at one-over par and miss the cut by an agonizing one shot. This was Finau's first career […]

Defending Champ Daniel Berger Misses Cut

Daniel Berger missed the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Classic on Friday. The two-time defending champion was attempting to win his third consecutive title in Memphis. Though he didn’t play badly, Berger was unable to find a groove at TPC Southwind this week. He opened with an even-par 70 on Thursday and followed up […]

PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - FedEx St. Jude Classic

Hello and welcome back to Horse For The Course! Bryson DeChambeau won a tightly contested Memorial tournament in a three-man playoff Sunday. This week's PGA Tour stop takes us to my home state of Tennessee for the FedEx St. Jude Classic that will once again be held at TPC Southwind in Memphis. This tournament is […]

Louis Oosthuizen Sharp In Last Appearance Before U.S. Open

Louis Oosthuizen fired a final-round 65 in last week's Memorial tournament to finish in a tie for 13th. The excellent Sunday score moved Oosthuizen to 10-under par for the tournament. Normally ultra-consistent, Shrek has been on a roller coaster this year, seemingly alternating missed cuts with high finishes. Oosthuizen will try to carry the momentum […]

Kevin Chappell Will Attempt To Get Back On Track This Week

After a hot start to the 2018 PGA Tour season, Kevin Chappell has struggled with a back injury and poor play over the last several months. He will attempt to get back on track at this week's FedEx St. Jude Classic. Chappell has had success in the past at TPC Southwind, logging a fourth-place finish […]

Keegan Bradley, Russell Knox, Patrick Rodgers Withdraw

Keegan Bradley, Russell Knox and Patrick Rodgers have all withdrawn from this week's FedEx St. Jude Classic. All three qualified for next week's U.S. Open via sectional tournaments Monday and have elected to focus on preparation for the major championship instead of playing TPC Southwind. This is a trend that we see every year at the […]

NCAA Champ Braden Thornberry in FedEx St. Jude Field

Defending NCAA individual champion Braden Thornberry will play in this week's FedEx St. Jude Classic on a sponsor's exemption. Thornberry played in this event last year on the same exemption and finished in an impressive tie for fourth -- it was the best finish by an amateur on the PGA Tour in 2017. Still only […]