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Paul Casey Repeats At Valspar
Paul Casey captured the Valspar Championship title for the second consecutive year Sunday at Innisbrook Resort. The Englishman overcame a very difficult Copperhead Course and a group of chasers that included Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen, and Jason Kokrak. The veteran entered the week fresh off a horrible performance at The Players Championship, but navigated the […]
Joe Nicely
Kevin Tway Goes To Valspar In A Slump
Kevin Tway is scheduled to appear in the upcoming Valspar Championship. Tway heads to Tampa in poor form. The young bomber has missed four consecutive cuts and five of his last six. His slump is especially surprising when considering his terrific play during the fall, which included his first career win on the PGA Tour […]
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Louis Oosthuizen Brings Inconsistent Form To Copperhead
Louis Oosthuizen is in the Valspar Championship field this week. The South African has been plagued by inconsistent form this season. 'Shrek' managed a T56 in last week's Players Championship on the heels of a missed cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational the week prior. It's fair to wonder to what extent nagging back and […]
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Keegan Bradley Has Infamous History At Valspar
Keegan Bradley continued his strong play last week by logging a T16 at The Players Championship. Bradley has perhaps the best iron game on the PGA Tour and his ball striking consistently keeps him in the mix, while his putting continues to frustrate his DFS backers. The 32-year-old heads to Innisbrook Resort for this week's […]
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Brendan Steele Unravels At The Players
Fresh off his best performance of the season, a T17 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Brendan Steele missed the cut at last week's Players Championship. Steele appeared to be cruising after an opening-round 68, but things unraveled quickly with a brutal round of 76 on Friday. His API finish was propelled by some uncharacteristically-great putting, […]
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Jim Furyk Brings Good Vibes To Valspar
Jim Furyk is scheduled to play in the upcoming Valspar Championship. The 48-year-old almost pulled off a miracle at The Players Championship last week, but ultimately fell shy of winner Rory McIlroy and settled for a runner-up finish at TPC Sawgrass. The ageless wonder will take his grind-it-out game to Tampa Bay this week. The […]
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Michael Thompson's Hot Streak Goes Cold
Michael Thompson is in the field for the upcoming Valspar Championship. After a blistering hot streak during which he logged five consecutive finishes of 16th or better, Thompson has cooled off in his last two starts. He has lost strokes with his irons in both of his recent outings, a missed cut at the Arnold […]
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Sungjae Im Set To Make Valspar Debut
PGA Tour rookie Sungjae Im is set to make his Valspar Championship debut this week. The 20-year-old from South Korea is having an impressive rookie campaign. Im has already recorded three top-10 finishes in his 15 starts of the 2018-19 season. Last year's Web.com Tour player of the year ranks an eye-opening 20th in strokes […]
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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Valspar Championship
Welcome back RotoBallers! After a series of near misses in seemingly every tournament this season, Rory McIlroy finally closed the deal on a Sunday to win The Players Championship. We are seeing a focused and motivated Rory this year and it's really what we've been waiting for from a guy that has all the tools […]
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Branden Grace Looks For Another Strong Outing At Valspar
Branden Grace is in the field for the upcoming Valspar Championship. Grace will be looking for another top-10 finish at Innisbrook, where he recorded a T8 last year. The South African logged a forgettable T72 in last week's Players Championship, but a runner-up finish at the Waste Management Open earlier this year reminded golf fans […]
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Henrik Stenson Has Elite Course History At Valspar
Henrik Stenson is in the field for the upcoming Valspar Championship. The Swede narrowly missed the cut at last week's Players Championship. After starting 2019 in sluggish form, Stenson showed some signs of life with a T17 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. 'The Iceman' gained strokes on approach shots at TPC Sawgrass […]
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Paul Casey Set To Defend Valspar Title
Paul Casey is set to defend his Valspar Championship title this week. A final-round 65 vaulted Casey to the top of the leaderboard last year and he won the title by a single shot over Patrick Reed and Tiger Woods. The Englishman will attempt to recover from his worst outing of the year at last […]
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Webb Simpson Brings Consistent Play To Valspar
Webb Simpson is set to tee it up in this week's Valspar Championship. Simpson has been a model of consistency this season and has made the cut in all five of his 2019 starts. He heads to Innisbrook Resort fresh off a T16 finish at The Players Championship, where he rolled the ball extremely well […]
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Ian Poulter Suffers Weekend Implosion At The Players
After beautiful opening rounds of 69 and 66 put Ian Poulter squarely in the mix at The Players Championship, a disastrous weekend sent him tumbling down the leaderboard. The Englishman's implosion resulted in rounds of 75 and 76 over his final 36 holes and dropped him into a T56 finish. It was an extremely disappointing […]
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Webb Simpson Plays Well In Players Title Defense
Defending Players champion Webb Simpson played well in defense of his title, logging a T16 finish in this year's edition. Simpson moved up the leaderboard with a final-round 68, his best score of the week. The short hitter wasn't able to take advantage of a soft TPC Sawgrass course that played much differently this year. […]
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Tiger Woods Logs Forgettable Outing At The Players
Tiger Woods was never able to get things going at TPC Sawgrass and settled for a T30 at The Players Championship. Woods finished at six-under par for the week, 10 shots behind winner Rory McIlroy. The 14-time major winner was undone by an ugly quadruple bogey on the par-three 17th hole during Friday's second round […]
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Michael Thompson Has Poor Players Championship History
Michael Thompson is in the field for The Players Championship. Thompson has had a dream start to the year with top-16 or better finishes in five of his last six PGA Tour starts. His streak ended at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational when Thompson lost strokes to the field in both approach and putting categories. […]
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Branden Grace Brings Inconsistent Form To Sawgrass
Branden Grace is scheduled to tee it up in The Players Championship this week. The South African has been plagued by inconsistent form in 2019. Grace recorded a runner-up finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, but has also missed cuts at the Farmers and Genesis. He has been steady in his previous trips to […]
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Brendan Steele Rides Hot Putter At Bay Hill
Brendan Steele recorded his best finish of 2019 at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The slumping Steele rode a hot putter into a T17 finish at Bay Hill. It was just his second made cut in six starts this year. Normally atrocious on the greens, Steele gained a massive 7.3 strokes putting last week. It […]
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Marc Leishman's DFS Price Reduced For The Players
Marc Leishman is set to tee it up in The Players Championship. The 'Big Aussie' has cooled a bit since a hot start to 2019. Leishman recorded top-five finishes in three of his first four starts this year, but has only managed a T62 and a T23 in his two most recent outings. The 35-year-old's […]
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Phil Mickelson Is A Risky Proposition This Week
After weeks of speculation, Phil Mickelson appears set to tee it up in The Players Championship. 'Lefty' had hinted that he might skip this event, but has committed to playing after a practice round at TPC Sawgrass. The 48-year-old has vowed to reduce his schedule to only events where he feels he has a chance […]
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Patrick Cantlay A Dark-Horse Contender At The Players
Patrick Cantlay is set to tee it up in this week's Players Championship. It will be Cantlay's third straight appearance at a TPC Sawgrass course on which he's logged back-to-back top-25 finishes. The 26-year-old had a breakout season in 2018 and has continued to play at a very high level this year. He ranks an […]
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Tony Finau Has Rocky History At TPC Sawgrass
Tony Finau is in the field for this week's Players Championship. The rising star had a breakout 2018 season, but has yet to figure out TPC Sawgrass. In three career Players starts, Finau has a T54 and two missed cuts. The 29-year-old's game revolves around his distance off the tee, an advantage that is muted […]
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Alex Noren Still Searching For Form
Alex Noren is in the field for the upcoming Players Championship. The Swede has a strong track record at TPC Sawgrass, but heads into this year's event in horrible form. The Euro Tour veteran has missed the cut in two of his four 2019 starts, with a T44 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open standing […]
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Zach Johnson Looks For Breakout At The Players
Zach Johnson is in the field for The Players Championship. It has been a ho-hum 2019 to this point for the two-time major champion, with his best finish being a T28 at the Desert Classic in January. Johnson has been making cuts, but not much else. He logged a T40 in last week's Arnold Palmer […]
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Sungjae Im Set To Make Players Championship Debut
Sungjae Im is set to make his first career start at The Players Championship this week. The 2018 Web.com Tour Player of the Year is fresh off a T3 in last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. It was the young star's second top-five finish in what has been an outstanding rookie campaign on the PGA Tour. […]
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Tiger Woods On Track To Play This Week
Tiger Woods is on track to play in The Players Championship after a surprising withdrawal from last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 14-time major champion opted to skip Bay Hill due to a painful neck sprain, but a week of rest and treatment has him ready to give it a go at TPC Sawgrass. The […]
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Ian Poulter Has Great Record At TPC Sawgrass
Ian Poulter is in The Players Championship field this week. The Englishman has a track record of great success at TPC Sawgrass. Poulter is twice a runner-up at THE PLAYERS and logged a T11 in last year's edition. The Euro Tour veteran is playing some of the best golf of his career this season and […]
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Matt Kuchar Returns To Action At The Players
Matt Kuchar is in the field for The Players Championship. The veteran has experienced a roller coaster season up to this point. Kuchar has already nabbed two wins, but has also been forced to deal with an embarrassing caddie-payment scandal that turned into a media firestorm. The 40-year-old has used the last two weeks to […]
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Paul Casey Heads To TPC Sawgrass On A Hot Streak
Paul Casey is set to tee it up at The Players Championship. The Englishman missed last year's PLAYERS, but will be riding a wave of hot play into this year's edition. In his last three starts, Casey has scored a runner-up finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a T25 at the Genesis Open, and […]
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