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Matt Kuchar Heads To Phoenix On Fire
Matt Kuchar will be in the field for the upcoming Waste Management Phoenix Open. Kuchar started this season on fire and has logged two wins since November. The veteran captured the Mayakoba Classic in the fall and followed up with another victory at the Sony Open earlier this month. This will be Kuchar's first start […]
Joe Nicely
Phil Mickelson Back In Action At Waste Management Open
After a surprisingly hot start to the 2019 season, Phil Mickelson will be back in action at this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open. "Lefty" kicked off the year with a T2 at the Desert Classic, before skipping last week's Farmers Insurance Open. The 48-year-old has made it clear that he plans to lighten his playing […]
Joe Nicely
Alex Noren Hopes To Rebound In Phoenix
Alex Noren is in this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open field. The Swede will attempt to rebound from a missed cut in last week's Farmers Insurance Open. Noren shot a disastrous opening-round 76 at Torrey Pines last week and failed to make the weekend, even with a bounce-back 68 on Friday. His performance was disappointing, […]
Joe Nicely
Sungjae Im Offers Great DFS Value This Week
Sungjae Im is slated to make his Waste Management Phoenix Open debut this week. Im was a dominant force on the Web.com Tour last season and he's quickly exhibiting the skills that earned him a PGA Tour card. The young South Korean has made seven of nine cuts since the swing season began and has […]
Joe Nicely
Daniel Berger Looks To Bounce Back At Waste Management
Daniel Berger is in the Waste Management Phoenix Open field. Berger is looking to bounce back from a missed cut at last week's Farmers Insurance Open. Once considered a rising star, he battled through most of 2018 with a nagging wrist injury that hampered his performance. Berger kicked off 2019 with a T12 in the […]
Joe Nicely
Webb Simpson Has Great History At TPC Scottsdale
Webb Simpson is scheduled to tee it up in this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open. It will be Simpson's first start since the Sentry Tournament of Champions. He should feel comfortable at TPC Scottsdale this week, as he's flourished in previous trips to the Arizona track. Simpson logged an uncharacteristic missed cut in last year's […]
Joe Nicely
Keegan Bradley Heads To Phoenix In Solid Form
Keegan Bradley is in the field for the upcoming Waste Management Phoenix Open. Bradley is somewhat infamous for his erratic play, but he heads to TPC Scottsdale in rock-solid form, having logged top-35 finishes in six consecutive tournaments. We always want to target sharp iron play at the Waste Management and Bradley certainly fits the […]
Joe Nicely
Joaquin Niemann's Putting Struggles Continue
Joaquin Niemann is in the field for this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open. One of the breakout stars of the 2018 season, Niemann has kicked off 2019 in horrendous fashion. The youngster's putting struggles are becoming a legitimate problem. Niemann has lost over four strokes putting in each of his last two tournaments. His issues […]
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Tony Finau Looks To End Waste Management Drought
Tony Finau is set to tee it up in this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open. Despite his growing success over the last few seasons, Finau has yet to figure out TPC Scottsdale. The young star has missed the cut in his last three Waste Management starts. Finau's game is a great fit for TPC Scottsdale […]
Joe Nicely
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Waste Management Phoenix Open
Hi RotoBallers! Welcome to Horse For The Course! The Farmers Insurance Open provided a leaderboard full of elite players, just as we expected, but Justin Rose sucked a lot of the drama out of the final round. The Englishman got off to a shaky start Sunday, but quickly bounced back and played nearly flawless golf […]
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Justin Rose Cruises To Win At Farmers
Justin Rose is the world's number one-ranked player and he looked every bit the part at this week's Farmers Insurance Open. Rose was dominant in all four rounds, finishing the tournament at 21-under par, a score rarely seen at the tough Torrey Pines layout. The Englishman finished two shots clear of runner-up Adam Scott. It […]
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Tiger Woods Makes The Cut At Torrey Pines
Tiger Woods has been dominant at Torrey Pines throughout his career, but Friday he was just trying to hang around for the weekend. Woods mustered a two-under par 70 for the second straight day to land at four-under par through 36 holes. The score was one shot inside the Farmers Insurance Open cut line. This […]
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Justin Rose Heads Into Weekend With Farmers Lead
Justin Rose is the number one-ranked player in the world and he looks every bit the part through the first two rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open. Rose backed up a blistering opening-round 63 on Torrey Pines North with an equally impressive second-round 66 on the much tougher South Course. The Englishman sits at 15-under […]
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Sungjae Im Making His Presence Known On PGA Tour
Sungjae Im is set to play in this week's Farmers Insurance Open. It will be the PGA Tour rookie's first appearance at Torrey Pines. Im was dominant on the Web.com Tour last season and is quickly making his presence known on the PGA Tour. After a top-five finish at the Safeway Open in November, Im […]
Joe Nicely
Patrick Cantlay Heads To Torrey Pines On A Roll
Patrick Cantlay is in the field for this week's Farmers Insurance Open. He heads to Torrey Pines in excellent form. The young star has reeled off four consecutive top-10 finishes in his last four starts and appears primed for a breakout 2019. Cantlay's game is firing on all cylinders and he ranks fourth in the […]
Joe Nicely
RotoBaller PGA: One and Done Staff Picks - Farmers Insurance Open
Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud to announce the addition of a weekly PGA “One and Done” column. In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Gianni Magliocco will […]
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Daniel Berger Continues Comeback At Farmers
Daniel Berger is scheduled to tee it up in this week's Farmers Insurance Open. It will be Berger's second start of the 2019 season. The youngster played through a wrist injury for most of 2018. He spent the off season resting and rehabbing the injury. Berger looked sharp in his first start of the year, […]
Joe Nicely
Alex Noren Has Unfinished Business At Torrey Pines
Alex Noren will tee it up in this week's Farmers Insurance Open. Noren has some unfinished business at Torrey Pines. The Swede suffered a heartbreaking playoff loss to Jason Day in last year's Farmers. Noren and Day battled in a marathon six-hole playoff that spilled over into Monday. Noren eventually put his second shot on […]
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Tony Finau Looking For Wins In 2019
Tony Finau is set to make his first start of 2019 in the upcoming Farmers Insurance Open. His 2018 season was a successful year by any measure, but the rising star failed to get his second career victory on the PGA Tour. Finau has an excellent chance to get in the win column in this […]
Joe Nicely
Justin Rose Has Played Well At Torrey Pines
Justin Rose is scheduled to tee it up in the upcoming Farmers Insurance Open. Rose kicked off 2019 with a T34 outing in last week's Desert Classic. It was an underwhelming performance from the top-ranked player in the world, but should serve as a nice warm-up to the challenge that awaits at Torrey Pines. Rose […]
Joe Nicely
Marc Leishman Looks To Stay Hot At Farmers
Marc Leishman is in the field for this week's Farmers Insurance Open. Leishman will look to stay hot at Torrey Pines this week after a fabulous start to the year. The "Big Aussie" picked up a win at the CIMB Classic in the fall and has top-five finishes in both of his 2019 starts. In […]
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Tiger Woods Starts 2019 Season This Week
Tiger Woods will get his 2019 season underway at this week's Farmers Insurance Open. The tournament will be held at Torrey Pines, a course where Woods has eight career victories. It was also the site of his last major championship victory in the 2008 U.S. Open. The legendary player energized the PGA Tour with his […]
Joe Nicely
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Farmers Insurance Open
Raise your hand if you had Adam Long winning the Desert Classic. Yeah...me neither. Long birdied the 72nd hole of the tournament to finish one shot clear of Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin (our top Pony in last week's article!). It was the 31-year-old's first career PGA Tour victory and solidifies (at least in my […]
Joe Nicely
Adam Long Unlikely Winner Of Desert Classic
Adam Long won the 60th Annual Desert Classic Sunday. It was the 31-year-old's first career victory on the PGA Tour. Long played almost flawlessly over the weekend, logging rounds of 63 and 65. He birdied the 72nd hole of the tournament to finish one shot clear of Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin. It is a […]
Joe Nicely
Phil Mickelson Falls Short In Desert Classic
Phil Mickelson had a great week at the Desert Classic, but fell one stroke shy of picking up his 44th career victory on the PGA Tour. After an unexpected opening-round 60, Mickelson led or co-led the majority of the tournament and he entered Sunday's final round in great position. "Lefty" fired a final-round 69, but […]
Joe Nicely
DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS - Conference Championships
Hi RotoBallers! Thanks for joining me here at Power Pivots for the Conference Championship games! Here we are...four teams, two games, a trip to the Super Bowl is on the line. The stakes don't get much higher for NFL players and their organizations. From a DFS perspective we couldn't ask for much more, as four […]
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Phil Mickelson Starts 2019 With A Bang
Phil Mickelson made a little history in his first start of 2019 at the Desert Classic. Mickelson fired an opening round 12-under par 60 Thursday at La Quinta Country Club. It was the lowest opening round of his illustrious career and also his lowest score ever in relation to par. The 48-year-old was expected to […]
Joe Nicely
Harold Varner III Starting 2019 With Confidence
Harold Varner III is in the field for this week's Desert Classic. It will be his first start of 2019. Varner had the best season of his career in 2018. He logged three top-10 finishes and won over $1 million in prize money. The 28-year-old continued his excellent play during the swing season by recording […]
Joe Nicely
Russell Henley Has Struggled In The Desert Classic
Russell Henley is slated to tee it up in this week's Desert Classic. Henley was underwhelming in his first start of 2019, finishing tied for 66th in last week's Sony Open. The 2018 season was a disappointing one for Henley and his game still looked out of sorts in Hawaii. Things might not improve this […]
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Brendan Steele Hopes To Get Back On Track
Brendan Steele is participating in this week's Desert Classic. It will be his first start of 2019. Steele suffered through a brutal 2018 that included a stretch of 12 consecutive starts without a top-45 finish. Things weren't much better for him in the fall, as he missed the cut in his last start at the […]
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