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Paul Casey Is A Solid Option In Sentry
Paul Casey is in the field for this week's Sentry Tournament of Champions. The Englishman had a very solid 2018 season. Casey picked up his second career PGA Tour win at the Valspar Championship, notched four top-10 finishes, and made 18 of 20 cuts. The veteran has one of the best tee-to-green games on the […]
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Phil Mickelson Won't Play Sentry Event
Phil Mickelson is not teeing it up in this week's Sentry Tournament of Champions. "Lefty" qualified for the TOC via his win at the WGC-Mexico event last season, but has elected not to play at Kapalua. The 48-year-old has made it clear that he plans to cut back his 2019 schedule in an attempt to […]
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Justin Rose Skipping Sentry TOC
Despite qualifying for this week's Sentry Tournament of Champions, Justin Rose has elected to skip the event. This decision is not out of the ordinary for Rose, who hasn't played the Hawaiian in years. The defending FedEx Cup champion and second-ranked player in the world will be experiencing some big changes in 2019. Rose signed […]
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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Sentry Tournament of Champions
Happy New Year RotoBallers and welcome to Horse For The Course! For those of you that read this article last season, welcome back! If you are stopping by for the first time, let me say thanks for joining me here at RotoBaller and I hope you'll want to make this article part of your weekly […]
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DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS Week 17
Hello RotoBallers and welcome to this season's last edition of Power Pivots! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wish you well as we head into 2019! I appreciate those of you that have joined me here each week. While I want you to win money in DFS tournaments, the ultimate goal […]
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Tiger Woods Won't Play Tournament of Champions
DFS players will have to wait a little longer to get Tiger Woods into their lineups. Woods has opted to skip next week's Sentry Tournament of Champions, according to ESPN's Bob Harig. Woods qualified for the event via his victory at the season-ending Tour Championship. There was speculation that Woods might play in the season […]
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DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS Week 16
Happy Holidays RotoBallers! Welcome back to Power Pivots, the article where we examine each position in search of players that will offer us leverage in large-field DraftKings tournaments. If you read last week's edition, you might remember that I was concerned about the lack of great matchups in Week 15. Those concerns proved to be […]
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DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS Week 15
Hello RotoBallers! Welcome back to Power Pivots, where we are always in search of players that will offer us leverage in DraftKings GPPs. Those of you that read last week's column hopefully had a solid day. Our strategy of fading the cheap chalk RBs in favor of Christian McCaffery and Ezekiel Elliott worked well, while […]
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DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS Week 14
Hi RotoBallers! For those of you that read this article regularly, welcome back! If you are finding Power Pivots for the first time, you have come to the right place if you love NFL DFS! Each week we examine players that are projected to popular at each position and try to find an alternative or […]
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DraftKings Power Pivots - NFL DFS Week 13
What's up RotoBallers? Welcome to Power Pivots, where we are always in search of players that might go overlooked in DraftKings tournaments. It's a bittersweet feeling to say we are gearing up for Week 13 of the NFL season. When we click into the "teen" weeks, it's a stark reminder that the season is heading […]
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NFL DFS Week 12: DraftKings Power Pivots
Welcome back RotoBallers! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We're going to dive right into Week 12 and I hope you enjoy this edition of Power Pivots as you fight through your food hangover. Similar to Week 11, there's not a lot of games on the slate that scream "ATTACK" to me, although I'm […]
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NFL DFS Week 11: DraftKings Power Pivots
It's Week 11 RotoBallers! Hard to believe it, but here we are. I hope all of your DFS screens were green in Week 10! Last week's Power Pivots gave us mixed results. Our QB, RB, and DEF/ST selections performed great, but we had total misses at WR and TE. Let's try to nail them all […]
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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - RSM Classic
Kuuuuch!!! Fan favorite Matt Kuchar took down the Mayakoba Classic for his eighth career victory on the PGA Tour and first win in nearly five years. Our Mayakoba horses and ponies fared well, with all of the highlighted players making the cut. RotoBaller staff member Spencer Aguiar nailed Matt Kuchar at 66/1 in his weekly […]
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Zach Johnson Has Home-Course Advantage At RSM
Zach Johnson won't have to travel far for the RSM Classic. Johnson is a resident of Sea Island, the location of this week's tournament. The two-time major winner will be making his second start of the new season at the RSM after posting 13 top-25 finishes in 2018. Johnson had a disappointing outing last week […]
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Russell Henley Has Been Lights Out In RSM Classic
Russell Henley heads to Sea Island for this week's RSM Classic. The former Georgia Bulldog has an outstanding history at the tournament in his home state. Henley has recorded top-10 finishes in each of his last trips to Sea Island. His form is trending in the right direction, as he ranked top-five in both fairways […]
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Webb Simpson Headlines RSM Field
Webb Simpson is scheduled to tee it up in this week's RSM Classic. At 20th in the Official World Golf Ranking, Simpson is the highest-ranked player in the field by a large margin. He has been installed as the betting favorite at 8/1 and is the highest-priced player on all DFS sites. Simpson is coming […]
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Tony Finau Turns In Solid Performance At Mayakoba
Tony Finau turned in a solid performance at the Mayakoba Classic, finishing in a tie for 16th place. The young superstar was never in contention to win the tournament, but was steady throughout the week. Finau recorded four sub-70 rounds at El Camaleon, despite the layout not fitting his style of play. It was a […]
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Matt Kuchar Wins Mayakoba Classic
Matt Kuchar won the Mayakoba Classic for his eighth career PGA Tour victory and first in over four years. Kuchar was in control of the tournament throughout the weekend and entered the final round with a four-shot lead. Despite some shaky play down the stretch, the veteran managed to shoot a final-round 69, good for […]
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NFL DFS Week 10 - DraftKings Power Pivots
Thanks for joining me here at RotoBaller! Those of you that read last week's Power Pivots hopefully fared well, as our highlighted players had huge games in Week 9! I'm back on the grind for you, let's try to keep the positive momentum going as we head into Week 10. There were several games last […]
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Joaquin Niemann Trending In The Right Direction
Joaquin Niemann logged his first top-10 finish of the new season at last week's Shriners Open. The teenage sensation made an eye-popping four eagles over his four rounds, to finish at 14-under par and tied for 10th place. Expectations are high for the 19-year-old who exploded on to the professional scene last season with four […]
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Matt Kuchar Gets Off To Sluggish Start
Matt Kuchar is off to a sluggish start in the new PGA Tour season. The veteran didn't look sharp during his season debut at last week's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Kuchar failed to break 70 in his final two rounds and was left in an underwhelming tie for 57th place. There is hope for […]
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Tony Finau Has Uneven History At Mayakoba
Tony Finau is in the field for the upcoming Mayakoba Classic. The young superstar will once again be one of the favorites to win the tournament. It will be his fourth start of the new season. Finau turned in a somewhat underwhelming performance at last week's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, finishing in a tie […]
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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Mayakoba Golf Classic
Hi RotoBallers and welcome back to Horse For The Course! Bryson DeChambeau played himself into the winner's circle at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The "Mad Scientist" is rolling and proving that his scientific approach is for real. This week we head south of the border, down Mexico way for the Mayakoba Golf Classic. […]
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Patrick Cantlay Falls Short At Shriners
Patrick Cantlay was trying to become the first player to win back-to-back Shriners Open titles in nearly 20 years. He almost pulled it off, but fell one stroke shy of the winner, Bryson DeChambeau, and had to settle for a second-place finish. It was a wild Sunday and four different players held a share of […]
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NFL DFS Week 9: DraftKings Power Pivots
Welcome back RotoBallers! It's hard to believe we are already at Week 9 of the NFL season, but here we are. I hope everyone fared well in Week 8. It was a tough one for me personally. There were lots of plays I really LOVED. About half of those plays had really great performances and […]
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Kevin Tway Looks To Get Back In Winner's Circle
After taking a week off, Kevin Tway will be back in action at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Tway picked up his first career PGA Tour victory at the Safeway Open earlier this month. He will look to add to his win total this week in Las Vegas. TPC Summerlin should be a perfect […]
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Kevin Na Is A DFS Gamble This Week
Kevin Na will tee it up in this week's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Na's game has been in a lull over the last two weeks. He has only managed finishes of T54 and T52 in his last two tournament starts in Asia. Na heads back to the United States for this week's tournament in […]
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Russell Henley Searching For Consistency
Russell Henley is in the field for this week's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Henley has struggled with inconsistent form since a breakout season in 2017. He finished a career-low 96th in the 2018 FedEx Cup standings. Henley missed the cut in his first appearance of the new season at the Safeway Open and recorded […]
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Webb Simpson Has Excellent History In Shriners Open
Webb Simpson will be making his first start of the new PGA Tour season in Las Vegas this week. Simpson had a career-best season in 2018, winning the Players Championship and logging eight top-10 finishes. He has an excellent opportunity to start the new season off with a bang at the Shriners Hospitals for Children […]
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Brendan Steele Brings Positive Vibes To Vegas
Brendan Steele is slated to tee it up in this week's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Steele will bring some positive momentum to Las Vegas, as he is coming off his best performance since February. The slumping Steele broke through for a T14 in the recent CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, snapping a string of […]
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