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Kevin Chappell Starts Season In Solid Form
Kevin Chappell logged an impressive T10 at last week's CIMB Classic. It was a solid start to what should be a bounce back season for the young American and marks Chappell's best finish since a surprising T6 at The Open Championship in July. The 32-year-old looks to get back on track after a disappointing 2018 […]
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Branden Grace Added To CJ Cup Field
Branden Grace will be in the field for this week's CJ Cup at Nine Bridges. Grace was originally an alternate for the event, but will now play thanks to Andrew Landry's withdrawal from the tournament. The South African has been in poor form recently and is coming off a T50 at last week's CIMB Classic. […]
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Louis Oosthuizen Looks Sharp At CIMB Classic
Louis Oosthuizen's game looked sharp at last week's CIMB Classic. The South African logged a T5 at TPC Kuala Lumpur for his first top-five finish since May. Oosthuizen was plagued with nagging back and neck injuries over the latter part of the 2018 season, but appears to finally be back to full health. He now […]
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Marc Leishman Looks To Stay Hot At Nine Bridges
Marc Leishman heads to this week's CJ Cup at Nine Bridges fresh off a victory in the CIMB Classic. It was the Australian's fourth career win on the PGA Tour. Leishman has a very good chance for continued success at Nine Bridges. He played excellent in last year's CJ Cup, logging a runner-up finish after […]
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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges
Welcome back PGA RotoBallers! The "Big Aussie" Marc Leishman ran away with the CIMB Classic in the final round to take home his fourth career PGA Tour victory. We enter the second leg of the "Asia Swing" this week as we head to Korea for the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges! As it does in […]
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Alex Noren Returns To Action For CJ Cup
Alex Noren is scheduled to tee it up in this week's CJ Cup at the Nine Bridges tournament. The Swede has been out of action since last month's Ryder Cup. Noren played well for Team Europe, winning two points in three matches. The European veteran had an excellent 2018 season and played primarily on the […]
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Paul Casey Is Finding Form
Paul Casey played well at TPC Kuala Lumpur to finish the CIMB Classic in a tie for 13th place. The Englishman broke par in all four rounds en route to finishing at 18-under par for the tournament. This performance is another positive sign that Casey is finding his form after sputtering down the stretch of […]
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Marc Leishman Wins CIMB Classic
Marc Leishman began the final round of the CIMB Classic tied for the lead, but the Australian got hot early and never looked back. Leishman came storming out of the gates at TPC Kuala Lumpur, making four consecutive birdies over his first five holes on the way to a final-round 65. He finished the tournament […]
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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - CIMB Classic
The 2019 PGA Tour season got off to an exciting start as we saw a three-man sudden death playoff Sunday. Kevin Tway outlasted Ryan Moore and Brandt Snedeker to take home the Safeway Open championship, marking the talented 30-year-old's first career PGA Tour victory. We are going to keep things going as we head around […]
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Week 6 DraftKings Power Pivots - NFL DFS
Welcome back RotoBallers! Thanks for checking out Power Pivots, where we discuss some alternative player options for DraftKings GPP's. Week 5 was a tough one for me personally and I never found a lineup combination that I truly loved. Unfortunately, bad weeks are a part of DFS and are something we have to learn to […]
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Keegan Bradley Has Been Sharp At CIMB
Keegan Bradley is set to tee it up in this week's CIMB Classic. Bradley has a phenomenal track record at TPC Kuala Lumpur, having logged three top-10's in four career appearances, including a runner-up finish in last year's CIMB. He enters the tournament in sharp form, as he picked up his first PGA Tour win […]
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Louis Oosthuizen Must Improve Iron Play
Louis Oosthuizen is set to make his first career start in the CIMB Classic this week. Oosthuizen hasn't been very active as of late, but did participate in the Euro Tour's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last week and finished in a tie for 32nd place. The South African battled nagging back and neck injuries last […]
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Kevin Na Has Great History At CIMB
Fresh off his best season as a professional, Kevin Na heads to Malaysia for the upcoming CIMB Classic. Na won The Greenbrier in July for his first PGA Tour win in six years. The veteran also played well down the stretch and qualified for the FedEx Cup Tour Championship. Na will look to keep things […]
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Kevin Tway Looking For Second Win Of Season
Fresh off his first career PGA Tour victory, Kevin Tway is making the long trip to Malaysia for this week's CIMB Classic. The talented 30-year-old captured the Safeway Open title last week by making three birdies in a sudden-death playoff. Tway will look to carry the positive momentum to Malaysia where he logged a T32 […]
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Kevin Chappell Hopes To Bounce Back in 2019
Kevin Chappell will get his 2019 season underway at this week's CIMB Classic. After a breakthrough win at the Valero Texas Open in 2017 many pegged Chappell as a rising star on the PGA Tour. Instead, the 32-year-old had a hugely disappointing 2018 season. Chappell suffered through a difficult summer, missing five cuts in seven […]
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Marc Leishman Looks For Hot Start At CIMB
Marc Leishman is scheduled to tee it up in this week's CIMB Classic. Leishman last played at TPC Kuala Lumpur in 2017, when he logged an impressive fifth-place finish. The "Big Aussie" began the 2018 PGA Tour season on fire, notching three top-10's in his first five tournaments, but was quite throughout the summer and […]
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Branden Grace Returns To Action At CIMB Classic
Branden Grace is set to return to action for this week's CIMB Classic after a month-long layoff. The South African's last event of the 2018 season was the Dell Technologies Championship in September. His play was steady for the better part of 2018 and he made the cut in three of four major championships, but […]
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Brendan Steele Fails To Defend Safeway Title
Brendan Steele entered this week's Safeway Open in search of a three-peat win at Silverado Resort & Spa. The two-time defending champion came out swinging by firing an opening-round 67, but failed to break 70 in any of his other rounds on the way to a disappointing T53 finish. Steele struggled over the latter part […]
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Patrick Cantlay Solid In Safeway Debut
Patrick Cantlay finished tied for 17th in his Safeway Open debut. He got off to a solid start by shooting 69-68 in his first two rounds, but failed to break 70 over the weekend to finish at eight-under par for the tournament. While it was a nice start to the season for Cantlay, his DFS […]
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Phil Mickelson Fades At Safeway Open
Phil Mickelson entered the weekend just three shots behind the Safeway Open leader, but faded over his final 36 holes. After opening-rounds of 65 and 69, Mickelson could only manage scores of 74 and 72 in his final two rounds at Silverado North. His score of eight-under par for the tournament was good for a […]
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Paul Casey Carries Ryder Cup Momentum To CIMB
Paul Casey heads to this week's CIMB Classic riding a wave of momentum from Europe's recent Ryder Cup victory. The Englishman struggled over the latter part of the 2018 season and was a mildly controversial captain's pick to the European squad by Thomas Bjorn. Casey played well in Paris, logging 1.5 points for the victorious […]
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Kevin Tway Wins Safeway Open In Playoff
Kevin Tway's first PGA Tour victory wasn't easy. The 30-year-old won the Safeway Open on the third sudden-death hole to defeat Ryan Moore and Brandt Snedeker in a three-man playoff. Tway birdied his final two holes in regulation to join Snedeker and Moore at 14-under par. He then proceeded to birdie all three holes required […]
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Week 5 DraftKings Power Pivots - NFL DFS
Welcome back to Power Pivots! I hope everyone had a successful and profitable Week 4. The season is moving right along and as we head to Week 5 we have a pretty solid feel for players and teams. Veterans of multiple NFL DFS seasons are well-aware that things can often get tougher as the season […]
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Phil Mickelson In Contention At Safeway Open
Phil Mickelson sits just three shots back of leader Brandt Snedeker through 36 holes at the Safeway Open. Mickelson followed an impressive opening-round 65 with a solid 69 in Friday's second round to reach 10-under par. This performance comes as a surprise from the veteran that struggled terribly down the stretch of the PGA Tour […]
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Phil Mickelson Takes Ailing Game To Napa
Phil Mickelson is scheduled to tee it up at this week's Safeway Open. The veteran heads to Napa Valley fresh off an embarrassing showing at the Ryder Cup, where he went winless for a U.S. team that was dismantled by Europe. Mickelson showed flashes of his former greatness at different points in 2018, including picking […]
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Joaquin Niemann Takes Aim At Safeway Open
Joaquin Niemann will begin his assault on the PGA Tour when the fall season kicks off at this week's Safeway Open. The 19-year-old phenom from Chile was a revelation in limited starts last year. In just 13 events in 2018, Niemann logged four top-10 finishes and made the cut in eight of his last nine […]
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Patrick Cantlay Headlines Safeway Field
The PGA Tour's fall season gets underway with this week's Safeway Open. Rising star Patrick Cantlay is the field's headliner and will be making his first career start at Silverado North. The 26-year-old kicked off last season with a win at the Shriner's Open and will look to duplicate that success in Napa Valley this […]
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Brendan Steele Eyes Three-Peat At Safeway
Brendan Steele heads to Napa Valley this week in search of a three-peat at the Safeway Open. Steele has kicked off the fall season with wins the last two years on the California track. No player has won the same tournament three consecutive years since 2011. Steele struggled throughout the summer of 2018, but will […]
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PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Safeway Open
Welcome back PGA DFS family! I'm not going to dig into the Ryder Cup, because the pain is still fresh...needless to say, it was a disastrous outing for the United States. After a very brief break, we are back in action on the PGA Tour this week for the Safeway Open! The fall season is […]
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Week 4 DraftKings Power Pivots - NFL DFS
Hello RotoBaller football family! Welcome back to Power Pivots, where we discuss some alternative player options for use in DraftKings tournaments. As we saw last week, chalk plays don't always work. Popular options like Julio Jones, Corey Clement, and Eric Ebron had underwhelming performances, while lesser-known options Tyler Boyd and Calvin Ridley had huge weeks. […]
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