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Brian Harman Underwhelms In RBC Heritage
Expectations grew for Brian Harman after he began 2018 in such dominating fashion. Unfortunately, Harman hasn't remained the top-five machine that we saw at the start of the PGA Tour season. Following a disappointing Masters performance, Harman finished in a mediocre tie for 23rd in the RBC Heritage. Though he played solid, DFS players that... Read More
Ian Poulter Continues To Impress At RBC Heritage
It has been an impressive month for the 42-year-old Englishman. Since putting his former Ryder Cup putter back in the bag in March, Ian Poulter has been on fire. He followed an unexpected deep run in the WGC-Dell Match Play with a win at the Houston Open to qualify for the Masters. Last weekend at... Read More
Kevin Chappell Can't Avoid Big Numbers, Misses Cut At RBC Heritage
Kevin Chappell missed the cut by one stroke at this week's RBC Heritage in Hilton Head. Chappell couldn't keep big numbers off his card, as he recorded an unbelievable four double-bogeys in his two rounds at Harbour Town, including a back-breaking double-bogey on the 17th hole of his second round. This moved Chappell to plus-two... Read More
Tony Finau Will Miss Valero Texas Open
Following an impressive Masters debut, Tony Finau (ankel) will not play in next week’s Valero Texas Open. Finau played through a severe ankle sprain at Augusta National to finish in 10th place. He will miss the Valero Texas Open, a tournament where he finished tied for third in 2017, presumably to rest and rehab his... Read More
Luke Donald's Streak At Harbour Town Ends With Missed Cut
Luke Donald’s long stretch of dominance at Harbour Town Golf Links ended Friday with a missed cut. Following a dismal opening-round 76, Donald battled back to shoot 67 in the second round but fell one stroke short of the even-par cut line. The missed cut ends an unbelievable stretch of success in Hilton Head for... Read More
Charley Hoffman Entering This Week In Solid Form
Charley Hoffman enters this week’s RBC Heritage in good form. He has been playing solid golf in 2018 and has three top-20s in his last four tournaments. Hoffman had a great week at the Masters, including an exciting hole-in-one on the par-three 16th hole in the final round. He has experienced mixed results at Harbour... Read More
Xander Schauffele Making Harbour Town Debut
The 2017 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year will be making his Harbour Town debut at this week's RBC Heritage. The strategic tee shots required on the Pete Dye designed course seem to be at odds with Xander Schauffele's power and length with the driver. It will be interesting to see if the young 24-year-old... Read More
Brian Harman Trying To Regain Form At RBC Heritage
Brian Harman closed out 2017 as one of the hottest golfers on the planet. Harman continued his amazing play into this year by opening 2018 with back-to-back top-five finishes in January. Although he popped for a fifth-place finish at the WGC-Mexico in March, Harman has cooled considerably in the last few weeks. He struggled to... Read More
Kevin Kisner Looks To Light It Up At Harbour Town
A notoriously streaky player, Kevin Kisner heads into Hilton Head this week on the upswing. Kisner followed up a surprise run to the finals in the WGC Match Play in March with a solid 28th-place finish at the Masters last week. Though his iron play has been surprisingly spotty, Kiz has been hot with the... Read More
Russell Knox Has Great Track Record at Harbour Town
This week's RBC Heritage is played at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The Pete Dye designed course is a unique stop on the PGA Tour and is known for its tight fairways and small greens. Russell Knox has had great success at Harbour Town in his career. Knox has made the... Read More
Jim Furyk Is Two-Time Winner at RBC Heritage
Jim Furyk is a two-time champion of the RBC Heritage and is the tournament's all-time leader in earnings. Furyk has played a limited schedule in 2018. This week's tournament will be just the fifth event that Furyk has teed it up at this season. He notched a surprising seventh-place finish at the Valspar last month... Read More
Luke Donald Has Been Dominant at Harbour Town
The former No. 1 player in the world, Luke Donald, has struggled in recent years on the PGA Tour. The one tournament that Donald has found success in recently is this week's RBC Heritage. His course history at Harbour Town Golf Links is impressive; he has finished runner-up in three of the last four years... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - RBC Heritage
Any of us that love the sport of golf have a course that is our favorite to play. It can be our favorite course for a variety of different reasons...maybe it’s because we like the way the greens roll or it’s where we shot our lowest round ever. Perhaps the course sets up well for... Read More
Webb Simpson Brings Masters Momentum Into RBC Heritage
Webb Simpson had his best career finish in the Masters last week, finishing in a surprising tie for 20th place. Simpson's best previous finish at Augusta National was a tie for 28th in 2015. He will look to carry the momentum from his Masters performance into the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. Simpson... Read More
Branden Grace Will Not Play RBC Heritage This Week
The 2016 RBC Heritage champion, Branden Grace, announced on his personal Twitter account Monday that he will miss this week's tournament. Grace and his wife are expecting the birth of their first child at some point in the next few days and he wanted to make sure he was present for the delivery. After playing... Read More
Patrick Cantlay Looks to Rebound at RBC Heritage
After his great play over the past year, Patrick Cantlay was a popular sleeper pick in last week's Masters tournament. After making a double-bogey on his very first hole Thursday, he was never able to settle in. Cantlay disappointed many fantasy golf fans by shooting a 75 and 76 to miss the cut at Augusta... Read More
Brendan Steele Misses Masters Cut in Agonizing Fashion
The always consistent Brendan Steele faltered late in his second round Friday in the Masters. With the cut line hovering at five-over, Steele seemed to be on track play the weekend at Augusta National. Unfortunately for Steele and his fantasy owners, he proceeded to bogey his last three holes and miss the cut by two... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Continues Solid Play at The Masters
Continuing his history of solid play at Augusta National, Louis Oosthuizen finished in a very respectable tie for 12th in the Masters last week. In his typical low-key fashion, Shrek carded 71s in each of the first three rounds before firing a nice 69 on Sunday. He offered a good return on his $7,900 DraftKings... Read More
Popular Value Play Kevin Chappell Misses Cut at the Masters
With a solid course history and an affordable DraftKings price tag of only $6,900, Kevin Chappell was a popular value play heading into last week's Masters. Chappell garnered 13.80 percent ownership in the DK Millionaire Maker, but he let those that rostered him down by failing to make the weekend. Posting ugly scores of 77... Read More
Tony Finau Impresses In Masters Debut
What a wild week for Tony Finau! The young phenom almost missed the Masters after suffering a freak ankle injury on Wednesday. Finau fought through the injury and opened with a beautiful opening-round 68 on Thursday. After losing some ground in the second and third rounds, Finau came out firing Sunday, shooting a dazzling 66... Read More
Tony Finau Fires 68 On Sore Ankle
Fighting a high ankle sprain, Tony Finau toughed it out to shoot a brilliant 68 in the first round of the Masters on Thursday. Finau’s availability to play was in doubt until late this morning. He received the go ahead from doctors when an MRI showed no major damage. Though it was evident at times... Read More
Kevin Chappell Disappoints With 77
Kevin Chappell shot 77 in the opening round of the Masters on Thursday. A player that many pegged as a dark horse entering the week, Chappell was unable to get anything going on Thursday. He logged five bogeys and one double-bogey against only two birdies. Chappell will have to turn things around in a big... Read More
Tony Finau Will Attempt to Play Thursday
The Golf Channel's Todd Lewis is reporting that Tony Finau will (ankle) attempt to play Thursday in his first Masters. Amazingly, an MRI this morning revealed no significant damage to Finau's ankle. He was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain. Fantasy lineups locked at 8:30 AM, so it looks like those DFS players that rolled... Read More
Tony Finau's X-Rays Negative, MRI Scheduled
Updating an earlier report, Tony Finau did in fact suffer a dislocated ankle Wednesday during the par-three contest. He was able to pop the ankle back in place almost immediately. X-rays Wednesday evening showed no breaks. Finau will have an MRI early Thursday morning. Those results and the amount of swelling will determine if the... Read More
Kevin Chappell's Back Seems Ready to Go For Masters
After being forced to withdraw from the WGC-Match Play event two weeks ago with a back injury, Kevin Chappell appears good to go for the opening round of the Masters on Thursday. Chappell has played practice rounds all week and participated in Wednesday's par-three contest. The back injury gave DFS players a scare, but it... Read More
Tony Finau Injures Ankle During Masters Contest
During Wednesday's par-three contest at Augusta National, Tony Finau injured his ankle while celebrating a hole-in-one. After making an ace, Finau began to run and backpedal toward the green when he suddenly went down to the ground awkwardly. His left ankle appeared to be dislocated. Finau popped the ankle back in place and finished the... Read More
Louis Oosthuizen Has Been Quiet in 2018
Louis Oosthuizen comes into this year’s Masters with little fanfare. Oosthuizen has been quiet for the most part in 2018. He most recently missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Since losing a heartbreaking playoff to Bubba Watson in the 2012 Masters, Shrek has had three top-25s at Augusta National. He has the experience... Read More
Masters Groupings and Tee Times Announced
Notable groupings and tee times for Thursday's First Round of the Masters include Tiger Woods, Marc Leishman and Tommy Fleetwood at 10:42 AM, Sergio Garcia, Justin Thomas and Doc Redman at 10:53 AM, Bubba Watson, Henrik Stenson and Jason Day at 11:04 AM, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler and Matt Kuchar at 1:27 PM, Adam Scott,... Read More
2018 Masters Player Preview and Bible for DraftKings PGA DFS
This 2018 Masters Players Preview is for anyone interested in DFS Golf. The Masters will receive tons of interest this week. My goal was to create a piece that will be helpful to someone that might be making their first DFS Golf lineup, while also being interesting to grinders that know all the ins and... Read More
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson Play Practice Round Together
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson played a practice round together Tuesday at Augusta National. The former Masters champions were joined by Fred Couples and Thomas Pieters. Tiger and Phil have had a well-known "frosty" relationship over the years, so these two voluntarily practicing together comes as a big surprise to those in the golf world.... Read More