Austin Eckroat Struggling With Approach Play

After a string of solid starts, including a runner-up finish, Austin Eckroat has entered a skid. Eckroat has put together three poor performances on approach, leading to a missed cut and T65 in his last two tournaments. Eckroat is an above-average player in each statistic besides off the tee, where he's at his best. Without […]

Ludvig Aberg Looking For Putter To Bounce Back

The PGA Tour rookie was on a tear during his first month before Ludvig Aberg hit his first speed bump in Scotland. Aberg missed his first cut of the year and it was mainly because of a poor putting performance. Aberg was once again elite off the tee but his play on the greens was […]

Justin Thomas Stuck In Season-Long Slump

For most players on the PGA Tour, Justin Thomas' season would be just fine. Thomas has had four top-10s and 10 top-25s since the season began in the fall. For a player with Thomas' talent, however, it's viewed as a disappointment. Thomas' putting has been poor all season but for the past month, his ball […]

Bryson DeChambeau Back To 2021 Form

When Bryson DeChambeau left for LIV Golf, his career was at a real crossroads. DeChambeau started to struggle and his results at major championships showed he was far from winning again after his U.S. Open title. However, after he missed the cut at The Masters DeChambeau has been on a tear. He finished T4 at […]

Cameron Young Continues Concerning Form

In his last start, Cameron Young posted his best finish since The Masters. Young was in the mix to win the John Deere Classic but failed to finish off his first PGA Tour win. Young seemed to figure out the major issues with his short game but struggled with his approach play once again. Young […]

Tommy Fleetwood Trending Toward A Win

Tommy Fleetwood has been so close to capturing his first PGA Tour win this season. A victory this week wouldn't qualify as a win in the United States but Fleetwood wouldn't complain about that. The only statistical category Fleetwood has struggled at since the summer started has been approach play. That is where Fleetwood is […]

Tyrrell Hatton Looking For First Major Top-10 Finish This Season

Tyrrell Hatton is in the midst of a phenomenal season. Hatton has seven top-10 finishes and is now ranked No.13 in the Official World Golf Ranking. However, none of those high finishes came during major events. Hatton was T34 at The Masters, T27 at the U.S. Open, and T15 at the PGA Championship. These finishes […]

Matt Fitzpatrick Dealing With Driver Issues

Last week was a surprising missed cut for Matt Fitzpatrick with such a great course history at the Scottish Open. Looking at Fitzpatrick's statistics, it makes more sense. For three straight events, he has struggled off the tee. In the last two starts, Fitzpatrick has been below his averages on approach and around the green. […]

Jordan Spieth Struggling Ahead Of Open Championship

Jordan Spieth has an elite history at Open Championships really since the event's last trip to Royal Liverpool in 2014. Spieth has five top-10 finishes and a win, so naturally, he will be a popular pick to contend this week. However, Spieth's current form suggests that he might not make it to the weekend. Spieth […]

Scottie Scheffler Continues Run Of Elite Form

If Scottie Scheffler was just a slightly better putter, he would have at least five wins this season. Scheffler is the best player on the PGA Tour off the tee and on approach and is fifth around the green. The issue is that Scheffler ranks No. 137 in putting, but he hasn't finished worse than […]

Sungjae Im Showing Signs Of Improvement

After a rough two months, Sungjae Im appears to have fixed whatever was bothering him. With back-to-back top-30 finishes, Im has started to put together four solid rounds and make cuts. Im had continued to putt well through the struggles, but his ball-striking has started to rebound. Despite the signs of improvement, Im struggled at […]

Max Homa A Solid Pivot Play

Max Homa has had an odd run of form since The Masters. Homa has either missed the cut or finished inside the top 20, which is hard to predict. However, when Homa has missed cuts his putter has been the problem often. At last year's Genesis, Homa only struggled on approach, which hasn't been a […]

Min Woo Lee A Total Wild Card In Scotland

Min Woo Lee is more expensive than normal this week, and a lot of that has to do with his win at the event. Lee won the 2021 version of the Scottish Open before the PGA Tour became part of the event. When he played last year among the best players in the world, Lee […]

Wyndham Clark Worth A Start This Week

Wyndham Clark isn't sneaking up on anyone anymore, but his stats at last year's Scottish Open might be surprising. Clark finished T16 despite a poor week on the greens, where he lost strokes. Since then, Clark has changed his clubs, but the main adjustment has been his putter winning nearly every week. If Clark can […]

Shane Lowry Likely To Have High Ownership

At $9,100 on DraftKings this week, it's likely Shane Lowry will be featured in a lot of lineups. It's only been a few years since Lowry won The Open Championship, something that other owners also remember. In addition to his solid history playing at Links courses, Lowry's short game has shown signs of improvement. Lowry […]

Jordan Spieth Has Special History At Links Courses

Jordan Spieth's past four months have produced wildly different results. Spieth has produced a number of top-five finishes at elite events like The Masters and the Memorial. On the other hand, Spieth has battled an injury and missed three of his last five cuts. Spieth has the talent to win any event, but his recent […]

Patrick Cantlay Playing Well At Links Courses

There isn't much course history for PGA players in this week's event with only one other unofficial elevated event, but Patrick Cantlay's is positive. Cantlay finished T4 in 2022 and followed it up with a T8 at The Open Championship. After Cantlay struggled on his three previous trips to The Open, Cantlay's form has turned […]

Scottie Scheffler Struggles With Putting At Scottish Open

Scottie Scheffler has only played the event once, but it went poorly. Last year, Scheffler missed the cut and had a rough week on the greens. That has been the only club that has held Scheffler back this season, so it's nothing new. However, with how expensive Scheffler is this week, per usual, he needs […]

Doug Ghim Getting Putter On Track

Doug Ghim's worst finish in a month was last week and after one round it looked like he might have a chance to win the event. Ghim has been on a tear with his ball striking since May but the biggest change has been on the greens. After continued struggles putting throughout his career, Ghim […]

Patrick Rodgers Repeats Run Of Rough Approach Play

Patrick Rodgers has played the John Deere Classic quite a bit during his career and posted some pretty solid results. Rodgers finished second in 2017 but was carried by an unbelievable week with the putter. During that week, Rodgers lost strokes on approach, which is likely to happen again this week. Rodgers hasn't cracked the […]

Nick Taylor Way Too Cheap At John Deere Classic

After the dramatic win Nick Taylor got in Canada, a missed cut the next week was nearly inevitable at the U.S. Open. After a few weeks following such a special moment, Taylor is back in the field for a weak-field event and is way too cheap. Taylor costs $8,200 on DraftKings and showed two starts […]

Taylor Montgomery Continues To Struggle On Approach

It has been three months since Taylor Montgomery gained strokes on approach during a PGA Tour event. The stellar start to Montgomery's rookie season during the fall and winter where he racked up top-10 finishes is long gone. Montgomery continues to make putts but how poor the rest of his game has been makes him […]

Poor Putting Holding Chris Kirk Back

After a few weeks of struggling with his ball striking, Chris Kirk appears to be finding his form again. Kirk's swing has returned to its consistent form, but his putter continues to be a problem. To compete this week, Kirk will need a lot of birdies and it's hard to see how he does that […]

Taylor Moore Still Tough To Trust

Last week's T4 finish was solid for Taylor Moore, but his statistics suggest he's still struggling to find his winning form from earlier this year. Moore was so good with his putter that it covered up another poor week in the ball-striking metrics. Moore is enticing to play with how well he has been putting […]

Adam Schenk Trending Toward Another Top-10 Finish

Recently, Adam Schenk has either threatened to win the event or missed the cut. That is pretty tough to trust on a normal PGA Tour week, but this year's John Deere Classic presents a perfect opportunity to invest in Schenk. With how weak the field is, Schenk's four top-10 finishes and a pair of runner-up […]

Russell Henley Comes With Huge Price Tag

Russell Henley has the skills to win this week, but the real question becomes, is he worth the high price tag in a weak field? Henley has been the most accurate driver on the PGA Tour this season and has continued his elite approach play and improved his putting. Despite struggling on the greens over […]

Matthew NeSmith Ready To Rebound From Rough Week

Matthew NeSmith is rarely worried about his iron play when he enters an event. NeSmith's approach play is the best part of his game, but last week was uncharacteristically bad. NeSmith lost nearly two strokes despite hitting the fairway very often. That's unlikely to happen again this week if his off-the-tee numbers remain solid. The […]

Sam Stevens Continues To Combat Short-Game Struggles

Sam Stevens is a decent short-game week away from his first win on the PGA Tour. The rookie routinely gains strokes off the tee and on approach, but once he gets near the green it's a different story. Stevens has started to improve around the green over the past few months, but the putter continues […]

Ryan Palmer Continues To Struggle With Putter

A putting contest is the last place Ryan Palmer wants to be right now. Palmer has been great off the tee and on approach this season, but his short game has been a real struggle. Palmer appeared to be trending in the right direction last month, but the last two events have not been good. […]

J.J. Spaun Poised For A Potential High Finish

This season has been a struggle for J.J. Spaun with his putter. The fall and winter seasons were solid for Spaun but he's struggled for a bit since. Every other statistic besides putting has been solid for Spaun besides his putter. The good news is that this event has been one of his best with […]