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Alex Smalley Brings Tee-To-Green Struggles To Mexico
Alex Smalley found his groove in June and July of 2023, but he's had a tough time regaining that form so far in 2024. The 27-year-old has lost strokes in at least three categories in each of his last three events, and there don't seem to be any signs of a bounce back coming this […]
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Nate Lashley Struggling Outside Of Putting Aberration
Nate Lashley has missed the cut in three of his four 2024 appearances thus far, but his one made cut resulted in a T3 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. Some might see a top-five finish and mistake it for actionable upside, but the reality is that the 41-year-old catapulted up the leaderboard thanks to […]
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Maverick McNealy Trending Upwards Ahead Of Mexico Open
A mediocre showing at the Mexico Open last year placed Maverick McNealy at T60 in his debut in the midst of his lowest point of the 2023 season. This year, the 28-year-old has already started to trend upwards in all areas of his game, recently gaining 9.2 total strokes en route to a T6 finish […]
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Davis Thompson Set For Mexico Open Debut
Davis Thompson heads to Vidanta for his first-ever Mexico Open this week, and he's coming off his best iron performance on tour a couple of weeks ago at the Phoenix Open, where he gained 4.2 strokes on approach. The 24-year-old has a couple of top-10 finishes in his career, but a recent jump in his […]
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Aaron Rai Heads To Mexico In Poor Form
During his best run of 2023, Aaron Rai was a ball-striking machine with his irons, and he was able to gain a stroke or two in all other areas en route to a few strong Sunday finishes. However, the 28-year-old has shown nothing of the sort in 2024, losing strokes on approach in all but […]
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J.T. Poston Still Looking For Ball-Striking In 2024
Despite four top-20 finishes so far in 2024, J.T. Poston has yet to find his elite ball-striking upside that won him his two career PGA events. The 30-year-old has relied on red-hot putting to climb up the leaderboards thus far, but he'll need his irons to compliment the flat stick if he wants to truly […]
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Will Zalatoris Rounding Back Into Form?
Will Zalatoris took a couple of weeks off after his T13 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open, but he'll return for a tournament that's treated him well over the past few years, and his form might finally be trending up enough for fantasy managers to back. The 27-year-old has logged a T15, T26, and solo […]
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Tom Kim Returns To Riviera
The 21-year-old South Korean phenom returns to The Riviera Country Club after a T45 finish in 2023, and while his current form isn't amazing, it's tough to completely rule out the upside of Tom Kim. The irons finally showed up for Kim in his T17 finish at the Phoenix Open last week, as he gained […]
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Matt Fitzpatrick Fighting Iron Troubles Heading To Riviera
In his best form, Matt Fitzpatrick can lean on his elite ball-striking to propel him towards the top of leaderboards on the PGA Tour. Lately, however, the Englishman has struggled in that area. He's gained strokes on approach just once in his four 2024 events thus far, and his putting has been sporadic as well. […]
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Red-Hot Sam Burns Heads To Riviera
Sam Burns is coming off three straight top-10 finishes as he readies for The Genesis Invitational this week. The Louisiana native has leaned on his strong iron play and above-average putting to flirt with the top of the leaderboard early in 2024, and while he's missed the cut in his last two trips to Riviera, […]
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Rickie Fowler Looks To Repeat 2023 Phoenix Open Showing
It was this time last year that Rickie Fowler officially put himself back on the map for many golf fans. The 34-year-old was throwing darts all over TPC Scottsdale en route to a T10 finish, gaining 6.3 strokes on approach and 4.1 strokes putting. So far in 2024, however, things have looked bleak. The California […]
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Red-Hot Byeong Hun An Makes His Phoenix Open Debut
Byeong Hun An has turned some heads early in 2024, as he quickly placed in the top five in both the Sentry and Sony Open tournaments to start the year. His showing at Pebble Beach was not nearly as glamorous, but the 32-year-old certainly won't scoff at a T31 finish. Now An heads to TPC […]
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Matt Fitzpatrick Looking For Form In Phoenix
Matt Fitzpatrick heads to the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week coming off of a T58 at Pebble Beach and a missed cut at the Sony Open. Surprisingly, it's been the irons that have let Fitzy down of late. Outside of a spark in the pan during his runner-up finish at the BMW Championship last […]
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Sam Burns Heats Up At American Express
Before taking the week off last week, Sam Burns placed sixth at the American Express two weeks ago, and while strokes gained data is largely tough to pinpoint at that event, we do know he gained an impressive 9.9 total strokes in La Quinta. That upside is what we've come to know from Burns, but […]
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Sungjae Im Looks To Bounce Back From Missed Cut
After two strong starts to start 2024, Sungjae Im's game fell apart at the Farmers, and he missed the cut for the first time since last July. The South Korean has yet to put everything together, but it's still early. Im heads to Pebble Beach for just the second time in his career, with a […]
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Eric Cole Boasts Enticing Price Tag At Pebble Beach
Eric Cole is coming off his first missed cut since last May, but you'd think he's been out of the picture for a while based on his $7,300 DraftKings price tag. On the contrary, the California native was playing great golf before the Farmers, having gained a combined 17.4 strokes in his first three events […]
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Putter Holding Back Si Woo Kim Early In 2024
Si Woo Kim has gotten off to a great start from tee to green, as he improved his 1.7 strokes gained from tee to green at The Sentry to an impressive 6.3 at last week's Sony Open. However, a combined minus-3.7 strokes putting left him outside the top 20 in both events. The putting woes […]
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Adam Schenk Looks To Find Putter At La Quinta
Adam Schenk's ability to get red-hot with both his irons and flat stick on any given week paid dividends for him last year, as he collected seven top-10s and three top-five finishes in 2023, including two runner-up finishes at the Valspar and Charles Schwab. The 31-year-old came out throwing darts at The Sentry two weeks […]
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Stephan Jaeger Looks To Continue Upward Trend At AmEx
Despite a lack of top-five finishes in 2023, Stephan Jaeger has quietly been a model of consistency on the PGA Tour going back to his last missed cut last April at the RBC Heritage. The German had just one top-10 (Rocket Mortgage) in that frame, but his stellar off-the-tee around-the-green game along with improvements in […]
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Awful Putting Tanks Wyndham Clark In 2024 Debut
Wyndham Clark came out firing in all categories but one in his 2024 debut at The Sentry: strokes gained in putting. The 30-year-old lost 6.1 strokes with the flat stick, a number he hadn't eclipsed since August of 2022. Putting was a major strength of Clark's game in the back half of 2023, propelling him […]
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Justin Thomas Makes 2024 Debut At AmEx
Justin Thomas finished his winless 2023 season strong, placing 12th and fifth at the Wyndham and Fortinet, respectively. The 30-year-old will start his 2024 campaign in La Quinta for the first time this weekend, and fantasy managers will be itching to see if the Kentucky native can carry over his red-hot approach and putting numbers […]
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Will Zalatoris Makes His Much-Anticipated Return
It's been almost 10 months since Will Zalatoris last teed it up in an official PGA Tour event, but the 27-year-old will officially be back this week at the Sony Open in Honolulu. Back problems hindered the California native for years before he finally shut it down following THE PLAYERS last year, and he'll look […]
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Justin Rose Brings Strong Track Record To Honolulu
Despite not playing in the Sony Open since 2017, it's tough to ignore the incredible course history that Justin Rose possesses when it comes to Waiʻalae Country Club. Prior to a runner-up finish in 2017, the 43-year-old logged a 13th place finish in 2011 and a 12th place finish in 2010. The Englishman clearly has […]
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J.J. Spaun Returns To The Sony Open
After missing the cut at the Sony Open for three straight years from 2020 to 2022, 33-year-old J.J. Spaun gained 4.6 strokes on approach in 2023 en route to a 12th place finish in 2023. Just under a stroke lost putting was the only thing holding the California native back from an early-season top-10 in […]
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Matt Wallace Makes Sony Open Debut
Englishman Matt Wallace heads to Waiʻalae Country Club for his first Sony Open this week. The 32-year-old is coming off a 40th place finish at The Sentry last week, as his iron play was the only part of his game that kept him afloat. While Wallace did provide some intriguing flashes in 2023, including his […]
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Ben Kohles A Name To Watch On Tour In 2024
A 33-year-old journeyman by the name of Ben Kohles makes his way back to the PGA Tour this year after leading the Korn Ferry Tour in points last season. His most recent showing at the RSM in October was encouraging, as he gained 4.4 strokes on approach en route to a top-5 finish. The good […]
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Poor Putting At The Plantation Course Hinders Corey Conners
Despite gaining 6.5 strokes from tee to green this past week in Kapalua at The Sentry, Corey Conners finished T33 as a result of his horrid -7.1 strokes putting. Even still, Conners will be a popular DraftKings play at an elevated $9,800 price tag as well as a common wager among outright bettors when he […]
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J.T. Poston Coming Off Top-Five Finish In Hawaii
J.T. Poston has started his 2024 campaign off on a strong note once again, placing fifth at The Sentry on the beautiful island of Maui last week. While the 30-year-old is not necessarily a new name towards the top of the leaderboard on Sunday, his method of getting there this time was unique. Poston actually […]
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Kurt Kitayama's New Year's Resolution: Consistency
Despite a win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and a runner-up finish at The CJ Cup last year, Kurt Kitayama disappeared for long stretches of 2023, racking up missed cuts in bunches. The 30-year-old's biggest weakness at the end of the season was his putting, which would thwart any good showings he would come across […]
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Russell Henley Looks For Redemption At Kapalua
Russell Henley was one of the fun surprises at the end of 2023, as the 34-year-old found his groove, finishing 14th or better in each of his last six events. The unconscious tee-to-green game has always been there in short stretches for the Georgia native, especially at The Sony Open in past years, which is […]
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