Cameron Smith A Great Option At Sony Open

Cameron Smith will come into the Sony Open as the unquestioned most expensive player in all formats this week. After a record-setting win at the Sentry Tournament of Champions last week, Smith returns to Waialae, a place he won in 2020. Along with the win, Smith has never missed a cut at the Sony Open […]

Is Matt Kuchar Cooked?

Matt Kuchar had a horrific 2021 season with just one top-10 finish at the WGC Match Play event in March. The fall swing at least showed a glimmer of hope for the 43-year-old, as he made the cut at all four of the events he played in, but he had no finishes better than T22. […]

Talor Gooch Has Struggled At The Sony Open

Talor Gooch comes into the Sony Open still in the driver's seat of the FedEx Cup Standings. He now gets a chance to build on his lead at a place that hasn't been good to him in his career. In four career starts, Gooch has only made two cuts, with only one finish worth noting. […]

Hideki Matsuyama Ready For Waialae Country Club

Hideki Matsuyama had a solid performance last week at Kapalua, finishing T13 in a stacked field. It was nice to see that he had his irons dialed in as well, as he finished fifth in strokes gained while approaching the green. The world's No. 19 ranked golfer won twice in 2021, including at The Masters […]

Brian Harman Not In Form Heading To Hawaii

Brian Harman has made the cut at the Sony Open in eight out of 10 attempts, but his only top-10 finish came in 2018, and he has gone missed cut-32-56 since. A decent 2021 season for the lefty resulted in four top-10 finishes, but the last of those came at the Travelers Championship in June. […]

Erik Van Rooyen A Risky Play In Hawaii

Erik Van Rooyen finished T25 last week at Kapalua and lost strokes in all three of the tee-to-green categories. This was not what fantasy gamers hoped to see from the South African, who was coming off a lackluster fall performance in 2021 as well. The 65th-ranked golfer in the world teed it up at the […]

Brandt Snedeker Still Struggling

Brandt Snedeker (OWGR No. 199) has been sliding down the world rankings the last two years, and there does not seem to be much optimism in sight. The American's only top-10 finish in 2021 was a T6 at the Valero Texas Open, and he last played at The RSM Classic, where he finished T47. With […]

Jason Kokrak Doesn't Fit The Bill At Waialae

Jason Kokrak comes into the Sony Open off a disappointing last-place finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Kokrak was let down by his putter, losing over an entire stroke on the greens in the event. With that, Kokrak comes into Waialae Country Club still looking for any success at the event. Kokrak has made […]

Kevin Kisner Primed For Another Good Week In Hawaii

Kevin Kisner comes into the Sony Open off his best finish of the season so far. Kisner finished T8 after shooting 24-under par at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Now, Kisner returns to a place he has had success at, Waialae Country Club. Since 2015, Kisner has not missed a cut at the Sony Open, […]

Matt Jones Coming Into Sony Open In Great Form

Matt Jones had an amazing weekend at Kapalua. Jones shot a PGA tour record for 36 holes. Yet Jones is not projected to be highly owned this week. Jones is not known for his approach game; he only has gained strokes on approach in 13 out of his last 51 starts. However, Jones is an […]

Stewart Cink Has Good Value At Sony Open

Stewart Cink played better than his 21st-place finish last week. Cink gained 2.7 strokes from tee to green while also gaining strokes on approach and off the tee. The 48-year-old American tries to play The Sony Open every year and has found success at Waialae. The winner of the RBC Heritage last year, Cink ranks […]

Sungjae Im Ready For Success At Waialae

Sungjae Im looks to be taking the next step in his already successful PGA Tour career. Im picked up at win early in the fall swing and hasn't looked back. Since his win at the Shriners, Im has recorded a finish no worse than T19, and added his third top-10 of the season last week […]

Keith Mitchell An Elite Value At Waialae

Keith Mitchel has excellent course history at Waialae. Mitchell ranks 11th from tee to green at this course and is 18th in DraftKings points. Mitchell is consistently strong off the tee and from tee to green, which makes sense as to why he has found success at The Sony Open. Mitchell also had a strong […]

Webb Simpson Brings Impressive Record Back To Waialae

Webb Simpson has only missed the Sony Open twice in the last 13 seasons, and there is a good reason for that. Since 2013, Simpson has recorded a finish no worse than inside the top-20. His last three starts at the Sony Open have resulted in a fourth, third, and another fourth-place finish. On track […]

Branden Grace Has Nice Value In Hawaii

Branden Grace arrives at The Sony after a 33rd-place finish at The Sentry. The South African won the Puerto Rico Open last year and had a strong summer campaign, highlighted by a seventh-place finish at The U.S. Open. Grace's best finish at the Sony was a 13th-place showing in 2017. Grace did his damage that […]

Maverick McNealy Set For First Start Of 2022

Maverick McNealy is set to make his first start of 2022 after a successful fall swing in 2021. McNealy made five of six cuts and had a best finish of second at the Fortinet Championship. McNealy also finished the fall with three straight top-25 finishes in the ZOZO Championship, Mayakoba Championship, and Houston Open. A […]

Adam Long Could Be An Easy Fade This Week

Adam Long had an excellent fall swing. After Oct. 10, Long had four straight top-25s. At The Houston Open, Long finished 11th while gaining 5.2 strokes from tee to green. Long carried that performance over to a top-20 at the RSM Classic. Long is an excellent Bermuda putter, which is why it is surprising he […]

Mid-Week Fantasy Basketball Category Streamers for Week 13: Hassan Whiteside, Matisse Thybulle, Furkan Korkmaz, Lonnie Walker IV

If you're one of those fantasy basketball players that sets a lineup at the beginning of the week, checks out, and then comes back seven days later to see how things shook out, this post is not for you. This is for those who are grinding through each day and keeping track of categories as […]

James Washington Remains On COVID List

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver James Washington (illness) remains on the COVID-19 list as of Wednesday. On Saturday, he was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list and missed the regular-season finale against the Baltimore Ravens. The 25-year-old will have clear NFL COVID-19 protocols this week in order to have a chance to suit up for the Wild […]

Najee Harris Dealing With Elbow Injury

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris (elbow) is dealing with an elbow injury that is expected to "slow him in the early portion of the week," per coach Mike Tomlin. In the Week 17 overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens, he initially hurt his elbow. This week, the Steelers rookie will most likely be limited […]

Adam Thielen Recovering Well After Ankle Surgery

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen (ankle) is recovering well from ankle surgery and expects to be ready by Spring workouts. He missed the season's final two games and underwent ankle surgery in late December. The 31-year-old finished with 67 receptions for 726 yards and ten touchdowns over 13 games in 2021. "Feel great," Thielen […]

DraftKings PGA DFS Value Plays - Sony Open (Premium Content)

All other PGA Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome back RotoBallers, and thanks for joining me for the Sony Open! My name is Joe Nicely and in this article you will find my favorite DraftKings DFS value plays for this week's PGA tournament. It can be tough to define "value" and that […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for January 12th, 2022

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily NBA injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy basketball (DFS) lineups, every day of the NBA season. Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for January 12th, 2022. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Corey Conners Will Likely Contend At Sony Open

Corey Conners has two top-15 finishes in three starts at Waialae. Conners ranks 10th in the field in strokes-gained at this event. What is very enticing is his putting statistics at The Sony. Conners is not known as a great putter, but at Waialae he ranks eighth in the field in putting. Conners will likely […]

Joel Dahmen Has High Upside At The Sony Open

Last year, Joel Dahmen finished 12th at The Sony Open, gaining 6.2 strokes overall. While Dahmen didn't blow anyone away at Kapalua last week, he did gain strokes off the tee and on approach. Dahmen had a good showing this fall, highlighted by a fifth-place finish at The Houston Open. Dahmen could fly under the […]

Keegan Bradley Looking For Form In Hawaii

It was a rather pedestrian 2021 season for Keegan Bradley, with the highlights being a second-place finish at the Valspar Championship in March and a T7 finish at the Zozo Championship in October. The 87th-ranked player in the world last teed it up at The RSM Classic, where he missed the cut. The 35-year-old has […]

Christiaan Bezuidenhout Should Fit Nicely At Waialae

Christiaan Bezuidenhout will take on Waialae Country Club for the first time this week. The South African is an excellent Bermuda putter, which should lead to success this week. Bezuidenhout had a mixed bag over the fall swing, finishing 15th at Mayakoba and with a missed cut at The Houston Open. Bezuidenhout is underpriced across […]

Does Brendan Steele Have It At The Sony Open?

While this is only Brendan Steele's fourth appearance at Waialae Country Club, he finished second and fourth the past two years. Fantasy gamers who decide to play the No. 102 golfer in the world this week will mainly be focused on that recent course form. The 38-year-old had an up-and-down season last year with just […]

Harris English Slumping Ahead Of Another Hawaii Event

Harris English finished near the bottom of the pack in both position and strokes gained from tee to green at the Sentry Tournament of Champions last week. Despite a career resurgence that has him up to No. 14 in the world rankings, the American remains a risky play this week after a fall season that […]

Seamus Power A Good Bet This Week

The 34-year-old Seamus Power found unbelievable form in the second half of 2021, including a win at the Barbasol Championship. That momentum continued last week with a respectable T15 finish in a loaded field at Kapalua. However, the Irishman has not taken an immediate liking to Waialae Country Club with two missed cuts and a […]