Choi had eight PGA Tour wins. He had back-to-back top-five finishes at the Genesis before missing the cut last year. That elevated status brings a purse of $20 million. It's the first time the tour has had three consecutive first-time winners since 2019. The question will be if the putter does enough to win. And since The Genesis Invitational was, self-evidently, an invitational, top 10s at Pebble would get into The Honda Classic. Kim backed that win up with consecutive top-25 finishes at the American Express, Farmers Insurance Open and WM Phoenix Open. Jordan Spieth 1. But hes continued his elite golf as of late even if the driver hasnt quite been clicking. Scheffler will defend his title as The No. 4. After winning for the first time in four years at the Zozo Championship in October, he has piled up three other top-25s at the CJ Cup at South Carolina, Farmers Insurance Open (runner-up) and Phoenix Open. The Spanish player is about to begin his 38th week ranked No. Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas, Sam Burns, Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama will be among the notables considered in Golfbet Insider. These Bermuda greens are fast and pure, and the winner here tends to have a really strong week with the flat stick. Previous rank: 9 The Englishman has played very well in his first two starts in 2022, tying for sixth at Pebble Beach and tying for 10th at TPC Scottsdale. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. Itd be dumb to ignore him at a course that requires elite driving, and he gained 4.6 OTT here in a 13th last year. 1. 16. Winners become PGA TOUR members for life, but theyre treated to so much more. Impressive stuff. Those rarities occurred in the third round (69.85) in 2014 and the second round (69.61) in 2017. 14. 12. Jason Kokrak He ranks in the top 15 on tour in strokes gained: total, tee to green and approach. Bermuda grass is in play as is the case throughout much of the Sunshine State. 21. Hes unsurprisingly 1st in High Winds, and some of his recent top finishes came when the going got very tough. He carded a 7-under 64 in the third round of the WM Phoenix Open, his 15th such round of 64 or better since 2021. Szokol opens with 64, up 3 shots in Singapore, More PGA Tour changes: No cuts, smaller fields, Rahm sought Tiger's advice on staying No. 8. Poston, Thomas Detry, Webb Simpson and Min Woo Lee will be among the notables reviewed in Golfbet Insider. Day climbed from No. Justin Thomas is one to watch this week at the PGA Championship. It didnt matter to him that there were two fewer par 5s at the time, but thats always been a cornerstone weapon for the 82-time PGA TOUR winner. Zalatoris was sidelined due to injury for the latter part of 2022, but he placed in a tie for fourth last month at Riviera, and that clearly shows he is back in business. With tree-lined, narrow fairways on a longer course, elite drivers of the golf ball are at an upper hand at Bay Hill. The course is infamous for the Bear Trap closing stretch of holes 16-18 where thousands of wayward shots have gone to a watery grave in past years. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy entered the year ranked No. *: Power Rankings (Puerto Rico), Sleepers (API), Payouts and Points (API), Payouts and Points (Puerto Rico), Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. On cue, the wind steps forward as the primary defense to a course that surrendered a scoring average of 71.339 last year, which essentially is the expectation. pic.twitter.com/xwhDvl8Wrn, "The best bunker shot Jordan has ever hit. By Friday, thatll be the sustained average for the prevailing push from the southwest, while gusts will reach 35 mph. So, course management and accepting par as a great score at times will be key. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, only one other player in the past 20 seasons has put together a stretch like that: Tiger Woods. He finished tied for third, his first top-20 finish in his past 11 tour starts. 1, a loaded LPGA field and more to watch in golf this week The Aussie and brother to LPGA star Minjee Lee is used to playing new venues all over the world. TPC Southwind boasts 94 bunkers and 10 water hazards, and usually ranks as a top-third difficult course. 7. The highest-ranked golfer is Louis Oosthuizen at 13th in the world. Billy Horschel 1. Rahm is followed by Rory McIlroy (+900), Scottie Scheffler (+1000) and a large group at +2000 that is headlined by Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa. 16. Previous rank: 7 He has two top-15 finishes in his past three starts, including a tie for 14th in Phoenix. Since winning the Shriners Children's Open in October, he tied for fifth at the Tournament of Champions and for sixth at the American Express. It started to come together at TPC Scottsdale. They're the 25 who have played the best this season and have the best form right now. Sure, its been 10 years since Woods last won at Bay Hill, but he collected eight victories here across 14 editions, including the last two of three consecutive when the course routed as a par 70 through 2009. Brooks Koepka Maybe Bay Hill can sort him out, where he finished 2nd last year and struck it well in four starts. As always, Ill prefer distance, but you can get around here in a variety of ways. Tom Kim : Going through his first mini-slump here since getting his PGA Tour card, but theres not too much to be concerned about. A string of solid performances at the Corales Puntacana that read 14th (2020), 22nd (2021) and runner-up last year, and a top-12 (2021) at the Bermuda Championship are signs that Smalley has a liking to these tropical locations. Scottie Scheffler became the third straight first-time winner on tour, beating Patrick Cantlay in a sudden-death playoff with a 26-foot putt Sunday at TPC Scottsdale. A year ago, Kim was preparing for the Royal's Cup in Thailand on the Asian Tour. His fortune turned late in the year when a solo third at the Acciona Open de Espana Presented by Madrid sparked a run of eight straight top-13s. In addition to the aforementioned rewards, clutching the silver trophy and slipping on the iconic red sweater, the winner will be exempt into THE PLAYERS Championship through 2025 and his PGA TOUR membership will be extended through at least 2026. Scheffler had a round of 9-under 62 in the second round in Phoenix, which was his fifth career round of 62 or lower. Ranks 3rd in Proximity: 200+ Yards and 5th in the model. 10. Just like his new world ranking, the Spaniard cant seem to do anything wrong currently, and hell be looking for his 4th win of the year this week. There havent been any significant modifications to Grand Reserve, a stock par 72 on the coast east of San Juan. Both made their way into the PGA Tour Power Rankings, which had quite a few adjustments from a week ago. Just make sure to click here to create your new DraftKings account today. 3. He was sixth on the DP World Tour last year in driving distance (322.07). * - Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COMs Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday. Putting can give you some real success at Bay Hill. The injury is hopefully past him now, and we know Zalatoris is at his best in major-like conditions. Ranks 2nd in High Winds, 11th in SG: OTT and 12th in SG: APP. PGA Tour Power Rankings: Is Jon Rahm ready to return to the top? "High praise from Michael Greller on @JordanSpieth's ridiculous shot on 17 @WMPhoenixOpen. On a track that can reach 7,506 yards and with primary rough at a standard two inches in height, shorter hitters are influenced to just play their game, but like all proper tests, Grand Reserve rewards all archetypes. After opening with a 70 in Phoenix, he caught fire over the final 54 holes to tie for sixth. When it does, it could make a difference of 10-15 degrees cooler. Cantlay has six straight top-10s dating to his back-to-back victories in the FedEx Cup playoffs at the end of last season. Justin Thomas Any tournament can be won with elite iron play, but with higher scores and the importance on driving it well here, you can get away with just a decent week with the irons. His ball-striking is elite and ranks . Rickie Fowler. His current form is absolutely terrible, as hes been dealing with an injury and the irons have been awful. Theegala is the first player this season to hold at least a share of two 54-hole leads. A year ago, PGA National averaged 71.341, and thats pretty much where everyone expected it to land. An unforgettable PGA Tour season reaches its second major championship this week, as the best of the best golfers in the world congregate in the oil capital of the world, better known as Tulsa, Oklahoma, as Southern Hills Country Club hosts the 2022 PGA Championship. By Friday, thatll be the sustained average for the prevailing push from the southwest, while gusts will reach 35 mph. After tying for 25th in back-to-back starts at the Tournament of Champions and Farmers Insurance Open, he was much better in Phoenix, finishing solo fourth at 13 under. Joe Nicely's under-the-radar DraftKings, FanDuel PGA DFS picks for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. The Florida swing on the PGA Tour begins this week at the 2023 Honda Classic as players aim to kickstart their seasons in the Sunshine State. During a 12-hole stretch in the second round, Im needed only 14 putts. Follow your favorite players throughout the 2023 season. It's a weaker field than we've seen at the past two designated PGA Tour events, with the likes of Sungjae Im and Shane Lowry headlining the Honda Classic 2023 field. One of those was at Bay Hill in 2021, and hes been solid here in three starts. He has five top-25 finishes in seven tour starts this season, including a tie for third at the Shriners Children's Open and QBE Shootout, an unofficial event. He is skipping the Genesis Invitational after missing the cut in his last two starts at Riviera. @StewartCink is already rocking a @KDTrey5 jersey pic.twitter.com/FQLxm4tuo8. He's as hot as they come entering the Honda Classic, having won in Abu Dhabi a month ago (for a European Tour event) then finishing as the runner-up in Phoenix earlier this month. It guarantees that someone else will be holding the trophy. Ranks 5th in Proximity: 200+ Yards and 8th in SG: OTT. 13. Scheffler, who entered the week ranked No. The first designated event of the PGA Tour season means a $20 million purse, and world No. So, the test still tips at 7,125 yards, the tallest of the overseeded rough might not reach three inches and the TifEagle bermuda greens will run 12 feet on the Stimpmeter. TUESDAY*: Power Rankings (Puerto Rico), Sleepers (API), SUNDAY: Payouts and Points (API), Payouts and Points (Puerto Rico), Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle. This event has annually attracted strong fields since it began in 1966 and moved to current host course, Bay Hill Club and Lodge, in 1979. He took T-2nd at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship where he was just a shot behind Victor Perez. Length is not a huge advantage this week as fairway woods and irons are the common play on many par-4s and par-5s. But he missed the cut at the WM Phoenix Open after hitting consecutive shots into the water on No. Young, the 2022 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, had quite the week. Because it can stretch to 7,466 yards and winds often punish, muscle almost always has contributed to the profile of the champion. Cameron Smith will not be in the field to defend his title due to leaving for LIV Golf. Morikawa is back from the Middle East and is scheduled to play at Riviera Country Club, which will be his first start on the U.S. mainland since a runner-up at The CJ Cup at Summit in mid-October. It had chased a couple of grumbles on the Korn Ferry Tour just before that. His PGA TOUR Horse for the Course for daily fantasy golf based on course history. 19. Scoring will be the name of the game this week. Gary Woodland : Woodlands irons have been on fire, so theres definitely some intrigue here after he finished 9th at Riviera and gained 9.7 strokes on approach. This is the fourth designated event of the season. The four par 3s, including the two that bracket The Bear Trap Nos. Here is the list of favorites at DraftKings Sportsbook: If you or a loved one has questions or needs to talk to a professional about gambling, call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit 1800gambler.net for more information. PGATOUR.coms Rob Bolton recaps and previews every tournament from numerous perspectives. Free to enter! Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. TUESDAY*: Power Rankings (Puerto Rico), Sleepers (API), SUNDAY: Payouts and Points (API), Payouts and Points (Puerto Rico), Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle. The greens tend to not be too difficult to roll putts in on, especially for guys based in the Southeast U.S. used to Bermuda. Dustin Johnson He won here in 2020, finished 2nd last year, and added a 4th as a debutant in 2017. pic.twitter.com/Eud55ZASZc, the mug shot of the mulletted streaker from Friday at the WM Phoenix Open is rather perfect pic.twitter.com/ISyMDuc3me, Scheffler, Rahm and McIlroy battle for the top spot in PGA Tour Power Rankings, A battle for No. 15. Hatton won the tournament in 2020 before Bryson DeChambeau prevailed in 2021. 7 in the world last week, JT said, "I tried to stop looking because, yeah, it pisses me off, too. Its an event dating back to 1972 thats been held at its current venue, PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, since 2007. The next step in Lees young career is playing well on the PGA Tour. His strength is on approach and, given his roots, also confidence when the wind blows. Cantlay ranks 127th on tour in shots gained: approach (-.117). I'm not happy at all that I'm seventh. Bradley, 36, is third in FedEx Cup points. Returning participants will be greeted to a course that will be wholly familiar. Its officially a designated event in 2023, but you dont need to conceive a visual of the King himself winking, grinning and giving a thumbs-up to approve what we already know, that this tournament is special. In his defense, he might have needed a week to calm his nerves after his cliff-hanger shot in the third round at Pebble Beach. However, giving the benefit of the doubt that, indeed, his game can travel, the third-ranked putter on TOUR deserves attention on a track that, like TPC Summerlin, can capitalize on piling up the scoring opportunities. Bay Hill gives players more approaches from 200 or more yards than any other course on Tour. In what appears to be the most star-studded event hosted at Riviera Country Club since the 1995 PGA Championship, only world No. Make no mistake, however, par still remains a terrific score on the course. On cue, the wind steps forward as the primary defense to a course that surrendered a scoring average of 71.339 last year, which essentially is the expectation. All you have to do is place a bet of at least $5 bet on any pre-game money line, and you wont even need a DraftKings promo code. Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas, Sam Burns, Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama will be among the notables considered in Golfbet Insider.
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