Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. Seamus Power: irl 2.579 . by Mastercard Rd 2 - Suspended ESPN+ ESPN Search. Lees teed it up twice in 2023, both on the DP World Tours Middle-East swing. 1 for more than another dozen years to catch Woods' record total of 679 weeks ranked atop the Official World Golf Ranking. Also recorded a T11 at Pebble Beach four weeks ago. 1 last season, following his victory at the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play. He's coming. The cutline has been over par in 10 of the last 11 years. Viktor Hovland *: 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. 17 took a bad bounce and went into the water, resulting in a bogey. Scheffler is the defending champion at Bay Hill, as he edged out Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Billy Horschel by a single stroke. Stream on ESPN+. 2 had what felt like a bad week for most of it at Riviera and still finished 12th. He had made 13 straight cuts, which was the longest active streak on tour. In five starts, Burns has made a respectable four cuts, but last years T-9th (72-69-75-71) was his first top-10 at Bay Hill. Max Homa : Continued his incredible run in California with a 2nd at Riviera, and its safe to say hes being respected as one of the best in the world at this point. There may be few players happier that the PGA Tour is onto the Florida swing than Sam Burns. 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. @JordanSpieth found out on this unique ruling on No. He had six birdies in his first eight holes in the second round before picking up three bogeys on the second nine. Of the 23 Player Impact Program winners, the only not to commit is Tiger Woods. Chris Kirk lifted his first trophy since 2015 as he completely a lovely comeback story after dealing with alcoholism and depression. 5. Tom Kim : Going through his first mini-slump here since getting his PGA Tour card, but theres not too much to be concerned about. Shane Lowry : Im going to make the prediction that Lowry ends his strange poor history of four missed cuts here this week. Lee also was T-13th at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic where he finished ahead of names like Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard, Perez, Tyrrell Hatton, etc. PGA TOUR Rob Bolton's fantasy golf preview for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational ROB BOLTON'S SCHEDULE PGATOUR.com's Rob Bolton recaps and previews every tournament from numerous perspectives.. 1 Rory McIlroy leads a WM Phoenix Open field that features 22 of the world's top 25 golfers. 20. The PGA TOUR heads to Detroit this week for the fourth edition of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Going into Round 3 . So, course management and accepting par as a great score at times will be key. It started to come together at TPC Scottsdale. Previous rank: 22 Let's get down to the top 10 players to get it done at PGA National: 10 Min Woo Lee OWGR: T-47th, FedEx Cup: --, Min Woo Lee is making his Honda Classic debut this week on a sponsor exemption.. Still, given his track record at Bay Hill and doses of phenomenal form a fortnight ago at Riviera, youll excuse any competitor for not missing him on the leaderboard this week. With that being said, it seems that distance may be becoming less important since some changes from the Bay Hill superintendent that have opened the course up more and made the fairway width closer to average. When it does, it could make a difference of 10-15 degrees cooler. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. Ultimately, his top-10 exemption wasnt necessary, anyway, as the entire Korn Ferry Tour graduate reshuffle category looped in on merit, so even its reorder at the conclusion of the West Coast Swing had no impact. 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. He was unable to earn his card through Korn Ferry Tour Finals last year, but he can redeem himself by going low at PGA National. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. Hes a Louisianan, but he tends to play his best golf in the southeastern United States. 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. Daytime highs could hit 90 degrees until the wind shifts. 19. An opening-round 73 left him out of the mix in Phoenix, but he's still playing as well as anyone in the world. McIlroy (2018) is another former champion of the tournament. The PGA Tour had a golf tournament this past weekend, and Sungjae Im didn't participate. Thomas posted his fifth top-20 finish in as many PGA Tour starts this season with a tie for eighth at the WM Phoenix Open. 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. Scheffler, who entered the week ranked No. Ranks 2nd in High Winds, 11th in SG: OTT and 12th in SG: APP. After opening with a 70 in Phoenix, he caught fire over the final 54 holes to tie for sixth. Previous rank: 2 The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. Sam Burns, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports. Who's on the bubble in men's CBB? Bay Hill currently measures 7,419 yards for a par 72. 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. He hadn't missed the weekend since the 2021 Masters. The goal will be to hit shorter irons into challenging targets with invisible forces poised to smack even properly executed strikes out of the sky. All five dozen bunkers on the property also are equipped with new drainage and sand. Other results in Orlando include T-49th in 2018, T-54th in 2019, T-36th in 2020, and a missed cut in 2021. *All stats are from a players last 24 rounds. 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. Might he get back on track at Riviera? 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. He led the field in shots gained: approach this past weekend, the first time he has accomplished that since the 2022 U.S. Open at Brookline. But he missed the cut at the WM Phoenix Open after hitting consecutive shots into the water on No. Morikawa showed a lot of backbone by finishing third at the Farmers Insurance Open, his first start after blowing a 6-shot lead in the final round of the Tournament of Champions. Winners become PGA TOUR members for life, but theyre treated to so much more. He still has three top-10s, including a victory at the Sanderson Farms Championship. 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. * - Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COMs Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday. Previous rank: 13 He tied for 32nd at the Genesis in 2021. The PGA Tour's 2021-22 season started way back in September but it kicks into high gear this week with the annual Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua's Plantation course.. Like most Florida courses, its often windy. How Arnold Palmers Bay Hill Club & Lodge will present itself, what Mother Nature has planned and more can be found below. Were now onto a multi-week jaunt through Florida starting with the Honda Classic. Previous rank: 5 In fact, a field has beaten par in a round just twice since PGA National assumed its role as the host in 2007. The highest-ranked golfer is Louis Oosthuizen at 13th in the world. He should be well rested after taking last week off following a missed cut at the Genesis Invitational. 16. Thomas, the reigning PGA Championship winner, still seemed to be dialing things in heading into Phoenix. On Sunday, Scottie Scheffler reminded everyone in the sport who was ranked No. In 2022, Lee struggled early on with one top-10 in his first 20 starts. This is the fourth designated event of the season. "It almost kind of took my focus to the next level where I just did a really good job of managing my way around the golf course and making some really key shots down the stretch. An entertaining run on the west coast headlined the PGA Tour during the January and February months, but now the golfers have headed east with the Masters on the horizon in early April. Nothing but sunshine and a few passing clouds will consume the sky. 3. The Australian took the week off after tying for 28th in last week's Saudi International. The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass has continued to grow in importance and popularity every year, and its safe to say you can throw it in as the unofficial fifth major of the season. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images) The Grateful Dead didn't release an album about 2020, but the band . Kim grabbed his fourth PGA Tour victory when he rallied from 3 shots back to catch Hayden Buckley and win the Sony Open in Hawaii. In five starts, Burns has made a respectable four cuts, but last year's T-9th (72-69-75-71) was his first top-10 at Bay Hill. That helped him make it onto the American Presidents Cup team where Burns played well despite a middling record. Competed once before at Grand Reserve, finishing T52 in 2020 via a sponsor exemption. Previous rank: 7 Previous rank: 10 These Bermuda greens are fast and pure, and the winner here tends to have a really strong week with the flat stick. The reigning U.S. Open winner has only four PGA Tour starts this season; his best finish was a tie for seventh at the Tournament of Champions. He hit the ball well last year, gaining nearly 2 strokes per round tee-to-green on the field, but his putting was dreadful, which is why he finished in a tie for 43rd. Brutally difficult conditions led to Scottie Scheffler persevering to win at 5-under last year. Finishes of 10th and 38th at Bay Hill with elite ball striking. 1, a loaded LPGA field and more to watch in golf this week Previous rank: 12 Previous rank: 6 What weve seen more often that not lately is Bermuda history continues to very relevant on Florida courses. 12 Bryson DeChambeau (injury) is missing the top 15 in the OWGR. Ranks 5th in Proximity: 200+ Yards and 8th in SG: OTT. 18. Only eight of the top 50 from the Official World Golf Rankings are playing the Honda Classic. He finished in a tie for third at 15-under. He was 120th in shots gained: approach going into the WM Phoenix Open. Almost all the worlds top stars will be in attendance as this is one of the PGA Tours newly designated events. The driver has been very consistent lately, so hell just need a colder than usual putter to get rolling. The course measures 7,261 yards for a par 70. The field at Bay Hill is absolutely loaded once again for the PGA Tours new elevated events. 1 Jon Rahm. Schauffele made too many mistakes down the stretch to end a three-year drought without a victory on tour. Jon Rahm is a +650 favorite to triumph at Bay Hill. A cozy field of 120 is chasing a winners cut of 550 FedExCup points and $3.6 million from a prize fund of $20 million. He'll make his debut on tour this year at Riviera. Trusting that greens will be adjusted accordingly, its a plan that likely will extend into Saturdays third round for which the elements will mimic the opener, albeit with a slight risk of inclement weather. Schauffele was right in the mix again in Phoenix, even after a run-in with a cactus and losing his regular caddie, Austin Kaiser, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. The former Wake Forest University star has gained strokes on the greens in all four of his starts in 2023, which is an encouraging trend for a player who had previously struggled with that part of his game. He posted another top-10 on Sunday, a tie for eighth, after overcoming a shaky driver in the first two rounds with a combined 11 fairways hit. Joe Nicely's under-the-radar DraftKings, FanDuel PGA DFS picks for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. All of them are reachable for longer players and allow eagle chances throughout the round. pic.twitter.com/xwhDvl8Wrn, "The best bunker shot Jordan has ever hit. Of the 23 Player Impact Program winners, the only not to commit is Tiger Woods. The driver and putter are putting in elite work, while the irons have shown enough life at times to get him near the top of the leaderboard. That means a $10 bet returns $65 of profit if the red-hot Spaniard does in fact win the tournament. Its clear the Englishman loves the firm conditions and high winds that are often present in Orlando. He tied for 11th at the Farmers Insurance Open and tied for sixth in Phoenix. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking, hasn't yet his stride this season. Ranks 1st in the model, 3rd in SG: OTT, 3rd in High Winds and 3rd in GIRs Gained. 12. Notice the amount of green AM tee times. 2 ranked player in the world. Returning participants will be greeted to a course that will be wholly familiar. Its all about finding the fairway however you can to avoid hazards around the green and avoid approaching from the long Bermuda rough. Jon Rahm Burns also finished T-11th at The American Express. Matthew Fitzpatrick : I like to add a few extra players sometimes for big tournaments, and Fitzpatrick is worth noting this week. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. PGA Tour golf rankings at CBSSports.com include the world golf rankings, FedEx Cup points, and money list. After missing the cut in three of his past four tour starts, Koepka finally showed a pulse and was in contention to win his third WM Phoenix Open title. 21. Marc Leishman Over his past six starts, Hoge finished tied for fourth, missed cut, solo second, missed cut, first and a tie for 14th. * - Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COMs Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday. Skip to main content Skip to navigation > Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. The winning scores each of the past three years have been 18, 23 and 25-under-par respectively. However, with five consecutive paydays going back to 2016, three of which for a top 10, itd be surprising only if he wasnt among others to consider, and hes hardly a throw-in. In what appears to be the most star-studded event hosted at Riviera Country Club since the 1995 PGA Championship, only world No. It was during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am three weeks ago when the expectation surfaced that top 10s at Pebble wouldnt pay forward for entry into the WM Phoenix Open. That means a $10 bet returns $65 of profit if the red-hot Spaniard . Schauffele called on his former Long Beach State teammate, Kevin "Tech" Techakanokboon, to carry his bag this weekend. 10. The weather forecast for the week appears to be warm, dry, and windy, so expect the course to play fiery once again. 17. The defending Genesis Invitational champ is starting to find his form. He finished 5 over, which was third-worst among players who made the cut. Stream on ESPN+. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app | WatchESPN. He is scheduled to play at Riviera. 2. For a variety of reasons. All of golfs best players will be in attendance. The Los Angeles native hasn't finished better than 26th in two starts at the Genesis Invitational. pic.twitter.com/gpqP1Q1WlN. With that being said, some of the players who have caught fire on the greens arent necessarily great putters historically, so well take an average look at SG: Putting on Bermuda. Bet Now TULSA, Okla. No one is exactly sure why, considering Im likes to play -- a lot. Because it can stretch to 7,466 yards and winds often punish, muscle almost always has contributed to the profile of the champion. He has made only two starts on tour this year, finishing 38th in the Tournament of Champions and tied for 17th in the Sony Open. Lee can wallop the ball. Both made their way into the PGA Tour Power Rankings, which had quite a few adjustments from a week ago. The strongest that the invisible force will get is approximately 20 mph, but the positive spin, as it were, is that it'll be consistent throughout the tournament. There were plenty of changes in this week's edition of the PGA Tour Power Rankings, including a new No. Some of the top golfers on the PGA Tour have kick-started their careers with wins in Puerto Rico, including Tony Finau in 2016 and Viktor Hovland in 2019. He was just four off the winning pace on a crowded, talented . Make no mistake, however, par still remains a terrific score on the course. The West Coast Swing, and for that matter the fortnight that was the Aloha Swing, fulfilled an alternate version of their nicknames. 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. "I think when guys are playing as well as Nick [Taylor] was today, it really did put a lot of pressure on me and I responded very well," Scheffler said. It ranks as one of the tougher courses on the PGA Tour annually and in the event of high winds and dry conditions like we saw in 2020, it can play as the toughest course of the season. Theegala is the first player this season to hold at least a share of two 54-hole leads. * - Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COMs Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday. Since Scheffler's first victory at TPC Scottsdale a year ago, he has collected $17.6 million in official earnings, not including what he won at the Tour Championship at the end of last season. In his first start at the Genesis last year, he tied for 15th at 4-under, 8 strokes behind winner Max Homa. 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. Yeah, you might want to move those next year. Thats where 2022 PRO champion Ryan Brehm is competing this week. He tied for 45th at the Saudi International. Harold Varner III In the third round of the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta, Jon Rahm shot a 3-under 68 to get to 15-under through 54 holes. Min Woo Lee is making his Honda Classic debut this week on a sponsor exemption. pic.twitter.com/djDjZuFQFy, 321 yards 13 feet@MaxHoma23 with one of the best drives of the week on 17 @WMPhoenixOpen. Previous rank: 19 8. Hes found success on the Australasian Tour, Asian Tour, DP World Tour, etc. As always, Ill prefer distance, but you can get around here in a variety of ways. The Irishman has it going again with a 14th Riviera and 5th at Honda with more excellent ball striking. Few players have performed better at the TPC Scottsdale than Matsuyama, who had victories there in 2016 and 2017. Jon Rahm : Rahms numbers in the model this week are just absurd, and hes a runaway No. Rickie Fowler : You cant look past Fowlers recent iron play, as the former top 5 player has gained more than 15 strokes on approach in his last three starts. 18. Burns ranks 16th in strokes gained per round putting (.723) and is 16th in driving distance (312.0). 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. Like Deion Sanders, Rickie Fowler is coming. Its, ahem, treated to one of the hardest par 70s on the PGA TOUR. 20. The North Dakota native is on a remarkable run. Speaking of top-10s, the LSU alum has a pair of them already in the 2022-23 PGA Tour season at the CJ Cup (T-7th) and WM Phoenix Open (T-6th). Well look at SG: Approach as well as Greens in Regulations Gained to get a grasp on the guys who will be avoiding trouble with their irons this week and making plenty of pars.
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