Rickie Fowler ov Dustin Johnson
Pretty simple here, Dustin has missed the cut the last two tournaments he’s played in, and it hasn’t been close. +8 at the Memorial, +4 at the US Open. He was on an absolute tear, but has been terrible recently. And at the US Open he struggled to hit the fairways, and those fairways were wider than...(I went into some comparisons about how wide the fairways were on the podcast, that would not be allowed on this websites. Some of the comparisons involved cheerleaders legs, John Daly hangovers, and Bubba Watson's....)
Rickie fowler, meanwhile, has been playing great golf, 4 top 10 finishes in 5 of his last events…9th last week at the Scottish open…and Dustin hasn’t played in a month.
Sergio Garcia ov Rory McIlroy
Have to have to have to fade Rory. He’s got the lingering injury, he’s newly married, and he’s still getting used to an equipment change. All that has lead to his horrible form this year. Three missed cuts in the last 4 tournaments, including two in a row. Before the injury he had a slew of top 10 finishes…after his comeback? Nothing inside the top 15…he even missed the cut at the Irish Open hosted by the Rory McIlroy foundation. Sergio Garcia this year has one finish outside the top 30. That’s it. Seven finishes inside the top 20, already has a win at a major this year so he doesn’t have that added pressure…love this matchup.
If you really want to go crazy, this week, I see Rory Mcilroy matched up against Matsuyama and Justin Rose. So if you’re feeling crazy, and you just want to load up against Rory. If you were so inclined…you could bet all three against Rory. And that's what I'm going to do.
Rose ov Rory
Matsuyama ov Rory
Adam Scott ov Jason Day
Jason Day just hasn’t been himself this year, two straight missed cuts in his last two tournaments, and in fact he only has 4 tournaments this entire year where he finished under par…the last two tournaments he shot +10 at the US Open Open missed cut, and +2 at the Travelers missed cut. Adam Scott missed the cut at the US Open as well, but still finished 5 shots ahead of Day. Scott played at the Scottish Open last week where he finished 35th so I like that he’s coming off a European Tour event the week before. Adam Scott is 4-1 against Day in tournaments they’ve played in together this year, and Scott has better recent finishes at this tournament, a win, 2nd place, 20th, and 23d here the last 4 years. Day only one top 20 finish ever here.
Andy Sullivan ov Tyrell Hatton
Tyrell Hatton was great earlier in the year, but he’s kind of fallen apart recently. Missed cuts recently at the Scottish Open, Irish Open, Open de France, US Open, 4 in a row. Over par at the Players, 29th at the RBC Heritage, +14 missed cut at the Masters…he’s been bad. Andy Sullivan, meanwhile, has pretty good finishes recently. 9th at the Scottish, 20th at the Irish, 13th at the Open de France, made cut at the BMW International Open, 48th at the Masters. In fact, Sullivan has finished ahead of Hatton in the last 5 tournaments they’ve played in together by an average 6.5 shots. Hatton finished 5th here last year, but he has 5 missed cuts in row before that. Sullivan has a 12th and 30th the last 2 British Opens.
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