Adam Hadwin ov Charley Hoffman
Hoffman really faded at the Masters after his hot start, but that’s not why I like this matchup. Hadwin won the Valspar where the greens are the same and Hoffman missed the cut there. Before the Masters, Hadwin had a win and a 6th place finish. Love how Hadwin is playing right now.
Jason Dufner ov Jim Furyk
Take away the Match play, In all three tournaments they have both played in in 2017, Dufner has finished ahead of Furyk by over 30 positions in each tournament. Furyk has good history at this tournament, but that was in 2015 and earlier. Dufner was 33rd at the Masters, and all of his other tournaments this year have been top 10 finishes. Furyk’s best finish is 39th.
Francesco Molinari ov Russell Knox
Pretty simple here. Molinari is playing some really good golf. Russell Knox is playing the opposite of some really good golf. Knox has a missed cut in 4 out of the last 5 tournaments, and the one he made the cut was a 70th place finish in Mexico. One of those missed cuts was at the Valspar which we talked about earlier. Molinari is playing really good, made the cut at the Masters, finished 33rd, before that 8 out of 9 tournaments were top 20 finishes, and 7 of those finishes were top 15.
Kyle Stanley ov Webb Simpson
Taking the golfer with good momentum vs the golfer that’s been struggling recently. Last year at this tournament, Simpson finished 66th, Stanley finished 33rd, but this season is the real story. Missed cut at the Masters, missed cut at the Arnold Palmer, 41st at Valspar, 39th at Genesis. Stanley the last 3 tournaments has gotten better each time. 27th at the Valspar, 17th at the Arnold Palmer, 8th at the Shell Houston Open. Also, Stanley finished better at the Valspar, which we like.
Hideto Tanihara ov Geoff Ogilvy
Tanihara hasn’t played this tournament before, but Ogilvy only finished 54th here last year. This year, Tanihara missed the cut at the Masters, but that’s an outlier tournament. The five tournaments leading up to the Masters, 4th, 32nd, 15th, 22nd, 9th. Ogilvy finished 23th at the Shell Houston Open where all the bigger names were more concerned with getting to Augusta, and before that he has 3 straight missed cuts.
William McGirt ov Billy Horschel
Both have been inconsistent this year, I don’t see any clear advantage in current form…McGirt played good at the Masters, but McGirt really likes this tournament. Two 9th place finishes, and a 31st the last 3 years. Horschel the last 3 years doesn’t have any finishes inside the top 50. Not a huge play, but I think it’s worth a little bit.
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