Can Hayden Springer Turn Things Around At Colonial?
4 months agoThe thing with golf is it only takes one week for a player's life to change. But building confidence and consistency takes a very long time to wrangle in. For Hayden Springer, there is still a long way to go on both fronts. As a PGA Tour rookie via Q-School, things have been slow, as he comes to the Charles Schwab Challenge this week on a string of four straight missed cuts. He's a long hitter (16th in driving distance: 301 yards) who doesn't always know where it's going off the tee (56.28% driving accuracy), and iron play has been dreadful for most of the year (-0.418 strokes gained on approach). Even his 84th ranking in strokes gained putting (0.078) results from wildly inconsistent weeks with the flat stick; most recently losing over 12 shots on the greens at the Myrtle Beach Classic. Until he shows signs of anything, he's better left alone at $7,400 on FanDuel.
Source: PGA Tour
Source: PGA Tour