Ryan Blaney Will Have Upside At Sonoma On Sunday

Ryan Blaney starts from the 11th spot on Sunday at Sonoma. The Team Penske driver has had some success on the longer version of the track known as the Carousel. He finished third on the 90-lap version just in 2019. Blaney is one of those road drivers that just finds a way to adapt. Even […]

Tyler Reddick A Wildcard At Sonoma On Sunday

Tyler Reddick has eight top-tens in 15 races this year but just one top ten in four career starts on a road course at the top level. Reddick showed at Austin he could drive with the top road contenders. However, Sonoma is a different animal. Again, there is a lot of unknown where it comes […]

Brad Keselowski May Not Do Well At Sonoma On Sunday

Brad Keselowski had one great run in the last five races at Sonoma. That was a third in 2017. Every other result surrounding that has been 13th or worse. He hung on the lead lap in 2019 with the Carousel and speed-wise just could not come. close. The Team Penske driver may have even more […]

Kevin Harvick Another One To Watch At Sonoma

Will the downforce be an equalizer on Sunday for Kevin Harvick? No one quite knows that answer but few drivers can adapt as well as Harvick. He starts eighth on Sunday and the Stewart-Haas Racing driver has won once at Sonoma. Also, Harvick has five straight top-six finishes. The racer knows this track and knows […]

Alex Bowman Should Hang Around Top Ten At Sonoma

Alex Bowman will begin Sunday's race at Sonoma from the seventh position. The final Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver hung around the top ten on the Carousel course before finishing 14th in 2019. That is the likely expectation again as Bowman could even maintain his track position a little better this time around. The No. 48 […]

Austin Dillon Expected To Fade At Sonoma

Austin Dillon will start from the sixth position at Sonoma on Sunday. However, any expectation of him contending likely will be dashed rather quickly. The Richard Childress Racing driver has had 17 starts on the California track. He has not finished in the top ten even once. His average finish on road courses is 24th. […]

Kyle Busch Given Fifth Position At Sonoma

Kyle Busch is right behind teammate Denny Hamlin in fifth for Sunday's race at Sonoma. The Toyota / Save Mart 350. The younger Busch has won twice before on the California track in 15 races (2015). He finished second in 2019 behind Martin Truex Jr. Another couple of laps and Busch may have won. The […]

Denny Hamlin Expects To Contend At Sonoma

Denny Hamlin starts fourth on Sunday at Sonoma. How the downforce and 750 HP package affect the Joe Gibbs Racing driver is anyone's guess. However, Hamlin is still looking for his first win of 2021. That seems hard to believe but true. Despite nine top-fives and 11 top-tens, that is the case. The No. 11 […]

William Byron Starts Third At Sonoma, Another Top Ten Is Likely

William Byron starts behind Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott on Sunday at Sonoma, The third position should suit the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver just fine. Byron has finished 11th or better in every race since the Daytona swing. That consistency included a win at Homestead. If not for the rain, that 11th at Austin might […]

Chase Elliott A Favorite Again At Sonoma

Chase Elliott has won six road races in 14 starts including this year's shortened Circuit Of The Americas at Austin. Elliott is getting on a bit of a role as he has finished in the top-seven or better in five straight races. Last week at Charlotte, the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver led 22 laps. There's […]

Kyle Larson Awarded Pole, Should Thrive At Sonoma

The questions with every driver, including Kyle Larson, when it comes to the 750 HP package and downforce together will be answered on Sunday. How will it affect the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver? That is the great unknown. Larson has a fast race car and everyone knows it. Sonoma will come down to adjustments and […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (6/2): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season has entered the second round of the playoffs! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are new to playing NHL DFS, there […]

Cameron Davis Likely To Play Weekend At Memorial

Cameron Davis has looked a little off his game the past two weeks. At Colonial, Davis drove the ball less than 300 yards most of the time (309 average -- 14th on tour). It just seemed like his swing was less than 100%. Davis has found a way to make a good number of cuts […]

Stewart Cink To Lurk Around At Memorial

Stewart Cink can just linger around at most any tournament. It is why he is 8th in the FedEx Cup Standings. He won the RBC Heritage Open by doing the opposite. He held on for dear life and shot a clutch 70 on Sunday. It is that adaptability in 2021 that has served Cink well […]

Si Woo Kim Not One To Look At For Memorial

Si Woo Kim has trended in the wrong direction for weeks and that culminated in him withdrawing from the Colonial last week. Keep in mind, he missed the cut at the PGA with a 75-76 and missed a bunch of putts at the Byron Nelson. This is not the same golfer that was on the […]

C.T. Pan May Have Issues At Memorial This Week

C.T. Pan got better at Colonial last week as the tournament wore on. This week is a rough test at the Memorial. Pan driving the ball off the tee was problematic in the early rounds at the Charles Schwab. The fact he hits about 294 on this long course could present him with a few […]

Chris Kirk Still Struggling Heading Into Memorial

Chris Kirk looked like he had it together at Colonial for about three rounds last week and then Sunday happened. It was more than the 77, Kirk just could not do anything right. Suddenly he could not drive or hit accurately. Too many things went wrong. The last three tournaments (two missed cuts) have illustrated […]

Sam Burns A Wildcard At The Memorial This Week

Sam Burns was hot on tour with a first and second at Valspar and the Byron Nelson buoyed by incredible Thursday and Friday rounds and steady weekend play. Then, there came the withdrawal at the PGA. That front nine was so disastrous and it left Burns little choice. The question again is where is his […]

Branden Grace's Withdrawal Leaves Questions For Memorial

Branden Grace shot a 76 at Colonial and then withdrew from the tournament last week. The idea would be to see where he is even at this week and even then. Straying away from Grace may be a good plan. He did have a decent run of four weekends before a 78 on Sunday at […]

Harold Varner III May Not Fare As Well At Memorial

Harold Varner III from tee to green is one of the better golfers on tour (24th overall -- .949 strokes gained). He has solid numbers driving a ball 301 yards on average and getting on the greens at 67th. The problem always seems to come down to putting and often later in tournaments. When one […]

Cameron Tringale Interesting Option At The Memorial

Do not expect a top-five or ten finish from Cameron Tringale in Ohio come Sunday. However, the Californian lurked around the top-20 or so most of the weekend at the Charles Schwab before falling back to 33rd. He is one of the best at sand saves (15th) on tour and that could help him if […]

Adam Hadwin Could Have Some Potential At Memorial

Adam Hadwin could put in a decent weekend at Memorial but might implode too. After much bad play, the Canadian managed 66-67 at the Charles Schwab last week. His putter hurt him a bit on the weekend but Hadwin finished tied for 8th. A longer, tighter course this week likely means a lower finish but […]

Christiaan Bezuidenhout Not Expected To Do Much At Memorial

Christiaan Bezuidenhout can putt a golf ball (fifth on tour with .866 strokes gained). However, he is not accurate off the driver or in the fairway and that could hurt a lot this week. The Memorial is an unforgiving course that makes a golfer pay for the errant tee to green play (119th at -0.008). […]

Billy Horschel Has Some Upside At Memorial

Billy Horschel will likely not be in that top tier to contend but a top-30 or so is not unreasonable at The Memorial. He excels at match play but not so much on Sunday. He was very good at the PGA (68-72) weekend but just a 72-67 at an easier Charles Schwab. His putting ranks […]

Victor Hovland Could Win The Memorial This Weekend

Victor Hovland is one of those "favorites" at 18 to 1 to win The Memorial this weekend. He is one of the few golfers out there that can drive the ball long and just straight enough on this demanding course (53rd and 69th). His 68.5% greens in regulation (27th) will help ease his putting fears. […]

Shane Lowry Could Lurk Around Top At Memorial

Shane Lowry has a tendency to just linger around in tournaments. At the PGA, his three-under 69 on Sunday lifted him to a fourth-place finish few saw coming. His final rounds in the past three tournaments have been rather good. The form is there at least. He won The Open two years ago but his […]

Matt Fitzpatrick Needs Putter To Contend At Memorial

Matt Fitzpatrick can be deadly accurate around the greens and on fairways but his length could hurt on this large 7500-yard course. Fitzpatrick can barely drive the ball 290 yards most of the time. Courses like the TPC and the PGA suited Fitzpatrick better because of his ability to play around the course. Driving short […]

Tony Finau Will Be Tested This Weekend At Memorial

Tony Finau can get to the weekend but can he finally perform consistently on Saturday and Sunday? That driving accuracy is a pesky detriment along with his putter sometimes. However, few get to the green as consistent as Finau does (23rd on tour). The golfer is one of the very select that have made all […]

Adam Scott Off His Game At Bad Time For Memorial

This could be another rough week for Adam Scott as some term The Memorial as a "fifth major". Scott missed the cut at the PGA and has not really contended much of anywhere in 2021 (best finish -- 10th). He drives the ball well enough at 308.3 yards (17th) but so many parts of his […]

Patrick Reed In For Challenging Week At The Memorial

Can Patrick Reed overcome his driver on a long course? His driving average is just over 290 yards but the rest of his game makes him dangerous in Ohio come the weekend. His strokes gained from putting is .923 (4th on tour). The biggest concern is Reed getting the ball on the green (172nd) but […]