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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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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. […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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). […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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. […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
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 […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
Bryson DeChambeau Has Length And Game To Win At Memorial
Bryson DeChambeau drives the golf ball the best on tour at 322 yards. On a 7500+ yard course, that helps. He just has to keep the ball in the fairway. His accuracy is just 54.63% (172nd) but again that greens-in-regulation ranks better at 65th. DeChambeau leads the tour in overall strokes gained (2.105) and even […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
Rory McIlroy Expected To Contend At Memorial
Rory McIlroy has some question marks heading into this week's Memorial. He can drive the ball like almost no one (2nd -- 319 yards). The problem is that 55% accuracy (168th). Strokes gained tee-to-green is where McIlroy excels (13th) but his putting is just 82nd on the tour. It boils down to the putter this […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
NHL DFS Prop Picks for 6/1 - PrizePicks
Hello everybody and welcome! We bring you our third playoff edition of NHL DFS on PrizePicks and that means our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago
Alex Bowman Rides Hendrick Wave To Fifth Place Result At Charlotte
Alex Bowman's car was pretty fast all night as the No. 48 parlayed that into a fifth-place result at Charlotte on Sunday. Bowman's Chevy actually managed to lead five laps along the way as well. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver moved up to 12th place in the Cup Series standings with the result. Bowman was […]
Chris Wassel 4 years ago