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Kyle Larson Tuning Up For Event At Coliseum On Sunday
Kyle Larson automatically qualified for the main event on Sunday in Los Angeles. This is because he won the title last season (most points). However, his No. 5 car looked pretty quick and he finished eighth in qualifying Saturday night. The Team Hendrick Motorsports car was seventh fastest in practice just 0.058 seconds off from […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoChase Elliott Looks Strong In Advance of Sunday's Race
Chase Elliott qualified in seventh on Saturday night, just a few mph's slower than his practice session. That practice saw the No. 9 car at the top of the field. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver has little to worry about in qualifying for the 23-driver main event. Elliott's runs in his 103 laps of practice […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoCole Custer Finishes Well With Nice Qualifying Lap Saturday
Cole Custer will start from the second position in Heat 2 on Sunday afternoon from the Coliseum. Custer and his No. 41 Ford nearly edged out Daniel Suarez for 5th by the length of a credit card. Custer qualified sixth overall with an average lap speed of 64.502 mph. A strange quirk is that Suarez […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoDaniel Suarez Turns In Very Good Qualifying Lap Saturday
Daniel Suarez and Trackhouse Racing looked quite good on Saturday evening. Suarez qualified fifth just thousandths of a second behind Joey Logano for a top heat spot. The No. 99 car went around the track at a best speed of 64.507 mph. Suarez did run a lot of practice laps (106 in all). It seemed […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoJoey Logano Nabs Final Top Heat Spot At Coliseum
Joey Logano found himself again a couple of tenths of a second off the lead in the qualifying session on Saturday night. The difference this time translated to a fourth-place result for the No. 22 car. The Team Penske driver will lead Heat 4 on Sunday afternoon. In practice, Logano was just 26th with his […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoJustin Haley Surprises With Third-Place Qualifying Lap
Justin Haley had a fast car in practice on some of the runs, but as darkness fell on the Coliseum, he delivered a fast lap. How fast? Haley qualified third with a time of 13.891 seconds. That means he will be on the pole for Heat 3 on Sunday afternoon. For those wondering, Haley was […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoTyler Reddick Edged By Kyle Busch For Fastest Time
Tyler Reddick got around the quarter-mile Coliseum track in 13.761 seconds on Saturday. That was second-fastest in qualifying and earned Reddick a top spot in Heat 2. Being near the front based on testing looks to be more optimal. The chances that Reddick will make the 23-driver field are very high. The No. 8 Chevy […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKyle Busch Sets Best Time In Qualifying Saturday
Kyle Busch held off Tyler Reddick by a little less than two-thousandths of a second to qualify in the top spot for Sunday's first heat race. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver still has to finish well enough to make the 23-driver field for the main event. Being in front is good with the short 25-lap […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoChristian Bezuidenhout Likely To See Weekend At Pebble Beach
Christian Bezuidenhout has played some nice golf the first two rounds in tournaments this year for the most part. Five of his six rounds in this scenario have been in the 60s. Last week at the Farmer's Insurance Open, Bezuidenhout had issues finishing, and his 72-73 knocked him out of contention again. That was much […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAaron Rai Has Upside Heading To Pebble Beach
Aaron Rai has looked excellent in the past two tournaments he has entered on the first two days. All four of those rounds have been in the 60's which placed him into contention. Last week at the Farmer's, Rai was about to top the leaderboard when he hit a wall. The English golfer bogeyed holes […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoMackenzie Hughes Trying To Rebound At Pebble Beach
Mackenzie Hughes just could not find the putter to his liking last week at the Farmer's Insurance Open. Then, by the time he did, it was too late to make the cut. He started off the second round with back to back bogeys. After coming back a bit, he then made a mess out of […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoCameron Tringale One To Watch At Pebble Beach
There is a considerable amount of talk that Cameron Tringale could be one to watch at Pebble Beach. After a tied for third at the Farmers Insurance Open, the American expects to be a good pick in most circles to potentially win this week. Tringale did rank seventh in the FedEx Cup standings and has […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoLanto Griffin Riding Momentum Into Pebble Beach
Lanto Griffin put together an incredible Sunday round at the AMEX but made one mistake that kept him from an even better finish. His five-under 67 vaulted him into a tie for third place. Then at the Farmers, he finished with a 65 to get him back into the top 30 after a disastrous third […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoChris Kirk Looking To Bounce Back At Pebble Beach
Chris Kirk missed the cut at the American Express last week by shooting right near even par in all three rounds. Kirk just could never get on a run. It is odd that in two consecutive third rounds, the American golfer has put himself out of contention with erratic iron play. If he can set […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoLucas Glover A Bit Of A Long Shot At Pebble Beach
As the PGA Tour continues up the California coast, Lucas Glover will try to rebound from an awful Sunday at the AMEX. The 73 knocked him right out of contention and included three bogeys and a double bogey. Everything failed on Sunday including his putter and around the green decision making. His measured rounds in […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoCam Davis Playing Steady Heading Into Farmers This Week
Cam Davis finished off 2021 well enough and then came into 2022 and finished tied for tenth at the Tournament of Champions. He followed that up with a respectable 27th at the Sony Open. He is simply making enough birdies and needs to continue to do so at Torrey Pines. Things did get away from […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoSi Woo Kim A Wildcard Heading Into The Farmers
Si Woo Kim never keeps things dull. He rode up and down the leaderboard last week at the AMEX to a tied for 11th place result. Kim did not blow up when he could have and managed to stay in the 60's for all four rounds. It was the first time the Korean golfer accomplished […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKeith Mitchell Looks To Build Off Of Sony Open
Keith Mitchell drives the ball well off the tee and that can help at Torrey Pines. Mitchell also finished in a tie for seventh at the Sony Open in his first tournament of 2022. He was making birdies, stringing shots together, and not messing up his approaches to the green. That is his weakness by […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoAaron Wise Starts 2022 At the Farmers
American golfer Aaron Wise makes his calendar year 2022 debut at the Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday. Wise had a nice run in the Fall with two top-ten results and never finished worse than 26th. In that stretch, the golfer was making 4.75 birdies a round which ranked 16th on the tour. Now, can he […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoSam Burns Could Be Dangerous In San Diego
Torrey Pines and Sam Burns could get along well this weekend as Burns has and had been playing well. He worked out some of the rust at the Tournament of Championship earlier in the month. Burns made quite a few birdies finishing in the middle of the pack (19th). It was how he finished the […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoKeegan Bradley An Intriguing Option At The Farmers
Keegan Bradley came off his almost two month break at the Sony Open and nearly delivered a ton-ten performance. He finished tied for 12th and shot all four rounds in the 60's. If not for Day 1 where he missed some normally makable putts (shot a 69), Bradley may have even challenged for a win. […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoCan Lanto Griffin Keep Rolling After Third At AMEX?
Lanto Griffin had a solid run to cap off the 2021 calendar year. Few knew what to expect when he played in the American Express last week. Then he started hitting the ball with authority. Griffin played his shots and did not get ahead of himself. The result was a tied for third place finish […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoCameron Tringale Working Out The Kinks At The Farmers
A common theme for many golfers in January is how they work out the rust from the holidays. Last week, Cameron Tringale played okay at times but got off to a rough start with a 74 at the AMEX. He rebounded with a 65 before having more problems as a third-round 71 caused him to […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoHarry Higgs Not Easy To Lean On At Farmers
The Farmers Insurance Open may not be the best place for Harry Higgs to get in good form but then again maybe the jolt in the schedule cannot hurt. Higgs blew up last weekend shooting a 77 on Sunday to fall right out of contention at the AMEX. This came off the Sony Open where […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoMackenzie Hughes Starts Off 2022 at the Farmers
Mackenzie Hughes has not played on the PGA Tour in two months. It was some end to 2021 as the Canadian golfer had two top-five finishes including a runner-up at the RSM Classic. That final-round 62 sent him into his "break" on quite a high. The question is this. Starting at a tournament which begins […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoNHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (1/22/22): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks
Welcome back RotoBallers! Happy New Year! For those first-time readers, my name is Chris and I write a ton on RotoBaller. The sports universe of writing here spans from NASCAR to football to college sports to of course, hockey. If you have not checked some of those articles out then make sure you do! It […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoPatrick Rodgers Returns To PGA At La Quinta
Patrick Rodgers begins his 2022 calendar year on the PGA Tour at the AMEX Golf Tournament. His Fall featured five tournaments where Rodgers was up and down throughout. There were two top-six results then two missed cuts and an outside the top-50 placing. Rodgers ranked 33rd off the tee last year with 0.305 strokes gained. […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoEmiliano Grillo May Be One To Stay Away From At AMEX
Argentinian golfer Emiliano Grillo has had a rough time stringing together birdies, and that may bode poorly for him at La Quinta this weekend. Grillo has missed the cut at the last three tournaments he has entered. That included last week at the Sony Open, where the Argentine shot a 69-68, which was not good […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoRussell Henley A Question Mark At AMEX Golf Tournament
After what happened at the Sony Open to Russell Henley, there are a lot of question marks heading into La Quinta. Henley shot -6 on the Front 9 and looked to be well on his way to a win. Then, missed shots, missed putts, and worse led to a +1 on the Back 9. Hideki […]
Chris Wassel 3 years agoLucas Glover Shows Promise Heading To La Quinta
American golfer Lucas Glover bounced back from a bad showing at the Sentry Tournament Of Champions. At the Sony Open, Glover finished fifth after a 64-65 weekend that kept him in the thick of contention. The only problem is that the course at La Quinta is not quite set up for Glover. He missed the […]
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