William Byron Starts In Heat 3 On Sunday At Coliseum

William Byron qualified 11th on Saturday night with a time of 13.973 seconds. He was one of only 12 cars to post a sub-14 second lap in the evening session. The No. 24 Chevy was in the middle of the pack during practice so maybe Byron is figuring out the track a bit better. Again, […]

Harrison Burton Not Far Off From Practice Run At Coliseum

One of the few drivers that was about as fast in qualifying as in practice was Harrison Burton. Burton qualified tenth for the heat races on Sunday with an average speed of 64.447 mph. His practice best was 65.114 mph. Again, there were a few minor bobbles in turns 2 and 4 for Burton. With […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Stays Upright During Nice Run Saturday

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. seemed quite fast in practice leading up to Saturday night's qualifying run. That panned out as Stenhouse Jr was ninth with a speed of 64.461 mph. If not for a late bobble, he may have qualified in the top-five. It is tough to pick these things out in a 14-second lap (give […]

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 […]

Chase 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 […]

Cole 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 […]

Daniel 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 […]

Joey 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 […]

Justin 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 […]

Tyler 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 […]

Kyle 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 […]

Christian 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 […]

Aaron 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 […]

Mackenzie 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 […]

Cameron 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 […]

Lanto 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 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 […]

Lucas 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 […]

Cam 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 […]

Si 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 […]

Keith 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 […]

Aaron 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 […]

Sam 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 […]

Keegan 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. […]

Can 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 […]

Cameron 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 […]

Harry 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 […]

Mackenzie 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 […]

NHL 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 […]

Patrick 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. […]