Michael Thompson Has Poor Players Championship History

Michael Thompson is in the field for The Players Championship. Thompson has had a dream start to the year with top-16 or better finishes in five of his last six PGA Tour starts. His streak ended at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational when Thompson lost strokes to the field in both approach and putting categories. […]

Branden Grace Brings Inconsistent Form To Sawgrass

Branden Grace is scheduled to tee it up in The Players Championship this week. The South African has been plagued by inconsistent form in 2019. Grace recorded a runner-up finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, but has also missed cuts at the Farmers and Genesis. He has been steady in his previous trips to […]

Brendan Steele Rides Hot Putter At Bay Hill

Brendan Steele recorded his best finish of 2019 at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The slumping Steele rode a hot putter into a T17 finish at Bay Hill. It was just his second made cut in six starts this year. Normally atrocious on the greens, Steele gained a massive 7.3 strokes putting last week. It […]

Marc Leishman's DFS Price Reduced For The Players

Marc Leishman is set to tee it up in The Players Championship. The 'Big Aussie' has cooled a bit since a hot start to 2019. Leishman recorded top-five finishes in three of his first four starts this year, but has only managed a T62 and a T23 in his two most recent outings. The 35-year-old's […]

Phil Mickelson Is A Risky Proposition This Week

After weeks of speculation, Phil Mickelson appears set to tee it up in The Players Championship. 'Lefty' had hinted that he might skip this event, but has committed to playing after a practice round at TPC Sawgrass. The 48-year-old has vowed to reduce his schedule to only events where he feels he has a chance […]

Patrick Cantlay A Dark-Horse Contender At The Players

Patrick Cantlay is set to tee it up in this week's Players Championship. It will be Cantlay's third straight appearance at a TPC Sawgrass course on which he's logged back-to-back top-25 finishes. The 26-year-old had a breakout season in 2018 and has continued to play at a very high level this year. He ranks an […]

Tony Finau Has Rocky History At TPC Sawgrass

Tony Finau is in the field for this week's Players Championship. The rising star had a breakout 2018 season, but has yet to figure out TPC Sawgrass. In three career Players starts, Finau has a T54 and two missed cuts. The 29-year-old's game revolves around his distance off the tee, an advantage that is muted […]

Alex Noren Still Searching For Form

Alex Noren is in the field for the upcoming Players Championship. The Swede has a strong track record at TPC Sawgrass, but heads into this year's event in horrible form. The Euro Tour veteran has missed the cut in two of his four 2019 starts, with a T44 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open standing […]

Zach Johnson Looks For Breakout At The Players

Zach Johnson is in the field for The Players Championship. It has been a ho-hum 2019 to this point for the two-time major champion, with his best finish being a T28 at the Desert Classic in January. Johnson has been making cuts, but not much else. He logged a T40 in last week's Arnold Palmer […]

Sungjae Im Set To Make Players Championship Debut

Sungjae Im is set to make his first career start at The Players Championship this week. The 2018 Web.com Tour Player of the Year is fresh off a T3 in last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. It was the young star's second top-five finish in what has been an outstanding rookie campaign on the PGA Tour. […]

Tiger Woods On Track To Play This Week

Tiger Woods is on track to play in The Players Championship after a surprising withdrawal from last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 14-time major champion opted to skip Bay Hill due to a painful neck sprain, but a week of rest and treatment has him ready to give it a go at TPC Sawgrass. The […]

Ian Poulter Has Great Record At TPC Sawgrass

Ian Poulter is in The Players Championship field this week. The Englishman has a track record of great success at TPC Sawgrass. Poulter is twice a runner-up at THE PLAYERS and logged a T11 in last year's edition. The Euro Tour veteran is playing some of the best golf of his career this season and […]

Matt Kuchar Returns To Action At The Players

Matt Kuchar is in the field for The Players Championship. The veteran has experienced a roller coaster season up to this point. Kuchar has already nabbed two wins, but has also been forced to deal with an embarrassing caddie-payment scandal that turned into a media firestorm. The 40-year-old has used the last two weeks to […]

Paul Casey Heads To TPC Sawgrass On A Hot Streak

Paul Casey is set to tee it up at The Players Championship. The Englishman missed last year's PLAYERS, but will be riding a wave of hot play into this year's edition. In his last three starts, Casey has scored a runner-up finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a T25 at the Genesis Open, and […]

Henrik Stenson Trending In The Right Direction

Henrik Stenson is in the field for The Players Championship. The Swede has struggled in the early part of 2019, missing three Euro Tour cuts and playing poorly in the WGC-Mexico. 'The Iceman' surprisingly caught fire in last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, logging a T17 while gaining a massive 6.7 strokes on approach shots for […]

Justin Rose Looks To Rebound At The Players

Justin Rose is set to tee it up at The Players Championship this week. The Englishman will attempt to rebound from an uncharacteristically-poor outing at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. Rose struggled horribly over the weekend at Bay Hill and dropped into a T63 finish. It was the defending FedEx Cup champ's worst finish since […]

Webb Simpson Set To Defend Players Title

Webb Simpson made some history at last year's Players Championship by tying the tournament's single-round course record and 54-hole scoring mark on the way to a four-shot victory. Simpson will try to make a little more history at TPC Sawgrass this week as he attempts to become the first-ever repeat winner in THE PLAYERS Championship […]

PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - THE PLAYERS Championship

Welcome back RotoBallers! 'The Italian Stallion' Francesco Molinari caught fire Sunday to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. I hope you read last week's edition of HFTC, as Molinari was one of our featured players! Let's keep the momentum going, because we've got a big one this week. We head to TPC Sawgrass for THE PLAYERS […]

Justin Rose Disappoints At Arnold Palmer Invitational

Justin Rose suffered through a disappointing outing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The Englishman is one of the most consistent golfers in the world, but was uncharacteristically uneven in Orlando. Rose followed opening rounds of 70-71 with a disastrous weekend performance in which he played Bay Hill at eight-over par over his final 36 holes. […]

THE PLAYERS Championship - PGA DFS Tournament Preview

Hi RotoBallers! In our ongoing attempt to expand and improve our PGA coverage, we will be dropping a 'Tournament Preview' for some of the big events on the PGA Tour schedule. We're getting this new series kicked off this week with the 'Fifth Major', THE PLAYERS Championship! We hope this preview will give you a […]

Matthew Fitzpatrick Comes Up Short At Bay Hill

Matthew Fitzpatrick entered the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational with the 54-hole lead, but couldn't hold off a surging Francesco Molinari for the API title. The young Englishman hung tough Sunday by grinding out a one-under par 71 to finish at 10-under for the tournament, two strokes shy of Molinari's winning 12-under score. […]

Talor Gooch Withdraws From Arnold Palmer Invitational

Talor Gooch has withdrawn from the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational. Rob Bolton of PGATour.com reports Gooch is dealing with a minor thumb injury. The 27-year-old is having a breakout season and has already recorded two top-five finishes in 2019. Gooch notched a T20 in last week's Honda Classic and was shaping up to be a […]

Phil Mickelson Returns To Bay Hill For First Time Since 2013

Phil Mickelson returns to Bay Hill this week in what will be his first start in the Arnold Palmer Invitational since 2013. Mickelson won the API title in 1997, but the Bay Hill layout has never been a great fit for his game. The 48-year-old is having an amazing 2019 and has already picked up […]

RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - Arnold Palmer Invitational

Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud to announce the addition of a weekly PGA “One and Done” column. In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Gianni Magliocco will […]

Marc Leishman Eyes Second API Title

Marc Leishman is set to tee it up in this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 'Big Aussie' won the API title in 2017 and has a legitimate shot raise the trophy again at Bay Hill this week. Outside of an ugly T62 outing at the WGC-Mexico Championship, the 35-year-old has been razor-sharp this season. He […]

Henrik Stenson Hopes To Find Form At Bay Hill

It's been an unusually poor start to the season for Henrik Stenson. The Swede has struggled mightily with his game in 2019 and has missed the cut in all three of his Euro Tour starts this year. He most recently logged a T54 at the WGC-Mexico Championship and lost over six strokes to the field […]

Justin Rose Back In Action This Week

After a brief break in his schedule, Justin Rose will tee it up for the first time since January in this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 2019 FedEx Cup champion already has one win to his credit this season after taking down the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The Englishman will attempt to add […]

Ian Poulter Heads To Bay Hill On Fire

Ian Poulter is scheduled to tee it up in the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational. Poulter heads to Bay Hill in red-hot form. The Englishman logged a T3 in his latest start at the WGC-Mexico Championship and ran off three straight top-10's on the European Tour in January. He has fared well at Bay Hill throughout […]

Zach Johnson Fades At Honda Classic

Last week's Honda Classic got off to a promising start for Zach Johnson. An opening-round 66 had Johnson near the top of the leaderboard, but the two-time major champion failed to break par in any of his final three rounds and faded into a T59 finish. It's been a sluggish start to the season for […]

Scott Piercy Misses Honda Cut

Scott Piercy missed the cut at last week's Honda Classic after opening rounds of 72-73. It was a disappointing effort from the Las Vegas resident who was coming off a top-10 finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Normally a sharp ball striker, Piercy surprisingly lost over four strokes on approach shots at PGA National. […]