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Daniel Berger Continues Comeback At Farmers
Daniel Berger is scheduled to tee it up in this week's Farmers Insurance Open. It will be Berger's second start of the 2019 season. The youngster played through a wrist injury for most of 2018. He spent the off season resting and rehabbing the injury. Berger looked sharp in his first start of the year, […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoAlex Noren Has Unfinished Business At Torrey Pines
Alex Noren will tee it up in this week's Farmers Insurance Open. Noren has some unfinished business at Torrey Pines. The Swede suffered a heartbreaking playoff loss to Jason Day in last year's Farmers. Noren and Day battled in a marathon six-hole playoff that spilled over into Monday. Noren eventually put his second shot on […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoTony Finau Looking For Wins In 2019
Tony Finau is set to make his first start of 2019 in the upcoming Farmers Insurance Open. His 2018 season was a successful year by any measure, but the rising star failed to get his second career victory on the PGA Tour. Finau has an excellent chance to get in the win column in this […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoJustin Rose Has Played Well At Torrey Pines
Justin Rose is scheduled to tee it up in the upcoming Farmers Insurance Open. Rose kicked off 2019 with a T34 outing in last week's Desert Classic. It was an underwhelming performance from the top-ranked player in the world, but should serve as a nice warm-up to the challenge that awaits at Torrey Pines. Rose […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoMarc Leishman Looks To Stay Hot At Farmers
Marc Leishman is in the field for this week's Farmers Insurance Open. Leishman will look to stay hot at Torrey Pines this week after a fabulous start to the year. The "Big Aussie" picked up a win at the CIMB Classic in the fall and has top-five finishes in both of his 2019 starts. In […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoTiger Woods Starts 2019 Season This Week
Tiger Woods will get his 2019 season underway at this week's Farmers Insurance Open. The tournament will be held at Torrey Pines, a course where Woods has eight career victories. It was also the site of his last major championship victory in the 2008 U.S. Open. The legendary player energized the PGA Tour with his […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoPGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Farmers Insurance Open
Raise your hand if you had Adam Long winning the Desert Classic. Yeah...me neither. Long birdied the 72nd hole of the tournament to finish one shot clear of Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin (our top Pony in last week's article!). It was the 31-year-old's first career PGA Tour victory and solidifies (at least in my […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoAdam Long Unlikely Winner Of Desert Classic
Adam Long won the 60th Annual Desert Classic Sunday. It was the 31-year-old's first career victory on the PGA Tour. Long played almost flawlessly over the weekend, logging rounds of 63 and 65. He birdied the 72nd hole of the tournament to finish one shot clear of Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin. It is a […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoPhil Mickelson Falls Short In Desert Classic
Phil Mickelson had a great week at the Desert Classic, but fell one stroke shy of picking up his 44th career victory on the PGA Tour. After an unexpected opening-round 60, Mickelson led or co-led the majority of the tournament and he entered Sunday's final round in great position. "Lefty" fired a final-round 69, but […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoDraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS - Conference Championships
Hi RotoBallers! Thanks for joining me here at Power Pivots for the Conference Championship games! Here we are...four teams, two games, a trip to the Super Bowl is on the line. The stakes don't get much higher for NFL players and their organizations. From a DFS perspective we couldn't ask for much more, as four […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoPhil Mickelson Starts 2019 With A Bang
Phil Mickelson made a little history in his first start of 2019 at the Desert Classic. Mickelson fired an opening round 12-under par 60 Thursday at La Quinta Country Club. It was the lowest opening round of his illustrious career and also his lowest score ever in relation to par. The 48-year-old was expected to […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoHarold Varner III Starting 2019 With Confidence
Harold Varner III is in the field for this week's Desert Classic. It will be his first start of 2019. Varner had the best season of his career in 2018. He logged three top-10 finishes and won over $1 million in prize money. The 28-year-old continued his excellent play during the swing season by recording […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoRussell Henley Has Struggled In The Desert Classic
Russell Henley is slated to tee it up in this week's Desert Classic. Henley was underwhelming in his first start of 2019, finishing tied for 66th in last week's Sony Open. The 2018 season was a disappointing one for Henley and his game still looked out of sorts in Hawaii. Things might not improve this […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoBrendan Steele Hopes To Get Back On Track
Brendan Steele is participating in this week's Desert Classic. It will be his first start of 2019. Steele suffered through a brutal 2018 that included a stretch of 12 consecutive starts without a top-45 finish. Things weren't much better for him in the fall, as he missed the cut in his last start at the […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoTiger Woods Will Make 2019 Debut At Farmers Insurance Open
Tiger Woods will make his first start of 2019 at next week's Farmers Insurance Open. The tournament will be held at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Woods has had tremendous success at Torrey Pines throughout his career, winning seven Farmers Opens and the 2008 U.S. Open on the California track. The 43-year-old legend […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoJoaquin Niemann Rested and Recharged
It was a whirlwind rookie season for Joaquin Niemann in 2018. The young phenom took the PGA Tour by storm last year, racking up four top-10's in just 13 starts. However, Niemann appeared to run out of steam as 2018 wrapped up and finished just T60 at Mayakoba and T65 at the RSM Classic. The […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoDaniel Berger Returning From Wrist Injury This Week
Daniel Berger will be making his first start of 2019 at this week's Desert Classic. It will be Berger's first start since the Dell Technologies Championship. The 25-year-old has been sidelined since September with a wrist injury. The 2018 season was Berger's worst as a professional. The two-time PGA Tour winner only managed one top-10 […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoPatrick Cantlay Looks To Join Golf's Elite In 2019
Patrick Cantlay will make his first start of 2019 at this week's Desert Classic. The 26-year-old had a breakout season in 2018, finishing 20th in the FedEx Cup season standings. He didn't slow down in the swing season, racking up a T7 at the WGC-HSBC Champions and a second-place finish at the Shriners Open during […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoSungjae Im Looks To Stay Hot In Desert Classic
Sungjae Im is set to make his first career start in the Desert Classic this week. Im was a dominant force on the Web.com Tour last season and earned a PGA Tour card for 2019. He's off to a fast start. The young man from South Korea scored a T16 finish at last week's Sony […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoPGA DFS: Horse For The Course - Desert Classic
Hi and welcome back RotoBallers! The Sony Open didn't provide the same final-round fireworks that we saw at the Sentry TOC, as Matt Kuchar's tremendous play down the stretch secured a fairly stress-free victory at Waialae Country Club. It was Kuchar's second win in just a couple of months and he will be a player […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoJustin Rose Starts 2019 At Desert Classic
Justin Rose is set to get his 2019 season underway at this week's Desert Classic. It will be Rose's first start in the U.S. since his FedEx Cup triumph in September. The Englishman hasn't played in the Desert Classic event since 2010. He continued his dominant ways during the swing season by racking up a […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoPhil Mickelson Set For First Start Of 2019
Phil Mickelson is set to tee it up in this week's Desert Classic. It will be his first start of 2019. Mickelson elected to skip both the Sentry Tournament of Champions and the Sony Open that were held in Hawaii. The 48-year-old has publicly stated that he will be scaling back his schedule this season. […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoPaul Casey Misses Cut At Sony Open
Paul Casey turned in a disappointing performance last week, missing the cut at the Sony Open. The normally reliable Casey didn't play horrible, but rounds of 72 and 68 left him at even par through 36 holes, two strokes short of the cut line. The Englishman was held back by a balky putter and lost […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoScott Piercy Has Solid Outing At Sony
Scott Piercy had another solid performance in the Sony Open, logging a T33 at Waialae Country Club. Piercy has played well on the Hawaiian course throughout his career and this week was no different. He was propelled by back-to-back rounds of 66 on Friday and Saturday after a disappointing 71 in the opening round. However, […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoStewart Cink Fades Over The Weekend
After a blistering second-round 62, Stewart Cink headed into the weekend squarely in contention at the Sony Open. The 45-year-old failed to back up the 62, shooting pedestrian rounds of 70 and 69 over the weekend at Waialae Country Club. His underwhelming results over the final 36 holes sent the veteran tumbling down the leaderboard. […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoZach Johnson Disappoints In Hawaii
Zach Johnson started 2019 in disappointing fashion, missing the cut at the Sony Open. Despite logging an eagle in both of his rounds, Johnson shot 71-68 to sit at one-under par after 36 holes and miss the weekend cut by one shot. The two-time major champion had a history of great finishes at Waialae, which […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoMarc Leishman Continues To Roll At Sony Open
Marc Leishman continued his elite-level play in Hawaii, finishing the Sony Open in a tie for third place. It has been a terrific stretch for the "Big Aussie" who picked up a win at the CIMB Classic, runner-up finishes at the World Cup and Australian PGA, and a T4 at last week's Sentry Tournament of […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoMatt Kuchar Pockets Winner's Check At Sony
Matt Kuchar fired a final-round 66 to secure a victory and nearly $1.2 million at the Sony Open. It was his second win of the 2018-19 PGA Tour season and puts him in prime position in the FedEx Cup points standings to begin the year. The 40-year-old got off to a shaky start, playing his […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoDraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS - Divisional Round
Hello folks and welcome back to Power Pivots! We are grinding through the NFL Playoffs and are in search of some alternative player options in DraftKings GPPs. We have a four-game slate on tap this weekend for the NFL's Divisional round. Things look much prettier from a DFS perspective this week, as the Wild Card […]
Joe Nicely 6 years agoIan Poulter Continuing Solid Play In 2019
Ian Poulter revived his career in 2018 and brought in the new year with a solid 18th-place finish at last week's Sentry Tournament of Champions. Poulter looked sharp tee-to-green at Kapalua, but surprisingly fought a balky putter for most of the week. The Englishman picked up his first career victory in a PGA Tour stroke-play […]
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