Can Denny McCarthy Putt The Lights Out In Texas Once More?

Denny McCarthy can putt. That's it. That's the Tweet. The 31-year-old continues to lack the approach consistency needed to truly compete on tour each week, but when the irons do spark up, look out! McCarthy hasn't played the last two weeks, coming off some lackluster tee-to-green showings in early March, but he heads now to […]

Lucas Glover Brings Form And Course History To Texas Open

Lucas Glover has yet to find the red-hot approach numbers that led him to two straight victories in August of 2023, but his form has been strong all-the-while. A much-improved around-the-green ability has led to T35-or-better finishes in four of his last five events. Now the 44-year-old heads to TPC San Antonio, where he's made […]

Akshay Bhatia Holds Huge Upside At TPC San Antonio

Akshay Bhatia has placed T17 or better in all five 2024 events in which he's made the cut. The bad news? The 22-year-old has already missed four cuts this year. A very high-risk, high-reward type player, Bhatia rides an above-average iron tee-to-green game with a sporadic putter that comes and goes in an instant. The […]

Sam Ryder Putting The Lights Out Of Late

Sam Ryder has found magic with his flat stick, but it hasn't led to the big results he's hoping for just yet. The 34-year-old has gained an astonishing 19.9 strokes with his putter in his last three events combined, including 10.6 strokes at the Valspar last week. Unfortunately, Ryder hasn't been able to find fire […]

All Systems Go For Joel Dahmen In Houston

Joel Dahmen has some of the best course history you could ask for at Memorial Park in Houston. The 36-year-old has a T9 in 2023 and a T5 in 2022 with a made cut back in 2018 to boot. Dahmen is red-hot with his irons right now, as he's gained 13.4 strokes combined on approach […]

Kurt Kitayama Ready For Houston Debut

Kurt Kitayama will debut at the Houston Open this week, and it comes at a time in which his game seems to be trending in the right direction. With the exception of an awful showing at the Arnold Palmer, the California native has struck the ball nicely to start 2024, and has started to show […]

Ben Griffin Finding Form Heading To Houston

Despite missing the cut at THE PLAYERS, Ben Griffin has now managed to gain strokes on approach in three straight appearances heading to the Houston Open, where he finished T16 in his lone start in 2022. The 27-year-old seemed to lose his irons late last summer, but there are signs he's turning things around. Griffin […]

Sungjae Im Trending Up After Arnold Palmer Success

Sungjae Im logged his first top-20 finish since the Sentry last week, logging a T18 at the Arnold Palmer. The 25-year-old finally gained strokes on approach (1.9), and simply didn't lose strokes anywhere else. If the South Korean can keep this iron improvement at TPC Sawgrass while adding in some success off-the-tee and on the […]

Jason Day Facing Iron Hiccup Heading To The Players

Jason Day uncharacteristically lost 4.8 strokes on approach at the Arnold Palmer last week, and he'll have to turn it around quickly heading to TPC Sawgrass, a track he's found success at many times before. Day's around-the-green game has anchored his strong play of late, but his irons were also great in February, leading to […]

Tom Hoge Brings Strong Form And History To Sawgrass

Tom Hoge is swinging some of the hottest irons on tour of late, having gained strokes on approach in all nine events he's appeared in to start the year. The North Carolina native had been putting well, too, until he blew up last week, losing 4.8 strokes with the flat stick at the Arnold Palmer […]

Min Woo Lee Ready For Second Trip To Sawgrass

Min Woo Lee has rolled over his strong finish from 2023 into some impressive numbers to start 2024. The 25-year-old has made all five cuts thus far, including a T2 finish at the Cognizant Classic two weeks ago. Lee has extreme upside with both his irons and his putter. To end 2023, the Australian was […]

Harris English Finding Success Despite Poor Iron Play

Harris English already has two top-10 finishes in six events to start 2024, and he's doing it in spite of his poor iron play. The Georgia native has lost strokes on approach in four of those six events, and in the two in which he gained, English has not eclipsed 1.0 strokes gained with the […]

Adam Scott Looking To Continue February Success

Adam Scott started off his 2024 PGA Tour season in style, placing in the top 20 in each of his three appearances in February, including an eighth-place finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The Australian will now head to Bay Hill to see if can keep up his excellent ball-striking and above-average putting en […]

Corey Conners Looking For Putter In Bay Hill

Corey Conners has been trending up nicely as February has turned to March. The Canadian has gained 9.6 strokes from tee to green in his last two events combined, including an impressive 7.5 combined strokes on approach in those appearances. However, a combined 5.7 strokes lost with the flat stick has kept him from truly […]

Sungjae Im Dealing With Atrocious Iron Play

Sungjae Im is in a funk. The South Korean is typically a ball-striking savant who can run up any leaderboard when his putter heats up. However, he has uncharacteristically lost strokes on approach in each of his last six rounds. Since Im's T5 finish at the Sentry to open the 2024 season, he's completely lost […]

Ryo Hisatsune Heads To Palm Beach Gardens For Debut

Ryo Hisatsune will play at PGA National for the first time in the Cognizant Classic this week. The 21-year-old has predictably faced some ups and downs so far in his five 2024 PGA Tour events, but the upside in his game is evident, especially if he could ever combine an above-average approach week with some […]

Brendon Todd Takes Hot Putter To PGA National

After a close-but-no-cigar kind of 2023, Brendon Todd has started his new year off strong, placing in the top-33 in all but one tournament thus far. The 38-year-old is riding his hot putter to the weekends, as he's gained a combined 13.3 strokes putting in his five 2024 events thus far. However, a recent dive […]

Putter Carrying Aging Justin Rose

Justin Rose has yet to miss a cut in 2024, and a T11 at Pebble Beach might have some thinking his game is in a good place, but a deeper look reveals that the putter is the only thing working in the 43-year-old's arsenal at the moment. Rose has gained a strong 8.9 strokes combined […]

Sepp Straka Struggling Since Sentry

Sepp Straka came out looking strong in his 2024 debut, placing T12 while gaining 5.8 strokes combined in approach and putting. However, the results have been troubling since then, both on the surface and upon a deeper dive. The 30-year-old has lost a combined 2.9 strokes on approach in his last three events and a […]

Daniel Berger Easing His Way Back On Tour

When it comes to course history at PGA National, it's tough to find someone who's been as consistent as Daniel Berger. However, the 30-year-old brings a load of questions with him in 2024, as he sat out the last 18 months due to injuries. Berger has looked healthy enough in his three return events thus […]

Alex Smalley Brings Tee-To-Green Struggles To Mexico

Alex Smalley found his groove in June and July of 2023, but he's had a tough time regaining that form so far in 2024. The 27-year-old has lost strokes in at least three categories in each of his last three events, and there don't seem to be any signs of a bounce back coming this […]

Nate Lashley Struggling Outside Of Putting Aberration

Nate Lashley has missed the cut in three of his four 2024 appearances thus far, but his one made cut resulted in a T3 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. Some might see a top-five finish and mistake it for actionable upside, but the reality is that the 41-year-old catapulted up the leaderboard thanks to […]

Maverick McNealy Trending Upwards Ahead Of Mexico Open

A mediocre showing at the Mexico Open last year placed Maverick McNealy at T60 in his debut in the midst of his lowest point of the 2023 season. This year, the 28-year-old has already started to trend upwards in all areas of his game, recently gaining 9.2 total strokes en route to a T6 finish […]

Davis Thompson Set For Mexico Open Debut

Davis Thompson heads to Vidanta for his first-ever Mexico Open this week, and he's coming off his best iron performance on tour a couple of weeks ago at the Phoenix Open, where he gained 4.2 strokes on approach. The 24-year-old has a couple of top-10 finishes in his career, but a recent jump in his […]

Aaron Rai Heads To Mexico In Poor Form

During his best run of 2023, Aaron Rai was a ball-striking machine with his irons, and he was able to gain a stroke or two in all other areas en route to a few strong Sunday finishes. However, the 28-year-old has shown nothing of the sort in 2024, losing strokes on approach in all but […]

J.T. Poston Still Looking For Ball-Striking In 2024

Despite four top-20 finishes so far in 2024, J.T. Poston has yet to find his elite ball-striking upside that won him his two career PGA events. The 30-year-old has relied on red-hot putting to climb up the leaderboards thus far, but he'll need his irons to compliment the flat stick if he wants to truly […]

Will Zalatoris Rounding Back Into Form?

Will Zalatoris took a couple of weeks off after his T13 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open, but he'll return for a tournament that's treated him well over the past few years, and his form might finally be trending up enough for fantasy managers to back. The 27-year-old has logged a T15, T26, and solo […]

Tom Kim Returns To Riviera

The 21-year-old South Korean phenom returns to The Riviera Country Club after a T45 finish in 2023, and while his current form isn't amazing, it's tough to completely rule out the upside of Tom Kim. The irons finally showed up for Kim in his T17 finish at the Phoenix Open last week, as he gained […]

Matt Fitzpatrick Fighting Iron Troubles Heading To Riviera

In his best form, Matt Fitzpatrick can lean on his elite ball-striking to propel him towards the top of leaderboards on the PGA Tour. Lately, however, the Englishman has struggled in that area. He's gained strokes on approach just once in his four 2024 events thus far, and his putting has been sporadic as well. […]

Red-Hot Sam Burns Heads To Riviera

Sam Burns is coming off three straight top-10 finishes as he readies for The Genesis Invitational this week. The Louisiana native has leaned on his strong iron play and above-average putting to flirt with the top of the leaderboard early in 2024, and while he's missed the cut in his last two trips to Riviera, […]