J.J. Spaun A Risky Upside Play At Shriners Children's Open

Knowing what to make of J.J. Spaun ahead of this week's event at TPC Summerlin is hard business. On the one hand, he was churning out solid finishes to end the regular season, but on the other hand, he withdrew at the Sanderson Farms after posting a 75 in the first rounds. Luckily, he came […]

Harry Hall Making Fourth Start At Shriners Children's Open

It has been an impressive run over the last three months for Harry Hall, with a win and four top 20s over his last eight events played. The putter and short game have been paving the way, as he's averaged +0.572 strokes gained putting and +0.388 strokes gained around the green over his last 10 […]

Ben Griffin Trying To Enter Top 10 At Shriners

Ben Griffin showed solid improvement last week in Utah. The American golfer finished just outside the Top 10 (T-11) at the Black Rock Championship while shooting all four rounds in the 60's. Griffin will again need to do that at the Shriners Children's Open this week as anything less than -20 will likely not win. […]

Eric Cole Could Be Factor At Shriners Children's Open

Eric Cole came back from a long layoff on tour to finish T-16 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The American golfer shot all four rounds in the 60's. It represented a far cry from the Procore Championship in September. Cole could not make birdies there and missed the cut. He has played 31 events this […]

Kurt Kitayama Attempts Final-Round Redemption At Shriners

Kurt Kitayama enjoyed the first three rounds of the Black Desert Championship. Then, the American golfer entered the final round. Kitayama limped home with a 72 and wound up ten strokes back in a tie for 25th. It was not what he had in mind after two months off from the PGA Tour. The Shriners […]

Ryan Fox Looking For Better Fortune At Shriners

Ryan Fox is hoping the four rounds at the Shriners are kinder than the Black Desert Championship in Utah. The golfer from New Zealand was up and down trading good rounds with not so good last week. He opened with a 65 then followed up with a 72. Add in a 68-70 weekend and that […]

Matti Schmid Seeks To Continue Sunday Momentum

Matti Schmid looked out of the Black Desert Championship after three rounds. The young German golfer was a long ways from the front of the leaderboard. However, Schmid finished with a torrid nine strokes under par on Sunday. That vaulted him into the Top 5. Only Lucas Glover could boast the same score during that […]

Tom Kim Goes For Three In A Row

Tom Kim enjoys the Shriners Children's Open almost too much. The Korean golfer won in 2022 and then defended his title in 2023. Steve Stricker was the last golfer to win an even three consecutive years. Stricker won the John Deere Classic from 2009-2011. Kim wants to get inside the FedEx Fall Cup Top 50 […]

Matthew McCarty Storms Into Vegas Fresh Off His First PGA Tour Victory

Winning has been contagious for Matthew McCarty over the last four months. The Korn Ferry graduate won three times in short order to automatically elevate to the PGA Tour; capturing the trophy this past week in Utah. It's a run most professionals only dream of doing, but the 26-year-old is making it a reality. In […]

Tom Hoge Makes For A Great Spot Start At Shriners Children's Open

It was a solid year for Tom Hoge in 2024, as the 35-year-old accumulated four top 10s and 12 top 25s en route to finishing T29th in the FedEx Cup race. That success was due in large part to impeccable iron play, ranking third on the PGA Tour in strokes gained on approach (+0.795). Which, […]

Kurt Kitayama Makes Season Debut At Black Desert Championship

Kurt Kitayama heads to Irving, Utah, to make his fall-swing debut. While he is one of the bigger names in the Black Desert Championship field, it would be fair to question what type of form he will arrive in since he hasn't played in a Tour event since the Wyndham Championship in early August. While […]

Stephan Jaeger Out Of Form Ahead Of Black Desert Championship

Stephen Jaeger heads to Utah this week seeking a return to the form that led up to his first PGA Tour victory at the Houston Open back in March. Since that win, the OWGR No. 57 has appeared in fifteen events, missing five cuts and failing to finish inside of the top-15 in any of […]

Patrick Rodgers A Fade Candidate At Black Desert Championship

Fantasy managers will have a tough time selling themselves on Patrick Rodgers this week. The 32-year-old Stanford University alum hasn't finished better T33 in his last six starts, and he lost close to two strokes from tee-to-green en route to a missed cut last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Rodgers heads to Utah with […]

Patton Kizzire On Fire Heading To Black Desert Course

Patton Kizzire is enjoying one of the best stretches of golf in his 10-year PGA Tour career. The 38-year-old Tour veteran has gotten off to a scorching hot start to the Fall Swing, following his third PGA Tour victory at the Procore Championship with an impressive T11 finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship last week. […]

Justin Lower Is On A Consistent Run Going Into Black Desert Championship

From a cuts-made perspective, Justin Lower is one of the best in the field, as the 35-year-old looks to make his ninth cut in a row this week in Utah. However, it has been difficult for him to crack the top 25 in most of them with an average finish of 39th over that span. […]

Rico Hoey Could Find Black Desert ChampionshIp Challenging

Rico Hoey began his week at the Sanderson Farms well enough. The golfer from the Philippines shot a 68 and then proceeded to get progressively worse each round. Hoey finished off his weekend with a 76 on Sunday that dropped him all the way to 68th. Hoey had a similar result in July at the […]

Doug Ghim Has Been OK But Not Great

Doug Ghim is ranked 92nd on the PGA Tour. The American has netted one Top 25 result since a string of five consecutive such results from February into March. Ghim opened with a 66 at Sanderson Farms last week but eventually fell off the pace at -14. That finish placed him just outside the Top […]

Chris Kirk Getting Some Holes In At Black Desert

Chris Kirk has not played since Labor Day weekend. The American golfer will make his return at the Black Desert golf course this week as the Black Desert Championship debuts. Kirk opened his 2024 year with a win at The Sentry. He netted a third Top 10 at the BMW Championship but faltered at the […]

Harris English Still Trying To Improve Ranking In Utah

Harris English ranks 57th in the FedEx Fall Cup. He wants to get into the Top 50. The American again had the same problem at Sanderson Farms last week. Birdies were not plentiful as English missed his second consecutive cut. The Black Desert Resort is a Tom Weiskopf designed course. At 7,288 yards and picturesque […]

Chan Kim Needs A Few More Birdies In Utah

Chan Kim started out well at Sanderson Farms last week with consecutive rounds of 67. The weekend saw the American fall off the pace with back-to-back rounds of 70. That left Kim nine shots off the pace and outside the Top 30 on Sunday. Kim did begin to falter in the Procore Championship in September […]

Adam Svensson Looks To Rediscover Putter Magic At Black Desert Championship

Adam Svensson is coming off a missed cut in Mississippi due to poor putting, as the Canadian lost over four strokes on the greens through his two rounds played. However, before last week, his previous two events saw him averaging plus-1.45 strokes gained on the greens en route to T7 and T13 finishes. The other […]

Michael Thorbjornsen Looks To Keep Momentum Going In Utah

It was a solid week in Mississippi for Michael Thorbjornsen as the young 23-year-old rode a hot putter to a T8 finish. He ranked seventh on the week in strokes gained putting (+1.48) and fourth in strokes gained off the tee (+0.88), both of which he was very hot and cold in the seven events […]

Patrick Fishburn Looking To Bounce Back At Black Desert Championship

It's been a solid run of golf since mid-July for Patrick Fishburn, as the 32-year-old has only missed one cut in six events over that span. He is coming off a disappointing week in Mississippi, finishing tied for 48th with mediocre play across the board minus a solid week around the greens where he gained […]

Keith Mitchell Looks To Shake Off Poor Sunday In Jackson At Black Desert Championship

It was a Sunday to forget, or at least the back nine, at Sanderson Farms last week for Keith Mitchell. He looked like a man on a mission after shooting 64-65 on Friday and Saturday, however, after turning at two-under on the final day, he struggled to find fairways down the stretch or get any […]

Eric Cole Hopes To Rediscover Form At Sanderson Farms Championship

Eric Cole is slated to tee it up in this week's Sanderson Farms Championship. The 2023 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year will look to regain some of the magic he displayed last season. After recording seven top-10 finishes during his breakout 2023 campaign, Cole managed just four top-10 results this season. However, some of […]

Mackenzie Hughes Looks To Rebound From Tough Presidents Cup

Mackenzie Hughes is set to tee it up in this week's Sanderson Farms Championship. Hughes will look to rebound from a rough outing at the Presidents Cup, where he posted an underwhelming 1-3-0 record in the International Team's loss to the United States. The Canadian could find more luck on Mississippi soil. Hughes won the […]

Henrik Norlander A Course Horse At Country Club Of Jackson

Henrik Norlander heads to Mississippi for this week's Sanderson Farms Championship highly motivated to solidify his full PGA Tour playing privileges for 2025. Currently 131st on the FedEx Fall Points List, Norlander will need to crack the Top 125 before the end of the year to keep full status on the Tour for the upcoming […]

Ryan Fox Debuts At Sanderson Farms Championship

Ryan Fox placed T61 at the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour two weeks ago, marking a positive turnaround after missing the cut in his two previous events. Despite his recent inconsistency, Fox has delivered solid performances in 2024 with three top-10 finishes. It's worth noting that at last year's Sanderson Farms Championship, […]

Charley Hoffman Consistently Playing Well

Charley Hoffman finished T26 at the Procore Championship two weeks ago. He will now focus on preparing for the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Jackson Country Club this week. Hoffman hasn't missed the cut in his previous five appearances, including two top-15 finishes. At last year's Sanderson Farms Championship, over 30% of approach shots came […]

Matthew McCarty Debuts At Sanderson Farms Championship

Matthew McCarty is set to make his first PGA Tour appearance of the 2024 season at the Jackson Country Club for the Sanderson Farms Championship. McCarty has had an excellent season on the Korn Ferry Tour, finishing in the top 10 four times and winning three times in his previous nine tournaments. He is currently […]