16. Trusting that greens will be adjusted accordingly, its a plan that likely will extend into Saturdays third round for which the elements will mimic the opener, albeit with a slight risk of inclement weather. The Australian is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory since the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship, but there are plenty signs of hope. Rory McIlroy They took their cuts and delivered. Previous rank: 5 Previous rank: 1 In 2022, Lee struggled early on with one top-10 in his first 20 starts. 18. A week after picking up his first PGA Tour victory, in his 203rd career start, at Pebble Beach, Hoge followed it with another top-15 at TPC Scottsdale. After opening with a 70 in Phoenix, he caught fire over the final 54 holes to tie for sixth. It ranks as one of the tougher courses on the PGA Tour annually and in the event of high winds and dry conditions like we saw in 2020, it can play as the toughest course of the season. Collin Morikawa : Morikawa grades out exceptionally in every category this week except putting, and that will be the obvious spot that determines his finish this week. How much "louder" will LIV Golf get in its second season? PGA Championship Fantasy Golf Power Rankings (odds via DraftKings as of May 12) 1. Itd be dumb to ignore him at a course that requires elite driving, and he gained 4.6 OTT here in a 13th last year. 12. 6. Finished 5th here last year. Sungjae Im 4 @WMPhoenixOpen. looped in on merit, so even its reorder at the conclusion of the West Coast Swing had no impact. Ranks 3rd in Proximity: 200+ Yards and 5th in the model. Cameron Smith will not be in the field to defend his title due to leaving for LIV Golf. 17. That elevated status brings a purse of $20 million. Xander Schauffele Let's get down to the top 10 players to get it done at PGA National: 10 Min Woo Lee OWGR: T-47th, FedEx Cup: --, Min Woo Lee is making his Honda Classic debut this week on a sponsor exemption.. 35 on No. Harry Hall Until he showcases his talent outside of Las Vegas, hell remain typecast as a no-brainer to give it a proper run at the Shriners. Sure, its been 10 years since Woods last won at Bay Hill, but he collected eight victories here across 14 editions, including the last two of three consecutive when the course routed as a par 70 through 2009. He's as hot as they come entering the Honda Classic, having won in Abu Dhabi a month ago (for a European Tour event) then finishing as the runner-up in Phoenix earlier this month. Rickie Fowler. Its, ahem, treated to one of the hardest par 70s on the PGA TOUR. The course is infamous for the Bear Trap closing stretch of holes 16-18 where thousands of wayward shots have gone to a watery grave in past years. Hatton won the tournament in 2020 before Bryson DeChambeau prevailed in 2021. Stream on ESPN+. He finished T16. After pulling out of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (he was the defending champion) because of a back injury, Berger missed the cut at TPC Scottsdale. He has five top-25 finishes in seven tour starts this season, including a tie for third at the Shriners Children's Open and QBE Shootout, an unofficial event. Look for his following contributions as scheduled. Cameron Young : The short game is still in shambles, but Young is showing signs of late with the elite ball striking that led him to Rookie of the Year in 2022. 24. His best finish in three starts this year was a tie for 13th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The former Pepperdine star did everything he could in trying to become only the sixth player in the last 15 seasons to win a tournament with a sponsor exemption. Now, he has already won twice on the PGA Tour and is one of the more popular players. Bay Hill currently measures 7,419 yards for a par 72. Ranks 6th in SG: OTT and 26th in SG: APP. In five starts, Burns has made a respectable four cuts, but last year's T-9th (72-69-75-71) was his first top-10 at Bay Hill. Bet with your head, not over it. Arnold Palmer Invitational 2023 odds available at DraftKings Sportsbook . The field gets a primer on Thursday when gusts might touch 20 mph. Morikawa missed the cut at the WM Phoenix Open, his first missed weekend since the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. The strongest that the invisible force will get is approximately 20 mph, but the positive spin, as it were, is that it'll be consistent throughout the tournament. Length is not a huge advantage this week as fairway woods and irons are the common play on many par-4s and par-5s. Get exclusive access to more than 3,000 premium articles a year from top writers. Rafael Campos The 34-year-old native of Puerto Rico hasnt been the same since an injured left elbow thwarted his only DNP in tournament history in 2020. Justin Thomas : Was gaining momentum going into Riviera after a huge final round in Phoenix vaulted him to 4th, but he lost all of that with one of his worst iron performances. In addition to fully exempt status in the winners category through 2025, the champion will earn exemptions into THE PLAYERS Championship next week, the PGA Championship in May and the Sentry Tournament of Champions in 2024. Normally, the winning score is in the low to mid-teens with anything in double digits a great week. Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will once again be looking to be World No. Its all about finding the fairway however you can to avoid hazards around the green and avoid approaching from the long Bermuda rough. Just a friendly reminder that these aren't necessarily the 25 most talented players in the world or the 25 greatest players on tour. As one of three invitationals on Tour, its an invite-only field of 120 players and provides automatic three-year exemption status to the winner of the event instead of the standard two years. More ESPN+ content . Finished 9th here in 2020. Im taking a small look at SG: Tee-to-Green in very high winds to get a grasp on who will be able to navigate Bay Hill in the worst of conditions this week. HV3 is probably still celebrating his big victory in Saudi Arabia, even after missing the cut in Phoenix. Choi had eight PGA Tour wins. Unlike the last two tournaments that exceeded the allotted reservation to make room for all automatically eligible PGA TOUR members both were designated events the cap of 144 at PGA National is the field size as advertised. 13. Few players have performed better at the TPC Scottsdale than Matsuyama, who had victories there in 2016 and 2017. Thats where 2022 PRO champion Ryan Brehm is competing this week. The PGA Tour's 2021-22 season started way back in September but it kicks into high gear this week with the annual Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua's Plantation course.. The injury is hopefully past him now, and we know Zalatoris is at his best in major-like conditions. It's officially a designated event in 2023, but you don't need to conceive a visual of the King himself winking, grinning and giving a thumbs-up to approve what we already know, that this. 1 coming out of the tournament. PGA Tour Power Rankings: Arnold Palmer Invitational Written by Tyler Duke Last Updated Feb 28, 2023 Each week in our golf power rankings, we will highlight the top players on the PGA TOUR in order of likeliness to win the tournament. Ranks 4th in SG: APP and 7th in Proximity: 200+ Yards. After a slow start to the season, the former Florida star is beginning to heat up. So, course management and accepting par as a great score at times will be key. Ranks 10th in the model and 11th in SG: APP. Proud of how I fought around the golf course.". Finished 3rd and 11th here last two years. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking, hasn't yet his stride this season. Cameron Smith On a track that can reach 7,506 yards and with primary rough at a standard two inches in height, shorter hitters are influenced to just play their game, but like all proper tests, Grand Reserve rewards all archetypes. He'll make his debut on tour this year at Riviera. After the Florida Swing got underway last week at the Honda Classic, the stakes raise with this weeks Arnold Palmer Invitational. Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele are among them, and Scheffler comes in as the defending champion. Its officially a designated event in 2023, but you dont need to conceive a visual of the King himself winking, grinning and giving a thumbs-up to approve what we already know, that this tournament is special. Kim grabbed his fourth PGA Tour victory when he rallied from 3 shots back to catch Hayden Buckley and win the Sony Open in Hawaii. 2. Ranks 9th in SG: Par 5 and 12th in High Winds. pic.twitter.com/xwhDvl8Wrn, "The best bunker shot Jordan has ever hit. Previous rank: 12 Previous rank: 18 How much "louder" will LIV Golf get in its second season? 23. This is the fourth designated event of the season. Sundays finale easily will be the best round in the context of scoring conditions, but Bay Hills bite might strengthen even more than usual as the wind will rotate and howl in from the north. Previous rank: 2 Rose likes his new equipment, caddie and coach and is comfortable with the team around him again. Finishes of 10th and 38th at Bay Hill with elite ball striking. He claimed the Houston Open in November and has four straight finishes of 16th or better since then, after finishing in a tie for 14th at Phoenix. MEN -- 10 needed to qualify on nine worldwide tours: PGA Tour, PGA European Tour, Nationwide Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Southern Africa Tour, PGA Tour of AustralAsia . He also led the Phoenix field in strokes gained: tee to green and scrambling. Other results in Orlando include T-49th in 2018, T-54th in 2019, T-36th in 2020, and a missed cut in 2021. TPC Southwind boasts 94 bunkers and 10 water hazards, and usually ranks as a top-third difficult course. 3. The course measures 7,261 yards for a par 70. 1. Its an event dating back to 1972 thats been held at its current venue, PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, since 2007. He had been too inconsistent off the tee and his putting hadn't been great, either. Former Ryder Cup members Shane Lowry, Alex Noren,. *: Power Rankings (Puerto Rico), Sleepers (API), Payouts and Points (API), Payouts and Points (Puerto Rico), Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. There havent been any significant modifications to Grand Reserve, a stock par 72 on the coast east of San Juan. He had back-to-back top-five finishes at the Genesis before missing the cut last year. The Arnold Palmer Invitational field is absolutely loaded, led by world #1 Jon Rahm. Ranks 17th in the model. pic.twitter.com/U4xDqJhNHs. 4. Shane Lowry : Im going to make the prediction that Lowry ends his strange poor history of four missed cuts here this week. With that being said, it seems that distance may be becoming less important since some changes from the Bay Hill superintendent that have opened the course up more and made the fairway width closer to average. He finished 10th in the Genesis Invitational last season, after claiming his second PGA Tour win in the event in 2021. Just make sure to click here to create your new DraftKings account today. Brooks Koepka Jason Sobel Updated: May 18, 2022, 11:21 AM EDT Download App Click arrow to expand 2022 PGA Championship odds via BetMGM Bet the PGA Championship risk-free up to $1,000. 15. Like the TV newscaster in the classic movie "Network," Hahn is mad as hell except he's mad as hell about the changes coming to the PGA Tour in 2024. The cutline has been over par in 10 of the last 11 years. : Payouts and Points, Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. "These are the days that we were dreaming about." 14. The Irishman has it going again with a 14th Riviera and 5th at Honda with more excellent ball striking. but he tends to play his best golf in the southeastern United States. 1, a loaded LPGA field and more to watch in golf this week, Here's everything you missed this week in professional golf, Jin Young Ko up by 2 in Singapore title defense, Quigley fires 65 for early lead in PGA Champions, Kitayama handles windy Bay Hill as Rahm falters, Tiger not part of field for next week's Players, Young stretches lead to 4 in Puerto Rico Open, Rahm stays hot, finishes strong for Bay Hill lead, Rookie Young captures Puerto Rico lead with 63. Daniel Berger SUNDAY: Payouts and Points, Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle. Joe Nicely's under-the-radar DraftKings, FanDuel PGA DFS picks for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. It is time for the first opportunity event of the season. Daytime temperatures will eclipse 80 degrees and the threat for rain is relegated to a passing shower at worst. Plus, access replays, originals and more. Previous rank: Not ranked 11. In addition to the aforementioned rewards, clutching the silver trophy and slipping on the iconic red sweater, the winner will be exempt into THE PLAYERS Championship through 2025 and his PGA TOUR membership will be extended through at least 2026. Theres usually rain during at least some point in the event and water lurks around many corners. 1 for much of last season, when he won four times, including his first major championship (at the Masters). 1 player catch lightning in a bottle at Pebble Beach, where he picked up his first PGA Tour victory in four years, or was it the start of a real resurgence? Bermuda grass is where he tends to thrive. In addition to the aforementioned rewards, clutching the silver trophy and slipping on the iconic red sweater, the winner will be exempt into THE PLAYERS Championship through 2025 and his PGA TOUR membership will be extended through at least 2026. Competed once before at Grand Reserve, finishing T52 in 2020 via a sponsor exemption. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. Many lower-ranked golfers will. After missing the cut in three of his past four tour starts, Koepka finally showed a pulse and was in contention to win his third WM Phoenix Open title. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. Look for his following contributions as scheduled. Highest-Owned Golfers. Hes much better on Bermuda, and hes worth a look this week due to his strong ball striking and ability to get it around well in high winds. Viktor Hovland Hideki Matsuyama Detroit Golf Club is a shorter par-72, measuring 7,370 yards and is one of the easiest courses on the circuit. He outlasted a couple of huge longshots in Eric Cole and Ryan Gerard, both of which would have been incredible stories on their own. He is scheduled to play in the Genesis Invitational. An opening-round 73 left him out of the mix in Phoenix, but he's still playing as well as anyone in the world. They sandwiched a pair of top 15s in his native South Africa in December, so its not like he hasnt put four round together in a minute. 22. Average-sized paspalum greens wont exceed 11 feet on the Stimpmeter because of the omnipresence of the sea breezes from the east. The 24-year-old has two-career DP World Tour wins at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open and the 2021 abrdn Scottish Open. Gained 11.4 strokes ball striking in his debut here last year. Tom Hoge According to Justin Ray of Twenty First Group, that's the best of any tour player during that span. 2 had what felt like a bad week for most of it at Riviera and still finished 12th. Ranks 1st in the model, 3rd in SG: OTT, 3rd in High Winds and 3rd in GIRs Gained. He finished in a tie for third at 15-under. But his course history of 9th, 10th, 9th and 2nd is still worth looking at. The 28-year-old seeks his first win since the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge, his third win in the 2021-22 season. Since tying for second at the Shriners Children's Open in early October, he tied for 16th at the Tournament of Champions, tied for 26th at the American Express and missed the cut in Phoenix, where he lost in a playoff to Scheffler last season. He had three victories in his previous eight worldwide starts. Ranks 1st in Proximity: 200+ Yards and 4th in the model. As of Tuesday, five commits are currently exempt into THE PLAYERS, so the PRO also is an opportunity for Nate Lashley, Max McGreevy, Scott Piercy, Austin Smotherman and Nick Watney to sharpen their tools for the PGA TOURs flagship event. Now 291st in the OWGR, the 29-year-old is seeking to rekindle the form that he flashed here last year. He still has three top-10s, including a victory at the Sanderson Farms Championship. 7. Previous rank: 9 And since The Genesis Invitational was, self-evidently, an invitational, top 10s at Pebble would get into The Honda Classic. After a weekend of beer showers, aces and shirtless celebrations at the biggest party of the season at the WM Phoenix Open, the PGA Tour returns to normalcy with this week's Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. Its officially a designated event in 2023, but you dont need to conceive a visual of the King himself winking, grinning and giving a thumbs-up to approve what we already know, that this tournament is special. Weve seen high winds at Bay Hill in the past, and the course plays outrageously hard when thats the case. Because it can stretch to 7,466 yards and winds often punish, muscle almost always has contributed to the profile of the champion. That means a $10 bet returns $65 of profit if the red-hot Spaniard . Tiger Woods, who is not in the field this year, has won Arnold Palmers event a whopping eight times. Finally, the forecast for this week is predicting very high winds on Friday and Saturday along with consistent winds for the rest of the week. What I value as much as anything with approaches this week is long iron play. Scroll to the bottom to find odds comparisons for every golfer in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. is making his 2023 debut: Scheffler picked up his fifth victory over the past 365 days, but he hasn't been as consistent as Rahm during the past few months. pic.twitter.com/S4Ax1qYYeQ, Wind's coming HARD left-to-right at 16. Just because you know what to do doesnt make it an easy task. pic.twitter.com/Eud55ZASZc, the mug shot of the mulletted streaker from Friday at the WM Phoenix Open is rather perfect pic.twitter.com/ISyMDuc3me, Scheffler, Rahm and McIlroy battle for the top spot in PGA Tour Power Rankings, A battle for No. Hovland won the Hero World Challenge, an unofficial event that Woods hosted in the Bahamas in December, but he hasn't done anything spectacular in official tournaments so far in 2023. Ranks 7th in SG: OTT and 7th in SG: APP. Keegan Bradley : I always think of Bradley when I hear about potentially brutal conditions on a course. Cantlay ranks 127th on tour in shots gained: approach (-.117). When the wind machine was on high for the final round, the course yielded a 75.481, highest for any final round on TOUR all season. Like most courses they visit in the Sunshine State, it will present plenty of water hazards throughout, including the famous par-5 sixth hole that features a bold drive over however much water the player thinks he can cut off. Power Rankings: PGA Championship. He tied for 32nd at the Genesis in 2021. Who's on the bubble in men's CBB? His dreams of winning ended on Sunday when his tee shot on No. In what appears to be the most star-studded event hosted at Riviera Country Club since the 1995 PGA Championship, only world No. All you have to do is place a bet of at least $5 bet on any pre-game money line, and you wont even need a DraftKings promo code. Nothing has gone terribly wrong for him, and theres a chance Kim will be happy to get back to the south where he first won. Every eligible Top 50 player in the world is in attendance to battle it out for the $20 million purse. Justin Thomas The PGA TOUR heads to Detroit this week for the fourth edition of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Zalatoris didn't play in Phoenix after he was forced to pull out of the AT&T Pebble Pro-Am a week earlier after testing positive for COVID-19. This years field is as weak as this tournaments seen in years. By Friday, thatll be the sustained average for the prevailing push from the southwest, while gusts will reach 35 mph. Previous rank: 14 Scheffler, who entered the week ranked No. 8. He has 10 top-10s in 14 starts there, including a victory in 2020. Returning participants will be greeted to a course that will be wholly familiar. PGA Tour Power Rankings: 2016 Honda Classic 1. Finau has (barely) cooled off from his sizzling stretch last season, in which he won in back-to-back starts and was ninth at the Tour Championship. Rory McIlroy is not human. Still, the last two winners of Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau make it clear that elite drivers win around here. Over his past six starts, Hoge finished tied for fourth, missed cut, solo second, missed cut, first and a tie for 14th. Beau Hossler getting the "royal treatment" at the 2022 @WMPhoenixOpen pic.twitter.com/WCcbmi60xU, Before the sun was even up, fans made a mad dash to get a good spot at the 16th Hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Saturday. Lets get down to the top 10 players to get it done at PGA National: Min Woo Lee, 150th Open Championship, St. Andrews, Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports. "I mean, I hate them," Hahn said during a phone interview with Golfweek that interrupted his gym workout. Patrick Cantlay It should also be noted that Zalatoris was in the top 10 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2021. He is scheduled to play at Riviera. 18. He posted another top-10 on Sunday, a tie for eighth, after overcoming a shaky driver in the first two rounds with a combined 11 fairways hit. All of golfs best players will be in attendance. Previous rank: 10 Kim backed that win up with consecutive top-25 finishes at the American Express, Farmers Insurance Open and WM Phoenix Open. Lee can wallop the ball. Morikawa showed a lot of backbone by finishing third at the Farmers Insurance Open, his first start after blowing a 6-shot lead in the final round of the Tournament of Champions. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. If you want more Arnold Palmer Invitational predictions at even longer odds, our experts suggest looking at Jason Day (+3000), Billy Horschel (+10000) and Tom Hoge (+12500). Kevin Yu and Joseph Bramlett both finished T7 at Pebble and didnt get into the WM as predicted, but only Bramlett is committed to the Honda (as of Monday). Unlike last week, none of the top-10 golfers in the world are in attendance this week; only 12 of the top-50 in the world are making their way to PGA National for The Honda Classic. As always, Ill prefer distance, but you can get around here in a variety of ways. Trusting that greens will be adjusted accordingly, its a plan that likely will extend into Saturdays third round for which the elements will mimic the opener, albeit with a slight risk of inclement weather. Morikawa is back from the Middle East and is scheduled to play at Riviera Country Club, which will be his first start on the U.S. mainland since a runner-up at The CJ Cup at Summit in mid-October. Jordan Spieth Might he get back on track at Riviera? He won the Fortinet Championship in September and then cooled off. He'll take you inside the world of golf with exclusive looks at some of the top courses, feature stories, celebrity guests and interviews with the biggest stars in golf. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. The greens tend to not be too difficult to roll putts in on, especially for guys based in the Southeast U.S. used to Bermuda. Sungjae Im : Im not going to make the mistake of dismissing Sungjae this week because of a couple of mediocre results at Honda and Riviera. Jon Rahm In years past, I may have skewed driving stats toward Driving Distance on the week, but Ill simply be using SG: Off the Tee. 17. 15. The tee-to-green play was still there, and now the World No. Any tournament can be won with elite iron play, but with higher scores and the importance on driving it well here, you can get away with just a decent week with the irons. Jason Kokrak 1 Rory McIlroy leads a WM Phoenix Open field that features 22 of the world's top 25 golfers. Matthew Fitzpatrick : I like to add a few extra players sometimes for big tournaments, and Fitzpatrick is worth noting this week. Jon Rahm : Rahms numbers in the model this week are just absurd, and hes a runaway No. All four Par 3s, all four Par 5s and a few Par 4s will likely require a long iron this week at Bay Hill. Look for his following contributions as scheduled. TUESDAY*: Power Rankings (Puerto Rico), Sleepers (API), SUNDAY: Payouts and Points (API), Payouts and Points (Puerto Rico), Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle. Ultimately, his top-10 exemption wasnt necessary, anyway, as the entire Korn Ferry Tour graduate reshuffle category looped in on merit, so even its reorder at the conclusion of the West Coast Swing had no impact. The field at Bay Hill is absolutely loaded once again for the PGA Tours new elevated events. PGATOUR.coms Rob Bolton recaps and previews every tournament from numerous perspectives. However, with five consecutive paydays going back to 2016, three of which for a top 10, itd be surprising only if he wasnt among others to consider, and hes hardly a throw-in. While hes been a menace at events like the Valspar Championship and Sanderson Farms Championship, the Arnold Palmer Invitational is one hed like to pick off next. The Aussie and brother to LPGA star Minjee Lee is used to playing new venues all over the world. Call 1-800-GAMBLER if you have a gambling problem. Yeah, you might want to move those next year. TUESDAY*: Power Rankings (Puerto Rico), Sleepers (API), SUNDAY: Payouts and Points (API), Payouts and Points (Puerto Rico), Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle. * - Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COMs Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday. Factors at play on the rankings are (in no order): Using the guidelines above to create a statistical model, value can be found in the betting market by highlighting players whose outlook for the tournament may be flying under the radar to the general public. 10. NOTE: ShotLink is not utilized for this tournament. Pro golf will be back to California this summer for the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, but the PGA Tours West Coast swing is in the books. pic.twitter.com/gpqP1Q1WlN. Going into Round 3 . Previous rank: 13 13. The Australian took the week off after tying for 28th in last week's Saudi International. No one is exactly sure why, considering Im likes to play -- a lot. The Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hillbrings out many of the best players in the world due to its rich history and the new elevated status it holds on the PGA Tour. "I'm gonna say exactly what 99.99 percent of fans said about players leaving . PGA Tour Power Rankings: Is Jon Rahm ready to return to the top? Schauffele's ailing back hasn't been much of a problem since he withdrew from the Tournament of Champions in his first start of 2023. He had a 1-shot lead at the Sandersons Farms Championship in October and tied for eighth.

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