Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Genesis Open
Jason Kokrak … Let's try this again, shall we? Not long after this space published for last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, he withdrew from the tournament. Looking ahead, he makes even more sense at the Genesis Open where the vagaries that influence performance are minimal by comparison. He has...
read moreTuesday, February 05, 2019
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Nick Watney … These are his climes and he arrived in warm form. The Sacramento native has competed in all but one edition (2016, back injury) since his debut in 2004. Overall, he's 11-for-14 with a runner-up finish in 2015 among four top 15s. The last was a T14 in 2017 when conditions were simila...
read moreTuesday, January 29, 2019
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Waste Management Phoenix Open
Sam Ryder … Rookies struggle in crashing the field of 132 at TPC Scottsdale because the cutoff for entry usually lands near the top of the Web.com Tour graduate reshuffle category. So, when he got off to a slow start as a rookie in 2017-18, he didn't come close to snaring a tee time. Now that he'...
read moreTuesday, January 22, 2019
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Farmers Insurance Open
Harris English … Those who survive the gut check of qualifying for the FedExCup Playoffs with timely success at the Wyndham Championship – as he did with a T11 to open the 2018 Playoffs as the 124-seed – present as intriguing storylines as soon as the next season commences. The 29-year-old has re...
read moreTuesday, January 15, 2019
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Desert Classic
Anirban Lahiri … With his success abroad and now in his fourth season with a PGA TOUR card, the 31-year-old should be a darling of this weekly grouping in the way that the likes of Chez Reavie, Lucas Glover, Russell Knox, David Hearn and others have presented themselves repeatedly in previous sea...
read moreTuesday, January 08, 2019
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Fantasy advice, Sony Open in Hawaii
Russell Knox … After scuffling through July, August, September and October, the Scot concluded the year with a mild rise in form on the European Tour. So, chalk it up in the category reserved for better than the alternative. His career trajectory has been confounding given consistently strong for...
read moreTuesday, November 13, 2018
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Fantasy advice, The RSM Classic
Jamie Lovemark … While he made eight starts as an amateur, this will be his 150th career PGA TOUR appearance, and he's still in pursuit of his first victory. However, given the commonality among the last four winners of The RSM Classic – each was a non-winner upon arrival – the odds are as good a...
read moreTuesday, November 06, 2018
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Mayakoba Golf Classic
Denny McCarthy … Don't forget about this guy. After finishing atop the money list in the Web.com Tour Finals, he stumbled and missed the cut at the season-opening Safeway Open. After a two-week break, the 25-year-old regrouped and finished T7 in Mississippi and T15 in Vegas. That kind of extended...
read moreTuesday, October 30, 2018
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Kevin Streelman … The veteran always gets off to a nice start, but he's performed well throughout his career no matter where the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open has slotted on the schedule. Since his tournament debut in 2008, he's 8-for-8 with a runner-up finish in 2014 among five top 25s an...
read moreTuesday, October 23, 2018
Fantasy
Sleeper Picks: WGC-HSBC Champions
Hao Tong Li … The lanky 23-year-old is the host nation's highest-valued golfer at 54th in the Official World Golf Ranking. Each of the top seven Chinese talents are in the field of 78 at Sheshan International. Thanks most to his one-stroke victory over a deep pool of talent at the Omega Dubai Des...
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