Mixed bag market with the USA Ryder Cup big guns deciding to play
Yeehah – we return to the PGA this weekend.
The DPWT is so volatile, players can swing wildly in between 7 to 10 shots each day, It is crazy.
It is NOT UNCOMMON to see a 63 one day followed by a 75 🙈
One of our Players, Daniel Brown got most of our Outlay back with his Top 10 last week which also paid the Top 20.
HOWEVER we again got 5 of the 7 players through to DAY 3, No one stood up and Brown lost the plot one one day that cost us BIG time as did LOWRY & HATTON.
Oh by the Way, I erased Christiaan Bezuidenhout from my Player rotation as honestly I could have played left handed and produced a better effort. We are getting the players through but…
I did see RORY drift out to $8 at one point & I guess what we have been saying and is known to be true is WHERE DO YOU GO when a player shoots a 62 or similar?
History has shown us in at least 80% of those occasions those shooting the lights out with course records rarely hang around to Win. Call them one-day wonders if you will. They make me cringe.
This week would normally see most of the Top 50 in OWGR play overseas but in an annoying shock the USA RYDER Cup team have decided to have a hit out-bonding session @ the PROCORE.
Again SCHEFFLER stifles betting markets (yawn)
What to expect this week over 4 days?
The Course-
Silverado Resort, North Course
Napa, California, USA
Par 72
7,138 yards during tournament week.
Stewart Cink (2020) & Sahith Theegala (2023) hold the tournament scoring record at 21 under par.
**If you like reading comeback stories then check the good article out on PGA website regarding the injury and mindset to return to the PGA from Sahith Theegala.
Now unlike a few courses recently the rough is not as punishing here but with Narrow Fairways we will look for those again who have good records on Greens.
Fairways-
A blend of Bermuda grass, Poa annua, and Ryegrass
Rough-
A combination of Kentucky Bluegrass and Ryegrass
Greens-
Primarily Bentgrass and Poa annua, which creates a firm and fast putting surface.
One of the best Putters & a player I have in the mix is SAM BURNS. The North Course notorious for its difficult Poa annua-Bentgrass putting surfaces. Burns, who leads the PGA TOUR in SG: Putting, He also opened with a 64 & 65 back in 2020 & T7 the following year in 2021. He then missed (DNP) in 2022, 2023 & 2024.