World Rank: 3 By Will Gray. 1 on Tour this season in victories (3), top 10 finishes (9), FedExCup points, money, strokes gained: approach-the-green, strokes gained: tee-to-green, and tee-to-green: total. Watch out. There was also the unexplainable 80-80 three weeks ago at The Memorial. There is no weak spot in the game of the new world No. January 06, 2020 By Rob Bolton, PGATOUR.COM Follow @RobBoltonGolf Webb Simpson opened this season with a T7 and a P2. Boasting one of the best all-around games on Tour, Schauffele finished inside the top 50 in all seven strokes gained categories in 2019, and has taken his tee-to-green proficiency to another level in 2020. Getty Images Golf Channel's free-to-play game is back for another year. The now 31-year-old has a surprising amount of pressure to perform this week. 10. 2019 Majors: 18, 71, 52, MC. If you're interested in the greatest performers in the history of the PGA Championship, please read the all-time Power Rankings that published during the … Fantasy Golf Power Rankings for the 2020 RBC Heritage. Jon Rahm: Rahm's run at world No. 2019 Majors: 5, 23, 21, MC. This is his game. A week ago, he had two over-par rounds in Memphis, leading to a T47 in a 78-man field. 7. He has been criticized in the past for his on-course temperament, but has matured significantly. 8. FedExCup: 10 To help heal racial wounds, Black national anthem would become America's hymn under proposal . World Rank: 7 World Rank: 20 Golf Channel's free … Below, we look at the fantasy golf power rankings for the top 30 golfers at the 2020 Masters Tournament.. August 4, 2020 at 1:54 PM. Once he does? Don’t be. Only 11 birdies for the week is outright shocking given that, last decade, he led the Tour in birdie average twice and finished second twice. Odds: 30-1 The vast improvement he has made with the flatstick since the ban on anchored putters just does not happen, and reflects an insatiable work ethic. 1. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images. 2019 Majors: 1, MC, 21, MC. Below, we look at the top-30 fantasy golf power rankings for the 2020 PGA … Power Rankings: 2020 Wyndham Championship. Bryson DeChambeau: The Tour's bulky superstar remains a force, but now he'll need to show he can do it on a major stage. Nobody does. Odds: 16-1 However, as discouraging as that limited sample-size of results was, he also won the ZOZO Championship in October, and was undoubtedly the American MVP at the President’s Cup in December. Memphis sure became acquainted with the somewhat-anonymous Englishman last weekend. Odds: 50-1 FedExCup: 51 Doing double duty in the U.S. and Europe, he has finished in the top 10 in a ridiculous 57.6% of his total starts over the past four seasons (49 of 85). Copyright © 1996 - Do not underestimate what that kind of route could have on a player’s confidence; Lowry knows he can win, and he knows he can win big. RANK. The controversial, reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year, finished off last season with a Tour Championship and FedExCup title, and was able to carry that momentum through the wrap-around, finishing in the top 5 in all six events he played from October to March, in addition to a few strong results in Europe. You have entered an incorrect email address! 1 in victories at last week’s tournament, which appropriately elevated him in the world rankings to his current position of… No. -. The contest continues this week with the PGA Championship and will run through the rescheduled Masters in November. The acme was his awe-inspiring triumph at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, finishing off his sixth Tour win with three consecutive birdies. Events Played (Divisor) Points Lost … Power Rankings: The American Express. To the rescue comes the professional golf world, as TPC Harding Park in San Francisco hosts the 102nd PGA Championship this week – the first major to be played in more than 12 months, something that has not been said since WWII. Course history: How the player has performed at the host course if he has played there in the past. Making that streak even more impressive is that fact that he has been a full-time player on Tour for… 13 seasons. The Genesis Invitational brings an elite and exclusive field to The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.Adam Scott returns to defend his 2020 title again a fleet of fellow major winners. Power Rankings: 2020 PGA Championship. 2019 Majors: 9, 3, 21, 41. Below, we look at the fantasy golf power rankings for the top 30 golfers at the 2020 RSM Classic. Having fill-in caddie extraordinaire Jim “Bones” MacKay, who was on the bag for all five of Phil Mickelson’s major championships, does not hurt either. World Rank: 46 World Rank: 42 He is a member of the Golf Writer's Association of America. Power Rankings: The American Express Refer to it as “The Hope” and most golf fans know what it is, or what it was. In his last ten major starts, he has four victories, two runner-ups, a T4, and a T13. Joel Cook is Pro Golf Weekly's Lead Writer. )-year-old looks rejuvenated since acquiring Champions Tour eligibility, contending early at the Travelers Championship with a 64-63 start, and placing T2 at last week’s WGC event. Golf Channel, All Rights Reserved. FedExCup: 5 TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California, will host the 2020 PGA Championship this week. 2019 Majors: MC, 8, 28, 1. He CAN win anywhere, and his best is the best there is. Here's a look at some of the players to keep an eye on when making your Pick 'Em selections for the first major championship in more than a year: 1. After injury engendered back-to-back underwhelming seasons for the former Tour Rookie of the Year, Brooks Koepka’s college teammate has made the game look easy in 2020. Who? By. Getty Images Golf Channel's free-to-play game is back for another year, and the 2020 season has officially resumed. WGC debut. Concern that the 2012 U.S. Open champ from WAY behind peaked too early – it took 22 more major starts before he posted another top 10 – has all but disappeared during a career 2020 season where he has two victories among six top 10s in just 10 starts. The 34-year-old is playing the best golf of his career, with two wins this year and tremendous play with his irons. Thomas has been remarkably consistent over the last year, with more wins (4) than finishes outside the top 20 (3). The California native had a pair of top-20s on either side of the break and ranks fourth on Tour this season in strokes gained: approach. However, of the 21 Tour victories he has amassed over that time (only Tiger and Phil have more among regularly-active players), only one occurred in a major: the 2016 U.S. Open. Trending into API: Spieth up, Fowler the other way, Bryson twice tries to drive 6th green at Bay Hill, Search warrant for 'black box' in Tiger's SUV. FedExCup: 1 November 10, 2020. Instant access to the latest news, videos and photos from around the world of golf. Justin Thomas: The top seed, and deservedly so. When the affable Irishman tees up this week, he will have been the most recent golfer to win a major for one year and 16 days, something that has not been done since Tiger held that position for exactly one year in a stretch between 2000 and 2001. FedExCup: 17 Power Rankings: Sony Open in Hawaii. © Copyright 2016-19 Pro Golf Weekly. The PGA Tour opens its 2020-2021 season in wine country at the Safeway Open. He's not to that level currently but could certainly make a run at a second Wanamaker Trophy. 2. The former amateur superstar looks to be on the verge of joining the ranks of major winners, contending late at last year’s Masters and finishing T3 at the U.S. Open. Surprised to see a man with zero PGA Tour wins in the top 15? If one can be a horse for the course, one can be a horse for the courses. World Rank: 11 The Week Ahead: How the impeachment may impact investors long-term. Dustin Johnson returns to PGA Tour action for this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am following a runner-up finish at the European Tour’s Saudi International last week. The tournament carries a $3 million purse and 300 FedEx Cup points. He cost himself a pretty penny ($450,000 actually) with that untimely water-ball, but his performance overall was beyond encouraging. His iron game was especially lethal in Memphis, as on Sunday he hit 15 greens despite only hitting four fairways. We do know that if his famously-troublesome back does again give in to the decades of viciously-aggressive swings he subjected it to, it will not be because he played too many competitive rounds in the tournament lead-in. He has taken a while to shake off the rust coming back from injury, and going into last week, he was somehow on the outside looking in for the FedExCup playoffs in two weeks. Odds: 10-1 POWER RANKINGS: WGC-WORKDAY CHAMPIONSHIP. However, the celebrated SMU product has a proclivity towards streakiness, and some of the luster has dulled since that win in the Motor City, which he followed up with a missed cut at The Memorial and a T30 at last week’s WGC event. FedExCup: 11 Now 36 years of age, Dustin Johnson’s win just over a month ago at the Travelers Championship locked in a 13th consecutive season with a victory. To be fair, there will not have BEEN a major played for one year and 16 days, but that last major? He is not just a big game hunter, he is THE big game hunter. Below, we look at the fantasy golf power rankings and odds for the 2021 Puerto Rico Open. To watch in a smaller size, scroll down while your video is playing. Schauffele has had a number of close calls and has been compiling top-20 finishes since the break, including a T-6 finish last week in Memphis. Joel Cook. World Rank: 14 The Californian’s tee-to-green game makes him a threat anywhere, and the moment has never looked too big for him. The 2020-21 PGA TOUR eligibility was altered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as such: … Nobody got their 2020 season off to a better start than Rory. So be sure to download the NBC Sports Predictor app and make your free selections each week! Longer explanation: We know it isn’t THAT simple, but Koepka is the two-time defending champion. Odds: 22-1 Do not forget about the 2005 PGA Champ! That result came even during a surprisingly poor week with the irons, which normally are a strong suit for the Californian. Frustrated Fowler Looking to “Get Past” First Career Slump, Affidavit: Tiger Woods Does Not Remember Anything Prior to Crash. 2019 Majors: MC, 8, 28, 1. Power Rankings: 2020 Masters. The ultimate frontrunner has become the ultimate wild card. 2019 Majors: 2 (M), 1 (P), 2 (U), 4 (B). Power Rankings: Rocket Mortgage Classic. TPC Harding Park is a venue that suits his strengths well. Don't buy a … By. That's heady company, and Koepka flashed just enough form last week in Memphis to show that he remains a threat. The two runner-ups he has on the 2020 could very well be tied for his second-best. But there will also be at least $1,000 awarded each week in cash and prizes, even if there is no player with a perfect score. 2019 Majors: 56, 48, 21, 6. Historically, he has thrived in his home state. 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Can he get it back on track this week? Rory McIlroy: He's somehow flying under the radar, still without a top-10 finish since returning in June. Odds: 14-1 We suspect that the 26-year-old with four victories, six runner-ups, and 22 top-10s on Tour in less than four seasons will find his way into the mix again. See which players you can expect to contend this week as the PGA Tour heads to the home of The King for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 1 Jason Day, who is back up to 42nd in the world rankings after his third consecutive top-10 finish at last week’s WGC event. People are running out of reasons to bet against him. To be fair, though, DJ has not looked himself for most of the past 14 months, not finishing better than 20th in any of his 2019 season starts after his runner-up at Bethpage, and posting just one top-5 in his last 18 starts, seven fewer than he had in his 18 starts prior. While it feels like Rahm has not really knocked on the door of a major championship, he already has a top-4 finish in three of the four majors, including a T4 at the PGA Championship two years at Bellerive. Odds: 40-1 DeChambeau racked up seven straight top-10 finishes earlier this season, culminating with a clinical win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Don’t forget, you can catch all of the PGA action on ESPN+, sign up here.All the top names from the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings are expected to be in the final field for 2020’s first major. In such an unprecedented set of circumstances, ranking the field becomes especially difficult, but here is who we like most to contend for the 102nd Wanamaker trophy: Short explanation: I mean, it’s a major. Jason Day: Don't look now, but the former world No. Competing only with a surprisingly-insipid NBA bubble and the categorical mess that has become the MLB restart, this year’s edition of the PGA could be its most viewed ever. By Tyler Duke. We are encouraged by what we have seen lately, and think he will look more like the DJ who finished runner-up in the first two majors of 2019 than the one who went T35-T51 in the other two. Odds: 10-1 Golf Channel's free-to-play game is back for another year, and the 2020 season has officially resumed. It appears your browser may be outdated. 2019 Majors: 2, 2, 35, 51. 14) has been superb in 2020, following a March win at the stacked-field Arnold Palmer Invitational with two other top-4 post-layoff performances. PGA Tour Gets Hammered For “Raunchy” Caption of Spieth and Kelly... Is the Sanderson Farms Chicken Trophy the Tour’s Worst? When he won this event five years ago, he was the best player in the game. Koepka is looking for three PGAs in a row and would become the first player to do so since Walter Hagen captured four straight from 1924-27. Combined with the downward trend, DeChambeau’s prospects this week also take a hit due to his pedestrian major record, as he is still seeking his first top ten. FedExCup: 4 At Bethpage Black last year, Koepka went wire-to-wire and was absolutely routing the field before an uncharacteristic four-hole stretch of back-nine bogeys briefly brought Dustin Johnson back into the mix. August 4, 2020. His major record is stout and he seems overdue to get his hands on a trophy. That seems unthinkable given his early career promise and reputation. He is way too talented to have not more career majors than Shaun Micheel, Rich Beam, or Y.E. Talk about everything coming back together! 2019 Majors: 12, DNP, MC, 11. 5. Will Zalatoris. FedExCup: 13 Located in the NBC Sports Predictor app, Golf Pick 'Em gives fans a chance to win cash and prizes by predicting how some of the top PGA Tour stars will fare against each other on a weekly basis. He has been excellent since the COVID-19 layoff with five top-20s in six starts, finishing T3 at the Travelers, T6 at last week’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude, and somehow shooting an opening 78 at The Memorial and still finishing T13. World Rank: 2 Xander Schauffele: This feels like it could be his week. Wow, that was something! World Rank: 49 Day heads to San Francisco off a run of three straight top-10 finishes after accruing only one such result in the previous 12 months. Nailing a 40-foot birdie putt on 17 was vintage big moment Brooks. He has six top 20s in his last eight major starts, and looks to finally push past the periphery of contending once again. Not only is he trying to get out of a surprising funk, but the most recent of his four career major wins was more than SIX years ago (2014 PGA). 2020 Masters: Top 10 power rankings at Augusta National. The 2015 PGA Champion at Whistling Straits and 2016 runner-up has been a recent fixture in this major, finishing T23 or better in eight of his ten attempts. ... Power Rankings: 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka look on during the Par 3 Contest prior to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. He just does not feel pressure to the point where it feels like a medical condition. August 10, 2020 at 1:21 PM . Again contending on the PGA Tour is the familiar face of former No. World Rank: 15 Golf Channel's free-to-play game is back for another year, and the 2020 season has officially resumed. Hey, it’s the unprecedented experience of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR season ... Power Rankings: Puerto Rico Open To watch in a smaller size, scroll down while your video is playing. It HAS to be Brooks, right? Should those trends continue, he could make it another major win in the city by the bay. 2019 Majors: 29, MC, 35, MC. He also has shown comfort in this event, finishing T8 last year at Bethpage Black, less than a year after a T12 at Bellerive. Webb Simpson: Simpson need only look across the lake to Olympic, site of his 2012 U.S. Open win, for inspiration this week. August 3, 2020. Nobody should be surprised if this is the last time that can be said. It will be his first event on the mainland of the 2020 season, as the No. POWER RANKINGS: AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM. After a prodigious amateur career where he won 11 times at Arizona State and set the record for most weeks atop the world rankings (60), Rahm has notched a victory in all four of his Tour seasons, and added an additional six victories on the European Tour. Forget about that virtual no-show in Memphis last week, the man who sits one spot ahead of Tiger Woods in the world rankings (No. Terms of Service Players can compete for weekly cash prizes, with a $50,000 jackpot available each week for any players who earn a perfect score. Matthew Fitzpatrick: The former U.S. World Rank: 5 Stream the 2020 Masters on ESPN+, CBS All Access and FUBO. Amateur champ may not have a PGA Tour win (yet), but he's won plenty in Europe and is on the cusp of becoming the highest-ranked Englishman in the world. Power Rankings: 2020 The Players. He was a little slow to shake off the rust when Tour play resumed, but snapped back into eliteness with a dominant three-stroke victory at The Memorial last month, jumping to No. The Spaniard is perhaps the most talented player still in search of a major breakthrough, but he's had a few chances in recent years and proved last month at the Memorial that he has the ability to distance from an elite field. World Rank: 4 Typically, when JT gets out front, JT stays out front. A COVID-19 vaccine life cycle: from DNA to doses. Odds: 125-1 2019 Majors: DNP, 16, 49, MC. TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California, will host the 2020 PGA Championship this week. 20. Each week, we will highlight our top players on the PGA Tour in order of likeliness to win the tournament.. Factors coming into play on the rankings are (in no order): Recent form: How the player has performed in various aspects of his game in recent weeks. March 9, 2020 at 3:31 PM. By Will Gray. Power Rankings: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Seriously, we have no clue this week. It would not be shocking to us if he missed the cut, as he did at last year’s PGA Championship at Bethpage Black, and at last year’s Open Championship. The 33-year-old disemboweled an unsuspecting field at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush, running away with the Claret Jug by an absurd six-stroke margin. Power Rankings: 2020 Genesis Invitational Will Gray 2/11/2020. 1 was short-lived, but he'll have a chance to supplant Thomas this week. See which players you can expect to contend this week as new world No. Power Rankings: 2020 PGA Championship. Yang – three players he does not run into at Tour Support Group meetings for players without Wanamakers.