It's lower back to Jack's Place for this week's PGA Tour occasion... And for my next futile strive at Twofer Tuesday alternatives.
Muirfield Village is a par-72 venue measuring just under 7400 yards, and it robotically offers the participants all they can deal with. It's now not just the layout of Jack's Place from tee to green; the inexperienced complexes themselves are problematic and fast. Add in Jack's steady 'changes' to the route, made to keep up with present day technology, and also you get just what you'd assume from a Nicklaus layout.
The defending champion is Bryson DeChambeau, and that is the event that kicked off Bryson's mind-boggling run of five worldwide victories within the closing three hundred and sixty five days. DeChambeau has struggled due to the fact that February, but, and will have his fingers full at Muirfield this week. Familiarity with the path has always been a assist, however genuinely no guarantee that you'll have an awesome week. Only Tiger has controlled to efficiently defend a identify right here (he did it returned-to-lower back-to-returned, from 1999-2001).
It's with that understanding that I make my selections for the week. No be counted what a participant's file is at Muirfield, this is no assure that he's going to put in a terrific displaying. And after a robust begin to the 12 months with my very own selections, I've observed no technique that guarantees a first rate showing for myself either. So let's examine if I can trap a few lightning in a bottle, why do not we?
- My Top10er this week is Matt Kuchar. After a lull in his game during February and March, he's come back strong -- in five starts, he has two runner-up finishes and nothing worse than a T12. He's also #2 on Memorial's all-time money list (one guess who #1 is), having one win and ten Top15s. While I'm unwilling to pick him as the winner, he's the closest thing to a sure thing I can think of.
- And my winner is Tony Finau. Everybody keeps saying Tony needs to win, he needs to win... but his game has been somewhat up-and-down this year, almost as if he tires himself out and needs to catch his breath before making another run. After his runner-up last week at the Schwab, and his record of consistently good play at Memorial, I'm willing to gamble this could be the week he breaks through for his second Tour win.
GC's live coverage begins Thursday at 2:30pm ET. PGA TOUR LIVE's streaming starts at the unbelievably early hour of 7:15am ET that morning. Let's see if the desire to win Jack's tournament convinces my picks to get it done!
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