Grab your bathing suits, folks. The sun is shining in beautiful San Diego this week, home of the Farmers Insurance Open at famed Torrey Pines. It’s easy to talk about the Tiger domination at this venue. I mean, the guy has won 8 times on this course, including his most dramatic performance at the 2008 U.S. Open. He’s looking pretty sharp! However, we have reason to believe that Tiger won’t finish on top this weekend.
Gregatron’s Pick of the Week: Rory Mcilroy
The golfballin pick this week is Rory Mcilroy. Rory has shown a commitment to play the PGA Tour more regularly in 2019, adding bigger events to his early season schedule. He’s already seeing strong results at new courses, finishing T-4th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Even though he’s never teed it up at Torrey Pines, he’s averaging 1.2 strokes gained off-the-tee this season which will serve him well for the length of the South Course. Rory is in a Sunday Slump, failing to close the deal the last 5 times he’s been in the final group. We think he’s bound to win the next one.
Back to the Range Bro: Jordan Spieth
Like it or not, Jordan is rebuilding his game and searching for some confidence on the greens. There are sparks, almost making the cut with a second round 66 at the Sony Open, but he’s missed his last two cuts and hasn’t teed it up at Torrey since 2015 (MC). In three events at Torrey, Jordan has two MC’s and a T-19th. Without some more confidence on the greens, I think Jordan will be grinding out the cut line on Friday. His game will turn around this season, and he will win again, but not until the Texas swing.
This is it, golf fans. The PGA Tour season concludes at famed East Lake in Atlanta this Sunday. I know these picks are going out late, but I swear I haven’t looked at the leaderboard today. With $15MM on the line, golf’s ultimate cash payday awaits the golfer who can make up multiple strokes on the FedEx Cup leader, Justin Thomas. It will be interesting to see how the scores stack up coming down the stretch with the staggered…
The PGA Tour playoffs revs up the engines this week at the penultimate event, the BMW Championship. The 70 players left in the race are trying to crack the top 30 and earn a berth into the Tour Championship next week to decide the FedEx Cup. Hosted at famed Medinah, the BMW is sure to produce a lot of birdies and excitement coming down the stretch. This is the first time the course has hosted a non major…
Playoffs are here, ladies and gentlemen. The FedEx Cup is a mere three weeks away from dishing out $10MM to some lucky soul. First in the rotation is The Northern Trust at Liberty National just across the river from the Big Apple. With all the glamour and excitement the city has to offer, who can pull ahead and crack the top 70 on the march towards East Lake? …
What would you do for $10MM? That’s what a lot of pros are asking themselves this week. The Wyndham Championship is the last event of the PGA Tour regular season and the leader in the season long points race after this week will receive a $10MM bonus. Wait...I thought that was the FedEx Cup? …
The Gregatron had a net-0 last week. (both picks finished t-11). I need some more unpredictability in my life, or need to improve my golf research skills. Either way, the regular season is back for a couple weeks before the playoffs at the FedEx Dt. Jude Invitational in Memphis. Two events combined this year to form the final WGC of the season. Ironically, there are two defending champs (whaaaa?). TPC Southwind is one of the hardest…
Another new tournament is in the rotation this week at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota. With only a couple more reps before the British Open, the PGA Tour players are grinding for the last spots into the year’s final major. Wait...it’s already almost the end of the major season? Crazy to think how fast the weeks are flying by but hopefully a little hometown flavor can slow us all down at TPC Twin Cities…
The Motor City is getting its Motown grooooooooovveeee back this week with a new PGA Tour event, the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Replacing Tiger’s tournament in the schedule, this week will showcase a new course. The Detroit Golf Club hosted the 1992 Mid-Amateur, but not a lot of players were even born yet. Look for tough greens, doglegs and lots of scrambling on this Donald Ross gem…
Regular golf is back, yet again, at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, CT. The Gregatron picks last week were more interested in watching the heavy weight duel of Koepka and Woodland down the stretch than making birdies. Really blew it there, not picking the 2-time defending champ, but I’ve learned my lesson for the next major…
Bob Hope once said that “Pebble Beach is Alcatraz with grass.” While it might scare the odd celebrity hacker, that won’t be the case this week at the U.S. Open. The rough will be long, the greens will be small, and pars will be good scores.
Top of da mornin’ to ya! Hopefully you’ve caught some of the coverage at the Open Championship on Day One in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Sorry the Gregatron was AWOL last week at the John Deere Classic.