04-27-16

Rang that bell last week for just the second time this season with Charley Hoffman’s win at the Valero Texas Open. There is light at the end of the tunnel; it’s not a train, either!

2015-16 season

Season total: $4,185,774; 24 events

• Wins: 2 (Matsuyama, WMPO; Hoffman, VTO)
• Seconds: 0
• Thirds: 1
• Top 10s: 6
• Top 25s: 12
• MC: 2 (Mickelson, FIO; Oosthuizen, SHO)

 

Last week: Charley Hoffman (WIN; $1,116,000)

Nothing like a birdie putt on the final hole to lift the trophy! My five finalists last week finished T-9, second, WIN, T-13 and T-13. Looks easy, right! Definitely not but it is fun when guys perform how we THINK they should!

 

Thermometer:

Regular Tour events > WGCs and majors. That’s good news (more regular Tour events) and bad news (majors are big dollar grabs). Straight Texas heat after last week.

 

Keys this Week:

• Pound GIR
• Par breakers + bogey avoidance
• Patience as the weather looks dire
• Par five scoring

 

Event	Golfer	Place	Money
Frys.com	Brooks Koepka	T-41	$21,000
Shriners	Scott Piercy	T-25	$44,832
CIMB	Anirban Lahiri	T-21	$78,400
WGC-HSBC Champions	Adam Scott	T-70	$42,000
Sanderson Farms	Patrick Rodgers	T-20	$41,356
OHL Mayakoba	Patton Kizzire	T-58	$13,764
RSM	Brendon de Jonge	T-33	$27,049
HTOC	Brandt Snedeker	T-3	$381,000
Sony	Kevin Kisner	T-5	$220,400
CB Challenge	Ryan Palmer	T-17	$75,897
Farmers	Phil Mickelson	MC	$0
Waste Management	Hideki Matsuyama	WIN	$1,170,000
AT&T Pebble Beach	Jimmy Walker	T-11	$143,500
NTO	Dustin Johnson	4th	$326,400
Honda	Luke Donald	T-61	$13,115
WGC-Cadillac Champ	Henrik Stenson	T-28	$79,428
Valspar	Danny Willett	T-22	$52,959
Arnold Palmer	Scott Brown	T-27	$41,934
WGC-Dell Match Play	Rickie Fowler	T-53	$63,000
Puerto Rico Open	Graham DeLaet	T-11	$66,000
Shell Houston Open	Louis Oosthuizen	MC	$0
Masters	Bubba Watson	T-37	$50,250
RBC Heritage	Matt Kuchar	T-9	$147,500
Valero Texas Open	Charley Hoffman	WIN	$1,116,000