For the seventh time in eight years Silverado will be the first name on the team sheet to kick off the new season. 47 events begin with life in Wine Country.
The Confidence Factor
Horses for Courses: TOUR Championship
East Lake has been the host since 2004 so familiarity won’t hurt this week. The TOUR has used a couple of different formulas to determine the “winner” here over the years and I’ve sorted all of that for you as well. Patrick Cantlay enters the week as top dog on 10-under in Starting Strokes and we’ll go from there starting Thursday.
Horses for Courses: BMW Championship
Tom Fazio has had plenty of looks this season on TOUR. We’ll start there to try and crack the code here. Caves Valley hosts for the first time on TOUR and plays 7,542 yards to Par-72.
Horses for Courses: FedExCup Playoffs THE NORTHERN TRUST
For the fourth time in Playoff history, Liberty National will kick off the FedExCup Playoffs. Of the 125 qualified all but Louis Oosthuizen are in Jersey City this week to attempt to move on.
Horses for Courses: Wyndham Championship
Folks, Webb Simpson is the leading money winner at the event. He’s racked up podium finishes the last four years. He went to school down the street at Wake Forest. His daughter is named after the event. This ain’t hard!
Horses for Courses: WGC – FESJI
I typed it all out for Expert PIcks so get over it.
Course form runs deep here and big names have produced.
Justin Thomas loves this event regardless where it has been played as he’s won two of the last three editions.
Horses for Courses: 3M Open
TPC Twin Cities hosts for only the third time but we’ll find some clues on who runs well here.
Michael Thompson won by two shots last year and is back to defend while 2019 champ Matthew Wolff is also in the field.
Horses for Courses: 149th Open Championship
Royal St George’s in Sandwich, Kent, will host the first edition in two years. Shane Lowry is the defending champion of the event but Darren Clarke was the last winner on this track. Let’s dig deeper!
Getting closer!
Horses for Courses: 50th John Deere Classic
The very familiar TPC Deere Run will host for the 20th time so familiarity should be on the cards this week.
That and first time TOUR winners in their 20s if we follow the trends!
Horses for Courses: Rocket Mortgage Classic
Even though it’s only the third edition there are plenty of clues to guide us this week.
Detroit Golf Club is very generous in handing out birdies and it will take another boatload to win this year.
Glass Houses 