LIV’s individual season wraps up this week in Indianapolis with Chatham Hills hosting this season’s finale with Joaquin Niemann and Jon Rahm the final two contenders for this year’s individual crown.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Driving Accuracy  GIR  Strokes Gained: Medium Approach  Scrambling  Putting Average  Bogey Avoidance  Chatham Hills is a Pete Dye design and holds plenty of his hallmarks. Key to success here will be a strong all-round game. Finding fairways will be important as will getting out of trouble around the difficult greens.   Key Correlation Courses  TPC Sawgrass  BEST BET Talor Gooch @ $15 Talor Gooch is back…

Following Cameron Young’s maiden PGA Tour win in the final regular season event the Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour playoffs kick off with the FedEx St Jude Championship from the classic TPC Southwind course. All 70 competitors will be jockeying for one of the Top 30 positions at East Lake and the Tour Championship in two weeks time.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  GIR  Strokes Gained: Approach  Ball Striking  Scrambling  Bogey Avoidance  Driving Distance   Putting Average  Par 4 Scoring  Form from the tee is not critical at TPC Southwind but Ball Striking is important and distance is a help. It is…

Following the Open Championship, the LIV circuit stages its annual UK event, previously won by Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith and Charl Schwartzel. LIV returns to the United States this week with Bolingbrook Golf Club hosting LIV Chicago for the second straight year with Jon Rahm looking to defend his crown. With just two regular season events remaining, the fight is on for not only LIV glory but to avoid the drop zone.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Bogey Avoidance  Strokes Gained: Short Approaches  Proximity Under 150 Yards  GIR  Driving Accuracy  Bolingbrook is a reasonably difficult Par 71 with Jon Rahm winning…

The PGA Tour wraps up it regular season with the Wyndham Championship from Sedgefield in Greensboro, North Carolina. While most of the big names are missing, there is a ton of interest around those who will qualify for the playoffs.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Par 4 Scoring  Strokes Gained: Off The Tee  Driving Accuracy  Strokes Gained: Putting  Birdie or Better  GIR  Strokes Gained: Approach  Bogey Avoidance  Proximity: 150-175 Yards  Accuracy from the tee is important on a course where scoring is easy if playing from the fairway. A strong iron and wedge game will go a long way to success…

The PGA Tour has just two weeks of the regular season remaining with TPC Twin Cities hosting the 3M Open, an event won by Matthew Wolff, Tony Finau and Jhonattan Vegas.  Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Putting Average  Strokes Gained: Putting  Birdie or Better  Eagles  Strokes Gained: Approach  GIR  Strokes Gained: Tee To Green  Bogey Avoidance  TPC Twin Cities is an Arnold Palmer design where going low is the absolute key. It is a course where birdies and eagles are needed. A strong approach game and then an ability to drain putts is the best path to victory.   Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments …

Following the Open Championship, the LIV circuit stages its annual UK event, previously won by Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith and Charl Schwartzel.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Strokes Gained: Off The Tee  Proximity  Non-Fairway Scoring  Approaches Under 125 Yards  Approaches 200-250 Yards  Birdies  JCB Golf & Country Club rewards an aggressive game off the tee while a strong approach game and an ability to take advantage of birdie opportunities is key.   Key Correlation Courses  Nil  BEST BET Bryson Dechambeau @ $6.00 No player this week comes close to profiling as beautifully as Bryson DeChambeau. He leads the LIV circuit in Strokes…

The fourth and final major of the season is upon us with Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland hosting the 153rd The Open Championship. This is the third time Royal Portrush will host The Open, the first coming in 1951 and the second in 2019, an indication of the success of the 2019 staging and a nod to the current state of stability in Northern Ireland. All the greats have won The Open Championship from Old Tom Morris and Willie Park Sr through greats like Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus and Seve Ballesteros all…