The
Irish Highwayman's Start or Sit Selections
Week
5 The 2019 Genesis Open
Pacific
Palisades CA
•
Purse: $7,400,000
2018
Top 5 Players Last Year:
1. B.
Watson -12
T2. T. Finau -10
T2 K. Na -10
4. P. Cantay -9
4. S. Stallings -9
Recap of Last Week's Starts or Sits at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Starts-
Paul Casey had
a second place finish of -16 and played well all week. Jason
Day could
not beat Lefty as he finishes with a fourth place spot, at -13.
Matt
Kuchar scored
a -9 for a 22nd
place finish and the three Amigos Fleetwood,
Spieth
and
top draw D.
Johnson
all tied at 45
with
a -4 for their efforts. .
Week
4 Average:50 Strokes (8.3) for
a 33rd
place finish and 6 of 6 Make Cut
Long
shots:
Adam
Scott,
-2 for a 61st
place finish and a big Miss Cut for the Aussie.
Sits:
Grace shot a -6 for 38th
place and was inconsistent after his -5 performance on day 1.The
dynamic Duo of Finau
and
Reavie both
shot -5 for 38th
place finishes.
Week
4 Average: 16 Strokes (5.3) for a 35th place finishs,
and 3 for 3 Make Cut.
Totals
for the Season:
Start
Average:
-279 (12.7) 22 Golfers, (18h
Place), 22 for 22 Make Cut, 1 (0.25)Win and 12 (3.0) Top Ten
Finishes.
Sit
Average: -83 (10.3) 8 Golfers, (19th Place) and 9 of
10 Make Cut, 1 (0.25) Win and 2 Top (0.5) Ten Finishes.
Starts
and Sits for the Genesis Open.
This
tournament seems to favor big hitters as the course is long and a
challenge for most players. Bubba Watson has won this event three of
the past five years, He might make it four of past six. Tiger Woods
and Rory McIIroy will be playing this weekend with Spain's Sergio
Garcia.
Enough
of the flowery talk, as I have to get this report done for the week.
The fans like at the Waste Management Phoenix Open will have a
memorable weekend if some of the real 'metal' of the PGA comes to
play. Enjoy the viewing on Television this weekend.
Starts-Dustin
Johnson
a favorite to win at any event he will enter this year. Justin Thomas
should easily finish in the Top Ten. The old saying usually applies
in sports, 'to be the champion, you must beat the champion.” Bubba
Watson
fits the bill to test that theory.
How
can you have a tournament without steady player Jon
Rahm
not being in your lineup each week?If, Bryson
DeChambeau can
catch some momentum early, he could have a win, and include
Rory
McIlroy as always a play since two weeks ago this spoace had as a
sit!
Longshot:
Okay,
include me as a fan of Tiger
Woods,
granted he's older now. Tiger might not in his prime, but if
Mickelson could win last week, the it can happen here this week.
Sits:
What
comes to mind when I hear Adam
Scott's
name, “Throw another Aussie on the barbe for us...” Well the
same applies this week as he did okay in the Waste Management event,
but, more expectations for better finishes in the future, just not
this weekend. Include
Tony
Finau
as being on the outside looking in to see not in the top 20 golfers
this week.
Good
Luck,
Colin,
'The Irish Highwayman'
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