The Players Championship Odds as Golf punter Dave Tindall previews this week's PGA Tour event and looks at Betfair's tips on the. Wells Fargo Championship Tips Golf Betting System provides free golf betting tips for this players championship 2019 golf betting tips on both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. PGA TOUR Tournament Highlights THE PLAYERS Championship, Ponte Vedra Beach - Golf Scores and Results. Brandon Gdula, FanDuel/numberFire editor: Xander Schauffele () — So many golfers could win this week that picking one is hard, but Xander.
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Please reload the page. Follow Us. By using this website, you agree to accept cookies. Learn more by reading our cookie policy. I just needed to hit the fairway. That was the big thing. I really, really love this place in May and how firm and fast it would play, and I felt like it was not very many drivers. I used a 2-iron at this event and I just would get it on the ground a lot and just really focus on hitting the ball in the fairway.
You have four par-5s, a lot of short scoring clubs into holes. You really have to step up on each tee, on each par-3, par-4, par-5 and just hit the golf shot that it requires, and then just keep going. I would say it was easier yesterday than it was today, but I mean, this course is like that. Players championship 2019 golf betting tips You can eagle every par-5, you got a short hole and you can make eagle on this weekend at No.
So you can have crazy stuff happen out here and you can really, really shoot a low number. I know that going in or I knew that going into the weekend and I know that every time I tee it up out here. But I definitely like the golf course the way it is in March. You get a bad bounce here. Like even, I hit my second shot on 2 today, I knew I was going into the left rough or into those left moguls, but I was much more comfortable doing that this year than I would have been in previous years.
You know, you take a hole like 18, Rickie, the year he won hit driver every time, and you can do that. I hit 5-wood every time, and I have a much longer club than if I hit driver. I played last year and Saturday was really crazy bumpy and then this year we had a chance to stop balls on the green. It plays easier this year. I know that Q-school, that course and this course was composed by the same architect, and we have more — I think here they have more hazards, and the course is a little bit more difficult than the Q-school course, so I think I was a little nervous for this tournament.
Guys can dial it back a little bit and not hit certain clubs or drivers or 3-woods. They can hit irons off the tees, give yourself a lot more opportunities coming in from the fairway. And you can attack these pin locations, especially this morning. You can attack them coming in from the fairway or even the rough or the fairway bunker.
But the greens are pure. It was just such a drastic change from Thursday to Friday to now, this afternoon. I mean, the front nine was a bit borderline in my honest opinion, but I think a lot of the players probably think that, as well. I think it was, what, I think they said it was 71, the scoring average yesterday, and 76 today or something like that, which is just unbelievable.
That was just, it was — talk about slow play, they made the course pretty much nearly unplayable. Greens are fairly small, so you have to be accurate, not only off the tee but into the greens. And sometimes off of the slope that wants you to hit it the opposite way. So it certainly there is some imagination involved.
I love this grass, too. I love this Bermuda, grainy Bermuda. You really do have to have control of both of them. If you hit the fairways, you can go very low. Yes, I mean you made a few putts here and there more, but I was playing well, I hit fairways, and I used my chances.
You can easily shoot 2- or 3-over par without doing much wrong. First Round Leader Analysis : First round leader s , their wave and winning score since Full First Round Leader stats are here. Trends in terms of recent winners are interesting and mixed. Rickie Fowler had finished 2nd here in prior to winning in His form during that season had been mediocre to say the least, but a 12th at Augusta and a last place at the World Match Play the week prior to TPC Sawgrass were the precursor to his come-from-behind victory here.
Martin Kaymer had finished 19th and 15th in 5 appearances prior to capturing the title here in The German had been through a tough spell prior to his win as he had to wait 18 months since his last worldwide victory. Matt Kuchar had finished 13th and 14th prior to capturing his first tournament victory for 21 months here in Choi had a TPC Sawgrass best of 16th set 5 years previous when he captured his first worldwide title in 18 months with his victory; Tim Clark incredibly broke his Tour maiden here in with inbound form of MC Where immediate course form is not a must to win The Players, course experience is still a key advantage.
Yes Eddie Pepperell, Xander Schauffele, Kevin Kisner, Jordan Spieth and David Lingmerth a Sawgrass member have contended and gone close across recent renewals, and Henrik Stenson finished 3rd on course debut back in , however these are the real exceptions. Hal Sutton and Craig Perks were the last players to win here on course debut.
Ultimately though this Pete Dye design has always been a course where no particular type of player has a true advantage. The best player on the week wins, period. Currently the best strategic golfer by a considerable distance on the PGA Tour, much of that comes from the advice of caddie Ted Scott.
That naturally came on top of his standard 1st for Tee to Green excellence and for me makes him a win-only must back. Go all the way back to when he played on the Japan Golf Tour and Hideki finished across a 4 tournament spell. Seemingly back somewhere close his best, his recent win at The Genesis Invitational came at Signature Event level and his performance last week at Bay Hill was fascinating as well.
Tied for the lead after 36 holes and 4th heading into Sunday, the upwardly mobile World Number 16 ranked 13th for Tee to Green and was positive with the putter again, which as we know is his nemesis. Shane Lowry 1. Shane Lowry plays his best golf on challenging golf courses. Open behind Dustin Johnson. Undoubtedly the upwardly mobile World Number 37 plays his best stuff on stretching golf courses where par means something, and with 3.
He also ranked 6th here last year for Strokes Gained Tee to Green when he finished 35th overall — at a point where he was struggling to make a putt of any length. That event up until was hosted at Abu Dhabi Golf Club with a champions list which includes Players Championship luminaries such as Henrik Stenson winner , Paul Casey 5th , 3rd , Martin Kaymer winner , Rickie Fowler winner , Tommy Fleetwood 2nd after 54 holes — 5th , Lee Westwood runner-up and Tyrrell Hatton runner-up Play Safe.
From on Free bets expire after 30 days. New customers signing up through mobile or tablet device only. Masters field odds Further terms apply. With the rough up and water everywhere, a player who hits the ball straight off the tee always helps and the Open Champion played very nicely last week at a Bay Hill course which is way too long for him.
Form here also correlates very nicely. I will stick with Erik van Rooyen for another week. As we know, the 34 year-old from Johannesburg is playing some decent enough stuff. Indeed his last 5 visits to the Sunshine State have delivered MC Following a Missed Cut the week before at Bay Hill, van Rooyen shot to sit in 3rd spot after 36 holes, 1 off the lead.
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