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His history at TPC Craig Ranch is just a pair of Top 35 finishes but, with his form combined with being a scorer ranked eighth in Birdie or Better Gainted Percentage over the last 20 rounds, I like him to show up and continue a solid run. But one thing it takes to win this week is a ton of birdies and Hughes has been racking them up lately, and ranks third over the last 20 rounds in this field for SG: Total to prove that.
His short game is his weapon but, prior to a poor showing at the RBC Heritage, he'd also figured out his approach play, gaining in the four prior events. He also finished T14 here last year while losing on approach, which bodes well for his improvements there. Hughes' biggest secret weapon is his easy Par 5 scoring, where he's an outlier among bombers.
That will still help him here, though, and he's a sleeper to win this week. Even if Hughes doesn't win -- though I'm confident he definitely can -- I think his floor is extremely high right now with how he's performing he finished Top 35 at RBC Heritage while losing strokes in both ball striking categories.
I like that for a flier this week in One and Done. Si Woo Kim is going to be an extremely popular play this week both in the betting markets and in DFS games. But there's too much to love for him not to be. He finished runner-up here by one stroke last year and has been better this season overall.
He has the ball striking to contend and the putter remains a gamble, but a worthwhile one given the history and profile. Getting Peter Kuest at this number to only finish in the Top 20 feels ridiculous in the best way. He can bomb it off of the tee, but has been finding the rest of his game, gaining on approach over his last 20 rounds.
But the other metrics check out beautifully. He's 16th in SG: Total, seventh in Par 5 scoring, 11th in bentgrass putting, 20th in approach shots proximity from yards, and 40th in Birdie or Better Gained Percentage over his last 20 rounds. He has volatility, but Kuest's upside is immense.
Another player who I see being a bit undervalued, I like what Nate Lashley has going right now. Another Dallas resident Jordan Spieth , who was runner-up here two years ago, has been playing through a wrist injury but is the tournament favorite. Jason Day returns to defend his Byron Nelson title from last year as does Si Woo Kim , who finished runner-up to Day in Another Dallas guy, Will Zalatoris, was a Tuesday afternoon withdrawal.
Nelson won this tournament in when it was known as the Texas Victory Open. He lent his name to his event in and served as host until his death in The tournament is the all-time fundraising leader on the PGA Tour. Byron nelson golf betting The event has always been played in the Dallas area throughout its run. South Korean CJ Group takes over the sponsorship this year. It sponsored the CJ Cup event from to TPC Craig Ranch plays host for the fourth year.
The layout was designed by Tom Weiskopf in The course is set in a rolling valley and features tree-lined fairways with Rowlett Creek, which will crisscross the course 14 times with eight water danger holes. The track will play as a par of 7, yards.
The front nine at Craig Ranch looks to be the most scoreable nine. The first, third and sixth holes are all par-4s at yards or less. Add in yard fifth and yard eighth par-5s and there are birdies to be made on these Bentgrass greens that are large 6, square feet average and average speed The back nine, which is located in a residential setting, sees a drivable par-4 yards at the 14th, a short yard par-3 at the 17th and a par-5 at the finishing 18th hole of yards.
There are 83 bunkers and the wind can blow here, but the Zoysia fairways are wide and generous, the eighth widest on the PGA Tour. Zoysiagrass is a bit bouncier and more similar to Paspalum. The Bermuda rough was grown out to 2. Craig Ranch still had an average round score of Last year, half of the top 30 players on the leaderboard gained at least three strokes on approach.
In , eight of the top 11 in approach finished in the top 17 overall.