Week #14 ~ Fantasy Golf - Shell Houston Open - April 3-6, 2014

Top Picks

Matt's Picks: Keegan Bradley, Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson
Chuck's Picks: Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Graham DeLaet
Jeremy's:  Luke Donald, Keegan Bradley, Dustin Johnson
Drew's Picks:  Dustin Johnson, Graham DeLaet, Henrik Stenson
Cathy's Picks:  Matt Kuchar, Steve Stricker, Bill Haas

Dark Horses (dark horse criteria= outside top 50 on OWGR as of 2/24/14)

Matt's Picks:  Cameron Tringale, Andrew Loupe, Brendon Todd
Chuck's Picks: Jason Kokrak, Daniel Summerhayes, Carl Pettersson
Jeremy's Picks: Matteo Manessaro, Charles Howell III, Ben Crane
Drew's Picks: Jason Kokrak, Seung-Yul Noh, Brian Davis
Cathy's Picks: Justin Leonard, Robert Garrigus, Johnson Wagner

Read here to see why we picked who we did!

Matt's Picks:
Keegan Bradley  
Keegan Bradley is three for three at Redstone and has finished in the top ten that last two seasons. He has eight consecutive rounds under par on this track. Bradley is coming of a solo runner-up at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and has six other top twenty-fives on the season. He currently ranks 22nd in driving distance, 21st in scoring average, and 11th in birdie average. 

Matt Kuchar  
Last week in the Valero Texas Open, Kuchar finished tied for 4th. He was in 2nd going into Sunday before shooting 3 over par on his final round. In his last two trips to Redstone, Kuchar finished tied for 8th both in 2011 and 2010. Expect Kuchar to bounce back this week after a disappointing Sunday. 

Dustin Johnson  
Johnson is one of many top pros playing this week in preparation for the Masters. He missed the cut in this event in 2008 and 2009, but tied for 4th here last season. He already has a victory and two runner-ups this season. His last started ended in a tie for 4th in the Cadillac Championship. 
 
Dark Horses

Cameron Tringale  
Tringale is three for three at Redstone, earning paychecks each of the last three seasons. Last year he finished in a tie for 16th and placed T8 in 2012. Tringale has a string of nine consecutive cuts made coming into this event. In that run, he has three top fifteens and a top twenty-five. 

Andrew Loupe  
In his past two starts on the PGA Tour, Loupe has finished in the top-12. This past weekend at the Valero Texas Open, Loupe was T2 going into the final round but shot a 75 and fell into a tie for 4th. Loupe will be making his first career start at the Golf Club of Houston. 

Brendon Todd  
It's Todd! Brendon Todd. Todd has quietly put together a solid season in 2013/14. He currently ranks 37th in FedEx Cup points. Todd is coming off a T6 last week in San Antonio. The 132nd ranked player in the world is playing well and could pick up his 6th top 25 of the year.  

Chuck's Picks:
Dustin Johnson – Great track record here, hits it a mile, has yet to place worse than T10 this year. Nuff said! Put him in your lineup this week for sure!

Keegan Bradley – Finished 4th here in 2012 and 10th last year. Long hitter and well rested after taking a week’s rest since finishing 2nd at Bay Hill.

Graham Delaet – Is having the best year of his career. Hits it long and also accurate. Would love his first PGA Tour win and cruise down Magnolia lane next week

Dark Horse

Jason Kokrak – One of the longest hitters on tour which will come in very handy this week. Seven top 20’s already this year so the form is there as well.

Daniel Summerhays – Believe it or not I almost picked him last week. Has been playing consistent golf all year and should ride the momentum from last week’s 2nd place finish.

Carl Pettersson – Has been quietly sneaking up the leaderboards the last few weeks. Has the length to tame this course and the long putter has been hot lately.

Jeremy's Picks:
Luke Donald - He has only played in 3 stroke play events on the PGA Tour in 2014 but all 3 finishes were in the Top 25 including a 4th place finish in his last event.
 
Keegan Bradley - His game really seems to be coming together after carding a 2nd place finish at Bay Hill.
 
Dustin Johnson - I'm a little wary of this choice to be fair just because he hasn't played in almost a month.  It is hard to argue with his performance prior to the vacation.
 
 
Dark Horse 
 
Matteo Manassero - I always thought this kid was just a name that couldn't hack it on the American Tour.  He has finished 2 of his last 3 events in the top 12 so I'm going to give him a chance.
 
Charles Howell III - He has had a bunch of top 10 finishes this year as well as one last year at this tournament.
 
Ben Crane - Don't ask me why, I've got a feeling about him this week.

Drew's Picks:
Dustin Johnson:
Dustin is still on fire, all top 10's in stroke play events this season, including a win, two 2nd's a 4th and a 6th.  He's first in GIR, second in driving distance and 11th in Strokes Gained Putting stats, I think those, and generous fairways, will trump his 114th in accuracy off the tee this week.

Graham DeLaet:
Graham DeLaet finished 3rd here in 2010, followed by a MC and a 31st in 2012 and 2013.  He's a much improved player over last year, 4th in GIR and 12th in Total Driving.  I think he's motivated to get his first Tour win this week.

Henrik Stenson:
Henrik can take the #1 spot in the OWGR with a win this week, that's pretty motivating!  He started the 2014 season a little slow, and his sore wrist seems to have healed, evidenced by his 5th at the API, where he led the field in Driving Accuracy and GIR.  He has a 2nd and 3rd in three starts in Houston.


DH's:

Jason Kokrak:

Plenty of room off the tee and minimal rough for this bomber.  He plays well in the wind, finished 9th here last year, and 4th at the API two weeks ago.  

Seung-Yul Noh:
His stats and T16 last week, plus a hunch, make me feel S-YNoh can rise to a top 10 this week.

Brian Davis:
My pick of Brian Davis is based purely on course form, a T4 in 2012 and T6 last year.  Good enough for a Dark Horse in my book!

Cathy's Picks:
It's an all Heart week for me and of course you know that Steve Stricker would be tops on my list.  It might be a gamble since we haven't seen his best so far this year, but I have this feeling he's prepping for the win of his life next week!


Matt Kuchar was looking pretty dang good last week, and I think he, too, is eyeing a Green Jacket next week.  I think we're going to see some stead consistent golf from him this week.


Bill Haas is one of my favorite under the radar guys when there is a big field like this one.  Watch for him to sneak up on Saturday and be a story come Sunday afternoon.


Dark Horses:


Justin Leonard is popping back on my radar and I think if he can bring it together he can be a solid top 25 this week.


Robert Garrigus is a long hitter and streaky putter, I hoping to see a nice 4 day streak for him!


Johnson Wagner has been sneaking up on  a few leader boards and I think he could play some steady golf at the SHO.