Week #19 - Fantasy Golf - HP Byron Nelson Championship

Top Picks

Matt's Picks: Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth, Keegan Bradley
Chuck's Picks: Jordan Spieth, Keegan Bradley, Gary Woodland
Jeremy's Picks: Jordan Spieth, Keegan Bradley,  Matt Kuchar
Drew's Picks: Jordan Spieth, Jimmy Walker, Ryan Palmer
Cathy's Picks:  Matt Kuchar, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet

Dark Horses (dark horse criteria= outside top 50 on OWGR as of The Masters)

Matt's Picks: DA Points, Robert Garrigus, Marc Leishmann
Chuck's Picks: Ryo Ishikawa, Freddie Jacobson, Rory Sabbatini
Jeremy's Picks: Angel Cabrera, Charley Hoffman, Ryan Palmer
Drew's Picks: Martin Flores, Rory Sabbatini, Cameron Beckman
Cathy's Picks: Erik Compton, JJ Henry, Chad Campbell

Read here to see why we picked who we did!

Matt's Picks:
Matt Kuchar
Yet another week Kuchar earns a spot on my list. It's hard not to take a guy who's mediocre performance is a T17 in THE PLAYERS Championship. He had a victory, a runner-up, and two top fives in the four starts leading up to the THE PLAYERS. Kuch has six total starts at the Byron Nelson, earning paychecks each time. His best finish came in 2011 when he finished in a tie for 6th.  

Jordan Spieth
Spieth has three starts in the HP Byron Nelson, earning paychecks in each start. This will be a home game for Spieth this week, who is coming off a T4 performance in THE PLAYERS Championship. In his last six starts on Tour, Spieth owns two top fours, a top ten, and two top twenty finishes. He currently ranks 6th in scoring average. 

Keegan Bradley
In the last two months, Bradley has two missed cuts, two top tens, and a T43 finish. Consistency is not there for Keegs right now, but he did finish solo runner-up at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Bradley has played at TPC Four Seasons the last three years, earning a victory, a runner-up, and a top twenty-five. 

D.A. Points
D.A. Points has been anything but good recently. He has missed six of his last seven cuts. With that said, last season leading up to his win at the Shell Houston Open, Points missed seven of eight cuts. So why do I like Points this week? In his previous six starts at TPC Four Seasons, D.A. has a third place finish, a top ten, and two other top twenty finishes. His most recent start resulted in a tie for 12th in 2013. 

Robert Garrigus
Garrigus has made the cut in four of his last six events; including two top-5's. Garrigus T4 at the Valspar Championship and T5 at the Zurich Classic. Although he missed the cut last year, Garrigus, who is ranked 103rd in the world, has finished in the top-20 in three of the past five Byron Nelson Championships. Garrigus' best finish came in 2012 when he T9.  

Marc Leishman
Leishman shot a Sunday 67 to boost him up into the top twenty-five in THE PLAYERS Championship.  Leishman has played in the HP Byron Nelson Championship in each of the previous five seasons.  He has two top fifteens and two top tens in those five starts, including a tie for 3rd in 2012.

Chuck's Picks:
Jordan Speith – Made his hometown debut here when he was 16 years old. Has come a long way since then and will have a huge following this week.

Keegan Bradley – 2011 champion plays this course great every year. Clearly not at the top of his game right not but don’t let that persuade you away.

Gary Woodland – Quietly having a very solid year. His distance should help tremendously this week. Putted great at the Players.

Ryo Ishikawa – 8 top 25’s on PGA Tour this year and finished T10 here last year. Ride the hot hand

Freddie Jacobson – Always seems to be one bad round away from winning this tournament. Plays well in Texas and even better when the wind blows

Rory Sabbatini – Recent form is good. 2009 champion here so obviously can go low on this course.

Drew's Picks:
Jordan Spieth
Jimmy Walker
Ryan Palmer

Dark Horses:

Martin Flores
Rory Sabbitini
Cameron Beckman

Jeremy's Picks:
Top picks
 
Keegan Bradley
Jordan Spieth
Matt Kuchar
 
Dark Horse
 
Angel Cabrera
Charlie Hoffman
Ryan Palmer

Cathy's Picks:
Matt Kuchar
Brendon de Jonge
Graham DeLaet


Dark Horses:
Erik Compton
JJ Henry
Chad Campbell