PGA Tour 2016-17: Who Are the Favorites to Win Next Year’s Majors?

In predicting who will win a PGA Tour event, the formula is generally a cocktail of pedigree, course history, key stats, recent form. And depending on who the bartender is, the ratios of the mixture are different. Regardless, some five months from the Masters, most oddsmakers weigh pedigree extremely heavily, with a nod toward tournament history and core statistical realities that ought to remain constant... 

7 Things We’d Love to See Happen on the PGA Tour in 2017

The 2017 PGA Tour season has already begun, as it were, with the 2016-2017 PGA Tour season now four tournaments old. Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Thomas have already made strong statements that they plan to continue their respective ascents with early wins.   In addition to the aforementioned striving to position themselves among the top young talents on the PGA Tour, we have some particular wishes... 

What Top PGA Tour Players Must Improve to Win More in 2016-17

We’ll proceed from the premise that Dustin Johnson, as the winningest player on the PGA Tour last year, doesn’t need to improve a great deal to win more. Indeed, we know he already works hard on his wedge play, and his putting numbers have improved since a late-season flatstick switch.  For the rest of the top golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking, we’ll drill down on a... 

Ranking the PGA Tour Golfers Ready for Breakouts in 2016-17

Emiliano Grillo didn’t wait long to secure a breakthrough win in the 2015-16 season. Grillo, a Web.com Tour grad, captured the first event on the PGA Tour calendar, the (then-called) Frys.com Open.  A week later, Justin Thomas, who mounted a stellar rookie campaign during the 2013-14 season, took home the trophy at the CIMB Classic for his breakthrough win.  In other words, breakthrough... 

Preview and Predictions for the 2016 Safeway Open

Fire up the joke of your choosing about the conclusion of the 2015-2016 PGA Tour season three weeks ago and the start of the 2016-2017 season this week: The Safeway Open is here. The artist formerly known as the Frys.com Open was supposed to mark the return of Tiger Woods from a 400-day plus layoff. Instead, Woods, who committed to the tournament Friday, backed out Monday, saying his golf game wasn’t... 

Ryder Cup 2016: Biggest Winners and Losers from Hazeltine

If this were another form of digital communication, there’d be no other way to start a rundown of 2016 Ryder Cup winners and losers than: The #RyderCup was *fire emoji*! Ryan Moore sealed the 17-to-11 U.S. drubbing of an outmatched European squad at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, finishing a Sunday singles session that Patrick Reed started by besting Rory McIlroy in a slugfest. Capturing... 

Ryder Cup 2016: Winners and Losers from Day 2

Friday’s morning session at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, saw the U.S. side rush out to a 4-0 lead in foursomes play. And if the afternoon session at the 41st Ryder Cup hadn’t tilted decidedly in Europe’s favor, this could most succinctly be a two-slider: “Winner: U.S” and “Loser: Europe.” Instead, the Europeans battled back, winning three... 

2016 Ryder Cup: Dream Matchups We’d Love to See This Week

The 24 men who comprise the European and American Ryder Cup teams are making their preparations for Friday’s first round of competition at Hazeltine. One of the luminaries of the DFS golf world, “The Moose” is on the ground in Minnesota and he snagged a pairing sheet for the practice round. While it could be a smokescreen, an early look at European practice Wednesday suggested... 

Complete Guide to the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine

The scale of pre-Ryder Cup buildup gets bigger with each contesting of the biennial showdown between the United States and Europe. Not that we’re complaining, as the increased exposure, and things like captain Davis Love III picking Ryan Moore as the final member of the U.S. squad during a primetime telecast of a football game, are only good for the game of golf. The aforementioned Mr. Love... 

Winners and Losers from the 2016 Tour Championship

Spoiler alert: The guy pictured above with the two trophies in his hands won both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup.  Sorry.  Rory McIlroy capped a brilliant Sunday with a sudden-death playoff victory over a pair of golfers that didn’t include Dustin Johnson, as surprising as that maybe, considering that the American started the final round with a four-stroke lead.  To see... 

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