1pt e.w. Bets placed now come with big caveats and it's important to acknowledge a defensive position with a cautious staking plan. Abraham Ancer at 80/1 (Betfred, BoyleSports 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6), 1pt e.w. Those who backed him for all four majors didn't quite hit the jackpot, but were rewarded in some way by that performance at Torrey Pines. TrackMan. We've since learned that Wolff needed time away to deal with mental health issues, the life of a touring professional even one of his class not always as easy as it may seem from the outside. Firmer, more open conditions at Pinehurst, Chambers Bay and Erin Hills levelled the playing field as courses like that do, but when rough is thick and fairways are narrow, power is king. So we could find ourselves in a situation where Bryson racks up more PGA Tour wins while Morikawa collects the big ones. High efficiency and dead on the PGA Tour average club and ball speed 7878. If someone is buying me a TrackMan thatd be a great start. Both styles clearly work, but one might be slightly more suited for major championship play. Few would admit it, but maybe more players arrive at a PGA Championship feeling they can win it, and maybe that's because it feels a bit more normal (or a bit less special) than the others. He is inside the top 10 in strokes-gained approach, showed what he can do against the elite when fifth in The PLAYERS, and his record both there and in California (third Torrey Pines, fourth PGA West, 10th, 12th and 20th Riviera) suggests he could well make a strong start to the year and cement his position on the fringes of the elite. Yes, history suggests winning on debut at Augusta isn't likely, and his overall majors record so far amounts to little. DeChambeau played the hole similarly but missed his putt for eagle. Amazingly, these two were Nos. 1 in the world, and become the first world No. Most of all, if his form at the back end of 2021 extends through to spring of 2022, he'll be back on everyone's radar. Burns is the better bet. In 2020 at Winged Foot, Bryson DeChambeau had only Matthew Wolff to worry about. Instead, focus should be on players whose ability, potential or rate of progression has been underestimated. He would have to do extraordinary things, better even than beating the strongest field on the PGA Tour, to dip beneath 10s. I love watching DeChambeau try and pulverize golf balls into the San Francisco Bay (part of that is probably unintentional comedic joy) just as much as I love watching Morikawa pure iron after iron from all over the yard. Collin Morikawa Stats | Data Golf Tyrrell Hatton, 50/1 for other majors, is a best of 25/1 and shorter than a higher-ranked and quite simply better player in Viktor Hovland. Collin Morikawa NEWS BIO SOCIAL VIDEOS RESULTS STATS. Russell Henley is closer to securing a place in the field and played really well after a slow start here in 2015. Come that second week in April, you will surely get 10, maybe as many as a dozen, and while that comes with tightened markets, most punters would understandably prefer to wait. But the Mexican returned from that disappointing end (he fell from second to 13th on Sunday) to finish 22nd in April and bag some precious experience under firmer, tougher and essentially more typical conditions. So take them with a grain of salt. We're about midway through that major-less run and with golf taking a rare and brief pause, it's the only real opportunity to have a proper look at the Masters, the US PGA, the US Open, and the Open Championship, a sequence which starts as ever at Augusta and this year ends at St Andrews. Imagine how players themselves must feel: the good ones play upwards of a hundred rounds in a season, but 16 of them are of significantly added importance.