Dell Technologies:
Jordan Spieth(20/1) e.w.
Billy Horschel(50/1) e.w.
Charley Hoffman(100/1) e.w.
Bryson DeChambeau(33/1) e.w.
Louis Oosthuizen(60/1) e.w.
Nick Watney(200/1) e.w.
Brandt Snedeker(66/1) e.w.
Hideki Matsuyama(35/1) e.w.
Stewart Cink(140/1) e.w.
Bubba Watson(80/1) e.w.
Gary Woodland(80/1) e.w.
Phil Mickelson(50/1) e.w.
- - Last week I had a large number of long shots that were definitely "in the hunt to some extent" (at least for a Top 5) after 36 holes, including Jamie Lovemark(200/1) tied for the lead, Chase Koepka(400/1 e.w.) somewhere way over in central Europe, Sean O'Hair(600/1 e.w.), and others. Then even though at the start of the week my capping had me betting very much against the short favorites coming out on top at the Northern Trust, and even though I still felt very much the same after 36 holes, the fact is I looked at my player roster on Friday night and was expecting nothing but a march down the leaderboard (which definitely happened early and often) (the one player I held out the most hope for was Mr. 600/1 Sean O'Hair, and he acquitted himself just O.K.) . . . On to this week, and while I liked my effort and roster in Europe, the takeaways from my capping the PGA Tour for this week are as follows: (1) I feel it is much more likely that this week the Sunday leaderboard will be heavy with the cream of the crop of current players; (2) I had much less time for capping this week than during the past several weeks; (3) I can't pick up my winning marker on Snedeker, and I am playing as though I am not picking up the winning marker that should have been on DeChambeau; and (4) in making final decisions of whom to pull the trigger, my one minimum criteria was that I would probably not be pessimistic about their movement on the weekend leaderboard if they did get heavily involved in the proceedings.
GL