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Picks and Preview: AT&T National
The big stories entering the AT&T National involve who’s not teeing it up at Congressional this week. Tournament host Tiger Woods, of course, is out with an elbow injury, and U.S. Open champion Justin Rose has withdrawn due to (entirely understandable) fatigue.
Regardless, there will be plenty of talent competing for the $1.17 million winner’s share this week, including Masters champion Adam Scott. And talent will be needed to conquer the Deveraux Emmett design, where the scoring average was 73.046 for last year’s field, 2.046 strokes above par.
Indeed, when the PGA Tour returned to the 7,569-yard, par-71 layout after two years at Aronimink (2010-11), the course had become something of a bully. Last year’s winning score (8-under) was the highest in the history of the competition.
At Congressional, golfers must hit greens, as scrambling is difficult at the track. Unfortunately, finding greens in regulation is a tall order, as well — the field average was 59 percent last year. Putting can be nightmarish close to the hole, too. Thus, the PGA Tour’s best will have to be at their best this week.
Here are a few players who could win the Tiger-less AT&T National.
Adam Scott: 10-1 odds
The Masters winner is the best bet (according to the oddsmakers) to capture his 10th PGA Tour title this week. He finished third at Congressional last year and has finished inside the top 20 twice since donning the green jacket. Were it not for a lackluster performance at the U.S. Open (T45), the Aussie would present with even better odds.
Jason Day: 12-1 odds
Another Australian who has been in fine form this year, Jason Day finished inside the top 10 at last year’s AT&T National. Not only is the golfer adept at handling the Bethesda, Md., layout, he’s coming off a standout performance at the U.S. Open, where he finished tied for second. He finished second in the U.S. Open at Congressional in 2011, too.
Brandt Snedeker: 16-1 odds
Now receiving injections to combat the bone condition, which has led to his recurrent rib injuries, Brandt Snedeker, and his golf game, appear to be on the mend. Following a top-20 finish at the U.S. Open, Snedeker has righted the ship after two missed cuts. Certainly, he has all the tools to win this week and appears to be well enough to do so.
Hunter Mahan: 16-1 odds
Although he couldn’t ride the momentum of his blistering opening-round 62 at last week’s Travelers Championship to victory, Hunter Mahan played well throughout the rest of the tournament. He is comfortable at Congressional, and he finished inside the top 10 at the National last year. One of the best drivers of the golf ball on Tour, Mahan has a great shot at winning this week.
Billy Horschel: 20-1
The octopus-pants clad Horschel played well in the final round of the U.S. Open en route to a T4 finish. Really, anything other than a meltdown would have been a victory for Horschel in his first major as a professional. He’s a quality driver of the ball and hits nearly 68 percent of greens in regulation, and is adaptable to new venues (as his play at Merion suggests).
Rickie Fowler: 20-1
Rickie Fowler finished off the Travelers Championship with an impressive final-round 64. If he can keep his quality play from last week and the U.S. Open up, he hits the ball straight enough (64 percent of fairways) to contend this week.
Bo Van Pelt: 25-1
Outdone by Tiger Woods on Sunday last year, Bo Van Pelt hasn’t been great this year. The Indiana native is, however, a horse for the course and could reprise his fine play from 2012.
Graham DeLaet: 28-1
Fresh off last week’s third-place finish at the Travelers Championship, the Canadian returns to a venue where he made the cut last year. DeLaet is leading the Tour in greens in regulation. He’s ninth in driving distance, which will help him considerably at one of the longest tracks on Tour.
Jim Furyk: 33-1
After a miserable missed cut at the U.S. Open, the 5-Hour Energy pitchman is due for a rebound at Congressional where he finished tied for 34th last year. Certainly, Furyk is accurate enough to contend, even though he averages only 275 yards off the tee. If his putter — which has been his undoing over the past couple of seasons — holds up, the 43-year-old could make a run at victory.
Bill Haas: 40-1
Haas, who has missed three of his last four cuts, hasn’t been on the best of streaks lately. However, he hits a lot of greens in regulation and is an adept scrambler when he doesn’t. A proven winner at tough venues, Haas could fly under the radar to victory this week.
Charles Howell III: 50-1
A dark horse pick this week: Charles Howell III. Chucky Three Sticks blew up at Congressional last year, shooting a final-round 80. Prior to that, though, he’d played quality golf. His accuracy off the tee will be an issue this week, as he hits little more than 50 percent of fairways. However, he’s 10th in strokes gained-putting and second in scrambling. CH III could surprise at Congressional.
*odds according to Bovada
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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Photos from the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
GolfWRX is on site in the Lone Star State this week for the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
General galleries from the putting green and range, WITBs — including Thorbjorn Olesen and Zac Blair — and several pull-out albums await.
As always, we’ll continue to update as more photos flow in. Check out links to all our photos from Houston below.
General Albums
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Thorbjorn Olesen – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ben Silverman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jesse Droemer – SoTX PGA Section POY – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Martin Trainer – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Zac Blair – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Trace Crowe – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Daniel Berger – WITB(very mini) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Chesson Hadley – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Callum McNeill – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Rhein Gibson – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Patrick Fishburn – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Raul Pereda – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Gary Woodland WITB (New driver, iron shafts) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Padraig Harrington WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Pullout Albums
- Tom Hoge’s custom Cameron – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Piretti putters – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ping putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Bettinardi putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Erik Barnes testing an all-black Axis1 putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Tony Finau’s new driver shaft – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
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