Opinion & Analysis

Use statistics to improve your practice and achieve your golf goals

Published

9 years ago

Jul 21, 2015

Ben Larsen is a contributor to GolfWRX, and Strategic Content Manager at Arccos Golf, the game’s first fully-automatic performance-tracking system.

Game. Improvement.

Those are perhaps the two most important words in the game of golf. If you’re not trying to improve, you’re just not trying. While there is undoubtedly a percentage of golfers who are “happy” with the levels they’re playing at, a large majority of golfers are endlessly working on their games.

From early-morning hours on the practice tee to weekly lessons with a PGA Professional (and the countless time spent off the course obsessing about all things golf), game improvement for you, me and tour pros never ends.

[quote_box_center]”Every week, we’re all trying to get better,” said Billy Horschel, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour and reigning FedExCup champion. “There is always something to work on, fix, tweak or improve on. With the amount of time we spend on our games, it’s important also to be working on the right parts of our games.”[/quote_box_center]

Clearly, the name of the game is improvement. But what are golfers to improve on? Better yet, what facets of their game should they be focusing on?

Do you really need a 4 iron? Arccos tracks your usage, average distances, and longest distances with each club.

It first begins with tracking. To assess your golf game, you should be tracking it. Whether it’s with an app, product, spreadsheet or pen and paper, documenting your game and generating data is the first step in the right direction.

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“For Tour pros, the competition is so good each and every week that we’re looking for an edge, however small it might be,” Horschel said. “That may mean identifying a trend that is leading to poor performance in your game, then focusing your practice time on fixing it.

“This can quite literally be the difference between recording a top finish or heading home for the weekend. It could even be the key to winning a tournament.”

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The thing is, there is so much room for error in golf. With so many ways to improve, it can also be hard pinpointing what you should be working on. With that, we at Arccos break down the key stats and insights by category — across the five key facets of the game — you can generate from tracking your stats to make it easy for you to identify the areas most in need of improvement.

Driving

He might think he’s struggling with his driving (8.6 handicap), but the real key to improvement for this golfer is better putting (17.3 handicap).

Average driving distance, longest drive and standard deviation are all quantifiable stats that help you understand the consistency of your swings off the tee. Tracking your drives can also provide percentages on fairways hit and missed, along with whether you tend to miss left or right.

Approach

When this golfer misses the green, he tends to miss it to the left.

The most popular stat in the approach game is certainly greens in regulation. Surely, improving GIR will lead to more birdie opportunities, thus likely lowering your score. That said, it’s important to dive even deeper into your approach play. For instance, tracking your performance allows you to generate statistics like distance to pin on greens hit, distance to pin on all approaches, misses left and right and misses short or long. For those of us short on the majority of missed greens, improving GIR and your game may be as simple as choosing the right club. Tracking stats and identifying trends will help you do that.

Chipping

Are your chip shots as close to the hole as they should be for your handicap?

Ask any tour pro and they’ll agree. Around the greens is where the money is made — and lost. When tracking your short game, focus on your chip-and-down percentage, which quantifies how often you need only one putt to finish a hole after a chip. Another key stat to help dial in your short game practice is average distance to pin on chips. For instance, if your putting is suffering, it may not be your putting stroke. You may need to work on getting the ball closer to the hole when off the green.

Sand

Like chipping, sand play is incredibly important when trying to save par or limit a blowup hole. Similarly, sand-and-down and average distance to the pin on sand shots can really help unlock some understanding of your play from the bunkers.

Putting

Understanding your putting performance is perhaps the most important piece to game improvement. So many shots are lost or gained, rounds made or broken, with the putter. To dial into your putting performance, monitor putts per hole, putts after GIR and your percentage of one-putts. That will help identify if your putting woes are caused by a poor stroke, not giving yourself a chance to make putts or a combination of the two.

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Ben Larsen serves as Strategic Content Manager at Arccos Golf. Prior to joining Team Arccos, Ben spent more than a decade in the sports media as a writer, editor, columnist and managing editor, including stints at ESPN, AmateurGolf.com and Back9Network. Having been bitten by the golf bug nearly 20 years ago, Ben takes great pride in honing his daughter's swing, saving par and never, under any circumstances laying up.

18 Comments

Hawk

Aug 14, 2015 at 11:35 am

I’d be very interested in this if it didn’t require the sensors. I currently use game golf app because it is completely free, and it tracks my clubs for free. I don’t need the sensors at all. I have built into my pre-shot routine to pull out my phone check yardage and track the club I’m about to use. It helps a ton. However; the stats are limited, and I can’t add players I’m playing with.
The in depth stats this system provides is awesome, but at that cost it isn’t worth it to me, when I can do the same thing for free. Is Accros planing on providing this feature as game golf has?

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- Jayme Johnson
  
  Aug 25, 2015 at 2:20 pm
  
  Hi Hawk,
  
  I’m working with a company building a sensor-based swing analyzer product but approaching it differently. Your input on sensor-based products could be very valuable. Would you be willing to chat for 15 minutes?
  
  If so, please email me or plug in a time we can speak here: https://calendly.com/jayme-1/customer-interview.
  
  Thanks for your help!
  
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Sam T.

Jul 23, 2015 at 12:50 pm

Interesting read on the value of stats, I’d imagine they must have paid big bucks to get this infomercial going about aRccos too.

I’ve tested out Arccos but returned it because yes the sensors are way to bulky and get scraped up very easily. I checked their website then too and it costs $50 per sensor to be replaced… give me a break! I don’t like having my phone on the course so i went the the Game Golf system. Love it, easy to use, tapping the sensors comes second nature after 2/3 rounds and it has actually helped my pre shot routine for focus and consistency. Stats though are great, to be able to see where I am falling short is remarkably useful. An extra 2 hours a week on the putting green has shaved 3 strokes off my handicap already.

Stats rock but there are definitely better options out there then this. It’s just too over priced and they talk a big game but don’t deliver. I would take a look at golf tags too if you’re android but game golf seems to be leading the charge in this category and have a free app.

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- Jayme Johnson
  
  Aug 25, 2015 at 2:37 pm
  
  Hi Sam,
  
  Great comments here. Would you be willing to speak with me 15 minutes to talk more about your experience with this product and other stat-apps aimed at improving your golf game? Im working with a company developing a new swing training product and your feedback could be very valuable. If interested, please message me back or select a time slot for us to speak here: https://calendly.com/jayme-1/customer-interview.
  
  Thanks so much, Jayme
  
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Mark

Jul 23, 2015 at 12:31 pm

I’ve been using the system since January. It’s not perfect, but is still a great product. You can edit shots on the fly after a hole, or wait until after the round. If you’re playing with wind or weather, you can see how you’ve been hitting your clubs so far that day and make adjustments whether they are going longer/shorter than normal. The sensors are bigger than I would prefer, but it is what it is, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. I honestly forget them as soon as I take my grip and the weight of them isn’t noticeable. When I have had an issue, I have emailed the company and gotten a real human response very quickly. You can tell they really get how important customer service is in this industry. Overall I would highly recommend picking it up. If you have Android, this is further evidence that you are failing at life. So throw your Droid in the trash, buy an iPhone, then go buy Arccos.

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- Adam
  
  Jul 23, 2015 at 1:03 pm
  
  AMAZING! LOL
  
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JP K

Jul 22, 2015 at 8:07 pm

Is the data editable? The problem with the Motorola watch was any recording errors ruined your stats and you couldn’t edit it.

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- Adam
  
  Jul 23, 2015 at 7:53 am
  
  it’s very easily editable after the round. I open the app while looking at the online overview of each hole so I can see a bigger picture of the details to make accurate changes.
  
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Steve

Jul 22, 2015 at 6:50 pm

Infomercial, hope WRX got paid for this

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Adam

Jul 22, 2015 at 3:09 pm

I have been using these all season and don’t notice any weight difference. In fact I always forget they are even there.
Also I should add that this product is amazing and the knowledge I have gained about my club distances and accuracy have made me way more accurate with club selection. I can’t tell you how many times in the past I was hitting great shots on perfect lines that were wasted by having the wrong club in my hand. It made me think that my ball striking was lacking when it was really club selection.
I was a 14.1 Handicap after last season, and I’ve brought my handicap down to 11.8 in my 13 rounds this year (plus the last 7 from last year to make up my most recent 20). My handicap from rounds this season alone is 10, so in another month or two I should have the handicap right around high single digits…
I learned about my consistency hitting greens with mid-long irons which gave me confidence to keep the driver in the bag and lay up on tee shots a lot more often which has saved me about 2-3 penalty strokes per round. I noticed that my chipping HCP was terrible and it was really impacting my putting stats so I focused practice around my short game and it’s a huge difference.

Highly recommend using any means available to stat track your game if you really want tangible, long lasting improvement. I was discussing my golf game with a buddy recently and the question came up “What is your goal in golf?’ He said he wanted to break 80, and I said I wanted to break 80 every round….

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- Adam
  
  Aug 12, 2015 at 9:08 am
  
  Just another update…
  Now after 18 rounds this season that Index is down to 10.5 from 14.1
  Arccos is easily the biggest factor in making my practice and on course approaches more effective.
  
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Busineus

Jul 22, 2015 at 2:14 pm

When are you going to have an Android version?

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- Darren Tan
  
  Jul 23, 2015 at 1:19 am
  
  Second that. Wanted to buy but no android version after so long.
  
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Dave S

Jul 22, 2015 at 1:59 pm

Wish they weren’t so big (by that I mean tall). I’m sure there’s no noticable swing weight difference, but mentally, I’d feel like i was choking up on every club, which would mess with my head. Ideally, these sensors would be more like GameGolf’s, but I know they’re bigger bc there’s more built-in tech (not having to tap something attached to your belt before each shot is worth the larger size). Hopefully technological advances will lead to smaller sensors in the future, because I really want this product.

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Ron Burgundy

Jul 22, 2015 at 12:30 pm

How much do these weigh on your clubs? How many swing weights does it change each club?

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- Ben Larsen
  
  Jul 22, 2015 at 1:01 pm
  
  Hi Ron: Each sensor weighs less than 12 grams and has no noticeable swing weight impact.
  
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  - Ben M.
    
    Jul 23, 2015 at 1:49 pm
    
    Ben, THAT’S NOT FAIR. 12 Grams adds more than 2 Club Weights. Be honest man, we’re not stupid!!!
    
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  - Scott
    
    Jul 23, 2015 at 4:04 pm
    
    How can it not? Maybe you are just not that perceptive when it comes to swing weight, which is OK, because a lot of players aren’t
    
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Opinion & Analysis

The Wedge Guy: What really makes a wedge work? Part 1

Published

12 hours ago

Apr 18, 2024

Terry Koehler

Of all the clubs in our bags, wedges are almost always the simplest in construction and, therefore, the easiest to analyze what might make one work differently from another if you know what to look for.

Wedges are a lot less mysterious than drivers, of course, as the major brands are working with a lot of “pixie dust” inside these modern marvels. That’s carrying over more to irons now, with so many new models featuring internal multi-material technologies, and almost all of them having a “badge” or insert in the back to allow more complex graphics while hiding the actual distribution of mass.

But when it comes to wedges, most on the market today are still single pieces of molded steel, either cast or forged into that shape. So, if you look closely at where the mass is distributed, it’s pretty clear how that wedge is going to perform.

To start, because of their wider soles, the majority of the mass of almost any wedge is along the bottom third of the clubhead. So, the best wedge shots are always those hit between the 2nd and 5th grooves so that more mass is directly behind that impact. Elite tour professionals practice incessantly to learn to do that consistently, wearing out a spot about the size of a penny right there. If impact moves higher than that, the face is dramatically thinner, so smash factor is compromised significantly, which reduces the overall distance the ball will fly.

Every one of us, tour players included, knows that maddening shot that we feel a bit high on the face and it doesn’t go anywhere, it’s not your fault.

If your wedges show a wear pattern the size of a silver dollar, and centered above the 3rd or 4th groove, you are not getting anywhere near the same performance from shot to shot. Robot testing proves impact even two to three grooves higher in the face can cause distance loss of up to 35 to 55 feet with modern ‘tour design’ wedges.

In addition, as impact moves above the center of mass, the golf club principle of gear effect causes the ball to fly higher with less spin. Think of modern drivers for a minute. The “holy grail” of driving is high launch and low spin, and the driver engineers are pulling out all stops to get the mass as low in the clubhead as possible to optimize this combination.

Where is all the mass in your wedges? Low. So, disregarding the higher lofts, wedges “want” to launch the ball high with low spin – exactly the opposite of what good wedge play requires penetrating ball flight with high spin.

While almost all major brand wedges have begun putting a tiny bit more thickness in the top portion of the clubhead, conventional and modern ‘tour design’ wedges perform pretty much like they always have. Elite players learn to hit those crisp, spinny penetrating wedge shots by spending lots of practice time learning to consistently make contact low in the face.

So, what about grooves and face texture?

Grooves on any club can only do so much, and no one has any material advantage here. The USGA tightly defines what we manufacturers can do with grooves and face texture, and modern manufacturing techniques allow all of us to push those limits ever closer. And we all do. End of story.

Then there’s the topic of bounce and grinds, the most complex and confusing part of the wedge formula. Many top brands offer a complex array of sole configurations, all of them admittedly specialized to a particular kind of lie or turf conditions, and/or a particular divot pattern.

But if you don’t play the same turf all the time, and make the same size divot on every swing, how would you ever figure this out?

The only way is to take any wedge you are considering and play it a few rounds, hitting all the shots you face and observing the results. There’s simply no other way.

So, hopefully this will inspire a lively conversation in our comments section, and I’ll chime in to answer any questions you might have.

And next week, I’ll dive into the rest of the wedge formula. Yes, shafts, grips and specifications are essential, too.

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Golf’s Perfect Imperfections: Amazing Session with Performance Coach Savannah Meyer-Clement

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GolfWRX Staff

In this week’s episode, we spent some time with performance coach Savannah Meyer-Clement who provides many useful insights that you’ll be able to implement on the golf course.

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19th Hole

Vincenzi’s 2024 RBC Heritage betting preview: Patrick Cantlay ready to get back inside winner’s circle

Published

3 days ago

Apr 15, 2024

Matt Vincenzi

Just a two-hour drive from Augusta National, the PGA TOUR heads to Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Hilton Head Island is a golfer’s paradise and Harbour Town is one of the most beautiful and scenic courses on the PGA TOUR.

Harbour Town Golf Links is a par-71 that measures 7,121 yards and features Bermuda grass greens. A Pete Dye design, the course is heavily tree lined and features small greens and many dog legs, protecting it from “bomb-and-gauge” type golfers.

The field is loaded this week with 69 golfers with no cut. Last year was quite possibly the best field in RBC Heritage history and the event this week is yet another designated event, meaning there is a $20 million prize pool.

Most of the big names on the PGA Tour will be in attendance this week with the exceptions of Hideki Matsuyama and Viktor Hovland. Additionally, Webb Simpson, Shane Lowry, Gary Woodland and Kevin Kisner have been granted sponsors exemptions.

Past Winners at Harbour Town

2023: Matt Fitzpatrick (-17)
2022: Jordan Spieth (-13)
2021: Stewart Cink (-19)
2020: Webb Simpson (-22)
2019: CT Pan (-12)
2018: Sotoshi Kodaira (-12)
2017: Wesley Bryan (-13)
2016: Branden Grace (-9)
2015: Jim Furyk (-18)

In this article and going forward, I’ll be using the Rabbit Hole by Betsperts Golf data engine to develop my custom model. If you want to build your own model or check out all of the detailed stats, you can sign up using promo code: MATTVIN for 25% off any subscription package (yearly is best value).

Key Stats For Harbour Town

Let’s take a look at key metrics for Harbour Town Golf Links to determine which golfers boast top marks in each category over their past 24 rounds.

Strokes Gained: Approach

Strokes Gained: Approach is exceedingly important this week. The greens at Harbour Town are about half the size of PGA TOUR average and feature the second-smallest greens on the tour. Typical of a Pete Dye design, golfers will pay the price for missed greens.

Total SG: Approach Over Past 24 Rounds

Scottie Scheffler (+1.27)
Tom Hoge (+1.27)
Corey Conners (+1.16)
Austin Eckroat (+0.95)
Cameron Young (+0.93)

Good Drive %

The fairways at Harbour Town are tree lined and feature many dog legs. Bombers tend to struggle at the course because it forces layups and doesn’t allow long drivers to overpower it. Accuracy is far more important than power.

Good Drive % Over Past 24 Rounds

Brice Garnett (88.8%)
Shane Lowry (+87.2%)
Akshay Bhatia (+86.0%)
Si Woo Kim (+85.8%)
Sepp Straka (+85.1%)

Strokes Gained: Total at Pete Dye Designs

Pete Dye specialists tend to play very well at Harbour Town. Si Woo Kim, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk and Webb Simpson are all Pete Dye specialists who have had great success here. It is likely we see some more specialists near the top of the leaderboard this week.

SG: TOT Pete Dye per round over past 36 rounds:

Xander Schauffele (+2.27)
Scottie Scheffler (+2.24)
Ludvig Aberg (+2.11)
Brian Harman (+1.89)
Sungjae Im (+1.58)

4. Strokes Gained: Short Game (Bermuda)

Strokes Gained: Short Game factors in both around the green and putting. With many green-side bunkers and tricky green complexes, both statistics will be important. Past winners — such as Jim Furyk, Wes Bryan and Webb Simpson — highlight how crucial the short game skill set is around Harbour Town.

SG: SG Over Past 24 Rounds

Jordan Spieth (+1.11)
Taylor Moore (+1.02)
Wyndham Clark (+0.98)
Mackenzie Hughes (+0.86)
Andrew Putnam (+0.83)

5. Greens in Regulation %

The recipe for success at Harbour Town Golf Links is hitting fairways and greens. Missing either will prove to be consequential — golfers must be in total control of the ball to win.

Greens in Regulation % over past 24 rounds:

Brice Garnett (+75.0%)
Scottie Scheffler (+69.9%)
Corey Conners (+69.0%)
Shane Lowry (+68.3%)
Patrick Rodgers (+67.6%)

6. Course History

Harbour Town is a course where players who have strong past results at the course always tend to pop up.

Course History over past 24 rounds:

Patrick Cantlay (+2.34)
Cam Davis (+2.05)
J.T. Poston (+1.69)
Justin Rose (+1.68)
Tommy Fleetwood (+1.59)

The RBC Heritage Model Rankings

Below, I’ve compiled overall model rankings using a combination of the five key statistical categories previously discussed — SG: Approach (24%), Good Drives (20%), SG: SG (14%), SG: Pete Dye (14%), GIR (14%), and Course History (14%)

Shane Lowry
Russell Henley
Scottie Scheffler
Xander Schauffele
Corey Conners
Wyndham Clark
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Matt Fitzpatrick
Cameron Young
Ludvig Aberg

2024 RBC Heritage Picks

Patrick Cantlay +2000 (FanDuel)

With the exception of Scottie Scheffler, the PGA Tour has yet to have any of their star players show peak form during the 2024 season. Last week, Patrick Cantlay, who I believe is a top-5 players on the PGA Tour, took one step closer to regaining the form that’s helped him win eight events on Tour since 2017.

Cantlay limped into the Masters in poor form, but figured it out at Augusta National, finishing in a tie for 20th and ranking 17th for the week in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking. The former FedEx Cup champion will now head to one of his favorite golf courses in Harbour Town, where he’s had immaculate results over the years. In his six trips to the course, he’s only finished worse than 7th one time. The other finishes include three third places (2017, 2019, 2023) and one runner-up finish (2022). In his past 36 rounds at Harbour Town, Cantlay ranks 1st in Strokes Gained: Total per round at the course by a wide margin (+2.36).

Cantlay is winless since the 2022 BMW Championship, which is far too long for a player of his caliber. With signs pointing to the 32-year-old returning to form, a “signature event” at Harbour Town is just what he needs to get back on the winning track.

Tommy Fleetwood +3000 (FanDuel)

I truly believe Tommy Fleetwood will figure out a way to win on American soil in 2024. It’s certainly been a bugaboo for him throughout his career, but he is simply too talented to go another season without winning a PGA Tour event.

At last week’s Masters Tournament, Fleetwood made a Sunday charge and ended up finishing T3 in the event, which was his best ever finish at The Masters. For the week, the Englishman ranked 8th in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach, 10th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking and 16th in Strokes Gained: Putting.

Harbour Town is a perfect layout for Fleetwood, and he’s had relative success at this Pete Dye design in the past. In his four trips to the course, he’s finished inside of the top 25 three times, with his best finish, T10, coming in 2022. The course is pretty short and can’t be overpowered, which gives an advantage to more accurate players such as Fleetwood. Tommy ranks 8th in the field in Good Drive % and should be able to plot his way along this golf course.

The win is coming for Tommy lad. I believe there’s a chance this treasure of a golf course may be the perfect one for him to finally break through on Tour.

Cameron Young +3300 (FanDuel)

Cameron Young had a solid Masters Tournament last week, which is exactly what I’m looking for in players who I anticipate playing well this week at the RBC Heritage. He finished in a tie for 9th, but never felt the pressure of contending in the event. For the week, Young ranked 6th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee and 6th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking.

Despite being one of the longest players off the tee on the PGA Tour, Young has actually played some really good golf on shorter tracks. He finished T3 at Harbour Town in 2023 and ranks 20th in the field in Good Drive% and 16th in Greens in Regulation in his past 24 rounds. He also has strong finishes at other shorter courses that can take driver out of a players hand such as Copperhead and PGA National.

Young is simply one of the best players on the PGA Tour in 2024, and I strongly believe has what it takes to win a PGA Tour event in the very near future.

Corey Conners +5500 (FanDuel)

Corey Conners has had a disappointing year thus far on the PGA Tour, but absolutely loves Harbour Town.

At last week’s Masters Tournament, the Canadian finished T30 but ranked 20th in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach. In his past 24 rounds, Conners ranks 3rd in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach, 3rd in Greens in Regulation % and 24th in Good Drive %.

In Conners’ last four trips to Harbour Town, his worst finish was T31, last season. He finished T4 in 2021, T12 in 2022 and ranks 8th in Strokes Gained: Total at the course over his past 36 rounds.

Conners hasn’t been contending, but his recent finishes have been encouraging as he has finished in the top-25 in each of his past three starts prior to The Masters, including an impressive T13 at The PLAYERS. His recent improvement in ball striking as well as his suitability for Harbour Town makes Conners a high upside bet this week.

Shane Lowry (+7500) (FanDuel)

When these odds were posted after Lowry was announced in the field, I have to admit I was pretty stunned. Despite not offering much win equity on the PGA Tour over the last handful of years, Shane Lowry is still a top caliber player who has the ability to rise to the top of a signature event.

Lowry struggled to score at The Masters last week, but he actually hit the ball really well. The Irishman ranked 1st for Strokes Gained: Approach on the week and 7th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking. As usual, it was the putter that let him down, as he ranked 60th in the field in Strokes Gained: Putting.

Harbour Town is most definitely one of Lowry’s favorite courses on the PGA Tour. In his six starts there, he’s finished in the top 10 three times, including third twice. Lowry is sensational at Pete Dye designs and ranks 7th in Strokes Gained: Total in his past 36 rounds on Dye tracks.

Lowry is perfect for Harbour Town. In his past 24 rounds, he ranks 5th in Strokes Gained: Approach, 2nd in Good Drive% and 5th in Green in Regulation %. If he figures it out on the greens, Shane could have his first win in America since 2015.

Lucas Glover +12000 (FanDuel)

This is one of my weekly “bet the number” plays as I strongly believe the odds are just too long for a player of Glover’s caliber. The odds have been too long on Glover for a few weeks now, but this is the first event that I can get behind the veteran being able to actually contend at.

Glover is quietly playing good golf and returning to the form he had after the understandable regression after his two massive victories at the end of 2023. He finished T20 at The Masters, which was his best ever finish at Augusta National. For the week, Lucas ranked 18th for Strokes Gained: Approach and 20th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking.

Over his past 24 rounds, Glover ranks 9th in Strokes Gained: Approach and 13th in Good Drive %. Harbour Town is a short course that the 44-year-old will be able to keep up with the top players on Tour off the tee. He’s played the course more than 20 times, with mixed results. His best finishes at Harbour Town include a T7 in 2008, but recently has a finish of T21 in 2020.

Glover has proven he can contend with the stars of the Tour on any given week, and this number is flat out disrespectful.

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