Paul Casey ov Tiger Woods
In the last 3 tournaments they’ve played in together, Paul Casey has finished ahead of Tiger Woods, and while Tiger gets all the press, his great finishes were at the Vaspar, and the Arnold Palmer. In a loaded field at the Masters, a tough course, he lost head to head matchups to most of the main guys. So I think Tiger is not going to play great compared to the other big names in the tournament at a tough course, which is long. Tiger has played good here in the past, but this course is different than when he played good here, it’s longer, tougher, and I’m of the opinion that at tough courses, he’s going to struggle against the elite golfers of the world.
Adam Hadwin ov Tyrell Hatton
Hadwin continues to be the most underrated golfer on tour. His worse finish in the last 5 tournaments is 24th. Meanwhile, Tyrell Hatton in the United Stats this year has a best finish of 44th. Hatton hasn’t played here, but the fact is Hadwin is the better golfer right now, and it’s not close. I don’t understand this matchup, but I’m happy to have it.
Jaime Lovemark ov Jason Dufner
Dufner physically looks like he’s let himself go, and his game is starting to reflect it. Dufner before the Zurich, in 6 tournaments had 3 missed cuts, a 64th, and a 55th. One finish in the top 20 in that span, and just hasn’t been good. Meanwhile, Lovemark has been coming on strong, in the last 7 tournaments he’s not missed the cut, he’s got 4 top 25 finishes in that span, and Dufner hasn’t played here in 8 years, he’s played here 4 times, and missed the cut 3 of those times.
Nick Watney ov Peter Uihlein
I bet against Peter Uihlein in the past, and it bit me, but I still stand by my opinion that Peter Uihein isn’t great. He’s missed the cut in 3 straight tournaments, 4 missed cuts in the last 7 tournaments including a 66th. Nick Watney has finished ahead of Uihlein in the last 4 tournaments they played in, and Uihlein has never played this tournament. Watney has a pretty long history here, and while he hasn’t played good at this course recently, this year Watney is a better golfer than he’s been in the last few years. And when Watney was good earlier in his career, he was good here. A couple of top 10 finishes, and 7 top 25 finishes here are on his resume. Watney hasn’t missed the cut at al in 2018, and hasn’t finished worse than 32nd in the last 4 tournaments. I’ll take the resurgent Nick Watney in this matchup all day long.
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