I’m going to go to the well again with this pick. Still like this young man and his statistics for TPC Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. He is tied for 9th in strokes gained putting and he’s 14th in scrambling percentage. A lot of scrambling and marksmanship with the putter are needed to win at TPC Four Seasons. Last year’s winner at the Nelson, Brendon Todd, led the field in scrambling and driving accuracy. This guy averages 291 off the tee, which is plenty long enough. He can have some wayward drives at times, but so can every player, but his ability to get up and down is as good as it gets.
TPC Four Seasons is not a super long track at 7,166 yards, so driving distance isn’t critical though always helpful. This two time champion on the tour this year sank a 22 footer on No. 18 last week at the Crowne Plaza Invitational to almost get in a playoff with Chris Kirk, if it wasn’t for a clutch five foot par putt by the former Georgia Bulldog which sealed the victory at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. He’s challenging Rory for the best player in the world status; Rory is No.1 and he’s No.2. He’ll continue his pursuit for No.1 in the world status with a victory this week at the Byron Nelson. The Dallas native is also on his home turf, so I like that a lot. The 21 year old stud and the other stellar players are gearing up for the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place Washington state June 18-22nd.
Weather could be an issue with some high chances of rain and the wind will be blowing 10-12 MPH each day except Saturday when it will be 6 MPH. But the weather wasn’t great last week either and they still figured it out.
Golf Channel will televise Thursday and Friday, 3-6 PM CT/4-7 PM ET, and Saturday and Sunday @ 12-1:30 PM CT/1-2:30 PM ET. CBS will take over Saturday and Sunday from 2-5 PM CT/3-6 PM ET.
The toughest hole on the course is the 504 yard, Par 4, 15th. No.17 is a 198 yard Par 3 over water that always has drama on Sunday and No.18 is an amphitheater-like 429 yard par 4.
Brandt Snedeker, with his third ranked strokes gained putting rank, Dustin Johnson with his length and hot when on putter, Zach Johnson with his accuracy and excellent short game, and another young phenom, Justin Thomas, with his overall solid game and excellent length off the tee, will be right there Bat I’m going with the horse who won at the Valspar Championship in Tampa in March, and, more importantly, at Augusta National in the year’s first major.
Jordan Spieth
