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15 |
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Charles Howell III |
Returns to the site of lost opportunity with a similar top-30 drought as this time in 2019. He began last year's finale just two shots off the lead, and then backpedaled into a T23. |
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14 |
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Will Gordon |
Reset after missing the cut in Detroit, but he's all set for membership in 2020-21. Everything until then is a bonus. In 26 rounds on the PGA TOUR this season, he ranks eighth in GIR. |
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13 |
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Patrick Rodgers |
Refuses to rest but why should he with a pair of top 20s in the restart. That includes a T18 at the Memorial where he led the field in putting inside 10 feet (67-for-70). |
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12 |
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Doc Redman |
Got chewed up at Muirfield Village last week, but he connected three top 25s on easier tracks in his three previous starts. Currently 18th on TOUR in greens in regulation. |
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11 |
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Russell Henley |
The streaky 31-year-old missed last year's cut, but he placed T7 at the Workday Charity Open where he ranked second in GIR and T5 in proximity. Also led the field in scrambling. |
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10 |
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Luke List |
Not that he's complaining because it has to feel good, but he's played some stressful golf lately. At the same time, the win on the KFT in June also was a relief. T10 last week at Muirfield Village. |
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8 |
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Lucas Glover |
Closed out a T7 here last year with a course-record-tying 62. Since play resumed this summer, the renown ball-striker is 5-for-5 with four top 25s thanks to consistently improved putting. |
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7 |
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Henrik Norlander |
Flashed terrific putting for the second straight start, this time it yielded at T6 at Memorial. It also keeps alive the possibility for something special for a guy best known as a ball-striker. |
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6 |
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Charley Hoffman |
The 43-year-old has manufactured what could be classified as a veteran season amid bouts of flat form. Rested after a T7 at the Workday. He's 20th on TOUR in putting: birdies-or-better. |
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5 |
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Tommy Fleetwood |
Don't call it a holdout, but the Brit was patient in his return to action during a pandemic. In the last 12 months, he has a win, three seconds, a third, a T4 and a T5 worldwide. |
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4 |
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Tony Finau |
Hard to believe that last week's front-loaded solo eighth was his first top 20 since the playoff loss in Arizona in early February. T3 in greens hit en route to a T23 at last year's 3M Open. |
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3 |
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Dustin Johnson |
After taking two weeks off post-Travelers triumph, he went 80-80 at Memorial. It's less intense to miss the cut by a million than by one, though. Ranks 16th in putting: birdies-or-better. |
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Matthew Wolff |
Given his profile, the first-time defending champ doesn't project concern despite new distractions and duties. Rebounded for a T22 at Memorial where almost everything was solid. |
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1 |
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Harris English |
If time off due to COVID-19 was a bother, it wasn't reflected in a T13 at the Memorial. Nine top 20s this season. So consistently strong throughout his bag and showing no signs of a slump. |
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