[ad_1]
The PGA TOUR’s fall schedule is slowly winding down but we should keep our eye on the prize this week as they head to Memorial Park Golf Course for the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open.
The course received a complete renovation by Tom Doak and made it’s post-renovation debut last year. The winning score ended at just 13-under so it is expected to be a tough test.
When building our Yahoo DFS rosters we don’t have much course history to look at this week, so what else might we consider?
There are often golfers that enjoy traveling to Texas. It could be the wind or the firm turf, but whatever it is, let’s try to look at some historical stats to see who fits that mold.
After that, we can look at the grass and try to find out what golfers in the field enjoy putting on bermudagrass greens.
Performance in Texas
Last year we saw Carlos Ortiz win this event and he cited his comfort in Texas as a key factor.
“Playing here in Texas there’s a lot of people cheering for me, it’s kind of like my second home state. I’ve been here 12 years and I love playing here, and there’s a lot of Mexicans cheering around here, so that helps, too.”
In order to get a large sample for this we need to go back quite a few years, so here are the top performers (strokes gained per round) in Texas over the last five seasons (minimum of 10 rounds):
Brooks Koepka
Jason Day
Gary Woodland
Marc Leishman
Charley Hoffman
Tony Finau
Ian Poulter
Sebastian Munoz
Kyle Stanley
Maverick McNealy
Shane Lowry
Russell Henley
Stewart Cink
Sepp Straka
Kevin Tway
Marc Leishman ($32): Last year at this event, fellow Aussie Cam Davis got off to a hot start and he said that Memorial Park GC reminded him of playing back home in Australia. Perhaps that is why Leishman decided to add this to his schedule this year. Or maybe, he just wants to strike while the iron is hot as he arrives with top 5s in two of his last three starts. Either way, Leishman look to be a high-upside option this week while being priced in the…
[ad_2]
Source : yahoo
