Dallas has long been a hotbed of golf with greats such as Bryon Nelson, Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth coming out of the city with this week’s tournament dating back to the late 1940s when it was once known as the Dallas Open.
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Strokes Gained: Putting
- Putting Average
- Birdie or Better
- GIR
- Proximity
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- Strokes Gained: Tee To Green
- Scrambling
TPC Craig Ranch is one of the easiest courses on the PGA Tour with a sub-60 score very much on the cards this week, meaning the player with the hottest putter most likely gets the money.
Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments
- TPC Scottsdale
- TPC Southwind
BEST BET
SAM BURNS
Burns sneaks under the radar when it comes to betting despite being a five-time winner on the PGA Tour and a member of the last two Presidents Cup and last Ryder Cup teams.
Burns has played this tournament at TPC Craig Ranch twice, finishing second in 2021.
He is an elite putter who ranks fourth in Strokes Gained: Putting and 14th in Putting Average. Finished Top 5 in Phoenix and in the St Jude last year.
Great value at $26 odds.
BEST VALUE
TOM KIM
Classy 22yo who already has three wins to his name.
He has gone well off the boil this year, but he has too much class to be going around at the $61 on offer here.
He has played three times here and made the cut on each occasion with a best finish of T-17 in 2022.
Ranks eighth in Proximity and 13th in Strokes Gained: Approach so his iron game is trending in the right direction.
HARRY HALL
Englishman who is outstanding with the flat stick and is once again amongst the selections.
He ranks third in Putting Average, eighth in Birdie or Better and 13th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
He also putts best on Bermuda, which he gets here.
Hall has made four straight cuts and this looks a good tournament for him.
BEST ROUGHIES
JESPER SVENSSON
Swede who won the Singapore Classic on the DP World Tour and kicked off his PGA Tour season with a T-10 in Hawaii but has not shown up since.
It’s his putting game that can take him places here though.
Ranks Top 12 in Putting Average, Strokes Gained: Putting and Birdie Or Better.
Nice value in the Top 10 market.
SAMI VALIMAKI
Finnish bomber who has been in good nick.
His form has been outstanding with three straight Top 18 finishes when playing alone.
He ranks eighth in Strokes Gained: Approach and 14th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
Has the game to thrive here.
1ST ROUND LEADER
RICO HOEY
Hoey ranks fifth in GIR, sixth in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and 10th in Proximity.
Hoey also ranks second in the field in Round 1 scoring.
TOP ENGLISH
HARRY HALL
Hall is a live runner to win the event but love him to finish as the top Englishman here at a good price.