Top Picks & Player Insights for TPC San Antonio Tournament

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00:00And let's get to Valero, TPC San Antonio, Keith, and this is a much different golf course

00:08than what they just played in Houston a week ago. We've got some heavy names here. Ludvig's playing

00:14Fleetwood. As I mentioned, Corey Connors has won here twice. Patrick Cantlay's getting work. Jordan's

00:19won here before. So we've got some big names, but we've got the golden ticket guys too. Where are

00:24you going this week, Keith? You know what? My card's not complete yet, Mike, because it's not

00:29a golf Wednesday, but I had to get in here today. And you know, the couple of names I'm going to

00:34give you are, are guys that I instantly had to click on because I like the way that they're

00:39playing. And I like the course fit here real quick course fit wise. This is an approach fest.

00:44Absolutely. And you need to be really good with a wedge, anything, 125 yards and in those guys

00:50off of this style of turf. I really, really like the second thing is it's around the green. There's

00:55a lot of challenges. There's a lot of grain in this grass. There's a lot of short, you know,

00:59closely mowed areas for chipping. The bunkers here are absolutely horrific. You have to be a

01:03good bunker player. And the third thing is, is that I like the collection of par fours here.

01:08They can be scorable, but if you don't put the ball in the right position, you can have some

01:13trouble here. And the reason I like the par four scoring, is it because you can separate. So when

01:17you start to look at my outrights, the first one at the top of the board, captain Keegan Bradley,

01:21plus 2,800, he's sitting there just below the favorites, but he's a guy that cares every single

01:27week. I think a lot of the favorites are just doing maintenance in order to get some reps in

01:31before next week for Magnolia lane, Bradley, he's sixth in the field and approach overall.

01:36He's 12th in the par four scoring. This course is just like TPC river Highlands. I know it doesn't

01:41look the same, but that's a wedge fest where you got to put the ball and play off the T right.

01:46He's got two top tens here and San Antonio that's Keegan. And he's got five top twenties this year

01:51and seven starts. Keegan's played absolutely fantastic. And this is the type of place with

01:56his game and his scrambling ability. I love it. Next one, Bud Cawley. I'm going to ride the Bud

02:01Cawley train here, right? Plus 5,050 to one. He's had back-to-back top tens over there in Florida.

02:08He took a week off. Now he's back out. He's fourth in the field in scrambling. He's 15th in approach

02:13and he's been playing really, really well. He's a great ball striker. And all of those top tens

02:17came on POA trivialous greens, same grass on the greens here. And then one fun name for your Rico

02:23Hoey plus 6,000. There's two reasons. He's on my card. Number one, he can score. And number two,

02:28he is an absolute apps. He drops dimes with the wedges. He is. He's unbelievably good with the

02:35wedge game. He's got good course history there. Let's get to the placements now where we'll start

02:41with one heavy hitter as a deck. He is there this week. So had Jackie of the guys at the top of the

02:47board, you know, he has the highest ceiling. I mean, maybe Ludwig, but had Jackie for sure,

02:51when it comes to the wedge game and is around the green acumen. I love him. Top 20s,

02:55Akshay defending champion, a number like plus one 40. This course is very predictable. Top five on

03:00the PGA tour. The guys that play well here play well all the time. Think of Jordan, Charlie

03:04Hoffman, further down the board. All these names always pop up over and over again. And that's

03:08because the skill set is so dialed in. Ryan Gerard, Ryan Gerard, great wedge player, top 40 players,

03:14Eric Cole wedge and the putter. You got to love him. And he's coming off back to back top 15s.

03:20And then Henrik Norlander way deep down the board, a top 40 plus 160. He's second in the field in

03:26approach over the last 36 rounds. And head to heads. We're going after Sam Burns and Tom Kim

03:33this week. Sam Burns has become, you know, the 2024 Jordan Speed. Sam Burns is coach play. He's

03:39ranked 137th in the field and approach play. He's missed the last two cuts. The postman will deliver

03:44over him probably after 36 holes and the other one, Bud Colley over Tom Kim, Tom Kim. He can't

03:50chip. He can't putt. You need those things around here. I'm taking Bud.

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