Weekly Content Schedule

Re-Watchables

In case you missed it, here are the YouTube links to re-watch any of our shows or if you need to listen for the first time:

Sunday

Inside Golf Podcast: RBC Heritage Betting & DFS Preview

Hold The Green: RBC Heritage Preview

Monday

Inside Golf Podcast: Live DFS Show

Inside Golf Podcast: Monday Pod with Kyle Porter & Friends

Tap In Birdie: RBC Heritage with The Degenerate

Tuesday

Hold The Green: RBC Heritage Best Bets

Wednesday

Inside Golf Podcast: Insiders Only Premium DFS Show

Statistical Spotlight: Strokes Gained on Short Positional Golf Courses

Harbour Town Golf Links, host of the RBC Heritage this week, is 7,191 yards long and plays as a par 71. Pete Dye designed the course to ask players to play to certain positions and angles off-the-tee that doesn’t require much length. Since that is the case, players are forced to club down off-the-tee. Players will be hitting a ton of middle iron into these tiny greens, which then leads to a low green in regulation percentage.

In the Rabbit Hole, you can filter for who plays well on these types of tracks. Here are the top 10 players in the field that average the most strokes gained on short positional golf courses:

Player Profile: Si Woo Kim

While Si Woo Kim was a huge disappointment at the Valero, I’m going right back to the well this week at the Heritage on another golf course that should suit him to a tee. The former Players Champion has already recorded three top-20 finishes in eight appearances at Harbour Town, including an 18th last year and a runner-up in 2018. He has already hit for the short, positional trifecta with victories at the Sony Open, TPC Sawgrass, and Waialaie, and he has come damn close at Sedgefield and Harbour Town.

Quite simply, you play Si Woo Kim at less-than-driver, positional, accuracy-laden, short to middle iron golf courses. His absence at Augusta National last week should be viewed as a positive, as I love that he was not subjected to the mental and emotional grind of everything that Masters week entails. It’s about damn time that Si Woo competed to win a golf tournament, and Harbour Town could not be a more perfect venue for this to come to fruition.

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One and Done: Patrick Cantlay

We hit our third winner of the year selecting Rory to win the Masters last week. The other two winners were Ludvig Aberg at the Genesis Invitational and Min Woo Lee at the Houston Open. Let’s keep the hot streak alive with Patrick Cantlay at the RBC Heritage.

Patrick Cantlay is a Harbour Town merchant. He has the best course history in the field this week. Over the last three years, he has finished 2nd or 3rd in the tournament. In his career, he has seven finishes inside the top 10. With Harbour Town being a second shot golf course, Cantlay has gained positive strokes on approach in six straight starts.

Cantlay should be the most popular selection in your pools. If you are looking to pivot off high ownership, I believe JT or Russell Henley. Both players have great course history and play well on short positional golf courses.

However, I will not overthink my selection. You play Patty Ice at Harbour Town.

Closing Stretch

Josh Segal

Rory’s Celebration Says It All

Rory McIIroy’s Sunday at the Masters was nothing short of a bumpy roller coaster, filled with some of the best golf shots of his long professional golf career. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but Rory won his first green jacket and joined the elite class of Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan, and Gene Sarazen to achieve the career grand slam. 

Since Rory’s monumental win over Justin Rose in a playoff, I have taken some time to collect my thoughts on the significance of this moment in golf history and what it means for Rory. I have read and listened to so much content arguing about what was Rory’s best shot on Sunday, Rory’s woes, Justin Rose’s Sunday surge, and where Rory ranks on the all-time players list. 

Out of everything that transpired over one of golf’s greatest major championships, what really resonated with me was Rory’s celebration on the 18th green. 

Once the ball fell to the bottom of the cup, Rory slowly fell onto the surface, hands on his head, crying of disbelief and releasing the burden of winning the green jacket. You can see how much of a toll the pressure of the grand slam has put on him for years – pressure from himself, from fans, and from pundits.

Rory then proceeded to embrace his long-time friend and caddie Harry Diamond. Their celebration together perfectly encapsulates their relationship on and off the golf course. They both exchanged some words and tears of joy of winning their first major championship together. 

After paying respects to Justin Rose and his caddie, Rory took a moment to truly celebrate winning the green jacket. He paid tribute to his close friend and competitor Tiger Woods by throwing a couple of his signature fist pumps in the air, parlayed with some roars.

I will be the first to admit that I am not the biggest Rory fan. I have always respected his golf game and his greatness, but I was more captivated by Jordan Spieth when he first burst onto the scene.

Something I have respected and have been enamored about Rory is how he has become very vulnerable and his willingness to describe how he is feeling. I thought he answered this question beautifully about being willing to be heartbroken:

A life lesson I took from Rory’s answer to the question above and his recent win is his persistence of getting back up after each heartbreak. It sounds easy, but Rory could have easily given up and accepted he will never win another major or win his first green jacket. After each punch in the face, he kept getting up and attacked his dream head on. I was so happy for Rory on Sunday and was quite motivated by his story.

The Magic of Augusta’s No Phone Policy

In today’s digital world powered by the dominance of phones, some might think this outdated rule is ludicrous. However, after watching the final round of the Masters on Sunday, it might be one of the best rules in all of sports. 

There were multiple times throughout the broadcast that CBS showed the large crowds of patrons react to the change in scores on the scoreboard. Some of the biggest roars and reactions from the patrons on Sunday came from when Rory doubled the 13th hole, Rose’s birdie on 16, and Rory’s birdie on 17. 

In Ludvig Aberg’s Tuesday’s press conference, he mentioned his thoughts on the no phone policy:

Because the patrons have no phones, they are solely relying on the gigantic antique scoreboards to provide them updates on what else is happening on property. This creates authentic reactions and even more buzz on the grounds. 

In my opinion, you could really feel the elevated energy through the television screen and the built-up anticipation down the stretch watching Rory and Justin Rose finish their rounds.

It was refreshing and pleasant to watch fans not all have their phones out recording every shot in sight. Everyone was forced to truly live in the moment and appreciate the excellent golf that was played on Sunday. 

I might sound crazy, but I believe the other three major championships should consider implementing this policy. You can argue this rule makes the experience better for fans. It’s not like you can’t bring a disposable camera to still capture memories with your friends and family. I highly doubt the PGA of America, USGA, and the R&A will implement this rule, but it’s a thought!

Flex of the Week

I am giving myself (Josh) and the rest of the Rose FRL winners in our discord the flex of the week.

Additionally, a bunch of our staff members had Rory in our staff OAD pool, which was much needed!

Finally, congrats to all the people that attended Coby’s Masters Party, who received Rory to win the Masters bet slips as a party gift.

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