This is the Daily Overlay PGA Expert Consensus. We crowdsource expert opinions and condense them down into a simple, easy to use article. If you want to do a little research of your own, we’ve got you covered with recommended stats to target. Click on a stat title below and the full leaderboard for that category will pop-up. Dig a little deeper and find some sleepers of your own. If you’re short for time, no worries. Scroll down and you’ll find a list of names that experts think you should be playing this week; ranked by frequency of suggestion.
Course: Riviera CC
Location: Pacific Palisades, CA
Yardage: 7,322
Par: 71
Defending Champion: James Hahn (2015 Results)
*****RECOMMENDED STATS TO TARGET*****
- Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green
- Strokes Gained: Putting
- Driving Distance
- GIR
- Proximity
- Birdie or Better %
- Par 4 Scoring Average
- Scrambling
*****EXPERT CONSENSUS*****
At the time of this post, 18 experts from our grading pool have made selections for the Northern Trust Open. The frequency with which each golfer was suggested will be denoted in parenthesis below.
Highly Touted
Charl Schwartzel $9,600 (55.6%)
Sergio Garcia $10,100 (55.6%)
Harris English $8,100 (50.0%)
Hideki Matsuyama $11,100 (50.0%) – I will not be grading Matsuyama picks this week given his late pro-am WD.
Jordan Spieth $13,200 (50.0%)
Recommended
J.B. Holmes $9,800 (38.9%)
K.J. Choi $7,100 (38.9%)
Bill Haas $9,200 (33.3%)
Charles Howell III $7,600 (33.3%)
Jamie Lovemark $7,200 (33.3%)
Patrick Rodgers $7,300 (33.3%)
Suggested
Bubba Watson $10,400 (27.8%)
Dustin Johnson $11,300 (27.8%)
Fredrik Jacobson $7,900 (27.8%)
Justin Rose $10,800 (27.8%)
Keegan Bradley $7,800 (27.8%)
Kevin Na $8,000 (27.8%)
Paul Casey $8,900 (27.8%)
Andy Sullivan $8,400 (22.2%)
Brendan Steele $8,300 (22.2%)
Charley Hoffman $6,900 (22.2%)
Jimmy Walker $10,600 (22.2%)
Justin Thomas $8,500 (22.2%)
Kyle Reifers $6,500 (22.2%)
Matt Jones $7,700 (22.2%)
Matt Kuchar $8,600 (22.2%)
Rory McIlroy $13,200(22.2%)
William McGirt $7,300 (22.2%)
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