Posts Tagged “Dustin Johnson”
Posted on September 17th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
Here are the Model’s Top Ten picks: Dustin Johnson That’s it. He dominates in the Model’s runs no matter what is emphasized: this course, recent play or the last three years of play. Of course the questions surrounding his personal life might interrupt his predicted play. But if the real DJ shows up, it should […]
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Posted on August 29th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
For FanDuel players, the Dell presents some interesting choices. From a probability of winning standpoint, the chalk still dominates. The following is the top ten players from a winning probability standpoint by order of probability: Johnson, Dustin Rahm, Jon Spieth, Jordan Day, Jason Thomas, Justin Koepka, Brooks Rose, Justin Simpson, Webb Woods, Tiger Fleetwood, Tommy […]
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Posted on August 1st, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
From Lou Riccio: The big hitters are lined up for the Bridgestone. The Model picks almost all big hitters and essentially all chalk. Because the PGA Championship is the following week, all the top players are at this one as well. Although length will be important, likely the best tee to green player will […]
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Posted on August 1st, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
From Lou Riccio: The big hitters are lined up for the Bridgestone. The Model picks almost all big hitters and essentially all chalk. Because the PGA Championship is the following week, all the top players are at this one as well. Although length will be important, likely the best tee to green player will dominate […]
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Posted on July 16th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
Picking the British Open Champion using only PGA Tour data is somewhat problematic. Doing so emphasizes American golfers and foreign golfers who play a fair amount on the PGA Tour. Globe trotting types don’t show up as well. As such it should be no surprise that the Model picks mostly American players. It is also […]
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Posted on June 11th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
The US Open is both the easiest and the hardest to predict. Easiest because the winner usually (not always) is one of the top players in the game. Hardest because the course is the hardest (some say too hard) and therefore there is an added dimension of randomness to the scoring. Also there is little […]
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Posted on June 5th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
Although the Model didn’t have any of the three playoff guys at the Memorial, it did pick the 4th (Cantlay), 6th (Rose), two 8ths (DJ and McIlroy), and 4 guys at 13th, one shot out of the top ten. Nine made the cut, Spieth the one who didn’t. (Figure that out.) So with 4 top […]
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Posted on May 29th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
After a couple of poor weeks, the Model performed well this past weekend at Colonial by placing picks in first, second, fourth, fifth, and fourteenth, and 8 of 10 making the cut. It did well even though Spieth, who should have been a sure top ten having finished first and second twice at his nearly […]
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Posted on May 7th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
Lou’s model picked Jason Day to win the Wells Fargo Tournament and everyone one is his top ten list made the cut. Here are Lou Riccio’s picks for the Players Championship and a comment on Tiger’s chances. This Championship poses a bit of a problem for the Model. The Model usually does well in the […]
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Posted on April 12th, 2018 by Herb Rubenstein
See the full article at https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf-tournament-predictor The RBC has it’s advantages and disadvantages by coming the week after the Masters. On one hand it gets some of the top players who traveled close by in Georgia. On the other hand most of the top players are taking the week off to recuperate from the intensity […]
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