Lee Westwood has finished second in the past two weeks at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Players Championship, and the 47-year-old finds himself at number 19 in the official World Golf Rankings, his first top-20 ranking since 2013. 20/1 fourth choice this weekend at the Westwood Honda Classic.
Daniel Berger (10/1), already the winner this week in Pebble Beach and T-9 last week, is in the top 15th place in the region. He is on the market by last year’s Honda Classic champion Sungje. Im (12/1). Joaquin Neiman (18/1) has been trying to rediscover his form since January when he played back-to-back runner-up in Hawaii. Adam Scott (25/1) is a former winner here in 2016 as Russell Henley (28/1) is back in 2014. Here are some players who deserve this weekend at the PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Joaquin Neiman (18/1)
Although Neiman has not kept his form from Hawaii earlier this season, he is still playing good golf when he shot a combined 45-under par in a back-to-back runner-up finish. He is second in the region this week for scoring average, birdie average, Strokes Gind: Total and Strokes Guide: Off-the-Tea.
Neiman Par has an outstanding history of the 70s, finishing fifth (2018) and first (2020) second at Old White TPC, second at Viala (2021), eighth at Colonial (2018), fifth at TPC Highlands ( 2019) and ranked third. At Olympia Fields (2020 BMW Championship). His greens-in-regulation and ball-striking stats remain solid, but putting can come and go. However, Neiman likes this tiffle bermuda greens.
Cameron Tringale (35/1)
SG: outlook, SG: ball striking, and SG: rates in the top 10 for this week’s field in total. Tringale has posted six top-30 finishes in his last nine November starts in Houston.
Ian Poulter (66/1)
OWGR officially crashed out of the top 64 last weekend and hangs on to a spot in next week’s match play. As one of the most consistent match players in the world, he definitely wants to come in that area. Poulter has been a bit out of form recently, but this is a type of course where he can flourish due to his superior scrambing skills. No one has been better in this category of late.
Kyung-hoon Lee (80/1)
There are two top-10 finishes in three appearances here. He also made a close call in Phoenix earlier this year when he finished runner-up for Brooks Koepka. Lee was third in the players for SG: Off-the-T.
Matthew Nesmith (80/1)
Like Lee, Nesmith was right in the mix in Phoenix before finishing seventh. He has missed the last two cuts, but his ball-striking and approach games have continued to thrive. Nesmith leads the PGA Tour for Greens in Regulation and ranks in the top-five in the region for SG (Approach and SG) ball striking.
Bo Hogg (100/1)
The players missed the cut last week, but before packing their bags on Friday, they finished second in SG: Off-the-T and eighth for driving accuracy. Hoag has a long history with course re-designer Jack Nicklas. Hoag’s late grandfather Robert was a close friend of Jack and was highly involved in the construction of Muirfield Village. Robert Hogg also served as president of the club there for many years.
Chez Reavie (125/1)
Has been in poor form since he missed four of his last six, and he has not played the incident since 2013. Nevertheless, Reeve ranks highly in SGV: approach, SG: ball striking and proximity to 175–200. He is worth a stab at a great cost.
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