AT&T Byron Nelson

[Bamford]

A new course to get our heads around this week. Trinity Forest GC in south-east Dallas. Not your stock PGA Tour course, it's set on an old landfill site. It's effectively a faux-links, so looks extremely links-like, but think Chambers Bay or Erin Hills. Wide fairways, no rough, but plenty of hazards including native areas, severe green run-offs, severely contoured greens with a majority that repel approaches. It looks a little like classic courses we see in the Melbourne sand-belt area and Open Champion + Trinity-member Jordan Spieth describes it as similar in the skill-sets needed to when he won at Birkdale last July. Strategic course management, accurate approaches and a super short game, especially with scrambling from distance will be required.

It maybe a U.S. faux links-test, but plenty in the field won't like this whatsoever. Wind could be a factor on Fri/Sat but in-general I think the course will be scorable.

I'm on Adam Scott (25/1), Branden Grace (25/1), Beau Hossler (40/1), Brandt Snedeker (60/1) and Peter Uihlein (66/1).

 

[Striker]

Jordan Spieth cant putt any worse than he did yesterday, yet still finished 2 under par

Top 10 Finish @ 13-10  Betfred