Handicapping This PGA Should Be Easy, Right?
/Which means this’ll be the year YE Yang finds his touch and becomes a two-time PGA Champion?
As John Strege notes, Bubba Watson has to be the favorite based on his WGC Bridgestone driving show. Or not, based on his play in majors?
The runner-up last time the PGA was played in Wisconsin, Bubba is certainly on my list of eleven, which does not include Rory McIlroy due to his return from injury. But he's dangerous off a layoff and can't be discounted.
Still, the 2010 leaderboard looks eerily like the list of top players in the world right now, making this, to me, a pretty easy one to take some handicapping swings. Day, Watson, Spieth, Johnson and Johnson should all be right there.
Here is my GolfDigest.com breakdown of the eleven I feel are most likely to contend, including all of the obvious names, reasons to like them, and my longshot from the European Tour who made his major debut at Whistling Straits.