Houston Open Plcement Picks: J.J. Spaun Leads on Approach

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00:00Uh, placements here, and it is the first time we're seeing J.J. Spahn since losing in that playoff to Rory.

00:06Well, hey, everybody knows who he is now. The guy's number one in the field on approach, Mike.

00:11We've got Scottie, and we've got Rory there. J.J. Spahn deserves a spot in the top ten.

00:16You might even think about him as an outright. He's definitely one of those guys, as good as he's striking it,

00:20and this is a ball striker's ballpark, right?

00:22Top 20s, Alex Smalley. He's got five top 21s in his last seven starts.

00:27Alex Smalley is a name. The Duke grad, right? He's got a fourth. He's got a 15th in the last three years there at Memorial Park.

00:33Top 40 board, Harris English. Go to a hard golf course. Go to a U.S. Open-style golf course like this, right?

00:39A lot of movement in the ground. There's only 21 bunkers on this golf course, Mike.

00:4321, and three of them are fairway bunkers. There's a lot of chipping swales and everything.

00:48You know Harris English. He can get the ball out there off the tee.

00:51He's a very good long iron player. He doesn't make a lot of mistakes.

00:54Winning score is going to be like 12 or 13 under par. I love a Harris English golf course like that.

00:58Mac Hughes. I mean, this one's easy to explain.

01:01There's not a high penalty for missing the fairway.

01:04Mac Hughes, with his chipping and putting, is going to keep himself in it.

01:07He's got four top 30s in four trips here to Memorial Park, plus 115 for a top 40,

01:13and then Patrick Buck Rogers, for sure. Five top 25s since Pebble Beach, and one more for you.

01:21Sly is a fox. Ryan Fox. That shut club face at the top, the guy rips at it like Jaeger,

01:26and he could definitely score.

01:28We love Ryan crazy like a fox here on Coast to Coast.

01:32Head to heads quickly, Keith. And the ladies are in Arizona. Throw them in too.

01:36All right. JJ Spahn over Tony Finau. Three full field cut events this year.

01:40Finau hasn't made the cut in one of them.

01:42Then I'm going Bridgman, our guy Jacob. We're going back there again over Sungjae Im.

01:46Im has lost on approach in six of his last seven starts.

01:49If you like the ladies, LPGA are back. The Ford Championship down there in Arizona.

01:54I'm going with Charlie Hull at plus 2,200, and I'm going back to Atlanta.