Top Picks for Memorial Tournament and Women's US Open Preview

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00:00All right, give me some of the props, the placements, et cetera.

00:03All right, top 20, I'm going to go with Hideki.

00:05He's got a great history here.

00:07It starts with the fact that in 2014, it was not just his first win,

00:11but it was also his first trip to Muirfield Village.

00:13So he's got a memorial victory under his belt.

00:16Tony Finau, plus 150 for a top 20 in this event, 19th at the PGA, 15th at the Truist.

00:25The approach game's back, the driver's in play.

00:27We don't count on him to putt, but around the green, he's solid too,

00:30and he's got a great history here.

00:31He's got two top eights in his last three starts.

00:34Let's go to the Christian Zaydenhut, right?

00:37Fourth year last year, plus 260 for a top 20.

00:40And also last week, he was solid at Colonial.

00:43He's been working with a guy by the name of Jason Bale.

00:45Jason Bale is the PGA of America Teacher of the Year.

00:48Jason also works with Lucas Glover and Bud Cawley, two pretty good ball strikers.

00:53They've been with each other like six, eight weeks now.

00:55Jason's work, starting to show with Seabez.

00:59He's coming back to a comfortable spot.

01:00Top 30s, Alex Norin.

01:02Again, the Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, loves a left-to-right ball flight here at Mirafield Village.

01:07It is favored.

01:09I mean, no one plays it more left-to-right than I think that Alex Norin,

01:12and he's got a great short game.

01:13He's been great since he's come back and was fine at the PGA.

01:16And then the other one, Ricky Fowler.

01:18This is his fifth sponsor's exemption of the year.

01:21He was good last week.

01:22He wasn't good on Sunday, Mike, but to get inside the top 30 in this field

01:26in his signature event, I think that he can do it.

01:29He's another guy who's had a great history here, and he'll have tons of fan support.

01:33He's been playing great, Keith.

01:35Look, great compared to where he was.

01:38And I think him and Jordan also hearing this,

01:40you guys are only getting in the events because your sponsor exemptions.

01:42I think they obviously want to get themselves a little further up the board

01:45so that they can change that.

01:47Scott, you mentioned this before.

01:48Scottie, third-round leader at plus 350.

01:51So that was up there on that board as well.

01:54Quickly, the head-to-heads, and then go right into the U.S.

01:57The U.S. Open for the ladies up at Aaron Hills.

02:00All right, first head-to-head, Finau over Spieth.

02:03Spieth, the approach game, is still a roller coaster, and you need it here.

02:06Finau, he's been solid here, and the ball striking's been really good.

02:09Xander over Colin.

02:10I don't know what's going on with Colin Morikawa.

02:13It's all good things with Xander Shoffley.

02:14He keeps getting better and better since returning from the rib injury.

02:17Colin himself, his last four starts, 54, missed cuts, 17, 50th at the PGA, not strong.

02:24And then the ladies U.S. Open, a couple of outrights for you.

02:26Lydia Ko, she's going for the career Grand Slam.

02:29When she needs these sorts of things like last year, the Hall of Fame,

02:31the gold medal to round out the medal count, she does it.

02:34Celine Boutier is another outright deeper down the board at plus 4,000.

02:39A couple top tens for you.

02:40Hayran Roo, she's great in major championships, exceptional ball striker.

02:44Another one, Minji Lee.

02:45Last year, she was second on the LPGA in Tina Green, and she was 157th in putting.

02:51She switched to a broomstick, Mike, and now she's seventh in putting.

02:55Look for her to have a good this week on Erin Hills.

02:57And then the last one, Lexi Thompson, top 20, comes out of retirement.

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