Top Picks for the John Deere Classic: Denny McCarthy & More

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00:00All right, we said, let's get the outrights going first, Keith.

00:03Of course, I mentioned before the break, reading the same mail, dangerous Denny McCarthy.

00:06Love to see him at the top of the card.

00:09Well, you know what?

00:10You like to call him dangerous.

00:11I like to call him dirty.

00:12And when it's a track to tournament, I'm always going for dirt.

00:14That's right.

00:15Denny McCarthy, plus 2,500.

00:17The number keeps dropping.

00:19You know, at the beginning of the week, he was in the mid-30s, and now he's down to the

00:22mid-20s.

00:23Everyone's reading the same mail as you and I are, Mike.

00:25The last three times he's been here, a sixth, a sixth, and a seventh, right?

00:29Over those three starts, he's gaining an average of 10 strokes on the field, right?

00:33An average of 10 strokes.

00:35He had a nice little quiet T-12 there at Travelers, took a week off, and now he's back.

00:40And, you know, I spoke with the guys this morning on the early line, and one of my Keith's keys

00:43was that you got to love scramblers this week.

00:46And this is why guys like Denny McCarthy are so good here, because you got a lot of terrain

00:51changes at TPC Deer Run.

00:53This place is hilly.

00:54Last week was super flat.

00:55This place is hilly.

00:56And the guys that are good around the greens on these uneven lies, like a Denny McCarthy,

01:01always are able to distance themselves from the pack.

01:04And then you take his putter and you add it to it.

01:06Those are the types of guys I'm building out lineups and my outright card with.

01:10The second guy, New Jersey kid, Chris Goddara, plus $4,000, another price that's dropped huge

01:15since Monday.

01:16First time he played here out of college, Oklahoma, 2022, he's tied fourth.

01:21It's the 4th of July, whatever you want to take from that.

01:24He's first in the field, strokes gained off the tee, which is more important this week

01:28than last week.

01:28Last week, obviously, you saw the poltergeist.

01:30You could blast it anywhere, 380, and play from there.

01:33It's a little bit tighter challenge this week.

01:35In five straight events, Goddara's having one of the best stretches of his career.

01:39In five straight events, he's gaining off the tee and with the approach.

01:42The putter's a little shaky, but it was positive last week.

01:45Mark, Mother Hubbard covered.

01:46Whatever you want to say.

01:47Plus 5,500, right?

01:49Here's a guy.

01:50He's 89th in the FedEx Cup points.

01:51We talked about this in the last segment.

01:53He needs points, right?

01:55He's got four top 15s in his last six regular tour events.

01:59No signature events, the last regular one.

02:01So when you're in an average field, Mark Hubbard is absolutely near the top of the leaderboard.

02:07He's contending on Sundays, right?

02:08He's got two top 15s in his last three years here at the tractor tourney.

02:13Par four scoring, all the above, wedge play.

02:15Love him.

02:16And my last one, Sammy Valamaki.

02:19Triple digits, 100 to 1, plus 10,000.

02:22And here's a guy.

02:24He gained six strokes with the putter at the rocket, right?

02:28You got to putt this week.

02:30Better than you did last week at Detroit.

02:31You got to be able to, you got to be the boss of the moss this week on these greens over there at the John Deere, right?

02:37Last year, he gained over eight strokes on the field with the putter.

02:40He can go deep.

02:41You've seen it before.

02:42I know you always have him on your card on Thursdays.

02:44You're going to need a hot start this week.

02:46I love where Sammy Valamaki's at with his game.

02:49He can score a lot, and we're going to have to do it here.

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