Rocket Classic (PGA)
Johnny Keefer FRL +8000
Keefer is in excellent form and possesses genuine birdie-making ability. When his irons heat up, he has shown he can go extremely low—his record-setting scoring average on the Korn Ferry Tour is clear evidence that he isn’t afraid to attack pins. That aggression is exactly what you want in a First Round Leader play.
This is also a solid course fit, and an early tee time should mean calmer conditions. Yes, he’s young and still relatively inexperienced, so I wouldn’t trust him to grind for four rounds, and his putting can get streaky. But for FRL we only need one hot round, and at +8000 the number more than compensates for the risk.
Take Johnny Keefer First Round Leader +8000.
Let’s cash some tickets!