{"id":3158,"date":"2023-02-04T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2023-02-04T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T18:29:17","slug":"pga-tour-2023-season-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/pga-tour-2023-season-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour: 2023 Season Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scottie and Rory: Ready to resume battle in 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scottie Scheffler had a break-out season in 2022 with his win at The Masters<\/span><\/a>, 3 regular tour victories and 6 more top 10 finishes\u2014capping it off with PGA Tour Player of the Year.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with 3 Tour wins and a Top 10 at all four majors, including runner up at The Masters, 3rd<\/sup> at the Open Championship<\/span><\/a>, and a T5 at the US Open<\/span><\/a>, Rory McIlroy gave Scheffler a run for his money\u2014adding a huge cherry on top with his FedEx Cup victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 season promises even more excitement, as Jon Rahm has his game ramped up to full power for an all-out assault on the majors, and Justin Thomas, Collen Morikawa, Patrick Cantley and Tony Finau appear to be primed and ready for a big year as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the deep field of top stars, there is a host of mega-talented young players looking to hit it big on Tour in \u201823, along with a few big-name Tour veterans who had dropped out of sight in recent years, but appear ready to make some noise again in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s where they stand so far in the wrap-around 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jon Rahm: Four Top 10\u2019s and 2 wins in 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Who\u2019s Hot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Rahm<\/strong>
After a relatively quiet 2022 season where Jon failed to record a top 10 in any of the major championships, Rahm has finished among the top 10 in all four tournaments he\u2019s entered thus far in \u201823, including 2 wins in January (Sentry Tournament of Champions<\/span><\/a> in Hawaii, and the American Express at La Quinta).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scottie Scheffler<\/strong>
Continuing his fantastic 2022 season, Scottie has made the cut in all five events he\u2019s entered this year, including 3 top 10\u2019s (T3 at Mayakoba, T7 at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and T9 at the Cadence Bank Houston Open<\/span><\/a>), narrowly missing another top 10 at the American Express<\/span><\/a> where he finished in a tie for 11th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rory McIlroy<\/strong>
McIlroy has played one PGA Tour event (CJ Cup in South Carolina<\/span><\/a> in October) and one DP Tour event (Hero Dubai Desert Classic last week), winning them both. The wins moved Rory past Lee Trevino into No. 20 among the GolfDay All-time Top 100<\/span><\/a> players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two Tour wins in 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Max Homa<\/strong>
Max recorded 2 wins in 2022 and has added 2 more thus far in the \u201923 season (The Fortinet Championship<\/span><\/a> in September and The Farmers last week at Torrey Pines. Homa has made the cut in all 5 of the events he\u2019s played thus far, finishing among the top 10 in 4 of them. At 32 years old, Max is in his prime and it should not come as a surprise if he adds a major championship to the to 6 Tour wins that he has recorded since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Finau<\/strong>
Coming off a terrific 2022 season where Tony notched 2 wins (back-to-back at the 3M Open and the Rocket Mortgage Classic<\/span><\/a> in July) with 5 additional top 10\u2019s, Finau is off to a fast start in 2023 masking the cut in 4 of 5 events with 3 top 10\u2019s. This may be the year that Tony brings his power game to bear at a major championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Collen Morikawa: 2 time major winner<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Collin Morikawa<\/strong>
While two-time major champion Collin Morikawa failed to record a win in 2022, he still notched 8 top 10\u2019s including a 5th<\/sup> place finish at The Masters and a T5 at the US Open. The start to his 2023 season has been solid as well, making the cut in all 5 of the events he\u2019s entered with 2 top 10\u2019s, including a runner up at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and 3rd<\/sup> at The Farmers<\/span><\/a> last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Montgomery<\/strong>
After 2 successful seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour<\/span><\/a>, Montgomery is off to a hot start to his PGA Tour career, making the cut in all 10 of his starts in 2023 with 4 top-10\u2019s. Taylor hits it a long way (308-yard average off the tee), and he\u2019s ranked No. 1 in putting and No. 1 in scoring\u2014a pretty good formula for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sahith Theegala and Tom Kim: Young Guns on Tour<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Young Guns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sahith Theegala<\/strong>
In 2022, his first full season on Tour, 25-year-old Theegala made the cut in 26 of the 32 events he entered–with 5 top 10\u2019s including a tie for runner up at the Travelers and a trip to the Tour Championship<\/span><\/a>. Thus far in 2023, Sahith has made the cut in 8 of 9 events with 4 top 10\u2019s. It\u2019s only a matter of time before he records his first Tour win, and sooner is more likely than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Kim<\/strong>
Yet another young phenom coming out of South Korean, 20-year-old Tom Kim is off to a blazing start to his PGA Tour career, making the cut in 6 of the 7 events he\u2019s played, including a win (the Shriners Children\u2019s Open<\/span><\/a> in October) and 2 additional top 10\u2019s. It seems almost certain that he will notch another win or two as the season progresses, and keep an eye on him at the majors as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day, Fowler and Bradley: Back on track in 2023<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Come-backs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Day<\/strong>
After yet another dismal season in 2022 where Jason made the cut in only 12 of 19 events, Day looks like he may have things turned around. Thus far in 2023 he has made the cut in 6 of the 8 events he has played, recording 2 top 10\u2019s (already matching his 2022 total). Jason certainly has the talent, and at 35 there should still be plenty in tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rickie Fowler<\/strong>
Rickie is back with Butch Harmon, and the results are starting to pay off. He\u2019s made the cut in 5 of 6 events with 2 top 10\u2019s in \u201823, and his confidence is growing with each start (including a solid T11 with a 67 in the 3rd<\/sup> round at Torrey Pines<\/span><\/a> last week). That elusive major may be a big ask, but Rickie is still only 34, and there\u2019s something about his look that tells me he\u2019s back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keegan Bradley<\/strong>
Keegan\u2019s game began to come back in 2022, making the cut in 19 of 25 events with 6 top 10\u2019s.  So far in 2023 Bradley has kicked it up another notch, making the cut in 5 of 6 starts with 3 top 10\u2019s including a win at the Zozo Championship<\/span><\/a> and a runner-up at The Farmers last week including a 66 in the final round on the difficult South course.  At 36 years old, it would seem we have not seen the last of Keegan Bradley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2023 season promises even more excitement, as Jon Rham has his game ramped up to full power for an all-out assault on the majors, and Justin Thomas, Collen Morikawa, Patrick Cantley and Tony Finau appear to be primed and ready for a big year as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[817,823,818,824,819,825,820,826,821,827,822],"tags":[812,246,815,80,811,816,208,814,462,813],"class_list":["post-3158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-taylor-montgomery","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-scottie-scheffler","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-sahith-theegala","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-john-rham","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-jason-day","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-collin-morikawa-players","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-rickie-fowler","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-max-homa","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-keegan-bradley","category-pga-tour-2023-season-preview-tony-finau","tag-collen-morikawa","tag-jon-rahm","tag-keegan-bradley","tag-pga-tour","tag-pga-tour-2023","tag-rickie-fowler","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sahith-theegala","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-tom-kim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3158"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3188,"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions\/3188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}