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Rich Hunt has as usual (since 2013) predicted the 20 players most likely to win based mostly on data. Here's the state of things after two rounds. "Top 10" means it's his personal predition of the 10 mostlikely to win of those 20. Rose was filtered out based on lack of distance off the tee, but with his 300 average he's just over the tour average and longer than several other players that made the top 20 shortlist (Lowry, Hovland, Cantlay +), so I don't understand how that works. Maybe certain metrics overrule other metrics? Score Player Starting odds (#/1) Top 10 -7 Bryson DeChambeau 14 V -6 Corey Conners 65 V -6 Rory McIlroy 6.5 V -5 Shane Lowry 40 V -5 Scottie Scheffler 5 V -4 Viktor Hovland 35 V -3 Patrick Reed 80   -2 Xander Schauffele 20 V -1 Min Woo Lee 40 V -1 Jon Rahm 16 V +1 Byeong Hun An 150   +1 Patrick Cantlay 40   +1 JJ Spaun 175   E Justin Thomas 25 V CUT Keegan Bradley 100   CUT Tony Finau 80   CUT Sergio Garcia 80   CUT Nicolai Højgaard 200   CUT Brooks Koepka 25   CUT Matthieu Pavon 400  

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Announcing;  it bugs me when they ask “Are you proud of yourself?”  “Are you proud of the way you played?”  “Are you proud of this or that?”  In what other sport do the announcers-interviewers ask this annoying question? And then the golfers have to answer… “I was really proud of myself when.. yada yada" Tyrell Hatton, 16th hole;  Following his reaction to his tee shot, after his first putt I thought his head was going to explode.  He’s kinda entertaining that way, I think he’s the top contender for ‘most likely to explode'

Update on my prediction!  Standing by it, regardless of my mangling of the divorce item in point #3. As to where we stand, Rory’s turnaround, wow.  His talent is undeniable, and as he puts it himself - he’s resilient.

Not sure what you’re referring to? Raising my hand on the Rory divorce point - I got that wrong, looks like they’ve reconciled, good for him.  And I’ll concede this undermines the third point in my analysis as to why he won’t win a Masters.   However, what other simple facts did I get wrong?