This article is part of our Golf Barometer series.
The PGA Tour is stationed in the enchanted land of Sin City this week as Las Vegas' TPC Summerlin hosts the Shriners Hospitals Children Open, just one week after Xander Schauffele landed on the podium at the WGC-HSBC Champions to end autumn's Asian Swing. This week's field is highlighted by the household names of Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler, but we'll take a look at several other players who are trending in value as November begins.
VALUE RISING
Keegan Bradley
Bradley's lengthy win drought came to an end at the BMW Championship in early September, but he hasn't slowed down with results of 6-T19 in his past two starts. He's ascended to the top-30 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since late 2014 and excelled tee-to-green during the 2017-18 season.
Cameron Champ
Champ drew a heap of attention to the alternate-field Sanderson Farms Championship, where the rookie notched his maiden PGA Tour victory by four strokes over Corey Conners last week. He fits the mold of a DJ/Koepka prototype with an athletic build to match extreme distance off the tee, generating flashy upside moving forward.
Bronson Burgoon
Burgoon has risen more than 100 spots in the OWGR since entering the FedExCup Playoffs at just No. 212, now threatening to join the top-100 for the first time in his career following a T2 at the CIMB Classic. He ranked top-40 on Tour in both driving distance and accuracy last season, though he also found success with the
The PGA Tour is stationed in the enchanted land of Sin City this week as Las Vegas' TPC Summerlin hosts the Shriners Hospitals Children Open, just one week after Xander Schauffele landed on the podium at the WGC-HSBC Champions to end autumn's Asian Swing. This week's field is highlighted by the household names of Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler, but we'll take a look at several other players who are trending in value as November begins.
VALUE RISING
Keegan Bradley
Bradley's lengthy win drought came to an end at the BMW Championship in early September, but he hasn't slowed down with results of 6-T19 in his past two starts. He's ascended to the top-30 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since late 2014 and excelled tee-to-green during the 2017-18 season.
Cameron Champ
Champ drew a heap of attention to the alternate-field Sanderson Farms Championship, where the rookie notched his maiden PGA Tour victory by four strokes over Corey Conners last week. He fits the mold of a DJ/Koepka prototype with an athletic build to match extreme distance off the tee, generating flashy upside moving forward.
Bronson Burgoon
Burgoon has risen more than 100 spots in the OWGR since entering the FedExCup Playoffs at just No. 212, now threatening to join the top-100 for the first time in his career following a T2 at the CIMB Classic. He ranked top-40 on Tour in both driving distance and accuracy last season, though he also found success with the flat stick.
VALUE FALLING
Branden Grace
The South African has now gone nine straight starts without a top-25, while he also hasn't finished top-40 since the PGA Championship. Grace is flirting with falling outside of the top-50 in the OWGR for the first time since January of 2015, but he should have an opportunity to rebound in mid-November at the DP World Tour Championship.
Jason Dufner
Dufner certainly benefited from the lack of a 36-hole cut at the recent CIMB Classic and CJ Cup, ending a streak of three consecutive MCs from the Northern Trust through the Safeway Open. Aside from a T25 at the U.S. Open, he's maintained relatively poor form since late May and could be in danger of a more permanent decline at 41 years old.
Chris Kirk
Kirk failed to advance to the weekend during his first two starts of the 2018-19 season at the Safeway Open and Sanderson Farms Championship, missing back-to-back cuts for the first time since July of 2017. Unfortunately for Kirk, he could struggle to turn things around at the Shriners Open this week after failing to post any finish better than a T36 in five appearances at the event, including a missed cut last year.
INJURY UPDATE
Chris Wood
Wood was forced to withdraw from the WGC-HSBC Champions with a neck injury that left him unable to swing, but he'll also miss out on this week's Turkish Airlines Open. The issue doesn't appear to have long-term implications, but we may not see him tee it up in tournament action until the European Tour's DP World Tour Championship if he skips the upcoming Nedbank Golf Challenge as well.
