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With the 2007 golf season basically wrapped up and looking forward to 2008, and the new season I cannot help but think about what to expect in the coming year. Here are some predictions as to what I think might happen in 2008.

I can’t wait for 2008 to start. It is going to be a great year and if any of what I said comes true I will be totally amazed, as I am the furthest thing from a psychic. Like the rest of you I love golf, and this is my way to get through the off season thinking about the next year and all of the headlines that will become the water cooler talk of the year coming. I wish you all a happy and healty holiday season.

  1. FedEx Cup – It will be better than the first version, but some more underlying issues will surface and more refinement will be required to make it the season ending event that the PGA tour is hoping for. Would love to see 10 million in cash on a table behind 18 green, just like the World Series of Poker.
  2. PGA Tour – Look for another great year of golf on the PGA Tour. There are emerging talents, young and old as well as a very strong international contingent, all helping to make the competition as strong as it has been, arguably in the history of the game. Tiger will have another great year; the big question is who will challenge him? Phil? Ernie? Vijay? Or some new up and comer, maybe Jason Day?
  3. LPGA Tour – Look for a continuation of the late year battle between Ochoa and Petterson. It is shaping up to be a rivalry that the LPGA Tour needs, and if you can throw Pressel, Gulbis, Creamer, Stacy P, Lincicome, and Annika (if she can return to her dominant form) in the mix, that would be a recipe for some great tournaments, majors, and awesome competition to look forward to in ‘08. Ladies golf will continue to grow and become even more popular than in’ 07.
  4. Drivers – Look for more MOI. Square drivers have seemed to pass the litmus test and are being accepted and used by more and more golfers. I also would not be surprised if we see more in play on tour this year. Just like when the first 400 CC drivers came out and were looked down upon, the square driver was ugly initially and now is gaining acceptance, due in part to its excellent performance and technology. A driver tends to look a lot better when you are in the fairway all day, regardless if it looks like gopher masher.
  5. Putters – Just like drivers, ugly putters tend to stick around if they perform and win on the tours, and there will always be a place in the market for the classic designs. Look for more exotic inserts, materials, graphite shafts and shaft options, wild color grips, crazy head covers, and flashy designs. The emergence of boutique putter companies that offer custom “tour quality” putters for a fraction of the price will continue to prosper.  Why spend 3 hundy on a production putter when you can spend close to the same and get a putter that fits you, your stroke, and setup, get a few stamps on there, your initials, and maybe “Proto” or “Hand Made”, pretty cool if you ask me.  Tour treatment for a fraction of the price.
  6. Wedges – Aside from the emergence of the custom wedge market with companies like Chikara, and Scratch, there is not much to report here. There are rumors of a Vokey custom shop that if true, will be huge and I am sure people will be going crazy like with the Cameron Custom Shop. There are some great options out there in the wedge department, and now you have the high end custom wedge market emerging as well.  Great time to be in the market for some new wedges.
  7. Irons – Nothing super new to report here. You will have your normal influx of new game improvement irons and some forged cavity backs and blades for the better players. Same stuff new year, just with some new colors, badges, and slightly modified designs.
  8. John Daly – I sure hope that he gets his game in shape this year. JD is one of the good guys, although he comes with some demons. He means well, does a ton for charity, but can be a train wreck at times. I see a big year for JD, maybe even a victory. Keep after it my man, I am pulling for you.
  9. Tiger Woods – 2 majors, 6 tour wins, and 1 world golf championship. That should be a stock year for the world’s number 1. He is playing what he is required to play in. His life is in order, his priorities are in order, and he played some really amazing golf this past year. Why would 2008 be any different? Maybe Jason Day will change that? (sorry could not resist)
  10. Q School Grads – Tommy Gainey, is he going to cash in on the Big Break that he earned himself? Looked great in Q school, wish him the best and hope he has a good solid year. Lickliter should have a good year as well. He pretty much dominated the Q School the first three rounds then cruised to victory. He will get into a ton of events and if he plays like he did there, he might even win one. Great playing by a great guy.
  11. Majors – Tiger will win the US Open, and the PGA. Ernie Els will win the Masters, and the Open Championship is going to Sergio Garcia. 
  12. Senior Tour – Look for Fred Funk, Loren Roberts, and Jay Haas to continue to do big things on the Senior Tour. Nick Price will regain his form and show why he used to be the best player in the world. 
  13. USGA – Allowing the interchangeability of shafts. Amended to allow forms of adjustability other than weight adjustment. Cool idea and opens up the flood gates for fitting options. Shaft companies are super excited as now people can just have a few different shafts for the driver head that they like.
  14. Who to look out for in 2008 – Tiger Woods, what kind year will he have? Morgan Pressel, US Open is hers, a make up for the random hole out last year. Zach Johnson, can he follow up the Masters victory with another major?  Lorena Ochoa, is she ready to dominate like Annika? Jason Day, can he back up his talk? Rory Sabatini, will he have another monster year, and continue to get Tiger fired up? Tim Finchem, did he do enough to fix the Fed Ex Cup? Ernie Els, can he return to the winners circle and challenge Tiger? Nick Flanagan, he dominated the Nationwide and earned a battlefield promotion, can he do the same on the big tour? Phil Mickelson, what can we expect from Butch’s new star pupil? Vijay, is he done chasing Tiger? Suzanne Peterson, can she follow up her break out season?

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  1. Dan

    Dec 12, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    Appreciate the comments, and as I said in the first paragraph these are “my predictions” and I am not going to be able to fit everything in this article.

    Point 1: Causing you to be perturbed by my one dimensional focus. I apologize if I did not include enough european mentions in there. Justin Rose had a great year and he could do big things this year. I did give Sergio the Open, and Ernie Els the Masters. Did you overlook that part?

    Point 2: Rory McIlroy. Great young talent. Did not have a section in there about the European tour, as I don’t really know that much about it or the players on the circuit. Coverage for that tour is rather lacking here in the states. I wish him the best and I hope that he does great. Did he go through the PGA Tour’s Q School? Oh yeah maybe that is why I did not mention him in that section.

    Point 3: Ryder Cup. Going to be a great event, and I wish Europe the best. I hope that the competition is strong and a fun event to watch. I did not have enough time to do research on the Ryder Cup for this year and come up with a prediction.

    If you feel that my article did not cover enough of the bases, feel free to write one on your own and then I can pick apart your article for what you failed to include in “your” predictions.

    Cheers,

    DG

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  2. Reginaldo

    Dec 12, 2007 at 3:43 am

    Hm – I appreciate that this is an American article but even still I am a little perturbed by it’s it’s one-dimensional focus on golf for the coming year. I’d say look out for Justin Rose who has had a superb end of season having spent much of the year on the sidelines with back trouble. As for Q school, there’s a young lad called McIlroy who featured at the Open and qualified for the European Tour by winning enough cash in his first four invitational tournaments after turning pro. He didn’t even have to appear at q school! Finally I notice there is no mention of the Ryder Cup – easy prediction that one I reckon – Europe!

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Scottie Scheffler leads the betting ahead of the second major championship of the year, with the World Number One a +345 favorite to get his hands on a second PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy who won the Masters back in April is a +800 shot to complete half of the calendar slam at Aronimink Golf Club this week, while Jordan Spieth can be backed at +5900 to become a career grand slam winner.

Here is the full betting board for the 2026 PGA Championship courtesy of DraftKings.

Scottie Scheffler +345 – (Check 0ut his WITB here)

Rory McIlroy +800 – (Check out his WITB here)

  • Jon Rahm +1300 
  • Cameron Young +1500
  • Bryson DeChambeau +1700
  • Xander Schauffele +1850
  • Matt Fitzpatrick +1950
  • Ludvig Aberg +2000
  • Tommy Fleetwood +2600
  • Collin Morikawa +3500
  • Brooks Koepka +3900
  • Justin Rose +4300
  • Russell Henley +4600
  • Si Woo Kim +4700
  • Justin Thomas +4800
  • Robert MacIntyre +5300
  • Patrick Cantlay +5300
  • Viktor Hovland +5400
  • Tyrrell Hatton +5500
  • Jordan Spieth +5900
  • Sam Burns +6000
  • Hideki Matsuyama +6200
  • Adam Scott +6400
  • Rickie Fowler +7000
  • Chris Gotterup +7400
  • Patrick Reed +7400
  • Min Woo Lee +7800
  • Ben Griffin +8000
  • Sepp Straka +8400
  • Shane Lowry +9000
  • Akshay Bhatia +9200
  • Maverick McNealy +9200
  • Joaquin Niemann +9200
  • Jake Knapp +9200
  • Jason Day +9600
  • Kurt Kitayama +10000
  • J.J. Spaun +10000
  • Harris English +10500
  • Nicolai Hojgaard +11000
  • Gary Woodland +11000
  • David Puig +11000
  • Michael Thorbjornsen +12000
  • Jacob Bridgeman +12000
  • Keegan Bradley +12500
  • Corey Conners +14000
  • Alex Fitzpatrick +15000
  • Sungjae Im +15500
  • Sahith Theegala +15500
  • Harry Hall +15500
  • Alex Noren +16000
  • Thomas Detry +16500
  • Marco Penge +16500
  • Kristoffer Reitan +17000
  • Alex Smalley +17000
  • Wyndham Clark +17500
  • Sam Stevens +17500
  • Keith Mitchell +17500
  • Daniel Berger +18500
  • Ryan Gerard +20000
  • Nick Taylor +20000
  • Rasmus Hojgaard +21000
  • Dustin Johnson +21000
  • Pierceson Coody +23000
  • Aaron Rai +24000
  • Jordan Smith +24000
  • Angel Ayora +24000
  • Bud Cauley +25000
  • Matt McCarty +26000
  • Jayden Schaper +26000
  • Brian Harman +27000
  • Taylor Pendrith +27000
  • Ryan Fox +27000
  • J.T. Poston +27000
  • Cameron Smith +29000
  • Ryo Hisatsune +29000
  • Michael Kim +29000
  • Max Homa +29000
  • Denny McCarthy +29000
  • Tom McKibbin +30000
  • Rico Hoey +32000
  • Matt Wallace +32500
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  • Haotong Li +33000
  • Michael Brennan +34000
  • Max Greyserman +36000
  • Stephan Jaeger +37500
  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout +37500
  • Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +39000
  • Aldrich Potgieter +40000
  • Andrew Novak +42000
  • Patrick Rodgers +42500
  • Daniel Hillier +42500
  • Max McGreevy +46000
  • Billy Horschel +48000
  • Chris Kirk +48000
  • Ian Holt +49000
  • Casey Jarvis +49000
  • William Mouw +50000
  • Steven Fisk +50000
  • John Parry +50000
  • Nico Echavarria +52500
  • Garrick Higgo +52500
  • John Keefer+55000
  • Matthias Schmid +57500
  • Austin Smotherman +57500
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  • Andrew Putnam +60000
  • Lucas Glover +62500
  • Daniel Brown +62500
  • Jhonattan Vegas +75000
  • Emiliano Grillo +80000
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  • Kota Kaneko +130000
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  • Chandler Blanchet +150000
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  • Joe Highsmith +180000
  • Adam Schenk +200000
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  • Martin Kaymer +400000
  • Brian Campbell +400000
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Kristoffer Reitan held his nerve at Quail Hollow on Sunday to claim his first PGA Tour victory and the $3.6 million winner’s check that came with it. The Norwegian fended off a packed leaderboard on a dramatic final day, with Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Højgaard both taking home $1.76 million for their runner-up finishes.

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1: Kristoffer Reitan, $3,600,000

T2: Rickie Fowler, $1,760,000

T2: Nicolai Hojgaard, -$1,760,000

4: Alex Fitzpatrick, $960,000

T5: Tommy Fleetwood, $730,000

T5: Sungjae Im, $730,000

T5: J.J. Spaun, $730,000

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T10: Patrick Cantlay, $500,000

T10: Matt McCarty, $500,000

T10: Cameron Young, $500,000

13: Justin Thomas, $420,000

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T14: Chris Gotterup, $360,000

T14: Nick Taylor, $360,000

T17: Alex Smalley, $310,000

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T19: Keegan Bradley, $242,100

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T24: Pierceson Coody, $156,643

T24: Adam Scott, $156,643

T24: Andrew Novak, $156,643

T24: Harris English, $156,643

T24: J.T. Poston, $156,643

T24: David Lipsky, $156,643

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T31: Viktor Hovland, $114,416.67

T31: Alex Noren, $114,416.67

T31: Tony Finau, $114,416.67

T31: Nico Echavarria, $114,416.67

T31: Corey Conners, $114,416.67

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T37: Maverick McNealy, $82,187.50

T37: Akshay Bhatia, $82,187.50

T37: Taylor Pendrith, $82,187.50

T37: Matt Wallace, $82,187.50

T37: Andrew Putnam, $82,187.50

T37: Bud Cauley, $82,187.50

T37: Lucas Glover, $82,187.50

T45: Justin Rose, $60,000

T45: Daniel Berger, $60,000

T45: Ryo Hisatsune, $60,000

T48: Denny McCarthy, $50,000

T48: Aldrich Potgieter, $50,000

T48: Webb Simpson, $50,000

T48: Michael Kim, $50,000

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T52: Max Homa, $45,187.50

T52: Brian Campbell, $45,187.50

T52: Jhonattan Vegas, $45,187.50

T52: Matt Fitzpatrick, $45,187.50

T52: Chandler Blanchet, $45,187.50

T52: Jordan Spieth, $45,187.50

T52: Jacob Bridgeman, $45,187.50

T60: Xander Schauffele, $42,500

T60: Robert MacIntyre, $42,500

T60: Ricky Castillo, $42,500

T63: Ben Griffin, $41,250

T63: Sepp Straka, $41,250

T65: Ryan Gerard, $40,250

T65: Si Woo Kim, $40,250

67: Ryan Fox, $39,500

68: Jason Day, $39,000

69: Sahith Theegala, $38,000

70: Sam Stevens, $37,500

71: Hideki Matsuyama, $37,000

72: Tom Hoge, $36,000

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