Brandel Chamblee critiques Tour stars’ poor form ahead of Masters

The beginning of the 2024 Masters is just one week away, and on Tuesday evening Brandel Chamblee previewed what he sees as the largest storyline heading into the primary main of the yr: the sport’s finest (with one exception) are enjoying poorly.

In a submit on X, Chamblee known as out the disappointing stats of just about each Tour star not named Scottie Scheffler. To show his level, he centered on a listing of 9 gamers who have been within the high 20 heading into final yr’s Masters, rating them by how a lot they’ve misplaced within the Strokes Gained: Whole stat since then.

World No. 7 Patrick Cantlay tops Chamblee’s checklist, which isn’t a superb factor. In keeping with Chamblee, he’s misplaced probably the most in SG: Whole in comparison with final yr, to the tune of -1.767. Cantlay hasn’t received an occasion because the 2022 BMW Championship.

The rest of the checklist reads like a who’s-who of the PGA Tour’s elite ranks: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tom Kim.

You possibly can see Chamblee’s full rating beneath.

Along with figuring out two different Tour stars who’re failing to carry out of late, Chamblee additionally commented on one in every of his favourite subjects: LIV Golf gamers.

He famous there’s proof that the celebrities of LIV aren’t burning up the fairways and greens heading into the Masters both, writing, “There’s some statistical evaluation (thoughts you the stats on LIV aren’t nice) that may present how the video games of lots of the stars on LIV have fallen off as nicely.”

What does all of it imply? Chamblee concluded with a duel prediction for a way this yr’s Masters may prove, given Scheffler’s world-beating play and the remainder of the celebrities’ poor kind.

“This can do one in every of two issues in my view. It can both make this yr’s Masters… large open or an absolute cake stroll for Scottie Scheffler.”

The 2024 Masters formally will get underway Thursday morning, April 11, at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership.

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