Breaking down Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka ahead of The Match

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Two-time defending champion Hideki Matsuyama got treatment on his left wrist prior to his second-round tee time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, but deemed the injury too serious and withdrew prior to hitting a shot. Matsuyama had not withdrawn in the middle of a tournament since The Honda Classic in 2016, when he was pained by a right hip flexor. The Japanese star, ranked fifth in the world, was trying to match Arnold Palmer, who won three times in a row in Phoenix from 1961-1963. Matsuyama, who was playing in the same threesome as Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson, whom he had beaten in playoffs at TPC Scottsdale the last two years, respectively, had gotten off to a slow start with a 69 in the first round. Over the last four decades, Tom Watson (Byron Nelson Classic, 1978-1980), Stuart Appleby (Mercedes Championship, 2004-2006) and Steve Stricker (John Deere Classic, 2009-2011) are the only other players besides Tiger Woods who have won the same tournament three straight years. (Woods has done it four times.) With the early departure of Matsuyama, the Waste Management now features four of the top seven in the world and 22 of the top 30 in the FedExCup. In addition to winning the last two years, Matsuyama had finished T4 in 2014 and T2 in ’15. He came into this week on the heels of the best putting week of his career. Matsuyama ranked second in sg: putting at the Farmers Insurance Open (+2.040); tied Charles Howell III for low round Sunday (69); and tied for 12th. Justin Thomas had a chance to three-peat at the CIMB Classic but finished T17 earlier this season. Daniel Berger will go for his third straight FedEx St. Jude Classic title in June.

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2021 RBC Heritage, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Stewart Cink (1, -16, 46.9%) 2. Corey Conners (2, -11, 13.2%) 3. Collin Morikawa (T4, -9, 6.9%) 4. Emiliano Grillo (3, -10, 6.5%) 5. Cameron Smith (T4, -9, 4.8%) 6. Sungjae Im (T4, -9, 4.4%) 7. Billy Horschel (T4, -9, 3.9%) 8. Matthew Fitzpatrick (T11, -7, 2.1%) 9. Abraham Ancer (T11, -7, 1.7%) 10. Will Zalatoris (T11, -7, 1.2%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Matt Fitzpatrick +4.9 Around the Green: Alex Noren +2.8 Approach the Green: Abraham Ancer +4.3 Off-the-tee: Sergio Garcia +2.1 Total: Stewart Cink +7.2 NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut”, “Top 20”, “Top 5”, and “Win” probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the RBC Heritage, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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Scroll below for the Genesis Scottish Open field list as of Sunday, July 3: Check here for updates. Top 30 on prior season’s FedExCup Patrick Cantlay Jon Rahm Justin Thomas Xander Schauffele Viktor Hovland Billy Horschel Jason Kokrak Cameron Smith Sam Burns Harris English Jordan Spieth Sungjae Im Scottie Scheffler Corey Conners Erik van Rooyen Collin Morikawa Hideki Matsuyama Stewart Cink Joaquin Niemann Current leaders in FedExCup Will Zalatoris Max Homa Matt Fitzpatrick Tom Hoge Cameron Young Sepp Straka J.J. Spaun Luke List Mito Pereira Keegan Bradley Cameron Tringale K.H. Lee Sebastián Muñoz Keith Mitchell Maverick McNealy Mackenzie Hughes Lucas Herbert Matt Kuchar Marc Leishman Chris Kirk Si Woo Kim Harold Varner III Tyrrell Hatton Sahith Theegala Anirban Lahiri Troy Merritt Gary Woodland Joel Dahmen Matthew NeSmith Brian Harman Tommy Fleetwood Alex Smalley Kurt Kitayama Alex Noren Danny Lee Aaron Rai Patrick Rodgers Justin Rose Russell Knox David Lipsky Jhonattan Vegas Christiaan Bezuidenhout Andrew Putnam Brandon Wu Nick Watney Wyndham Clark Taylor Moore Lucas Glover Dylan Frittelli Nick Taylor Ryan Palmer Lee Hodges Players from DP World Tour Eligibility Ranking Francesco Molinari Henrik Stenson Danny Willett Min Woo Lee Brandon Stone Thorbjørn Olesen Chris Wood Haotong Li Kalle Samooja Victor Perez Adria Arnaus Ewen Ferguson Ashun Wu Ryan Fox Nicolai Hojgaard Rafa Cabrera Bello Rasmus Hojgaard Garrick Higgo Dean Burmester Jorge Campillo Sami Valimaki Steven Brown Sebastian Soderberg Andrea Pavan Marcus Kinhult Mikko Korhonen Stephen Gallacher Scott Hend Thriston Lawrence Joachim B Hansen Jeff Winther Kristoffer Broberg Johannes Veerman Grant Forrest Daniel Gavins Nacho Elvira Jonathan Caldwell Marcus Armitage John Catlin Daniel van Tonder Antoine Rozner Padraig Harrington Thomas Bjørn Luke Donald Robert MacIntyre Alexander Björk Guido Migliozzi Jason Scrivener Thomas Detry Jamie Donaldson Adrian Meronk Francesco Laporta Sean Crocker Masahiro Kawamura Joakim Lagergren Maximilian Kieffer Tapio Pulkkanen James Morrison Andy Sullivan Edoardo Molinari Fabrizio Zanotti Matthieu Pavon Shubhankar Sharma Jordan L Smith Kiradech Aphibarnrat Richie Ramsay Matthew Jordan Jazz Janewattananond David Horsey Jack Senior Matt Wallace Maverick Antcliff Rikard Karlberg Wil Besseling Three Korean Players from KPGA Bio Kim Joohyung Kim Jaekyeong Lee Sponsor’s exemption (restricted) Charley Hoffman Callum Tarren Alternate List Rickie Fowler Michael Thompson

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