CareerBuilder Challenge Power Rankings: Top ten at PGA West

LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 22: The group of Adam Hadwin of Canada, Dominic Bozzelli and Hudson Swafford prepare to putt on the fifth green during the final round of the CareerBuilder Challenge in partnership with The Clinton Foundation at the TPC Stadium Course at PGA West on January 22, 2017 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

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HONOLULU, HI – JANUARY 13: Brian Harman of the United States plays his shot from the first tee during round three of the Sony Open In Hawaii at Waialae Country Club on January 13, 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

Just like in his play on the PGA Tour in recent weeks, Brian Harman is trending upwards at the CareerBuilder Challenge. His first three visits to PGA Tour West produced a T54, a missed cut and a T82. In the last two years, Harman has gone T11 and T3.

Four rounds in the 60s helped Harman reach 16-under-par and two shots out of a playoff. Seven of his last eight rounds at La Quinta are par or better and seven are under.

Harman enters the week playing some of the best golf of his life as he peaks at a career-best No. 20 in the world ranking.

The Hawaiian swing was kind to him as he earned solo third at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and was in the mix to win Sunday at the Sony Open before an even-par 70 left him two strokes away. The former University of Georgia Bulldog also closed his 2017 with three top-10s in a row.

Short of a win, Harman’s done it all lately. His ball striking statistically has been his strength in the young 2017-18 campaign. He’s fifth on the PGA Tour in greens in regulation (78.61 percent) and 39th in total driving. On top of that, he’s 12th in strokes gained putting and is 155-for-155 on putts within six feet.

Harman’s snuck up on people for a while, but a win this week in the desert should not come as a big surprise.

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