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Texas Open: Top 10 power rankings at TPC San Antonio

By Mike Randleman

SAN ANTONIO, TX - APRIL 22: A general view of the 18th green during the final round of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course on April 22, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO, TX - APRIL 22: A general view of the 18th green during the final round of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course on April 22, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 31: Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark plays a shot on the 16th hole in his match against Francesco Molinari of Italy during the third place round of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club on March 31, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 31: Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark plays a shot on the 16th hole in his match against Francesco Molinari of Italy during the third place round of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club on March 31, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) /

Aside from perhaps Kevin Kisner, no one’s stock rose more after the WGC-Match Play than Lucas Bjerregaard’s. The Dane underdog endeared himself to the American galleries with a name that sounds like “Beergarden” and a powerful swing.

He’s a relative newcomer to playing in the U.S. but has showed well in 2019 with a T12 at the Honda Classic and the run to Sunday at the Match Play resulting in solo fourth.

The 27-year-old has been in North America since the WGC-Mexico last month and also picked up a T30 at the Players, so I like him to keep his form going the more and more comfortable he gets on Tour.

Bjerregaard narrowly missed qualifying for the PGA Championship last summer, making this his first stint in the US.

In 12 rounds on the European Tour earlier in the year, Bjerregaard ranks 22nd in stroke average and 35th in strokes gained tee to green. His numbers get uglier on and around the greens, but in reality the margins are pretty thin in pro golf. Even the quote en quote “bad” players in a category are capable of piecing it together for a week, or weeks at a time.

He’s made 12 cuts in a row worldwide going back to last summer. He’s also a two-time European Tour winner at the 2017 Portugal Masters and at the 2018 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship where he held off the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton and Brooks Koepka who all lurked in the top 10.

Fun fact before we move on: In his PGA Tour bio under “Special Interests,” the only bullet point is “weight lifting.” Love it.

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