RBC Heritage: Top 10 power rankings at Harbour Town

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – APRIL 15: Francisco Molinari hits a tee shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the 2016 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 15, 2016 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Much of the golf world was pulling for Tiger at the Masters. There were a lot who thought Molinari would be tough to fend off.

Ever since the 2018 Quicken Loans that he won by eight, Francesco Molinari has been a machine. He won the Open Championship, had a perfect record at the Ryder Cup, a win at this year’s Arnold Palmer and a boatload of high finishes leading in.

He was the 54-hole leader by two at Augusta. Even though he couldn’t get to the finish line, he still finished T5 for his third top-five in his last four starts.

Molinari now shifts his attention to a tournament he’s just recently began to frequent. Molinari missed the cut back in 2011 and did not return until 2017 when he finished T22. He followed with a 49th in 2018.

But, as mentioned before, that was pre-summer 2018 Molinari.

He hasn’t played a terribly heavy schedule to this point and has just 16 recorded statistical rounds on Tour as the WGC-Match Play and Masters are not recorded. Nonetheless, he ranks 23rd in SG putting and has shown to have a solid short game in a match play scenario as he took third place.

He could be drained after a week like last week, but something tells me Molinari will be ready to redeem himself for Sunday at Augusta.

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