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Dark Horse candidates for 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities

By Christopher O'Day

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 04: Max Homa plays his shot from the eighth tee during the third round of the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 04, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 04: Max Homa plays his shot from the eighth tee during the third round of the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 04, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – MAY 18: Justin Rose of England and Danny Lee of New Zealand walk on the first hole during the third round of the 2019 PGA Championship at the Bethpage Black course on May 18, 2019 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – MAY 18: Justin Rose of England and Danny Lee of New Zealand walk on the first hole during the third round of the 2019 PGA Championship at the Bethpage Black course on May 18, 2019 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) /

Danny Lee – 80/1

Danny Lee is another golfer this week who hasn’t won in quite a while. His last win came in 2015 at the Greenbrier Classic. He has been playing pretty well lately, and has a better shot this week than his odds indicate.

At the beginning of June, Lee placed T-20th at the RBC Canadian Open, shooting rounds of 65-72-67-69.

In his most recent event, Lee finished T-21st at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Friday made his week tougher than it should’ve been once again, as he shot 66-71-69-69.

If you change his Friday scores to the average of his other three rounds each event, it makes for a much nicer resume over those two events. He would’ve finished T-11th at the Rocket Mortgage, and he would’ve finished T-6th at the RBC Canadian.

The other reason that I like Lee this week is his length off the tee. He ranks 44th in driving distance. On a course that should score well, I think the lack of fairways hit, where he comes in at 55%, won’t be as big a detriment as it would in normal events.

Lee has been money all year from 50-75 yards, and I think that will help him out a lot this week. He currently ranks 11th in distance from the hole from here, and will look to score on a lot of 10-15 footers as the week goes on.

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