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Dark horse candidates to win WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

By Christopher O'Day

Jim Furyk, 2003 U. S. Open champion, blasts from a sand trap on the sixth hole Thursday, October 23, 2003 at the Funai Classic at Orlando, Florida. Furyk's approach shot hit the cup and rolled into the trap and he bogeyed the hole. (Photo by A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
Jim Furyk, 2003 U. S. Open champion, blasts from a sand trap on the sixth hole Thursday, October 23, 2003 at the Funai Classic at Orlando, Florida. Furyk's approach shot hit the cup and rolled into the trap and he bogeyed the hole. (Photo by A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images) /
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The PGA heads to Memphis this week for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Here is a look at some of the dark horse possibilities.

You would think there would be a cool-down period after a Major. That maybe golfers would take a week off, and we would have to dive deep into the dark horse pool to find some candidates.

Not so this week. The PGA recently designated the St. Jude Invitational as a WGC event. This means that the field is incredibly deep, as almost all of the top 50 players in the world are here.

23 players miss the cutoff line of 45/1 this week. Unfortunately for Tyrrell Hatton, he won’t get to be on the list two weeks in a row, as he comes in right on the number of 45/1 this week.

Before we get to this week’s picks, let’s check-in and see how last week went.

Louis Oosthuizen – 50/1 – T-20th (-1) – One of the few golfers to shoot under par on Sunday, Oosthuizen finished with a 69.

Paul Casey – 50/1 – T-57th (+4) – Casey made the cut at even, then went 73-73.

Shane Lowry – 66/1 – WINNER WINNER!!

Tyrrell Hatton – 80/1 – T-6th (-5) – Like Oosthuizen, Hatton shot 69 Sunday, although he got him into the top ten.

Kevin Kisner – 150/1 – T-30th (even) – If he would have followed Hatton’s 69, he would’ve finished T-10th. Instead, a 73 dropped him to even overall.

That’s twice this year that I was able to pick a major winner from the list of dark horse golfers. The other two winners? Some guy named Brooks and another guy named Tiger. I’ll take that as a solid two-for-two in Majors.

I’ll try and avoid a letdown this week. With plenty of great golfers heading to Memphis, there is some real talent in the dark horse ranks. Here are this week’s selections.

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