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Dark Horse Picks for 2019 Wyndham Championship

By Christopher O'Day

BLAINE, MINNESOTA - JULY 07: Wyndham Clark of the United States looks over a putt on the 18th green during the final round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities on July 07, 2019 in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
BLAINE, MINNESOTA - JULY 07: Wyndham Clark of the United States looks over a putt on the 18th green during the final round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities on July 07, 2019 in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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DUBLIN, OHIO – JUNE 01: Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand plays a shot during the third round of The Memorial Tournament Presented By Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 01, 2019 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
DUBLIN, OHIO – JUNE 01: Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand plays a shot during the third round of The Memorial Tournament Presented By Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 01, 2019 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

Kiradech Aphibarnrat – 125/1 – 74th in FedEx Cup Rankings

Kiradech has won plenty away from the PGA Tour, compiling five international victories. He has yet to take down that elusive first win on the PGA, and heads to the Wyndham looking for #1.

Like Clark before him, Aphibarnrat struggles on approach shots. Also like Clark, Aphibarnrat makes up for it with his putting and play around the green. Just a little behind, Kiradech ranks 18th in putting and 55th in SG around the green, still very respectable.

At the PGA Championship, he showed why he has the talent to earn that first win. He just needs to pull it together for all four rounds. After opening with a 76, he followed it up with 68-68, only to finish with a 75. His year looks pretty similar to the discrepancy at the PGA Championship.

He has made the cut in 11 of 18 events, making the top five in three of them. When everything is clicking for him, it should be no surprise to see him near the top of the leaderboard.

Just look at the recent British Open a.k.a. Open Championship as another example. 68-73-77-67. He opened with a -3 to start the event and put himself in a good place for the major. He threw it away by going +8 over the next two days. Then on a final day where only 15 people shot below par, with only 9 below 70, he cards the second-best score of the day.

Kiradech takes the final dark horse position this week. He can bring it during any round. Now, he just needs to bring it for four in a row.

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Those are this week’s dark horse picks for the Wyndham Championship. Best of luck everyone!

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