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Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2016 Sony Open in Hawaii

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The Sleeper Report: Fantasy Golf Sleepers, Long Shots, and Undervalued Picks for the 2016 Sony Open in Hawaii

2016 Sony Open Fantasy Sleeper Preview

The PGA TOUR remains on the beautiful islands of Hawaii for the Sony Open this week, a tournament first established in 1965 at the Waialae Country Club on Honolulu.  The par-70, 7,068-yard course will host the first full field event of the young new year after all of the winners from 2015 just battled it out in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions last week.  The winner of that tourney, World No. 1 Jordan Spieth, will not stay in Hawaii this week after blowing out the small field by eight strokes and confirming what should be a dominating season for the 22-year-old phenom.

Taking over the reins as top dog this week will be Jimmy Walker who is looking to climb the leaderboard here for the third consecutive season.  He will be joined by No. 11 Adam Scott and six others, including current FedExCup standings leader, No. 16 Kevin Kisner, and multiple-time major winner No. 12 Zach Johnson as they attempt to unseat the aforementioned Walker from his Hawaiian throne.  In all, 22 players will be staying in the State from the Tournament of Champions for this long standing event.

It is a very rare thing to win a particular event so many times consecutively, but Walker will be looking to win his third straight title here after obliterating the field by nine strokes behind weekend rounds of 62 and 63 last year.  It was a much easier victory than the one that he pulled off the year previous, taking home the trophy in 2014 by just a single stroke over Chris Kirk with a blistering 63 on Sunday.  Of course he is the favorite coming into this one and is fresh off of a solid tie for 10th at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

When Walker won last year, he joined four other men, including Ernie Els (2003, 2004), as two-time champions at Waialae Country Club.  His score of 23-under-par also nearly matched the tournament record of 28-under-par and it could be a very low mark that takes it once again this weekend as six of the last seven victors have hit 15-under or better.

No top-10 players will make the visit to this beautiful Honolulu course for this week’s Sony, but there are some obvious favorites in the field.  The sleepers will have chances, as long as nobody pulls off a week like Walker did last year, so let’s talk about a few golfers who are looking to finish nicely when Sunday afternoon rolls around.

2016 Sony Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

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