Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open

2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

A thoroughly likable guy, it’s fair to say that Russell Henley perhaps hasn’t done himself justice in his golf career thus far.

Why? Only he can answer that. But nerves when closing out a potential win – admitted by Henley himself on Sunday – have been a major obstacle.

The only cure is to play so well from Thursday through Saturday that nobody can catch you on Sunday, and Henley took his medicine at Mayakoba in some style.

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The former Georgia Bulldog bared his teeth in the opening 54 holes, and heading into the final round he enjoyed a six-shot lead. He couldn’t throw this away, could he?

There was a relative serenity to the way Henley went about his business on Sunday, and while there was the odd wobble, nobody from the chasing pack could get close enough to turn that into another pressure-induced meltdown.

Five years is a long time behind wins, but there’s no doubt that Henley has the game to win many more.

Who knows, maybe his next will come at this week’s Houston Open? He won this event in 2017, albeit at a different venue, and has a stack of positive form in Texas to call his own. Stranger things have happened….

He’ll need to see off Scottie Scheffler, whose eyes are firmly on returning to the summer of the world rankings, Hideki Matsuyama, Sam Burns and Tony Finau, to name just a few, while taming a Memorial Park course that is arguably the toughest of the Fall season.

Partially redesigned by Brooks Koepka in 2019, Memorial Park doesn’t rely on thick tree lines, massive water hazards or extensive bunkering to challenge its players. Instead, trees have been removed to allow the Texan wind to blow, while the Bermuda green complexes are some of the fastest and firmest on the regular PGA TOUR rotation.

Factor in some harsh shaved run-offs, and length in abundance – four of the Par 4s are nearly or more than 500 yards, and it’s no wonder that winning scores of -10 and -13 have been recorded here.

A freaky weather forecast – check out the cool temperatures expected at the weekend – could push that winning mark into single digits under par, and so it will take a grinding effort to get the job done this week.

So who is best placed to make it count? Here’s our Cadence Bank Houston Open sleeper shortlist. 

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