Patton Kizzire

Patton Kizzire

38-Year-Old Golfer
https://content.hsmyyt.com/images/flags/USA.png
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Kizzire looked like he would be relegated back to the Korn Ferry Tour after another underperforming year, but he sprung to life this fall, capitalizing on a hot putting week to coast to a five stroke win in Napa to lock up his card through 2026. There isn't a lot of reason to be optimitic about a resurgence in 2025 at 39-years-old, as his best weeks have typically come in the fall or in alternate events. We've seen what can happen with a great putting week, but those have been few and far between and his driving play lags behind what we've seen from Kizzire in the past. Read Past Outlooks
Fourth in scrambling at BDC
October 14, 2024
Kizzire carded an even-par 71 on Sunday at the Black Desert Championship to finish 10-under and tied for 43rd.
ANALYSIS
Kizzire, who opened the FedExCup Fall with a win at the Procore Championship, ranked fourth among the field in scrambling this past week in Utah where he tallied just six total bogeys across 72 holes. He's now up to 70th in the FEC Fall standings, and Kizzire will be in attendance again this week for the Shriners Children's Open where he owns two career top-4 finishes.
Read More News
PGA Stats
Loading Golf Stats...
Tournament Results
Scoring
FanDuel
DraftKings
Loading Tournament Log...
PGA Advanced Stats
Loading Advanced Stats...
Projected PGA Tournament Status
Loading Tournaments...
Recent RotoWire Articles Featuring Patton Kizzire See More
2025 Golf Draft Kit: Projected Earnings
10 days ago
Xander Schauffele shined brighter than almost anyone on the PGA's 2024 Official Money list, and RotoWire's golf experts expect a similar showing in the year ahead.
2025 Golf Draft Kit: Rankings & Profiles
10 days ago
RotoWire's golf writers run down their rankings for the 2025 season, and it should surprise no one to see FedExCup champion Scottie Scheffler atop the list.
Read The Line Betting Breakdown: Butterfield Bermuda Championship
32 days ago
Keith Stewart of Read The Line brings you his breakdown of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship and explains why he is expecting big things from Ben Griffin.
Weekly PGA Recap: Another High Note for Eckroat
34 days ago
Austin Eckroat picked up his first PGA Tour victory in March, and thanks to a hot putter he secured his second win at the World Wide Technology Championship.
FanDuel PGA DFS Picks: World Wide Technology Championship Cash and GPP Strategy
40 days ago
Erik van Rooyen took down this tournament last time around, and that lands him among Greg Vara's golfers to go after in this week's PGA DFS contests on FanDuel.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Kizzire hustled in the fall to get into the top 125, but he fell just short of the cut line.The 37-year-old missed 14 cuts in 33 events, which would be good metric for a higher-ranked golfer, but he made it by the skin of his teeth in several of those events. Kizzire is proof that just making the weekend isn't enough on the circuit, and he'll have to make the most of his limited opportunities in 2024.
Since he joined the Tour in 2014, Kizzire has finished somewhere between 60th and 125th in earnings in all but two years. At 121st, he finds himself within this range yet again, and it would not be terribly surprising to see a similar result in 2023. He converted roughly 60 percent of his cuts this past year, which is consistent with his career average, and his best finish was T10 at the Waste Management. Kizzire won’t likely be a heavily-owned fantasy asset, but he does have the game and experience to contend on certain weeks.
Kizzire had his best season on tour since the 2017-18 campaign that saw him win two times and make the TOUR Championship. The Auburn product didn't find the winners circle in 2020-21, but he did pile up seven top-11 results. Kizzire picked up a fair amount of distance this season and was much more accurate with his irons. That went well with his always steady putter. Expect a pretty similar season for the 35-year-old in 2021-22.
After reaching a career-high Official World Golf Ranking of 51st back in 2018, Kizzire has fallen more than 225 spots after recording just one top-10 and 11 missed cuts in 19 events this season. He's dramatically improved his putting over the last two seasons, but he's struggled in the other aspects of his game as he ranked near the bottom of the Tour in SG: Tee-to-green in 2019-20. It's hard to envision a huge bounce-back season.
After two decent seasons to start his PGA Tour career, Kizzire shocked the golfing world when he picked up two wins early in the 2018 season. After that, he failed to accomplish much during that season or the next. With three decent seasons under his belt and just one spectacular season, it's reasonable to think that his two-win season was an aberration. The upside is obviously there. but his chances of tapping into the upside remain remote.
To say Kizzire got off to a good start last season would be an understatement. Kizzire picked-up his first PGA Tour win during the fall portion of the scheduled and he grabbed his second win of the season just a couple months later at the Sony Open in January. From there, a predictable drop in production befell Kizzire as he posted only one top-10 for the remainder of the season. Last season was just his third on the PGA Tour and considering he had yet to win in his first two seasons, it's understandable that he might let off the gas after picking up two wins within the span of a few months. Kizzire obviously set a career-high in earnings last season and as such, he's not a good salary cap option this season. Expect Kizzire to come back to Earth a bit this season, but not so much that he's fighting to stay in the top-125.
Kizzire got off to a great start during the fall portion of the season, when he carded a runner-up finish at the Safeway Open, but what followed was a pattern of extreme highs and lows for the remainder of the season. Kizzire managed a total of three top-10s last season, including another top-5 at the Zurich Classic, but he also missed the cut in half of his 28 starts. Kizzire entered this past season off of a solid rookie campaign where he earned more than $1.4 million, but made 20 cuts in 27 starts, which is what really made the difference between his first and second seasons. Kizzire could improve this season, but he's yet to show much of an upside, so a salary cap selection is not in the cards this season.
Every season there are a handful of rookies that look really impressive and every off-season after that, the speculation begins on whether they are legit or not. Kizzire looks legit as he showed a high-level of consistency for a rookie, as evidence by his five top-10s last season. He hit the wall towards the end of the season, but that's not uncommon. Kizzire should improve this season, but how much is the question. He shouldn't regress, so the risk is limited, and the upside should be high as well, which makes him a pretty solid salary cap option this year. In draft leagues, he should be a 7th-round pick.
More Fantasy News
Follows win with T11 finish
October 6, 2024
Kizzire closed with a five-under 67 on Sunday to finish in a share of 11th place at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Returns to winner's circle
September 15, 2024
Kizzire won the Procore Championship by five strokes after shooting a two-under 70 in the final round.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
First top-10 of 2024
May 14, 2024
Kizzire shot a three-under 68 on Sunday at the Myrtle Beach Classic to tie for 10th at the event.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Solid showing in Sony Open
January 14, 2024
Kizzire turned in a three-under 67 in the final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii, earning him a T13 finish.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
T44 finish at RSM Classic
November 20, 2023
Kizzire scored a one-under 69 in the final round of the RSM Classic on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.