As we head into the second golf major of 2023, the story from the AT&T Byron Nelson was the breakthrough of Jason Day, who captured his first win on the PGA Tour in five years.It's been a long road back for the Australian. Despite playing superb golf this year, Day has struggled to find his way into Sunday contention. Day's triumph marks a return to the top of the game – and I'd be remiss not to note that it came on Mother's Day (his mom passed away last year). Their story is one that makes golf great, and it's awesome to see a return to the winner's circle for the former World No. 1, especially on a day so important to him.While the field in Texas lacked firepower, we will not have that issue in Rochester, N.Y., for the 2023 PGA Championship. The best in the game – across all tours – are set to tee it up at Oak Hill.This course will host the tournament for the first time since Jason Dufner's win in 2013. It sets up differently this time around as over 200 yards have been added to the championship tees; new bentgrass greens were also installed in 2019.Though it's been 10 years, I believe we can gather solid information from that 2013 tournament as some of the best ball strikers of that era – Dufner, Jim Furyk and Henrik Stenson – were at the top. They weren't known for their putting, which may just be my' excuse to target the same guys I do every week on “Team No Putt.”I'm looking for ball-striking types to be the first players on my card for the PGA Championship. The length added to the course will be a factor, but while many will be dialing in on the longest hi tters, I'm going to look at total driving. Distance is always a factor at this level, and I think we need a combination of distance and accuracy to find success at Oak Hill Country Club.It's an interesting odds board, especially on DraftKings where there are no players in the teens – just the top three in the world with Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler at +750 and Rory McIlroy at +1200. It then drops all the way down to +2200 for Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. The first two interest me a bit, but it's Cantlay who really stands out.He is second on TOUR in the aforementioned Total Driving metric and first in SG: Off the Tee over the last three months. As an added bonus, Cantlay's clear top putting surface is bentgrass.I will be jumping on Cantlay immediately as he is a player I expect to settle in the mid-teens for odds when things reset on Monday.
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