Maverick McNealy

Maverick McNealy

28-Year-Old Golfer
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
McNealy successfully returned from a shoulder injury sustained during the RBC Canadian Open and made one cut over the following two tournaments, but it's unclear if the shoulder will be an ongoing issue for the 28-year-old Tour veteran. McNealy has yet to card a win on Tour, although he's come excrutiatingly close, with a second-place finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am the best example. Historically, McNealy struggles from the tee but he ended his 2023 season ranking first in Putting and second in One-putt percentage. Both metrics are huge feathers in McNealy's cap, but continued work with the driver is needed. He ended the season ranked 188th in SG:Off-the-Tee. Read Past Outlooks
Teeing it up in Mexico
November 4, 2024
McNealy (illness) is listed in the field for the World Wide Technology Championship this week.
ANALYSIS
McNealy withdrew during his most recent start after one round at the ZOZO Championship due to an illness, but he'll return this week in Mexico where he missed the cut last year. Prior to his WD in Japan, McNealy posted a 16th-place effort at the Shriners Children's Open where he gained a season-high 8.3 strokes from tee to green.
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Weekly PGA Recap: The ZOZO Goes to Nico
8 days ago
Thanks to a couple late birdies, Nico Echavarria took down the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP and picked up his first full-field win on the PGA Tour.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
2020
2019
McNealy entered the PGA Tour as a rookie during the 2019-2020 and played well right out of the gate. He didn't make the splash that other rookies around that time made however, which is why he's often overlooked when discussions of the best young players come up. While he's not in that conversation yet, the 26-year-old could get there soon if he continues to show improvements across the board. McNealy posted career highs in cuts made, top-10s and earnings this past season and there's reason to think he can improve on all of those categories this year as well.
McNealy was boom-or-bust early in the season, as he missed 10 of his first 18 cuts, but when he did make the weekend he finished top-25 in all but two of them. Once the summer arrived, however, McNealy started to play a lot more consistent and pile up top-25 results. Putting and short game are his biggest areas of strength. If he can be a more consistent iron player, he has the potential to really boom in 2021-22.
McNealy is only 24 and showed some real progress, making 17 of 23 cuts with six top-25s, three of which doubled as top-10s. He could see a jump this season.
McNealy made his PGA Tour debut as a bright-eyed 18-year-old back in 2014 when he qualified for the U.S. Open, and despite making 16 additional appearances since that point, he'll still be eligible for the Rookie of the Year award quest throughout the 2019-20 campaign after earning full status via the Korn Ferry Tour's Regular Season Points List. The former Stanford standout, who won the 2015 Haskins Award as the nation's top collegiate golfer, notched top-3 finishes at the LECOM Suncoast Classic and Ellie Mae Classic on the KFT in 2019. He also ranked sixth or better among his peers in both putting and birdie average. Well known for his family's fortune off the course, McNealy should be taking golf notes from girlfriend Danielle Kang of LPGA fame.
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Withdraws from ZOZO Championship
Illness
October 24, 2024
McNealy (illness) has withdrawn from the ZOZO Championship ahead of the second round, PGA Tour Communications reports.
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Climbs leaderboard over weekend
October 21, 2024
McNealy fired a seven-under 64 in the final round of the Shriners Children's Open to finish in a share of 16th place.
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Misses cut in Jackson
Undisclosed
October 6, 2024
McNealy carded a two-day total of four-under at the Sanderson Farms Championship to miss the cut by two strokes.
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Still searching for first win
July 28, 2024
McNealy finished in a share of third place at the 3M Open after shooting a one-under 70 in the final round.
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Misses cut in Quad Cities
July 7, 2024
McNealy carded a two-day total of even-par at the John Deere Classic to miss the cut by five strokes.
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