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Anticipate Rory completing the ca-
reer Grand Slam at the age of 25 by
winning the Masters.
BREAKOUT PERFORMERS
Jimmy Walker, Billy Horschel and
Chris Kirk shattered the ceilings
above them to become some of golf's
biggest stars in 2014. In 2015, look
for Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks
Koepka, Carlos Ortiz and Tony
Finau to break through.
Japan's Matsuyama burst
onto the scene in 2013 as a
21-year-old, with a T10 at
the U.S. Open and a T6 at
the British Open. In '14, Mat-
suyama captured the Memorial at
Muirfield Village, then edged Jordan
Spieth in late November to win the
Dunlop Phoenix in his home country.
Koepka, a three-time All-Ameri-
can at Florida State, decided to try
the European Challenge Tour after
he turned pro in 2012 and domi-
nated. With three wins, he earned a
promotion to the regular European
PGA Tour. However, later in 2013, he
finished third at the PGA Tour's
Frys.com Open and qualified for the
2014 U.S. Open, where he finished
T4. This gave him PGA Tour mem-
bership for the 2014-15 season.
With flexibility to play all over the
world, Koepka beat a stellar field in
November to win the Turkish Air-
lines Open. He's long, loose and
knows how to win.
Mexico's Carlos Ortiz won three
times on the Web.com Tour as a
rookie, earning him PGA Tour
status for 2014-15. He earned
his first top 25 at the Shriners
in Las Vegas, then two weeks
later, scored a top 10 at his
home country's OHL Classic at
Mayakoba. Ortiz admires Lorena
Ochoa; both of them grew up at
Guadalajara Country Club.
Huge-hitting Tony Finau is a Salt
Lake City native with incredible nat-
ural athletic ability, who finished
eighth on the Web.com money list in
2014 and won the Stonebrae Classic
in August. Finau's early PGA Tour
results are promising. In five starts
late in 2014, he has finished T14 or
better in four of them.
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