There's little doubt that former amateur star Takumi Kanaya is good enough to compete on the PGA Tour, the trouble is he has to make it there first. Chances to do so are limited: he can for instance try to earn sufficient points via invites, he can follow a pathway such as the DP World Tour or the Korn Ferry Tour, he can simply win the ZOZO Championship. Or he can get one of just five cards available at Qualifying School.

Harrison Endycott dominated last year and I would tend to favour those, like him, who have just come up short on the PGA Tour. My view is that however badly a player might struggle at that level, it is by some way the strongest tour in world golf and can make things appear worse than they are. No wonder so many who drop in grade are able to capitalise; to show that while their results might have been poor, they have not necessarily been all that far away.

Adrien Dumont de Chassart certainly hasn't and along with Pierceson Coody, Kanaya and Keefer, brings real potential to the top of the market. My preference though is for a few more speculative goes at this and I'll kick off with JUSTIN SUH at 40/1 and bigger.

Suh was the best player on the Korn Ferry Tour a couple of years ago and went on to contend for some big titles as a PGA Tour rookie. None of this was unexpected as he'd been a high-class amateur. It seemed a matter of time.

His second season has been a bit of a disaster, though, with just two top-20s in 29 starts and his best performance arguably 22nd way back in February given that it came in a strong Phoenix Open. It took until July for those two top-20s to arrive in back-to-back events, neither of them deep, and they proved to be a false dawn.

Clearly, he'll need to do better but having made eight of his last 12 cuts there have been signs of life and it's encouraging to see that his short-game has been improving. So has his approach play at times and with driver historically a strength, maybe he's one of those who will go on to prove that he's been closer than he looks.

Two top-six finishes in Florida last season bode well, one of them here at Sawgrass on the iconic course next door, and so does the fact that he's generally accurate off the tee. Back when Dye's Valley hosted a Korn Ferry Tour event (two of the four rounds will be there this week), accuracy seemed key given that Zac Blair was once second before Emiliano Grillo beat Chez Reavie.

With Satoshi Kodaira, Doc Redman and Kramer Hickok all T10 or better in this event last year I'm happy to suggest that fairways will be vital in a pressure-packed tournament held across two short par-70s. Suh is worth the benefit of the doubt with conditions to suit.

Some of those names mentioned suggest that we ought to consider form at River Highlands, another short, Pete Dye design. Reavie is a past champion there, Hickok lost a marathon play-off, Kodaira once opened with a round of 63, Redman closed with one for 11th, and Blair was runner-up to Keegan Bradley last summer.

That leads to Reavie and Seung-yul Noh (also a Dye winner in Louisiana), but also to TYLER DUNCAN and Hank Lebioda at bigger prices.

Duncan is about as accurate as they come and with top-30 finishes in two of his last five PGA Tour starts, he's produced some good golf lately. In fact it's a bit of a surprise he's here given that it's just a year since he finished third behind Ludvig Aberg in the RSM Classic.

Duncan's sole PGA Tour win came in that event, held on two short courses, and his River Highlands record is rock-solid with five cuts made in six. It's not as flashy as Lebioda's, the left-hander having been fifth there once, but Duncan has a touch of class in this sort of company and could've won the Honda Classic here in Florida last year.