Jordan Spieth is on detention as a high-class field heads to Las Vegas and the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, the first event of the 2019 season which is both in the United States and can boast a handful of genuinely top-class players.

After failing to meet his obligations to the Tour last term, Spieth has added this and next week's Mayakoba Classic to his end-of-year schedule and it's rare to see him priced bigger than Tony Finau and Rickie Fowler, both of whom have form at TPC Summerlin but continue to frustrate in the heat of battle.

Finau was unfortunate last week, Xander Schauffele's run of birdies enough to deny him in a play-off, but until he starts to win with a degree of frequency he surely can't be backed at 11/1. Last year he faded to a closing 72 here and there's another issue - jetting in from China asks a big question, particularly after an emotionally draining experience.

Fowler, Spieth and Bryson DeChambeau, on the other hand, make their first starts since the Ryder Cup, one which ended in defeat for all three. It's hard to muster a case for any of them although it's possible to argue that the market is upside down, with DeChambeau and Spieth much the more clinical. Still, Finau and Fowler being too short doesn't make DeChambeau and Spieth too big and the message is that they help shape a really nice market.

It's understandable that last week's Sanderson Farms Championship hasn't been given much credence in terms of a form guide, with only winner Cameron Champ vaulted forwards in the market. It was a fairly low-grade event, after all. That said, with Champ winning and various highly promising players in contention, I wonder if it's being underestimated and am prepared to speculate that we might see form carry over quite nicely.

That was the case last year, Chesson Hadley, Beau Hossler and Patton Kizzire all producing back-to-back top-10 finishes, and perhaps Sam Burns can underline his abundant potential by going close once more.

In 14 PGA Tour starts over the last year or so, Burns has picked up a great deal of experience and offered strong evidence that he's ready to win very soon. Last week's third rates his best finish, but he's also been sixth, eighth and 12th, the latter pair in very strong company in Florida.

Burns played with and impressed Tiger Woods at the Honda Classic, beating the 14-time major winner on his own turf in finishing an excellent eighth, which in turn earned him an invite to the Valspar Championship which resulted in 12th place. It's no wonder he was the name on everyone's lips at the time.

Since then, he's gone and won on the Web.com Tour and while in-and-out, he's strung big weeks together in a manner which suggests his performance in Mississippi can serve as a strong guide to his chances here.

It's hugely beneficial that he's had a spin around TPC Summerlin, even if changes have been made to the course since Burns finished 20th last year thanks to the sort of strong driving, solid putting combination which has proven to be an excellent pointer of late.

All sorts can win here - see Rod Pampling's defeat of Brooks Koepka and an out-of-nowhere success for Ben Martin as evidence - but with bunkers moved to meet the realities of the modern game, I suspect power will prove even more of a weapon than when rookie Smylie Kaufman blasted his way to victory in 2015.

Just like Kaufman, Burns is a high-class LSU graduate who makes his money off the tee and he managed to finish third last week despite an abysmal putting performance. The flat stick was a strength when he first made TV coverage in the spring and any upturn from Jackson should see him go well.