Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Fantasy Golf: The Greenbrier Preview

We're way overdue for a FGR Rankings update to see exactly where this McIlroy-Spieth rivalry stands when viewed in light of tournament results that really matter so we've spent the last two days crunching numbers after ignoring the spreadsheet for the better part of two years. But we'll get to that later in the week. For now, let's dispense with the nuts and bolts of the Greenbrier Classic which, in its brief history, has developed about the most eclectic, random and unpredictable list of winners of any tournament on tour. Check this out: 

2010: Stuart Appleby (Feel good story)
2011: Scott Stallings (Mr. Random himself)
2012: Ted Potter, Jr. (Who in the f . . .?)
2013: Jonas Blixt (Oh yeah that Swede who's not Stenson)
2014: Angel Cabrera (EL PATO!!!!) 

That's apparently what happens when you decide to sell-out and play a tour event on a resort course. Even the list of runner-ups looks like a Rorschach Test with guys like George McNeil, Troy Kelly, Bob Estes, Johnson Wagner and Jeff Overton. Stephen Hawking looked for a trend in those ten names and said "fuck this, I'm going to Scores." Seems like a good time to use that young player that you know is going to win sooner than later but you're just not sure where. Kevin Kisner . . . grab a bat, you're in.   

The Greenbrier Odds
Hard not to also like Simpson this week . . .

1. Bubba Watson - 9/1
2. Paul Casey - 22/1
3. Webb Simpson - 28/1
4. Keegan Bradley - 28/1
5. Louis Oostuizen - 28/1
6. Graham DeLaet - 28/1
7. Patrick Reed - 28/1
8. Bill Haas - 28/1
9. J.B. Holmes - 28/1
10. Kevin Kisner - 30/1

The FGR Greenbrier Picks

1. Kevin Kisner
2. Bubba Watson
3. Webb Simpson
4. Patrick Reed
5. Brendon Todd

. . . and Reed . . . 
The One and Done Pick: Kevin Kisner

The Sleeper Pick: Scott Pinckney

Last Week's Report Card: A-

1. Bubba Watson - 1st
2. Billy Horschel - T25th
3. Sergio Garcia - T25th
4. Brandt Snedeker - T10th
5. Russell Knox - W/D

The One and Done Picks to Date

Hyundai: Kevin Streelman - $70,667
Sony: Chris Kirk - $42,280
Humana: Russell Knox - M/C
Phoenix: Hunter Mahan - $36,729
Farmers: Hideki Matsuyama - M/C

AT&T: Dustin Johnson - $281,067
Northern Trust: Jimmy Walker - $24,120
. . . and Simpson again. Happy 4th everybody!!!!
Honda: Keegan Bradley - M/C
WGC-Cadillac: Bubba Watson - $540,000
Valspar: Jim Furyk - $23,600
Palmer: Brooks Koepka – W/D
Texas Open: Matt Kuchar - $99,200
Houston Open: Louis Oosthuizen - M/C
Masters: Rory McIlroy - $480,000
Heritage: Patrick Reed - M/C
Zurich: Rickie Fowler - M/C
Match Play: Graeme McDowell - $49,385
Players: Henrik Stenson - $130,857
Wells Fargo: Webb Simpson - $624,800
Colonial: Zach Johnson - $78,780
Byron Nelson: Gary Woodland - $15,407
Memorial: Justin Rose - $669,600
FedEx St. Jude: Billy Horschel - $168,000
U.S. Open: Phil Mickelson - $23,822
Travelers: Brandt Snedeker - $147,200

Season Total: $3,505,514

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Beach Resort Official Denies Shark Reports

Despite recently released videos of sharks swimming in the surf off of Maryland's beaches, local official Buford W. Cashlicker is assuring residents and visitors that there is no shark problem because there are in fact no sharks. When asked if he had seen the video of what appears to be a shark near 30th Street, Mr. Cashlicker responded "yes I've seen it and I've also seen videos of UFO's in Arizona, Big Foot in Maine and the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland or Ireland or Kabukistan or wherever in the hell he's supposedly hanging-out these days." 

"No I don't think we have a shark
problem. It sounds like you have
the shark problem my friend."
Mr. Cashlicker, who owns four local carry-out restaurants called Leggo My Burrito (the name of which is currently the subject of a lawsuit with Kellog's), went on to explain that "it's probably just a shadow or a bunch of damn kids pulling a stunt but as you see, it's a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time." When asked if local officials planned to enlist the help of the scientific community to determine if there are in fact sharks in the area, Mr. Cashlicker muttered the word "nerds" before departing in his powder blue Cadillac convertible.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Fantasy Golf: The Travelers Championship Preview

We're going to make short work of the Travelers Championship Preview because there are so many more interesting things to talk about in golf these days (the U.S. Open, my 2015 member-guestathon, etc. . . all of which I "intend" to get to this week). Besides, there's no magic to picking the Travelers. If you haven't used Bubba yet, use him now. Aside from the fact that he won this event in 2010 and was a runner-up in 2012, he has two other important things going for him:

(1) He didn't make the cut at Chambers Bay so he should be less scarred, exhausted, bitter and bitchy than some of his main competition like Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia and Billy Horschel. Then again, those guys might be so jacked to be putting on green grass that they tear it up like the first time you did when you played a real golf course after five years on the muni circuit (sorry Carroll Park, you'll always hold a special place in my heart . . . all twelve terrifying mugger lurking holes of you); and


(2) Even in 2013 which was the most recent year that Bubba totally checked-out (as he appears to be doing this year), he finished 4th in this event. You may recall it as the time when he sniped at his caddie for suggesting the wrong club after he dunked it in the water with the lead on Sunday, made a triple bogey and lost by two. I remember it because it was the first and last time I would ever draft Bubba for a season long team and it's part of the reason that the autographed flag I won from the 2014 Masters is hanging in my company's conference room instead of my house (ok so just to confirm, you're not a Bubba fan right?).


If you don't have Bubba available or it just chafes you too much to pick him, then Horschel appears ready to go on one of his tears and the course is a nice fit for both Sergio (who I'm starting at the British Open) and Brandt Snedeker. Looking beyond the obvious picks, I like Russell Knox because sooner or later that scrappy little Scottish son of a bitch is going to get it together and win.  


The Travelers Championship Odds

It's really hard not to like Watson this week . . .
assuming we're talking about the same Watson.

1. Bubba Watson - 12/1

2. Patrick Reed - 14/1
3. Brandt Snedeker - 14/1
4. Sergio Garcia - 18/1
5. Billy Horschel - 20/1
6. Louis Oustuizen - 22/1
7. Zach Johnson - 30/1
8. Keegan Bradley - 33/1
9. Kevin Na - 33/1
10. Harris English - 33/1

The FGR Travelers Picks


1. Bubba Watson

2. Billy Horschel
3. Sergio Garcia
4. Brandt Snedeker
5. Russell Knox

The FGR One and Done Pick: Brandt Snedeker

Then again, under that theory, I
guess I also like Casey . . .

The FGR Sleeper Pick: Chris Stroud

The U.S. Open Report Card: B-

1. Phil Mickelson - T64th
2. Jordan Spieth - 1st
3. Hideki Matsuyama - T18th
4. Justin Rose - T27th
5. Jimmy Walker - T58th
6. Sergio Garcia - T18th
7. Jim Furyk - T42nd
8. Dustin Johnson - T2nd
9. Kevin Kisner - T12th
10. Rickie Fowler - M/C

The One and Done Picks to Date

Hyundai: Kevin Streelman - $70,667
Sony: Chris Kirk - $42,280
Humana: Russell Knox - M/C
Phoenix: Hunter Mahan - $36,729
Farmers: Hideki Matsuyama - M/C
AT&T: Dustin Johnson - $281,067
. . . and Grace.
Northern Trust: Jimmy Walker - $24,120
Honda: Keegan Bradley - M/C
WGC-Cadillac: Bubba Watson - $540,000
Valspar: Jim Furyk - $23,600
Palmer: Brooks Koepka – W/D
Texas Open: Matt Kuchar - $99,200
Houston Open: Louis Oosthuizen - M/C
Masters: Rory McIlroy - $480,000
Heritage: Patrick Reed - M/C
Zurich: Rickie Fowler - M/C
Match Play: Graeme McDowell - $49,385
Players: Henrik Stenson - $130,857
Wells Fargo: Webb Simpson - $624,800
Colonial: Zach Johnson - $78,780
Byron Nelson: Gary Woodland - $15,407
Memorial: Justin Rose - $669,600
FedEx St. Jude: Billy Horschel - $168,000
U.S. Open: Phil Mickelson - $23,822

Season Total: $3,358,314

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Fantasy Golf: The U.S. Open Preview

The prevailing view of this year's U.S. Open is that it's going to play more like a British Open due to the hard fast layout of Chambers Bay. It's hard not to buy-in to that notion when you see pictures of the course which looks like it could have been transplanted from the Scottish countryside and run through the plastic surgeon's office to add a bunch of mounds and elevation changes. The result is that we're hearing a lot of the typical pre-British Open style chatter about how mastering the course is going to take a lot of "creativity" and that a strong short game will be required from the winner.

"Did that mutherfucker
just make another birdie?"
Let's deal with the short game requirement first. Not to minimize its value but short game opportunities result from missed fairways and greens while U.S. Open winners tend to hit a lot of fairways and greens. End of short game argument. (I think you just minimized it). Seriously, remember last year at Pinehurst when the experts kept telling us how the successful player would be the one who was able to get up and down from around the treacherous greens and then Martin Kaymer just came out and started splitting fairways, hitting greens and had Donald Ross ready to rise from the grave and go White Walker* on him? 

For that matter, take a look at the recent list of major winners and tell me the last time we saw a scrappy scrambler type finish on top. Maybe Graeme McDowell at the 2010 U.S. Open? Since then it's been a fairly steady diet of ball strikers like Rory McIlroy (4), Bubba Watson (2), Kaymer (2), Justin Rose, Adam Scott, etc. I guess you could make a case for Phil Mickelson at the 2013 British Open but, if you recall, he won that with some phenomenal iron shots on Sunday and you also had Scott, Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson in the top three . . . none of whom would be in the conversation for players you'd pick to get up and down if your kid's hamster's life depended on it ("sorry Bobby, I should have picked a better putter"). 

So what about a player who possesses a great deal of "creativity?" Well first let's define "creativity" as it applies to a golfer. A creative golfer is one who hits a lot of high risk and, in some cases, completely idiotic shots that may yield a high reward but occasionally result in disaster. Mickelson is obviously the poster boy for creative golfers with his 6-iron from the pine straw at Augusta and his driver off the tee on the 72nd hole at Winged Foot being the bookends of his creative spectrum. Historically, the creative golfer has rarely been rewarded at the U.S. Open but that began to change a few years ago when guys like Angel Cabrera, McIlroy and Rose started winning it. Before that, it was pretty much a zombie Apocalypse of grinders like Retief Goosen, Lee Janzen, Curtis Strange and Andy North, all of whom won twice (TWICE!!!) so give USGA Executive Director Mike Davis some credit for adjusting the set-up to give guys who don't hit 80% of the fairways a shot.

And this year is no different. From what little we really know about Chambers Bay, it actually seems to be good fit for Mickelson. In fact, it looks an awful lot like Castle Stuart Golf Links where he won the 2013 Scottish Open. (If you were a real conspiracy theorist, you might even suggest that the USGA has set the course up in Mickelson's favor on purpose but that would be crazy talk right? Right?). His game is in great shape coming off a tie for 3rd at the St. Jude last week, a tie for 4th at the Wells Fargo three weeks ago and a tie for 2nd at the Masters. I know all of this star alignment may not ultimately amount to jack squat but, if this is finally Mickelson's time, I'm going to be holding his winning ticket to enjoy it. 

The U.S. Open Odds
Quiz time. Which one is Chambers Bay . . . 

1. Rory McIlroy - 7/1
2. Jordan Spieth - 8/1
3. Dustin Johnson - 18/1
4. Rickie Fowler - 18/1
5. Phil Mickelson - 18/1
6. Justin Rose - 25/1
7. Henrik Stenson - 28/1
8. Jason Day - 28/1
9. Adam Scott - 28/1
10. Bubba Watson - 28/1

The FGR U.S. Open Picks

1. Phil Mickelson
. . . and which one is Castle Stuart?

2. Jordan Spieth
3. Hideki Matsuyama
4. Justin Rose
5. Jimmy Walker
6. Sergio Garcia
7. Jim Furyk
8. Dustin Johnson
9. Kevin Kisner
10. Rickie Fowler

The One and Done Pick: Phil Mickelson

The Sleeper Pick: Brendon Todd


One notable absence from the rankings is obviously McIlroy and that probably deserves an explanation so I'll give you three: (1) He's not playing well right now which is usually the right time to pick him because he's a world class sandbagger but I don't think this is the course where you break a mini-slump; (2) Besides his win on a Congressional course that looked like it had been designed for his game right down to the monsoons that made the fairways and greens dartboards for his high draw, Rory hasn't been close in a U.S. Open since his tie for 10th in 2010; and (3) I really like the ten players I have ranked and would add Adam Scott and Jason Day as honorable mentions, especially if we had any real clue about the status of Day's health which changes every . . . wait what's that? He was just diagnosed with scurvy? Can you still get that in 2015 if you're not a pirate?**

At the same time, it's really hard not to pick Jordan Spieth and the only reason I'm staying away is the fact that I can't picture a player winning consecutive majors with the depth of talent in the game right now and the unpredictable nature of Chambers Bay. I'm not sure Spieth is currently wired to deal with some of the bad breaks he's going to get. Take it from one hot head evaluating another. You can hold it together for 18 holes when the ball isn't bouncing your way, maybe t36 but 72 holes of it will make your head explode unless you're used to shrugging off bad breaks and stupid shots with a goofy smile (see this week's One and Done Pick). 
        
Last Week’s Report Card: C+
Sitting here watching the NBA Finals
and waiting on some kind of inspiration
for this week's scenery.

1. Billy Horschel - T8th
2. Webb Simpson - M/C
3. Dustin Johnson - W/D
4. Russell Knox - T8th
5. Shawn Stefani - M/C

The One and Done Picks to Date

Hyundai: Kevin Streelman - $70,667
Sony: Chris Kirk - $42,280
Humana: Russell Knox - M/C
Phoenix: Hunter Mahan - $36,729
Farmers: Hideki Matsuyama - M/C
AT&T: Dustin Johnson - $281,067
Northern Trust: Jimmy Walker - $24,120
Honda: Keegan Bradley - M/C
WGC-Cadillac: Bubba Watson - $540,000
Valspar: Jim Furyk - $23,600
Palmer: Brooks Koepka – W/D
Texas Open: Matt Kuchar - $99,200
Still nothing . . . hey, put that DirecTV
commercial back on.
Houston Open: Louis Oosthuizen - M/C
Masters: Rory McIlroy - $480,000
Heritage: Patrick Reed - M/C
Zurich: Rickie Fowler - M/C
Match Play: Graeme McDowell - $49,385
Players: Henrik Stenson - $130,857
Wells Fargo: Webb Simpson - $624,800
Colonial: Zach Johnson - $78,780
Byron Nelson: Gary Woodland - $15,407
Memorial: Justin Rose - $669,600
FedEx St. Jude: Billy Horschel - $168,000

Season Total: $3,334,492

Footnote

* Game of Thrones reference for those not in the know and if you've decided not to get on board just because you're sick of the hype . . . your loss.

** Just kidding. Jason Day has not been diagnosed with scurvy . . . yet. 

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Fantasy Golf: The FedEx St. Jude Classic Preview

I told you the Memorial never disappoints. Even when we get a first-time winner, we also get a three hole playoff involving a U.S. Open champ and, more importantly, a hosel rocket that drills a fan in the side of the head and takes him off his feet faster than a Hulk Hogan clothesline. (If you haven't seen it, click here). What a great combination of a late "FORE" call by Rose and/or his caddie and a spectator who seemed to be meandering around with absolutely no clue that the biggest shot of the tournament was being hit about 175 yards away from him. I'm not going to say he deserved it because no one deserves that but if all you want to do on a Sunday afternoon is walk around on a grassy hill, there are safer places to do it . . . dumbass. 

And that leads us to a convergence of a couple of circumstances that are going to cut this preview a bit short: 

(1) The FedEx St. Jude Classic has the dual non-distinction of featuring a C+ field and being sandwiched between one of the Tour's best events and the U.S. Open. If it was on your favorite team's football schedule, it would be a Jags game between home games against the Packers and the Patriots*; and 

(2) The FGR's personal golf calendar just got kicked into overdrive with an 11th hour invitation to nice little two-day member guest situation later this week.** Add that to previously booked outings, casual rounds, multi-day events and family at the beach leavng me to my own devices, and you get 153 holes over the next ten days (oh boy I just got the same feeling I get when I watch the end of Rudy). Somewhere in there I'm going to have to find time to crank-out a preview for what is going to be an epic west coast based primetime for the east coast audience U.S. Open (and don't forget your day job there Captain Leisure) . . . right, and that too. 

In the meantime, pick Billy Horschel this week. If he's not available, go with Webb Simpson and if neither of those guys are options, get creative with a Shawn Stefani, Russell Knox or Brian Harman. When three of your last four winners were Harris English, Ben Crane and Harrison Freakin' Frazier and six of your last seven runner-ups were Robert Karlsson (twice), Robert Garrigus, John Merrick, Scott Stallings and Troy Merritt, you might as well let your wife make the pick.              

The St. Jude Classic Favorites
"Hey honey, you know how you're
always talking about how we never
do anything together anymore . . ."


1. Dustin Johnson - 5/1
2. Phil Mickelson - 12/1
3. Ryan Palmer - 14/1
4. Billy Horschel - 16/1
5. Webb Simpson - 18/1
6. Paul Casey - 22/1
7. Harris English - 22/1
8. Brooks Koepka - 22/1
9. Jamie Donaldson - 28/1
10. Graeme McDowell - 30/1

The FGR St. Jude Picks

1. Billy Horschel
2. Webb Simpson
3. Dustin Johnson
4. Russell Knox
5. Shawn Stefani

The One and Done Pick: Billy Horschel
Speaking of women and golf, we
love Lexi Thompson in the #2 spot
 for this week's Golf Channel line-up.

The Sleeper Pick: Ben Crane

Last Week's Report Card: A-

1. Justin Rose - 2nd
2. Dustin Johnson - T13th
3. Jordan Spieth - T3rd
4. Rickie Fowler - M/C
5. Hideki Matsuyama - T5th

The One and Done Picks to Date

Hyundai: Kevin Streelman - $70,667
Sony: Chris Kirk - $42,280
Humana: Russell Knox - M/C
Phoenix: Hunter Mahan - $36,729
Farmers: Hideki Matsuyama - M/C
AT&T: Dustin Johnson - $281,067
Northern Trust: Jimmy Walker - $24,120
Honda: Keegan Bradley - M/C
WGC-Cadillac: Bubba Watson - $540,000
Valspar: Jim Furyk - $23,600
And, as usual, we're going with
Allison Stokke in the pole vault.
(I've already checked-out).
Palmer: Brooks Koepka – W/D
Texas Open: Matt Kuchar - $99,200
Houston Open: Louis Oosthuizen - M/C

Masters: Rory McIlroy - $480,000
Heritage: Patrick Reed - M/C
Zurich: Rickie Fowler - M/C
Match Play: Graeme McDowell - $49,385
Players: Henrik Stenson - $130,857
Wells Fargo: Webb Simpson - $624,800
Colonial: Zach Johnson - $78,780
Byron Nelson: Gary Woodland - $15,407
Memorial: Justin Rose - $669,600

Season Total: $3,166,492

Footnote

* I know the Patriots continue to invent ways to be more hateable but that's what you want out of the teams you root against right?

** It's good to be the FGR.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Fantasy Golf: The Memorial Preview

Whatever perceived good karma was flowing from my half-assing of the golf analysis wore-off last week as not even the autopilot move of putting Jordan Spieth in the to spot worked. The good news is that we have a tournament worth caring about on the horizon and, like the first ten minutes of the first class on the first day of school, I swear I'm ready to pay attention. 

What's not to love about the Memorial? It features an all-star field every year, is played on a great golf course and produces quality repeat winners including Tiger Woods (5), Jack Nicklaus (2), Tom Watson (2), Greg Norman (2) and Hale Irwin (2).* Throw-in other recent champs like Matt Kuchar, Steve Stricker and Justin Rose and it's enough to help you get past all of the slurping the announcers do about the course and the history of the event when Lord Nicklaus is in the booth (which is now almost the whole damn tournament since he doesn't play anymore). Basically, it's what the Players Championship wants to be but without feeling the need to act like a five year old kid on a jungle gym saying "hey mommy look at me" every ten seconds.

This year's field is typically loaded. It includes 12 of the top 20 players in the world along with the aforementioned five time champ Mr. Woods who won this thing as recently as 2012. And that was before he learned to reset displaced bones in his own wrist as he did at this year's Masters so who knows what he's capable of now? Maybe he could even smile and make you believe he's not faking it. 

As appealing as Tiger looks as a 28 to 1 shot (smirk), we're going to remove him from the equation this week and focus on the big name players we still have at our disposal. The only upside to the FGR's dismal one and done pick start (see below) is that we still have studs like Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose and Jason Day available. Our desperation for a win means that we're going to pull a player from that pool while throwing a look Billy Horschel's way.** Let's break it down:

Spieth: A solid bet every week but could be suffering from a bit of burnout. At this point, we're strongly considering him for the Tour Championship where he'll be a lock to pocket $10M of FedEx Cup cash with a win.

Rose: Won this thing in 2010, finished 2nd in 2008 and had back to back 8th place showings in 2012 and 2013 but he's also missed the cut a few times so it's all or nothing with him. Sounds like an FGR pick already.

Day: He's apparently suffering from undiagnosed dizzy spells and lethargy.*** Considering Day's propensity for bailing on tournaments under the most benign adverse conditions, dizzy spells and lethargy might as well be that disease from Game of Thrones that turns you into a gray lizard person. Of course I had him penciled in at the U.S. Open

Horschel: At some point this summer young Billy is going to wake-up and go, "THAT'S IT!" and then rip-off a three week stretch of something like 3rd, 1st, 2nd. Unfortunately, it's like trying to predict the three week stretch every season when Antonio Gates will accumulate half his fantasy points. Impossible. 

I'm really tempted to roll the dice on Horschel this week but I'm going with Rose. My ultimate rationale is that (a) I haven't used him yet, (b) I have to use him at some point this season and (c) I don't see any tournaments left on the schedule where I want to use him. If that's not some vintage FGR analysis, I don't know what is.           
   
Let's play six degrees of Billy Horschel who of
course looks exactly like Christian Bale . . .
 
The Memorial Favorites

1. Jordan Spieth - 7/1
2. Dustin Johnson - 12/1
3. Hideki Matsuyama - 16/1
4. Justin Rose - 18/1
5. Jim Furyk - 20/1
6. Matt Kuchar - 20/1
7. Rickie Fowler - 22/1
8. Jason Day - 25/1
9. Phil Mickelson - 25/1
10. Tiger Woods - 28/1

The FGR Memorial Picks

1. Justin Rose
2. Dustin Johnson
3. Jordan Spieth
4. Rickie Fowler
5. Hideki Matsuyama

. . . who was in American Hustle
with Amy Adams . . .
The One and Done Pick: Justin Rose

The Sleeper Pick: Rory Sabbatini****

Last Week's Report Card: D

1. Jordan Spieth - T30th
2. Gary Woodland - T60th
3. Matt Kuchar - T39th
4. Jason Day - W/D
5. Dustin Johnson - T8th

The One and Done Picks to Date

Hyundai: Kevin Streelman - $70,667
Sony: Chris Kirk - $42,280
Humana: Russell Knox - M/C
Phoenix: Hunter Mahan - $36,729
Farmers: Hideki Matsuyama - M/C
AT&T: Dustin Johnson - $281,067
Northern Trust: Jimmy Walker - $24,120
Honda: Keegan Bradley - M/C
 . . . who was in Big Eyes with
Krysten Ritter. (Well that was fun).
WGC-Cadillac: Bubba Watson - $540,000
Valspar: Jim Furyk - $23,600
Palmer: Brooks Koepka – W/D
Texas Open: Matt Kuchar - $99,200
Houston Open: Louis Oosthuizen - M/C
Masters: Rory McIlroy - $480,000
Heritage: Patrick Reed - M/C
Zurich: Rickie Fowler - M/C
Match Play: Graeme McDowell - $49,385
Players: Henrik Stenson - $130,857
Wells Fargo: Webb Simpson - $624,800
Colonial: Zach Johnson - $78,780
Byron Nelson: Gary Woodland - $15,407

Season Total: $2,496,892

Footnotes

* Since 1993, the only two players to win the Memorial who have not played on a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup team are Bart Bryant and Carl Pettersson. I don't think there is another tour event that can say that. Of course we'll never know for sure unless someone out there feels up for some research.

** I've already used Matsuyama, Furyk, D.J. and Fowler. If I had those four available, I'd probably pick D.J. and hope he doesn't go all unfrozen caveman golfer on us with a quadruple bogey like he did last Sunday.

*** If he was a 46 year old man with three kids, I could diagnose what Day has off of those symptoms in about three seconds. It's called "Tuesday Morning After a Big Weekend."

**** Rory Sabbatini has shown signs that he could pull-off another win out of nowhere which would be great for the Tour's recent douche shortage in the wake of big wins by likeable players like Spieth, Rory and Rickie.

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