Package deal:

One and Done

Event	Golfer	Place	$$
The Greenbrier	Scottie Scheffler	T7	235,625
CIMB Classic	Sungjae Im	P2	719,400
Safeway Open	Byeong-Hun An	MC	0
Shriners Hospitals for Children	Scott Piercy	MC	0
Houston Open	Henrik Stenson	MC	0
CJ CUP AT NINE BRIDGES	Marc Leishman	T43	31,785
ZOZO Championship	Hideki Matsuyama	2nd	1,053,000
Total Events: 7	Top 10: 3	MC: 3	2,039,810

LAST WEEK – ZOZO Championship

Well then.

Raise your hand if you saw THAT coming?!?!

Now, keep it up if you’re lying.

Matsuyama felt like a win this week because I don’t think anyone in their right mind would have used this week to burn #MrCo82.

I’ll just pretend that Matsuyama won the 2009 Sony Open because that sounds better than making a million bucks for second.

I had too many seconds to count last year and I’m already up to TWO in just seven events.

Everyone wants winners, I get it.

THE PICK

Hideki Matsuyama – 2nd

Gave Woods plenty to think about but, as usual, just didn’t hole enough putts to really make The Greatest sweat. Fantastic result on home soil and if you told me before the week started that he would have been beaten by Woods, I would have loaded up on Tiger at 40-1 haha.

Safety Dance:

Gary Woodland – 5th; playing with Woods in the final two rounds as well.

Adam Scott – T33; he couldn’t string three rounds together.

Justin Thomas – T17; could have been much worse without 65 in the final round. Hard to go back-to-back especially with a big field on a new track. Those of you who didn’t panic will have many, many choices for him down the road. Raises hand.

Spicy:

Tony Finau – Sorry about your mom, Rickie. I guess she can’t have any spicy foods for a while. Dire.

Jordan Spieth – It was one good rood at Jeju Island (65) and only one more in the 60s this week.

Kevin Kisner – Opened with 75 and I stopped paying attention.

3AM at the Blackjack Table:

Ben An – T8; back-to-back top 10s with 66-66 close. Glad I took him at Safeway (MC) !!!

Emiliano Grillo – T30; four rounds of 70 or better.

Adam Hadwin – T41; fell in love with the non-power players in this event. Bad idea. Learn from it and move on.

This Week – WGC-HSBC Champions

Big cash, small field but plenty of top players. WGC events are won by class players, period. I don’t think there’s any reason to guess why this event would deviate from that norm.

There’s a reason Russell Knox sticks out when we point out the winners since 2015. Nothing against Knox, at all, but all of the other winners have played in final groups on Sunday, if not have won, major championships.

The Euro contingent has this event and two more before the DP World Tour Championship so their attention should be heightened.  TOUR pros not playing at Mayakoba or Sea Island know this is it for 2019 and want to end with a bang.

Read more here:

https://www.pgatour.com/confidence-factor/2019/10/29/fantasy-golf-advice-course-world-golf-championships-hsbc-champions.html

Good luck.

THE PICK

Xander Schauffele

I annually struggle on where to use him so I’m going to run him out for his title defense. Of course I’d love to save him for East Lake (Win, T7 and second last year) but there’s no guarantee he makes it and I’m not sure if my league even counts that event. So yeah. All I’m asking for is a spirited defense in a limited field.

Safety Dance:

Rory McIlroy – hard to get off of him this week and I have a feeling I might regret this. I’m sure he’ll be in contention more than once this season.

Justin Rose – Course horse with podium finishes the last two years.

Hideki Matsuyama – He was second at the CIMB the week before he won here in 2016. Buyer’s remorse from last week should kick in as well.

Spicy:

Tony Finau – Yeah, again. He should have won last year as he led by three after 36 and 54. T11 in his maiden two years ago.

Patrick Reed – Too many low ones here to ignore and his short game translates.

Ian Poulter – Another grinder who shines in the bigger events.

Tyrrell Hatton – Too many superlatives on Jeju Island to count.

3AM at the Blackjack Table:

Matthew Wallace, Cameron Smith, Kurt Kitayama

 

Bermuda Championship

A 6,800 yard track playing at Par-72 will welcome all shapes and sizes this week. I’m wondering what kind of putting surfaces and rough they will have this week! Probably bentgrass!

Anyhow, I’d check out Mayakoba, Puerto Rico, any stops in the Bahamas on the Web.com if you need ideas.

These are mine:

The Pick: Denny McCarthy

Back-to-back T9 paydays continues his trend of steady play in the new season.

Spicy:

Maverick McNealy: Another super putter who’s trending in the proper direction and won a million times at Stanford.

Brian Stuard: Keeps it between the lines and he won’t be sweating the length.

Beau Hossler: T29 followed by T13 suggests he’s righted the ship.

 

Check out my previous results below if you need a history lesson:

History Channeled:

2018-19

My majors contributions and PLAYERS selection were worse than bad so to still break the $10 million mark with those awful results was encouraging.

Another valuable lesson learned is that the Playoffs are for the big boys. Now, WHICH big boys make this more and more difficult and that’s why it’s enjoyable and maddening all at the same time. Only McIlroy and Woods have won the FedExCup twice so start there.

Event	Golfer	Place	$$
Safeway Open	Brendan Steele	T53	14,610
CIMB Classic	Ryan Moore	T66	12,740
CJ CUP @ 9 BRIDGES	Gary Woodland	2nd	1,026,000
WGC-HSBC Champions	Ian Poulter	21st	93,500
Sanderson Farms	Cameron Davis	MC	0
Shriners	Aaron Wise	T15	101,675
Mayakoba Golf Classic	Charles Howell III	MC	0
The RSM Classic	J.J. Spaun	MC	0
Sentry TOC	Jon Rahm	T8	191,000
Sony Open	Marc Leishman	T3	307,200
60th Desert Classic	Andrew Putnam	T34	29,975
Farmers Insurance	Patrick Cantlay	MC	0
WMPO	Hideki Matsuyama	T15	113,600
AT&T Pebble Beach	Jason Day	T4	334,400
Genesis Open	Justin Thomas	2nd	799,200
WGC-Mexico Champ	Xander Schauffele	T14	128,000
Puerto Rico Open	Graeme McDowell	T42	10,500
The Honda Classic	Adam Scott	MC	0
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Rickie Fowler	T40	35,490
THE PLAYERS Championship	Sergio Garcia	T22	125,000
Valspar Championship	Patrick Reed	MC	0
Corales Punta Cana	Trey Mullinax	T61	6,450
WGC-Match Play	Paul Casey	T9	167,000
Valero Texas Open	Billy Horschel	MC	0
Masters	Rory McIlroy	T21	107,956
RBC Heritage	Matt Kuchar	2nd	745,200
Zurich Classic	Ryan Palmer	WIN	1,051,200
Wells Fargo Championship	Phil Mickelson	MC	0
AT&T Byron Nelson	Keith Mitchell	T59	17,301
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka	WIN	1,980,000
Charles Schwab Challenge	Jordan Spieth	T8	197,100
Memorial	Tony Finau	MC	0
RBC Canadian Open	Jim Furyk	T27	55,100
U.S. Open	Tiger Woods	T21	117,598
Travelers Championship	Bubba Watson	T54	16,560
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Sungjae Im	T21	68,528
3M Open	Bryson DeChambeau	T2	563,200
John Deere Classic	Collin Morikawa	T4	264,000
The Open Championship	Rafa Cabrera Bello	MC	0
Barbasol Championship	Denny McCarthy	T11	77,000
WGC-FESJI	Dustin Johnson	T20	113,500
Barracuda Championship	Martin Laird	T7	105,437
Wyndham Championship	Webb Simpson	2nd	669,600
THE NORTHERN TRUST	Tommy Fleetwood	T43	27,565
BMW Championship	Brandt Snedeker	T5	351,500
Total Events: 45	Top 10s: 14	MC: 10	$10,024,685

 

2017-18 Thermometer: FINAL

Event	Golfer	Place	$$
Safeway Open	Tony Finau	2nd	669,600
CIMB Classic	Paul Casey	T7	218,166
CJ CUP @ 9 BRIDGES	Keegan Bradley	T47	23,759
WGC-HSBC Champions	Hideki Matsuyama	T50	51,875
Sanderson Farms	Chesson Hadley	T2	464,400
Shriners	Patrick Cantlay	WIN	1,224,000
OHL Classic	Kevin Chappell	MC	0
The RSM Classic	Charles Howell III	MC	0
Sentry TOC	Kevin Kisner	T17	99,333
Sony Open	Brian Harman	T4	256,266
CareerBuilder Challenge	Jason Dufner	T36	27,189
Farmers Insurance	Jon Rahm	T29	43,872
WMPO	Alex Noren	T21	80,040
-AT&T Pebble Beach	Phil Mickelson	T2	488,400
Genesis Open	Dustin Johnson	T16	111,600
Honda Classic	Graeme McDowell	MC	0
WGC-Mexico	Tommy Fleetwood	T14	126,500
Valspar Championship	Ryan Moore	MC	0
Arnold Palmer	Tyrell Hatton	T69	18,067
WGC-Match Play	Patrick Reed	T9	163,000
Corales Puntacana	Patrick Rodgers	T22	27,850
Houston Open	Luke List	T24	54,162
Masters	Jordan Spieth	3rd	748,000
RBC Heritage	Cameron Smith	T32	35,510
Valero Texas Open	Billy Horschel	T11	136,400
Zurich Classic	Bud Cauley	MC	0
Wells Fargo Championship	Bryson DeChambeau	4th	369,600
THE PLAYERS	Francesco Molinari	MC	0
Ft. Worth Invitational	Adam Scott	T52	16,472
AT&T Byron Nelson	Jimmy Walker	T6	257,950
Memorial	Tiger Woods	T23	76,985
FESJC	Henrik Stenson	T26	50,820
US Open	Justin Rose	T10	270,151
FESJC	Xander Schauffele	MC	0
Quicken Loans National	Kyle Stanley	T32	36,841
A Military Tribute	Bubba Watson	T13	121,632
John Deere Classic	Zach Johnson	T16	81,366
British Open	Rory McIlroy	T2	694,250
RBC Canadian Open	Charley Hoffman	T29	37,743
Barracuda	Martin Laird	T15	51,000
WGC-Bridgestone Invite	Rickie Fowler	T17	104,250
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka	WIN	1,980,000
Wyndham	Brandt Snedeker	WIN	1,080,000
THE NORTHERN TRUST	Jason Day	T20	101,160
Dell Technologies	Marc Leishman	T21	100,800
BMW Championship	Gary Woodland	T12	189,000
TOUR Championship	Justin Thomas	T7	279,900
Total Events: 47	Top 10s: 15	MC: 7	$10,967,909

 

2015-16 Season total: $5,978,929; 47 events

• Wins: 2 (Matsuyama, Hoffman)
• Seconds: 0
• Thirds: 1
• Top 10s: 9
• Top 25s: 18
• MC: 8 (Mickelson, FIO; Oosthuizen, SHO; Chappell, Colonial; Casey, Memorial; Woodland, FESJC; Hearn, RBC Canadian; McGirt, Wyndham; Justin Thomas, DBC)

2016-17 Season total: $6,533,509 45 events

• Wins: 1
• Seconds: 1
• Thirds: 1
• Top 10s: 12
• Top 25s: 20
• MCs (10): Grayson Murray (Safeway Open); Patton Kizzire (SFC); Jamie Lovemark (CB Challenge); Jimmy Walker (FIO); Charl Schwartzel (Genesis); Russell Knox (Honda); Henrik Stenson (API); Thomas Pieters (Zurich); Kevin Kisner (WFC).

Thanks for reading!