Procore Championship

September 10, 2025 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

FedExCup Fall – Procore Championship

Silverado Resort

North Course

Napa, California

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It’s a different field in Napa Valley in 2025 with 10 of the 12 USA Ryder Cup players teeing it up.

The rank and file will use this week and six more to establish playing privileges for the 2026 TOUR season, which begins in January. Remember, only the top 100 are guaranteed a full schedule for 2026. Read more about it here.

NOW PLAYING: Procore Championship

Host Course	Silverado Resort – North Course
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,138 (up 15 yards from 2024; new professional tee on No. 15).
Par:	72 (35-37).
Greens:	Bentgrass/Poa annua; 5,400 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	11.5 feet and up.
Rough:	Bluegrass/Rye at 2.5 inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	55/2/2
Architect(s):	Ben Harmon (1955); Robert Trent Jones, Sr., (1966); Johnny Miller (2011).
Defending Champion (event):	Patton Kizzire (-20).
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	Max Homa (2022, 2021).
Multiple Champions (course):	Max Homa, Brendan Steele (not entered).
Fact of the Week:	The first 11 events produced nine unique winners and five were native Californians.

Procore Championship

The opening event to the wrap-around season from years past transitioned into the opening event for the FedExCup Fall in 2023.

The last six winners have posted 16-under or better, and four of the previous five champions have posted the lowest winning totals.

Theegala is the only winner in the last seven editions not to register in the top three in SG: Tee to Green (T6). Kizzire was fourth in 2024.

In his first victory in 2021, Max Homa is the only winner in the last six years to finish outside the top seven in Scrambling (T42). Kizzire was first in 2024.

Former champions in the field this week also include Cameron Champ (2019) and Emiliano Grillo (2015).

Recent PGA TOUR Winners

2025 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Hideki Matsuyama
Sony Open in Hawaii	Nick Taylor
The American Express	Sepp Straka
Farmers Insurance Open	Harris English
AT&T Pebble Beach	Rory McIlroy
WM Phoenix Open	Thomas Detry (first time)
The Genesis Invitational	Ludvig Aberg
Mexico Open at VidantaWorld	Brian Campbell (first time)
Cognizant Classic	Joe Highsmith (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Russell Henley
THE PLAYERS Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
Valspar Championship	Viktor Hovland
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Min Woo Lee (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Brian Harman
89^th Masters Tournament	Rory McIlroy (3)
RBC Heritage	Justin Thomas
Zurich Classic	Andrew Novak/Ben Griffin (first time for both)
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Scottie Scheffler
Truist Championship	Sepp Straka (2)
ONEFLIGHT Myrtle Beach	Ryan Fox
107^th PGA Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
CS Challenge	Ben Griffin (2)
Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Canadian Open	Ryan Fox (2)
125^th U.S. Open	J.J. Spaun
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley
Rocket Classic	Aldrich Potgieter (first time)
John Deere Classic	Brian Campbell (2)
Genesis Scottish Open	Chris Gotterup
The Open Championship	Scottie Scheffler (4)
3M Open	Kurt Kitayama
Wyndham Championship	Cameron Young (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Justin Rose (oldest modern Euro)
BMW Championship	Scottie Scheffler (5)
The TOUR Championship	Tommy Fleetwood (first time)

Recent Winners – Procore Championship

Italics – not entered/qualified this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2024	Patton Kizzire (-20)	Won by five shots to set the tournament record for margin of victory. First win 6+ years.
2023	Sahith Theegala (-21)	California native won for the first time on TOUR and tied the tournament scoring record.
2022	Max Homa (-16)	Successfully defended his 2021 title by defeating 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett by a shot.
2021	Max Homa (-19)	Closing with 65, he beat Maverick McNealy by a shot to pick up his first top 10 since June.
2020	Stewart Cink (-21)	Became the oldest winner at 47 while setting the tournament scoring record.
2019	Cameron Champ (-17)	Sacramento native held off Adam Hadwin to win by one.
2018	Kevin Tway (-14)	Posting the highest winning total, Tway needed a playoff to win for the first time on TOUR.

Horses for Courses – Procore Championship

The FedExCup Fall harvest begins at Silverado Resort (North Course) in Napa Valley, launching the first of seven events of the back half of 2025. Returning to Silverado for the 12th consecutive season, the Par-72, stretched to 7,138 yards, welcomes a field of 144 players highlighted by defending champion Patton Kizzire (+30000) and 10 of the 12 players representing the USA at the Ryder Cup in two weeks at Bethpage Black in New York.

Winning by five shots in the fall of 2024, Kizzire set the tournament record for margin of victory in his third win on TOUR. Posting 20-under-par, he missed equaling the tournament record – matched by Sahith Theegala (+4000) in 2023 – by a shot. He led the field in SG: Putting and Scrambling, plus ranked fourth in SG: Tee to Green. Kizzire had previous success in Wine Country. He finished second on debut in the 2016 edition and will return for the ninth time. He is one of only two non-California champions since 2019.

Orange, California, native Sahith Theegala (+4000) returns to the site of his first victory on TOUR. Surrounded by friends and family, he matched the tournament scoring record of 21-under-par 265 in 2023 and added his third consecutive top-10 payday with T7 in defense last year. He cashed four T14 or better paydays from five weekend performances and owns a scoring average of 68.80.

The only two-time winner at the North Course to enter this week, Californian Max Homa (+4500), owns four top-10 results from nine attempts. The Southern California native, who attended school in the East Bay at Cal-Berkeley, won the event in 2021 and 2022 before a T7 payday in 2023 wiped out his attempt at a three-peat. He fell short of the weekend by one shot in 2024 but has made the cut in seven of nine visits. A victory would see him become the only three-time winner in event history.

2025 Ryder Cup Players

Players listed below are competing this week; Odds presented by FanDuel Sportsbook;

Keegan Bradley sends 10 of his 12 players to the first tee at Silverado.

Player	Rounds	Top 10	Avg	Odds
Scottie Scheffler (first appearance)	0	0	0	+210
Russell Henley	8	0	70.88	+1600
Justin Thomas	21	4	69.19	+1600
J.J. Spaun	30	1	70.53	+2500
Collin Morikawa	6	1	70.00	+2500
Harris English	22	1	70.95	+2700
Ben Griffin	2	0	73.00	+2500
Cameron Young	2	0	74.00	+2000
Patrick Cantlay	16	0	70.44	+1800
Sam Burns	6	1	69.50	+2000

Sacramento native Cameron Champ (+10000) won the 2019 tournament after signing for T25 in 2018. He is one of four winners (six events) from the state of California in the previous 11 events. If he qualifies for the weekend in 2025, it would be his first shot at the final 36 holes in five years. He has missed the cut on his previous four visits.

Emiliano Grillo (+8000), the last player to win on debut at Silverado, lifted the trophy in 2015, and is one of two international champions. The Argentinian was playing in his first PGA TOUR event with a TOUR card and needed a playoff, one of only two in history, to win. His total of 15-under equals the highest winning score in 11 events. Teeing it up for the ninth time, he owns five paydays of T29 or better and enters for the first time since the 2023 event.

SG: Putting

Rank	Player	Odds
1	Sam Burns	+2000
3	Taylor Montgomery	+17500
4	Sam Ryder	+17500
6	Cameron Young	+2000
7	Nico Echavarria	+10000
9	Brandt Snedeker	+50000
10	Sami Valimaki	+10000
11	Andrew Putnam	+12500
16	Thorbjorn Olesen	+8000
17	Justin Thomas	+1600
18	Harris English	+2700
20	Scottie Scheffler	+210

The North Course at Silverado Resort plays only 7,138 yards to Par-72 but has the toughest fairways to hit on TOUR. The 2024 event saw less than half, 46.81 percent, of drives find the short grass. The other major defense of the track, most recently renovated for the arrival of the TOUR in 2014, is the putting surfaces. The Bent/Poa annua greens flummox the best players on TOUR with their nuance and slope. Only Torrey Pines and Detroit Golf Club were more difficult to navigate inside 10 feet in 2024. The last two champions finished first and second in SG: Putting, while the last five winners ranked in the top 15. The course has played under-par in the 11 previous events, and the 36-hole cut has been two-under or BETTER the last six years.

More than 50 percent of approach shots will come from the rough, and missing the greens will challenge the best of scramblers. Getting it close from bunkers, closely mown areas, and bluegrass/ryegrass around the greens isn’t cut and dry. Silverado ranked fifth-most difficult in approach around the greens in 2024.

Excellent wedge players and putters should thrive.

Oddsmaker’s Extras

Justin Thomas (+1600): No matter which stage of his career he was currently navigating, Thomas has flourished in Napa Valley. He missed the weekend in 2014 as an up-and-comer but returned in 2015 to hit the podium (T3), beginning a run of 15 of 16 rounds at par or better. Securing T8 in 2016, he did not return until the 2019 event. He added four rounds of 71 or better, including 64 in Round 2, and collected T4 money. After a four-year hiatus, he played in the final group in 2023 and hit the top five (solo fifth), his fourth top-10 result in six visits.

Matt Kuchar (+10000): The veteran has cashed in five of six, including his last four visits over the previous four seasons. Four of those paydays are T21 or better, including the last three years (T13-T7-T12). Making the cut in 2025 would run his streak to five straight at Silverado.

Tom Hoge (+25000): Although not in the best form currently, Hoge is on a run of four straight appearances and six of his last seven. Racking up T7 in 2024, followed by T12 in 2023, and 15 of his last 16 are par or better.

Justin Lower (+30000): Another longer shot, Lower collected T4 in 2022 and T7 in 2024 and is on a run of three straight.

Mark Hubbard (+8000): The former San Jose State player has not cracked the top 10 but has posted four of his last six paydays between T13 and T21.

Maverick McNealy (+2500): The runner-up to Homa in his first victory, he missed the cut the year before and the two events following. Careful.

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2025 TOUR Championship

August 20, 2025 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

Yep, he’s the man to beat this week and every week!

FedEx Cup Playoffs – Event No. 3

TOUR Championship

East Lake Golf Club

Atlanta, Georgia

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Thoughts on Chalk (odds via Bet365.com)

Scottie Scheffler (+162): He’s never been the medalist at this event. That’s all I got. That’s his new conquest.

Rory McIlroy (+700): Circled 17 birdies and an eagle last week, plenty. Squared eight bogeys and FOUR doubles, plenty in the wrong direction. Once again, he will be paired with Scheffler for the first round. LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE.

Tommy Fleetwood (+1200): He’ll need to keep it close enough for one of his 63s on Sunday. We know he doesn’t hold the lead well.

Ludvig Aberg (+1600): With three top-10 paydays in his last four, all big events, I’d suggest he makes it four out of five in his second start at East Lake.

Russell Henley (+1800): On Bermuda. Yes.

Viktor Hovland (+2200): If it is all going to come together, this would be the week, and course, for it to happen.

Sam Burns (+2500): Only one of three players to hit 10-under the last two seasons (gross).

Cameron Young (+2800): No let down after his first win on TOUR at Wyndham. Next stop is solidifying a Captain’s Pick. When does the water get too deep?

Collin Morikawa (+2800): Posted 22-under to win the gross last year. Has not contended since Detroit.

Justin Thomas (+2800): Four straight outside T20. Loves it here. Keep reading.

Patrick Cantlay (+2800): Didn’t catch the spark at Caves Valley.

Others for Top 5 and Top 10 action are mentioned in Prop Bets (Odds Outlook) at PGATOUR.com

Seven players make their debut.

Six players have won the FedExCup Championship.

NOW PLAYING:

Host Course	East Lake Golf Club
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,440.
Par:	70 (35-35).
Greens:	TifEagle Bermudagrass; 6,600 square feet.
Stimpmeter:	12 feet and up.
Rough:	Tifway 419 Bermudagrass at 3.5 inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	78/5/8
Architect(s):	Tom Bendelow (1904); Donald Ross (1913); George Cobb (1959); Rees Jones (multiple); Andrew Green (2023-24).
Tournament Record (2007-25)	257; Tiger Woods (Bentgrass) 2007.
Course record (last):	60; Zach Johnson (2007, Bentgrass); 61; Collin Morikawa (2023, Bermudagrass).
Defending Champion (net):	Scottie Scheffler (-30).
Defending “Champion” (gross):	Collin Morikawa (-22).
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022).
Facts of the Week:	East Lake returns to a Par-70 for 2025 and STARTING STROKES no longer exist.

Recent Winners – TOUR Championship

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2024	Scottie Scheffler (-30)	Didn’t win the gross, but they handed out the trophy for net. Won by four shots over Morikawa.
2023	Viktor Hovland (-27)	Backed up his BMW Championship with a commanding five-shot victory.
2022	Rory McIlroy (-21)	Held off Scheffler by a shot to win for the third time.
2021	Patrick Cantlay (-21)	Lost the gross by four shots but won the war by one.

2025 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Hideki Matsuyama
Sony Open in Hawaii	Nick Taylor
The American Express	Sepp Straka
Farmers Insurance Open	Harris English
AT&T Pebble Beach	Rory McIlroy
WM Phoenix Open	Thomas Detry (first time)
The Genesis Invitational	Ludvig Aberg
Mexico Open at VidantaWorld	Brian Campbell (first time)
Cognizant Classic	Joe Highsmith (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Russell Henley
THE PLAYERS Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
Valspar Championship	Viktor Hovland
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Min Woo Lee (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Brian Harman
89^th Masters Tournament	Rory McIlroy (3)
RBC Heritage	Justin Thomas
Zurich Classic	Andrew Novak/Ben Griffin (first time for both)
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Scottie Scheffler
Truist Championship	Sepp Straka (2)
ONEFLIGHT Myrtle Beach	Ryan Fox
107^th PGA Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
CS Challenge	Ben Griffin (2)
Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Canadian Open	Ryan Fox (2)
125^th U.S. Open	J.J. Spaun
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley
Rocket Classic	Aldrich Potgieter (first time)
John Deere Classic	Brian Campbell (2)
Genesis Scottish Open	Chris Gotterup
The Open Championship	Scottie Scheffler (4)
3M Open	Kurt Kitayama
Wyndham Championship	Cameron Young (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Justin Rose (oldest modern Euro)
BMW Championship	Scottie Scheffler (5)

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray (Rest in Peace)
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau
Travelers Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Cam Davis
John Deere Classic	Davis Thompson (first time)
Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre (2)
152^nd Open Championship	Xander Schauffele (2)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
2024 Paris Olympics	Scottie Scheffler (7)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Championship	Aaron Rai (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Hideki Matsuyama (2)
BMW Championship	Keegan Bradley
The TOUR Championship	Scottie Scheffler (8)

FedEx Cup Fall
Procore Championship	Patton Kizzire
Sanderson Farms Championship	Kevin Yu (first time)
Black Desert Championship	Matt McCarty (first time)
Shriners Children’s Open	JT Poston
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Nico Echavarria
World Wide Technology Champ	Austin Eckroat (2)
Butterfield Bermuda Champ	Rafa Campos (first time)
The RSM Classic	Maverick McNealy (first time)

Horses for Courses – TOUR Championship

All roads end at the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club outside Atlanta for the top 30 players in the FedExCup Playoffs. Since 2007, East Lake Golf Club has been the exclusive host to determine the winner of the most lucrative prize on the PGA TOUR.

For the fourth consecutive season, Scottie Scheffler (+150) arrives at the top of the FedExCup Playoffs points table. In 2024, the World No. 1 paid off his Starting Strokes lead of 10-under and won the FedExCup Championship for the first time in five tries. This year, Starting Strokes are no longer in use. The entire field will make a run at the reigning champion from even par. Scheffler owns four T6 or better paydays in five starts, including posting 20-under (264) in his 2024 victory.

Year	To Par (total)	Gross Finish	Net Finish
2024	-20 (264)	2^nd	WIN
2023	-1 (279)	T21	T6
2022	-10 (270)	T13	T2
2021	-2 (278)	T17	T22
2020	-12 (268)	2nd	T5

With a win this week, Scheffler would be the first player to win the event in consecutive seasons. It would also be the first time finishing with the lowest gross total.

Scheffler’s biggest rival this week is three-time champion Rory McIlroy (+850). Making his 12^th start at East Lake, the host for the 19^th consecutive season, the World No. 2 owns nine top-10 results, which include titles in 2022 (-17; 263), 2019 (-13; 267), and 2016 (-12; 268). In his last eight starts, he finished outside the top 10 once (T14, 2021) and is one of six previous winners in the field. In 44 career loops, he has posted a round in the 60s 33 times. Not bad.

Scoring Average – TOUR Championship

Select players listed below are competing this week; Odds presented by FanDuel Sportsbook; Minimum eight rounds played.

There are seven players in the field of 30 on debut this week.

Rank	Player	Rounds	Avg	Odds
1	Viktor Hovland	20	67.40	+2700
2	Justin Thomas	32	67.81	+2500
3	Scottie Scheffler	20	67.95	+150
T4	Russell Henley	16	68.00	+2000
T4	Collin Morikawa	20	68.00	+3000
6	Rory McIlroy	44	68.11	+850
7	Sepp Straka	12	68.42	+3500
8	Sam Burns	16	68.69	+3000
9	Tommy Fleetwood	16	68.94	+1400
10	Justin Rose	40	69.05	+5500

Viktor Hovland (+2700) pulverized the previous Par-70 in the 2023 edition. The Norwegian posted 19-under (261), which included rounds of 64 and a closing round of 63, to win the FedExCup TOUR Championship for the first time. Making his sixth consecutive start, he has signed for 20 rounds all at par or better (see above). He also shared fifth place in 2021.

Justin Thomas (+2500) broke his streak of seven consecutive top-10 paydays at East Lake when he failed to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs in 2023. Returning in 2024, he posted 14-under but cashed outside the top 10 for the first time (T14). Thomas does have another current streak to protect. Over his last four visits to East Lake, he produced a gross total in double-digits under par. He is second in the field this week in Scoring Average at East Lake.

Collin Morikawa (+3000) set the Bermudagrass greens tournament scoring record of 22-under-par in 2024, missing tying Tiger Woods’ 2007 record (Bentgrass greens) by a shot. He “beat” Scheffler by two shots but finished second due to Starting Strokes. In the 2023 edition, he opened with 61 to set the Bermudagrass COURSE record. He followed with 64 to set the 36-hole tournament scoring record before fading with 73-72 on the weekend (T4, gross). Making his sixth start, he owns three top-seven gross finishes.

SG: Tee to Green

Rank	Player	Odds
1	Scottie Scheffler	+150
2	Tommy Fleetwood	+1400
3	Collin Morikawa	+3000
6	J.J. Spaun	+2700
7	Russell Henley	+2000
8	Keegan Bradley	+4000
10	Sepp Straka	+3500
11	Shane Lowry	+7000
12	Rory McIlroy	+850
14	Viktor Hovland	+2700

The 2025 scorecard reduction from Par-71 to Par-70 includes shrinking hole No. 14 from 580 yards to 530 yards. The Par-5 now plays to a Par-4. The renovations before the 2024 event opened sightlines and increased the size of the greens, among other things. The new grass on the greens should be settled and conditions should play firmer and faster than in 2024. A putting contest is not going to decide who wins the first-place payday of $10 million from the $40 million prize purse. Load up on the players who find fairways and greens.

Oddsmaker’s Extras

Patrick Cantlay (+2500): The Californian failed to qualify for the 2020 edition but returned in style to win the 2021 event, but did not produce the lowest gross total. After failing to break par over 72 holes in each of his first three visits, his victory in 2021 kicked off a run of three straight seasons at eight-under-par or better, all resulting in top-10 paychecks. His seven-under gross total in 2024 paid T17 money.

Russell Henley (+2000): After cashing T3 in the 2017 edition, the Georgia native did not return until the 2023 event. A fantastic player on all strains of Bermudagrass, he opened with 65 and closed with 66 to post 6-under for the week, good for a top-half finish of T14. Last year, he stormed home on Sunday with 62, one off the course record, and posted 17-under-par 267 for the fourth-best gross total.

Sam Burns (+3000): The Louisiana native, making his fifth consecutive appearance, does not mind hot and humid conditions this time of the year! He joins Hovland and Morikawa as the only players entered to post double-digits under-par in the last two events at East Lake (T12, T9).

Hideki Matsuyama (+4000): Finishing tied for ninth in 2024, the Japanese star continued his wonderful all-or-nothing paydays at East Lake. In his last six starts, half resulted in paydays inside the top 10 while the other three were T11 or worse. His best results are T4 in 2018 and fifth in 2016.

Justin Rose (+5500): Like Matsuyama, the Englishman’s best days were in the 2010s, including six consecutive top-10 results over six events spanning 2012-2018. Rose returns to East Lake for the first time since 2019.

One and Done – Spotter’s Game

1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee Thursday).

1 use per year.

Event	Selection	Place	Earnings
The Sentry	Sungjae Im	3^rd	$1,360,000
Sony Open in Hawaii	Russell Henley	T10	195,025
The American Express	Adam Hadwin	MC
Farmers Insurance	Jason Day	T32	52,080
AT&T Pebble Beach	Ludvig Aberg	WD
WM Phoenix Open	Rasmus Hojgaard	T12	195,500
Genesis Invitational	Will Zalatoris	T24	168,857
Mexico Open	Patrick Rodgers	T25	59,350
Cognizant Classic	Daniel Berger	T25	73,721
Arnold Palmer	Keegan Bradley	T5	800,000
THE PLAYERS	Collin Morikawa	T10	656,250
Valspar Championship	Sepp Straka	T28	55,844
Houston Open	Aaron Rai	MC
Valero Texas Open	Corey Conners	T18	113,050
89^th Masters	Rory McIlroy	WIN	4,200,000
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler	T8	540,000
Zurich Classic	Kurt Kitayama	MC
Byron Nelson	Si Woo Kim	T15	136,719
Truist Championship	Tommy Fleetwood	T4	826,667
107^th PGA Championship	Bryson DeChambeau	T2	1,418,667
CS Challenge	Jordan Spieth	T36	42,344
Memorial	Hideki Matsuyama	38^th	94,000
RBC Canadian Open	Taylor Pendrith	T27	64,353
United States Open	Jon Rahm	T7	615,786
Travelers	Brian Harman	8^th	620,000
Rocket Classic	Cam Young	T46	27,091
John Deere Classic	Denny McCarthy	T11	174,300
Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre	T65	19,800
The Open Championship	Shane Lowry	T40	68,340
3M Open	Wyndham Clark	T12	186,900
Wyndham Champ	Ben Griffin	T11	198,850
FedEx St. Jude Champ	Xander Schauffele	T22	186,666
BMW Championship	Justin Thomas	T33	119,666

LAST WEEK – BMW Championship

THE CHOICE: Justin Thomas – T33

I could have used Viktor Hovland or Patrick Cantlay here, both event champions over the last five years. Instead, I’m running out the biggest winner in the pile who won this event in Chicago in 2019. Chasing with Chris Gotterup or J.J. Spaun is desperate, but I like it.

Well, gang, Hovland would have been the better choice!

I finished the season in 22^nd place and took home REAL MONEY!

Individual Standings

FINAL RESULTS

Place	PWC	Team	Owner	Earnings	Scorecard
1st	10	Brandon Smith	Brandon Smith	$18,552,543	Season
2nd	1	Scotties Cellmates	Scott Reese	$18,214,045	Season
3rd	1	Long Shank Champion	Gary McGee	$17,454,748	Season
4th	—	Far From Par	Nick Luisi	$17,375,704	Season
5th	2	Josh Veith	Josh Veith	$16,976,992	Season
6th	1	Jesper Parnepicks	Jamie Larner	$16,965,779	Season
7th	1	FairwaysNGreens	Steve Duperrieu	$16,868,533	Season
8th	1	Dave’s Super Heroes	David Lawlor	$16,741,371	Season
9th	1	HKlein	Howie Klein	$15,961,935	Season
10th	—	Myers	Mike Myers	$15,507,933	Season
11th	3	Strikes And Gutters	Rob Carpenter	$15,315,402	Season
12th	3	Harmonators	Gearoid Harmon	$15,193,031	Season
13th	3	Sandy’s Surf Shack	Sanford Moore	$15,009,166	Season
14th	1	Dcharns	Don Charnley	$14,998,476	Season
15th	3	Out Of Bounds/Balls	Mick McDonnell	$14,986,687	Season
16th	3	Avid 3 Putters	Tyler Boyd	$14,986,456	Season
17th	—	KOD	Kevin O’Dea	$14,370,779	Season
18th	3	Where Eagles Dare	Ian Kevan	$13,995,447	Season
19th	1	Swingers Club	Matt Needham	$13,959,271	Season
20th	—	D Dot Sacco	Dan Sacco	$13,656,466	Season
21st	2	Eye Off The Tiger	Patrick Kelly	$13,619,556	Season
22nd	—	Glassholes	Mike Glasscott	$13,298,800	Season
23rd	1	Bellerive Bulldog	Michael Kaiser	$13,242,928	Season
24th	1	Lokeness Monsters	Joshua Lokey	$13,099,780	Season
25th	3	A Gusta Wind	Craig Lambert	$12,784,134	Season

I hope you beat me!

Thanks for reading!

FedEx St. Jude Championship

August 6, 2025 / mikeglasscott

FedEx Cup Playoffs – FedEx St. Jude Championship

August 14, 2024 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

FedExCup Playoffs – FedEx St. Jude Championship

Event No. 1

TPC Southwind

Memphis, Tennessee

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Mike Glasscott: FedExCup St. Jude Championship tips

Win: Sam Burns (40/1), Eric Cole (100/1)

Top 10: Hideki Matsuyama (9/4), Aaron Rai (16/5), Billy Horschel (16/5), Justin Thomas (16/5)

Top 20: Davis Thomspon (17/10), Adam Scott (3/2)

Bet365: Top of the Board

Scottie Scheffler (15/4): The only man in the field with a gold medal and six wins, he is still looking for his first top-10 payday in the land of Elvis. The Texan, ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, is also hunting for his first Playoff title.

Xander Schauffele (8/1): The winner at East Lake in his rookie season of 2017, the two-time major champion is flying along this summer. Making his seventh start at TPC Southwind, his T6 from 2020 is the only finish inside the top 10. Only Scheffler has more top-10 results this season than the Californian.

Rory McIlroy (10/1): The summer of going close extended with T5 at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Close calls at the U.S. Open and Genesis Scottish Open suggest he’s honing in on another title. A big Sunday in 2023, posting 65 in the final, saw him miss the playoff by a shot and claim his best finish near the Big River. The three-time winner of the Playoffs knows this is a marathon, not a sprint. He’s never won the first event or at TPC Southwind.

Collin Morikawa (12/1): A winless 2024 sounds disappointing, but T23 or better since the second week in April paints a different picture. Arriving for the 2020 edition, he’s posted T26 or better, including T13-T5 over the last two editions, suggesting he’s comfortable in the heat and humidity of summer in West Tennessee. With some of the friendliest Champion Bermudagrass surfaces, he should be on the radar.

Ludvig Aberg (20/1): There’s no questioning his talent, but relying on the consistency to perform on the big stage event in and out might be weighing on him. Summers in Europe are different from the heat and humidity of the States.

Tommy Fleetwood (22/1): Did the silver medal performance in Paris spend the final gas in the tank? After missing the cut at The Open, the Englishman rode the wave of patriotism to the medal stand. Sitting at No. 32 in the Playoffs, a big result is not required this week. In four previous visits, he cashed T4 on debut in 2019 and missed the playoffs by a shot last year. Torn.

Patrick Cantlay (22/1): The 2021 FedExCup Playoffs winner returns to the scene of his 2023 playoff defeat by Lucas Glover (not qualified). Without a win on his ledger in 2024, the Californian flashed at Harbour Town (T3), another track with small greens, plus big paydays at Pinehurst No. 2 (T3) and TPC River Highlands (T5).

Hideki Matsuyama (25/1): Yet to win a Playoff event in his previous 10 years, last year was the first time the Japanese start did not make the top 30 at East Lake. Sitting eighth in the standings entering the week buoyed by a win at The Genesis Invitational at Riviera last winter, he will return to Georgia for the final in 2024. The bronze medal winner in Paris shared second after falling in a playoff in 2021.

Tom Kim (28/1): Finishing second in a playoff to his best friend Scheffler in Connecticut, the young Korean star has split time missing the cut or cashing inside the top 15 in his last four starts. A superb driver of the golf ball, his results of T24 last year and T13 suggest he’s comfortable in Memphis.

Players to consider for Top 10 or Top 20 action:

Billy Horschel (40/1): Nothing better than a front-row seat last week at Wyndham to inspire a big result on another course he plays well.

Justin Thomas (40/1): The winner here by three shots in 2020 has been playing himself into contention recently. Never worse than T26, the two-time major champion on Bermudagrass should feature this week.

Aaron Rai (40/1): The only blemish in his last five outings was playing the weekend and fading at The Open Championship. The first-time winner on TOUR last week in North Carolina will look to make it back-to-back titles. Anyone who hits that many fairways and greens cannot be omitted this week.

Sam Burns (50/1): The angle of picking apart a tee-to-green challenge won’t bother the two-time winner at Innisbrook. Knocked out in a playoff in 2021, I return to a guy with results on Bermudagrass.

Adam Scott (60/1): Ranked No. 46 entering the week, the Australian knows it is time to continue the form he found in Great Britain. Back-to-back top-10 paydays and a nice break will have him ready for the challenge this week.

Davis Thompson (70/1): The JDC winner knocked off the rust last week with T12 at Wyndham to register his 12^th top-25 payday of the season. Don’t tell anyone he is currently ninth in SG: Total!

Eric Cole (100/1): Sitting outside the top 50 (No. 54), the Florida man will look to add to his recent top-10 haul. Posting T7 or better in three of his last five events, including last weekend in Greensboro, he knows another big payday is required to continue in the Playoffs.

TPC Southwind

The 1998 design from Ron Prichard began a regular run on TOUR in 1989 and continues today. After graduating from a World Golf Championship event in the summer from 2019 through 2021, TPC Southwind will kick off the FedExCup Playoffs for the third consecutive year.

Like many courses in the hot and humid zone, TPC Southwind changed out Bentgrass greens to Champion Bermuda before the 2012 edition. The greens, on average spanning 4,200 square feet, are the third-smallest targets on TOUR annually and will run 12.5 and up on the Stimpmeter.

Tipping out at 7,243 yards and playing to Par-70, the test off the tee, into and around the greens is the challenge. Meyer Zoysiagrass fairways are framed by three inches of nest-y Bermuda rough and water penalty areas on 11 holes.

The Par-70 has one of the easiest pairs of Par-5 holes on TOUR. Last year, more than 53 percent of the field birdied the 579-yard challenge on the front and 530-yard shorty on the back. The four Par-3 holes didn’t provide much resistance either. With only one of the four playing over 200 yards, the quartet registered under par in 2023.

While most will score on the Par-3 and Par-5 holes, the dozen Par-4 chances will be the toughest test. Avoiding bogeys and keeping it between the lines on the four-shot chances provided parts of the winning formula in the last five seasons.

The average winning score over the last five editions, all limited field events, is 15.5 under par. The scoring average has been under par in all five tournaments.

Justin Rose signed for 61 in Round 3 last season, tying the course tournament record.

NOW PLAYING: FedEx St. Jude Championship

Host Course	TPC Southwind
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,243.
Par:	70 (30-35).
Greens:	Champion Bermuda; 4,300 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	12.5 feet and up.
Rough:	Bermuda at 2.5 inches and growing.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	75/11/11.
Architect(s):	Ron Prichard (1988).
Defending Champion:	Lucas Glover (did not qualify)
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	Will Zalatoris (2022).
Multiple Champions (course):	None.
Course Record:	61; Justin Rose (Round 3, 2023).
72 Hole Tournament Record:	264, (-16); last in 2021 (Abraham Ancer, not qualified).
Fact of the Week:	Only two of the five previous winners at TPC Southwind are in the field this week.

FedExCup Playoffs Event No. 1 – FedEx St. Jude Championship

Hosting for the first time in 1958, Memphis continues to be the home to a PGA TOUR event in 2024.

The Playoffs began in 2007 with a four-event series to determine the champion. Formally the Westchester Classic, the opening event of the Playoffs was contested on historic East Coast tracks until migrating to Memphis for the 2022 edition.

The first two winners of the Playoffs in Memphis featured fantastic ball-strikers Lucas Glover (not qualified) last year after Will Zalatoris won the first edition in 2022. Both winners needed a playoff to lift the trophy.

Justin Thomas, the winner of the World Golf Championship in 2020, is the only champion of three from that event entered this week.

The Playoff format changed with the 2023 edition. Only 70 players are eligible and that continues for the 2024 tournament.

The no-cut event guarantees four rounds of stroke play to push into the top 50 for The BMW Championship next week outside Denver.

The winner will pocket $3.6 million of the $20 million prize pool plus 2,000 FedExCup points, quadruple the amount given to winners during the regular season. For the Playoffs, all point values are quadrupled.

Recent PGA TOUR Winners

2023 Season Winners

Event	Winner
Sentry Tournament of Champions	Jon Rahm
Sony Open in Hawaii	Si Woo Kim
The AMERICAN EXPRESS	Jon Rahm (2)
Farmers Insurance Open	Max Homa (2)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Justin Rose
WM Phoenix Open	Scottie Scheffler
The Genesis Invitational	Jon Rahm (3)
The Honda Classic	Chris Kirk
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win)
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Taylor Moore (first TOUR win)
Corales Puntacana	Matt Wallace (first TOUR win)
WGC – Dell Technologies MP	Sam Burns
Valero Texas Open	Corey Conners
Masters	Jon Rahm (4)
RBC Heritage	Matt Fitzpatrick
Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each)
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau (2)
Wells Fargo Championship	Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win)
AT&T Byron Nelson	Jason Day
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka
Charles Schwab Challenge	Emiliano Grillo
Memorial	Viktor Hovland
RBC Canadian Open	Nick Taylor
U.S. Open	Wyndham Clark (2)
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley (2)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Rickie Fowler
John Deere Classic	Sepp Straka
Genesis Scottish Open	Rory McIlroy (2)
The Open Championship	Brian Harman
3M Open	Lee Hodges (first TOUR win)
Wyndham Championship	Lucas Glover
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Lucas Glover (2)
BMW Championship	Viktor Hovland (2)
TOUR Championship	Viktor Hovland (3)
Fortinet Championship	Sahith Theegala
Sanderson Farms Championship	Luke List
Shriners Children’s Open	Tom Kim
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Collin Morikawa
World Wide Technology	Erik van Rooyen
Butterfield Bermuda	Camilo Villegas
The RSM Classic	Ludvig Aberg

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau
Travelers Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Cam Davis
John Deere Classic	Davis Thompson (first time)
Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre (2)
152^nd Open Championship	Xander Schauffele (2)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
2024 Paris Olympics	Scottie Scheffler
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Championship	Aaron Rai (first time)

Recent Winners – FedEx St. Jude Championship

Italics – not entered/qualified this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2023	Lucas Glover (-15)	Needed a playoff to defeat Patrick Cantlay and win for the second consecutive week on TOUR. Did not qualify for the 2024 Playoffs.
2022	Will Zalatoris (-15)	Defeated Sepp Straka in a playoff to become just the second player to win for the first time on TOUR in the FedExCup Playoffs (Villegas, 2008 BMW).
2021	Abraham Ancer (-16)	Used extra holes to defeat Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama in the last edition of the WGC-FESJI.
2020	Justin Thomas (-13)	Winning by three shots, he was one of five players to post double digits under par for the event.
2019	Brooks Koepka (-16)	Won the first edition of the WGC-FESJC by three shots.

One and Done

I’ll be joining Spotter’s game again this season. Now, where did I put my checkbook…

35 events.

1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee Thursday).

1 use per year.

Add up the total money and Spotter is yer uncle!

Event	Selection	Earnings
The Sentry	Collin Morikawa	690,500
Sony Open in Hawaii	Corey Conners	18,592
The American Express	Adam Hadwin	310,800
Farmers Insurance Open	Jason Day	0
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	Jordan Spieth	70,125
WM Phoenix Open	Matt Fitzpatrick	156,200
The Genesis Invitational	Max Homa	329,000
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau	145,125
Cognizant Classic	Russell Henley	32,850
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler	4,000,000
THE PLAYERS Championship	Will Zalatoris	0
Valspar Championship	Sam Burns	0
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Wyndham Clark	54,418
Valero Texas Open	C Bezuidenhout	67,735
88^th Masters Tournament	Rory McIlroy	175,500
RBC Heritage	Patrick Cantlay	1,160,000
Zurich Classic	Nick Taylor	122,375
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Stephan Jaeger	112,100
Myrtle Beach Classic	Daniel Berger	20,350
Wells Fargo Championship	Sahith Theegala	47,000
106^th PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka	113,962
Charles Schwab Challenge	Taylor Moore	0
RBC Canadian Open	Mackenzie Hughes	295,316
49^th Memorial Tournament	Ben An	200,200
124^th United States Open	Xander Schauffele	639,289
Travelers Championship	Brian Harman	520,000
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Akshay Bhatia	616,400
John Deere Classic	Denny McCarthy	252,400
Genesis Scottish Open	Ludvig Aberg	330,750
152^nd Open Championship	Tommy Fleetwood	0
3M Open	Emiliano Grillo	61,695
Wyndham Championship	Sungjae Im	31,995

Total Winnings:		10,574,677

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Recapping Last Week – Wyndham Championship

With just three weeks remaining, this is my favorite part of the season when I realize who I have forgotten to play.

I know I will have Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland, and Hideki Matsuyama to choose from over the next two weeks. Oh, I didn’t use Shane Lowry, either. Banging.

Thankfully, Sungjae Im was not thrown to the wolves earlier in the season when he was floundering. It’s strange to have the betting favorite this late in the season, but I cannot complain.

You can’t win the last three events of the season if you don’t win the first one!

Sungjae Im (T41) – Big boy ran out of gas on the wonky schedule. Glad he waited for me to select him! Hope you used one of the selections below instead!

Others to consider

Billy Horschel – I’m not the biggest fan, and I have no idea how he will react after just missing out at Royal Troon, but he loves Sedgefield. Another top 10 finish (T7).

Shane Lowry – Fresh off his week in Paris, I’m glad I can wait. Posted 2-under and MC.

Si Woo Kim – One of the few, if any, former champions I would look at this week. Posted 2-OVER and MC.

May Greyserman – SOLO SECOND, Aaron Rai – WINNER, and Cam Davis – MC all deserve a look depending on your situation.

This Week – FedExCup Playoffs – FedEx St. Jude Championship

Two events left!

I’m playing Justin Thomas this week and Hideki Matsuyama next week.

No room for the Irishman Shane Lowry or 2023 FedExCup Playoff champion Viktor Hovland.

TPC Southwind has produced an interesting list of winners over the years both as a tune-up event before the U.S. Open (limited firepower fields) and in the five years as a WGC or FedExCup Playoff event.

Fortune favors the bold, and sadly those who have earned their places at the top of the heap. With no cut, all 70 players have a chance to pull an upset. I’d save the big hitters for ramping up next week into East Lake.

Good luck!

Travelers Championship Preview

June 19, 2024 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

73^rd Travelers Championship

TPC River Highlands

Cromwell, Connecticut

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Win: Patrick Cantlay (18/1), Tony Finau (25/1)

Top 10: Brian Harman (14/5), Corey Conners (14/5)

Top 20: Keegan Bradley (13/10), Ben Griffin (23/10)

Tony Finau (-138) v Wyndham Clark

This matchup is a story of two players going in two different directions. Finau has rattled off seven consecutive cuts, including five paydays of T18 or better. After watching his on-course interview during the round on Saturday, he seems at peace with his life and game.

Clark became the first player since 2009 (Lucas Glover) to win the U.S. Open the first time he made the cut (third attempt). The defending champion has a win this season at Pebble Beach but has missed the cut in three of his last five events, including both majors and last week at Memorial. Tossing in the responsibilities of being the defending champion and the extra duties that come with all the requests before the event starts doesn’t leave much time to tune up the golf game.

Sepp Straka (-110) v Jason Day

If this was Jason Day circa 2014, I would be all over the Australian and his chances. Cashing five times in the top 10 from his first six attempts, the 2015 PGA Champion has only made two cuts in his last five starts at this major. His fantastic short game will get plenty of opportunities this week.

Straka is hotter than a match. Back-to-back T5 paydays at two of the most demanding tracks on TOUR, Muirfield Village, and Colonial added to his streak of T16 or better finishes since St. Patrick’s Day. The Austrian has not been bothered by big fields or difficult tracks and has a more well-rounded bag.

Matt Fitzpatrick (-125) v Max Homa

I’m keeping this one simple: I’m riding with the 2022 champion at The Country Club because he’s the better driver of the golf ball and it’s not close. Ranking ninth in Total Driving to Homa’s 90^th, I’ll lean on the guy who can reduce stress off the tee. The U.S. Open is not an event to spray the ball everywhere off the tee is conducive to contending. In nine previous attempts, the Englishman has played the weekend. Homa, making his fifth start, has played the weekend once (T47) and owns at 73.92 scoring average.

Bet365: Top of the Board

Scottie Scheffler (7/2): At least it is something new and different this week! The last time the Texan finished outside the top 25 (T41 at Pinehurst) was last summer at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in the first FedExCup Playoffs event. Cashing T31, he returned the following week at The BMW Championship outside Chicago and finished T2. Last week, the books claimed their revenge for the first time since January. Our reward is getting him at the same price if we choose to play. Finishing in a share of fourth place last year, the five-time winner this season posted his best result from four visits.

Xander Schauffele (7/1): In 14 events this season, the PGA Championship winner has taken home money in the top 10 in all but three events. The 2022 champion at TPC River Highlands has never finished outside T20 in four events where he has played the weekend. With top-10 finishes in the two events after winning his first major, he does not appear distracted or satisfied.

Collin Morikawa (11/1): Returning to the event where he made his professional debut in 2019, that edition is the only one from three where he played the weekend. He won’t have to worry about the weekend this year since it’s a no-cut event, and he can focus on continuing his excellent play since the Masters. I’d expect his iron game to recalibrate and for him to contend.

Ludvig Aberg (12/1): The first two steps in a tournament that requires a low number to win are finding fairways and pinning GIR. He sits in the top 15 in SG: Tee to Green and is familiar with the track. Making his second start as a professional here last year, he cashed T24 after three rounds in the 60s.

Viktor Hovland (18/1): The Norwegian is getting closer, but missing the cut with 78-68 last week still has me scratching my head. Inconsistent iron play leads to having to scramble, and that’s not his strength. After hitting just 19 of 36 GIR last week, I’d expect a turnaround in a parkland setting.

Patrick Cantlay (18/1): Converging trends! An excellent week on approach at Pinehurst produced his best U.S. Open finish (T3) and should translate to TPC River Highlands. Last year, he cashed T4, his sixth consecutive T15 or better, yet a first top-10.

Hideki Matsuyama (25/1): The Japanese star closed 64-65-66 on debut last year for T13. Entering the week off back-to-back top-10 paydays on two difficult courses, his excellent 2024 rolls on.

Tony Finau (25/1): Over the last four events, his trend is T18-T17-T8-T3. The next step is returning to the winner’s circle. TPC River Highlands has produced up-and-down results, but as well as he is currently hitting it, I’d be surprised if he finished outside the top 10.

Players to consider for Top 10, Top 20, or Top 40 action:

Brian Harman (35/1): The 2023 runner-up picked up his sixth top-10 payday from his last nine starts. He’s the course horse this week.

Corey Conners (35/1): Last year, 17-under BARELY returned top-10 money (T9). The Canadian has had an excellent late spring and will represent his country in Paris at the Summer Olympics. Cashing in 17 straight this season, his last three (T9-T20-T6) contain both of his top-10 paydays.

Keegan Bradley (50/1): The last two winners have posted T19 in defense. The home game for the Vermont native should produce another big finish.

Cameron Young (70/1): The Westchester, New York, native will have plenty of fans in Cromwell. A home game plus a birdie fest should fire him up.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (80/1): Sitting 13^th SG: Total, he also makes plenty of birdies on Par-4 holes. Making his debut through the Aon Next 10, his form is what brought him to town.

Ben Griffin (100/1): The all-or-nothing results over his last six events explain the big number. Like Bezuidenhout, he’s an excellent putter and sits 10^th in both Par-3 and Par-4 scoring.

NOW PLAYING: Travelers Championship

Host Course	TPC River Highlands
Yards (per official scorecard):	6,835.
Par:	70 (35-35).
Greens:	Bent/Poa at 5,000 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	Pushing 12 feet.
Rough:	Kentucky Bluegrass and Fescue at four inches and growing.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	69/4/5.
Architect(s):	Ross & Kearney (1928); Pete Dye (1984); Bobby Weed (1989).
Defending Champion:	Keegan Bradley.
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	None.
Course Record	58; Jim Furyk (Round 4, 2016).
72 Hole Tournament Record:	257; 23-under; Keegan Bradley (2023).
Facts of the Week:	Only one international winner (Russell Knox) since 2013.

TPC River Highlands

Since 1984, TPC River Highlands has provided the backdrop for the only annual PGA TOUR event contested in New England. Designed by Pete Dye and updated by Bobby Weed in 1989, the course underwent improvements before the 2016 edition and will have changes for 2024.

After being run over by Keegan Bradley last year, reaching 26-under-par with six holes to go before setting the tournament record at 23-under-par, the course has added features to crank up the difficulty.

The Par-5 holes, one on each nine, have added fescue-filled mounds off the fairway to challenge tee shots and approaches. Fairways have also been pinched in landing areas to reward more accurate tee shots. The tee box at No. 9 has shifted to bring the dog leg into play. The hole will play 17 yards shorter, and the square footage of the green shrank. On the back nine, Holes Nos. 11, 12, and 13 have toughened up to halt the scoring chances. The green at No. 11 has narrowed. The fairway at No. 12 now ends at 300 yards, forcing a decision. Like Hole No. 6 on the front, the Par-5 13th also has a narrowed fairway landing area and added mounds behind the bunkers to penalize wayward tee shots. The field of 156 players for the 2023 edition averaged 68.400, the easiest in history.

The last event with a winner posting single digits under par was in 1993.

Overlooking the Connecticut River, the parkland design plays up and down to only 6,835 yards. Port Royal Golf Course in Bermuda is the only track that is shorter.

The stock Par-70 features Bent/Poa mixed greens. Averaging just 5,000 square feet, only Pebble Beach and Harbour Town provide smaller targets on approach.

The return to Kentucky Bluegrass and Fescue rough at four inches and growing, plus water penalty areas on five holes, will provide different challenges than Pinehurst No. 2.

Jim Furyk set the PGA TOUR and course record of 58 in Round 4 of the 2016 event. He finished in a tie for fifth place.

Patrick Cantlay (2011), Mackenzie Hughes (2020), Denny McCarthy (2023), and Rickie Fowler (2023) have all posted rounds of 60.

Cantlay also posted 61 last year.

Bradley bested Kenny Perry’s mark of 22-under-par 258 by a shot last year.

Recent Winners

2023 Season Winners

Event	Winner
Sentry Tournament of Champions	Jon Rahm
Sony Open in Hawaii	Si Woo Kim
The AMERICAN EXPRESS	Jon Rahm (2)
Farmers Insurance Open	Max Homa (2)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Justin Rose
WM Phoenix Open	Scottie Scheffler
The Genesis Invitational	Jon Rahm (3)
The Honda Classic	Chris Kirk
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win)
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Taylor Moore (first TOUR win)
Corales Puntacana	Matt Wallace (first TOUR win)
WGC – Dell Technologies MP	Sam Burns
Valero Texas Open	Corey Conners
Masters	Jon Rahm (4)
RBC Heritage	Matt Fitzpatrick
Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each)
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau (2)
Wells Fargo Championship	Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win)
AT&T Byron Nelson	Jason Day
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka
Charles Schwab Challenge	Emiliano Grillo
Memorial	Viktor Hovland
RBC Canadian Open	Nick Taylor
U.S. Open	Wyndham Clark (2)
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley (2)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Rickie Fowler
John Deere Classic	Sepp Straka
Genesis Scottish Open	Rory McIlroy (2)
The Open Championship	Brian Harman
3M Open	Lee Hodges (first TOUR win)
Wyndham Championship	Lucas Glover
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Lucas Glover (2)
BMW Championship	Viktor Hovland (2)
TOUR Championship	Viktor Hovland (3)
Fortinet Championship	Sahith Theegala
Sanderson Farms Championship	Luke List
Shriners Children’s Open	Tom Kim
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Collin Morikawa
World Wide Technology	Erik van Rooyen
Butterfield Bermuda	Camilo Villegas
The RSM Classic	Ludvig Aberg

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau

Travelers Championship

The Travelers Championship dates to 1952 and will play for the 73^rd time this week.

Four former champions are playing this week. Bradley, Schauffele, Harris English, and Jordan Spieth have all won one title.

The invitational field of 72 players includes 43 of the 50 in the Official World Golf rankings, led by No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

There is no cut in the eighth and final Signature Event.

There has not been an international winner since Russell Knox (not entered) in 2016.

Nine of the last 10 winners have ranked in the top 10 in SG: Tee to Green and Par-4 Scoring Average.

Ken Duke, the winner in 2013, was the last first-time winner on TOUR, completing a streak of four consecutive first-time winners from 2010 through 2013.

Jordan Spieth, champion of 2017 in a playoff, is the last player to win on debut. He is also one of two players this century to go wire-to-wire.

Usually played in June, the 2016 event was moved to August to accommodate the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

The winner will take home 700 FedExCup points plus $3.6 million from the $20 million purse.

Recent Winners – Travelers Championship

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2023	Keegan Bradley (-23)	Sets the tournament scoring record and 54-hole record.
2022	Xander Schauffele (-19)	Held off best friend Patrick Cantlay in the final pairing to win by two.
2021	Harris English (-13*)	Defeated Kramer Hickok in a playoff.
2020	Dustin Johnson (-19)	Won by a shot over Kevin Streelman.
2019	Chez Reavie (-17)	Followed up his 3^rd place finish at the U.S. Open with a victory.
2018	Bubba Watson (-17)	Won for the third time; won by three shots.
2017	Jordan Spieth (-12*)	Holed a bunker shot in a playoff to beat Daniel Berger.

One and Done

I’ll be joining Spotter’s game again this season. Now, where did I put my checkbook…

35 events.

1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee Thursday).

1 use per year.

Add up the total money and Spotter is yer uncle!

Event	Selection	Earnings
The Sentry	Collin Morikawa	690,500
Sony Open in Hawaii	Corey Conners	18,592
The American Express	Adam Hadwin	310,800
Farmers Insurance Open	Jason Day	0
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	Jordan Spieth	70,125
WM Phoenix Open	Matt Fitzpatrick	156,200
The Genesis Invitational	Max Homa	329,000
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau	145,125
Cognizant Classic	Russell Henley	32,850
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler	4,000,000
THE PLAYERS Championship	Will Zalatoris	0
Valspar Championship	Sam Burns	0
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Wyndham Clark	54,418
Valero Texas Open	C Bezuidenhout	67,735
88^th Masters Tournament	Rory McIlroy	175,500
RBC Heritage	Patrick Cantlay	1,160,000
Zurich Classic	Nick Taylor	122,375
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Stephan Jaeger	112,100
Myrtle Beach Classic	Daniel Berger	20,350
Wells Fargo Championship	Sahith Theegala	47,000
106^th PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka	113,962
Charles Schwab Challenge	Taylor Moore	0
RBC Canadian Open	Mackenzie Hughes	295,316
49^th Memorial Tournament	Ben An	200,200
124^th United States Open	Xander Schauffele	639,289

Total Winnings:		8,761,437

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Recapping Last Week – 124^th United States Open

No need to save guys anymore.

MY CHOICE: Xander Schauffele – T7

The plan from the start of the season was to use him at Pinehurst and here we are.

With a win already under his belt and a MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP on the mantle, he should be free to go about his business and run down Scheffler.

His amazing run of eight straight championship finishes of T14 or better continues.

I did not believe DeChambeau could bomb-and-gouge through the sandy areas, wiregrass, and repellant greens.

I was wrong.

Others to Consider:

Scottie Scheffler – T41. I’m sorry to all of you who saved this selection for Pinehurst. Amazing it was his first finish outside T17 this season. Unlucky.

Collin Morikawa – T14. Unable to string two rounds together, another big finish, but not big enough.

Brooks Koepka – The wrong LIV guy.

Matt Fitzpatrick – The ol’ 79-69 weekend never works out.

Hideki Matsuyama – Solo sixth, excellent job.

Tommy Fleetwood – Another top 20 in a major championship. Another major championship where he did not contend.

This Week – Travelers Championship

The final Signature Event!

MY CHOICE: Brian Harman

When you are as bad as I am, you play the SAFEST play, not the guy you believe will win.

I hate this game.

There are two theories this week. Play the hot guys or play guys who didn’t have to grind all four rounds in 90-plus-degree temperatures at Pinehurst.

Here are the winners from the first seven Signature Events:

Chris Kirks (Sentry)

Wyndham Clark (Pebble Beach)

Hideki Matsuyama (Genesis)

Scottie Scheffler (Arnold Palmer)

Scottie Scheffler (RBC Heritage)

Rory McIlroy (Wells Fargo)

Scottie Scheffler (Memorial)

Pretty thicc.

Others to Consider (from who I have available):

Hideki Matsuyama: I can’t argue his form or course form. The last time he played three weeks in a row he cashed T71. The fourth week in a row? He won The Genesis Invitational.

Ludvig Aberg: At some point, I’ll pull the trigger. Some will argue it should be this week. I’m pointing to the demanding TPC Southwind in the first round of the FedExCup Playoffs.

Justin Thomas: Saving him for the hottest dog days of summer.

Tommy Fleetwood: Passport events only.

Keegan Bradley: The defending champion usually plays well in this part of the world. I will not talk you out of playing him, but nobody has defended the title here since Mickelson in 2001-02.

Sepp Straka: Too many good results in too many big events.

56th RBC Heritage

April 17, 2024 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

At all hours of the day, the lighthouse looks gorgeous. 😍 pic.twitter.com/dQSurD98M6
— RBC Heritage (@RBC_Heritage) April 13, 2023

56^th RBC Heritage

Harbour Town Golf Links

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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Scottie Scheffler (+400): Golf is not played in a vacuum by robots, right? Baby is due any minute. Surely he is “worn out” from four rounds of major championship golf last week? No way he just shows up and plows down the field again, right? Right?

Xander Schauffele (+1400): Just take your top-10 money and move on to next week. He’s cashed eight of ten in the top 10 and was fourth here last year.

Ludvig Aberg (+1400): The Swedish Cyborg tried to run down Scheffler last week. Playing in his first major championship didn’t slow him down but a loose iron shot on No. 11 on Sunday did. He won’t make that mistake this week if in contention. Hop on.

Patrick Cantlay (+1400): His record here resembles his record on TOUR. Always in contention, he’s yet to get it over the finish line in the Lowcountry. Without a win since late summer of 2022, we always want more. He is the course horse (non-winner’s division) this week.

Rory McIlroy (+1400): The win in the Middle East in January feels like it was ages ago. Hopefully after telling Todd Lewis from The Golf Channel that he will finish his career on the PGA TOUR will set him free. It’s your money.

Collin Morikawa (+1800): Now do it again. If his tee-to-green game is back, he’ll enjoy the VERY friendly greens at Harbour Town. I wrote in here last week if he’s 30-1 or worse, he’s an auto-bet. Hope you scattered a few across your card.

Tommy Fleetwood (+2000): The safest bet on the board last week shared third in his best finish at the Masters. I’d expect another similar performance this week.

Matt Fitzpatrick (+2500): I was disappointed to read he was having trouble with his lofted irons last week. I would have thought all gears would be greased before the first major. Cashing T22 last week wasn’t the end of the world, but he constant struggle with his equipment is off-putting. He shouldn’t be this deep at this course as the defending champion if everything was fine and/or dandy. Weird.

Max Homa (+2500): Emptied the tank last week. See you at Quail Hollow in a few.

Cameron Young (+2800): Easy greens should have his full attention this week. Looking for his first TOUR win, he opened with 63 the first time he played here. First-time winners ran well here before the Pandemic, but this Signature Event field is quite a bit different.

Will Zalatoris (+2800): Missed the cut by a mile at the last Pete Dye challenge at TPC Sawgrass. I’ll do you a favor and leave him alone this week.

Jordan Spieth (+3000): If the drive down Magnolia Lane doesn’t fire the all the cylinders, I’m not sure this week will either. Never missing the cut in seven previous tries here, he won’t again this week (no-cut event). The contrarian play here is a top-10.

Wyndham Clark (+3000): An absolute stat monster, I’d prefer him on a bigger track (Quail Hollow) but he did show the technical ability to work shots at TPC Sawgrass. Never missing the cut in five starts at Harbour Town, he’s never cashed better than T29. Conflicted.

Shane Lowry (+3500): Top-10 machine here arrives as a sponsor’s exemption. Pay it off.

Brian Harman (+5000): Nice price for a guy with 14 previous starts and recent success.

Cam Davis (+6000): Every dollar you got.

JT Poston (+6000): Top 20 should be about right.

Denny McCarthy (+6000): Let’s try this again. Working out the kinks at Augusta after a tough playoff loss in San Antonio should have eased the pain. He will relish his next moment.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (+6000): Stick him in the top 20 and off you go.

Taylor Moore (+6000): Just as hot as Bezuidenhout, nudge him up a tier.

Adam Schenk (+8000): Might be a week for Top 20 plays.

Rickie Fowler (+12500): Does nappy factor work on Kid No. 2? Well, Fowler No. 2 is on the way! Let’s try it!

NOW PLAYING:

Host Course	Harbour Town Golf Links
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,213.
Par:	71 (36-35).
Greens:	Poa Trivialis overseed (TifEagle Bermuda); 3,700 square feet.
Stimpmeter:	12.5 feet.
Second Cut:	Ryegrass Overseed at 1.25 inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	54/18/18
Architect(s):	Pete Dye (1967).
Defending Champion (event):	Matt Fitzpatrick (-17).
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	None.
Course Record (latest):	61; Troy Merritt (2015; not entered).
72 Hole Tournament Record (April):	264; Brian Gay (2009).
72-Hole Tournament Record (June 2020).	262; Webb Simpson.
Fact of the Week:	Only three previous champions are in the limited field this week.

Harbour Town Golf Links

The third Pete Dye design of the season, and the first of two in the next two events (TPC Louisiana), Harbour Town opened for business in 1967.

The RBC Heritage has been hosted on the links since 1965. The 2023 edition was the first to break the 7,200-yard barrier and returns at 7,213 yards for the 2024 edition.

Playing 36-35 to Par-71, the famous lighthouse on Calibogue Sound is the aiming point on the 18^th tee and provides the widest fairway on the property. Only 22 acres of Fairway can be found snaking through the trees, 54 bunkers, and 18 water penalty areas.

The rough cut down to 1.25 inches for the 2024 edition will assist recovery shots to hold the greens. The overseeded Poa Trivialis putting surfaces are the second-smallest greens on TOUR, trailing only the links at Pebble Beach. The more wind, the more difficult it is to attack fairways and greens.

Properly missing greens affords a chance to chip in or knock it close. Approach shots finding the proper levels on the putting surfaces are opportunities to shave a shot off the scorecard. Known for hole-outs and one of the highest one-putt percentages on TOUR, keeping the ball dry is the No. 1 priority. Gaining strokes tee to green goes a long way to winning this week.

Troy Merritt (2015) and David Frost (1994) share the course record with 61 (-10). Neither man is in the field this week.

Winning by ten shots, Brian Gay set the April tournament scoring record in 2009 on 20-under-par 264.

The June scoring record is 22-under 262, set by Webb Simpson in 2020.

2023 Season Winners

Event	Winner
Sentry Tournament of Champions	Jon Rahm
Sony Open in Hawaii	Si Woo Kim
The AMERICAN EXPRESS	Jon Rahm (2)
Farmers Insurance Open	Max Homa (2)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Justin Rose
WM Phoenix Open	Scottie Scheffler
The Genesis Invitational	Jon Rahm (3)
The Honda Classic	Chris Kirk
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win)
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Taylor Moore (first TOUR win)
Corales Puntacana	Matt Wallace (first TOUR win)
WGC – Dell Technologies MP	Sam Burns
Valero Texas Open	Corey Conners
Masters	Jon Rahm (4)
RBC Heritage	Matt Fitzpatrick
Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each)
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau (2)
Wells Fargo Championship	Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win)
AT&T Byron Nelson	Jason Day
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka
Charles Schwab Challenge	Emiliano Grillo
Memorial	Viktor Hovland
RBC Canadian Open	Nick Taylor
U.S. Open	Wyndham Clark (2)
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley (2)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Rickie Fowler
John Deere Classic	Sepp Straka
Genesis Scottish Open	Rory McIlroy (2)
The Open Championship	Brian Harman
3M Open	Lee Hodges (first TOUR win)
Wyndham Championship	Lucas Glover
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Lucas Glover (2)
BMW Championship	Viktor Hovland (2)
TOUR Championship	Viktor Hovland (3)
Fortinet Championship	Sahith Theegala
Sanderson Farms Championship	Luke List
Shriners Children’s Open	Tom Kim
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Collin Morikawa
World Wide Technology	Erik van Rooyen
Butterfield Bermuda	Camilo Villegas
The RSM Classic	Ludvig Aberg

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)

The 56^th RBC Heritage

The fifth Signature Event of the season, the field of 69 players includes 43 of the top 50 from the Official World Golf Rankings.

Only 15 players in the field this week did not qualify for the Masters last week.

The Aon Top 10 and Aon Next 5 are in the field.

Matt Fitzpatrick won the 2023 edition, defeating 2022 champion Jordan Spieth in a playoff.

There are no multiple winners in the field this week and only three previous winners (Fitzpatrick 2023, Spieth 2022, and Simpson 2020).

The last champion to successfully defend the title was Boo Weekley in 2008.

A TOUR event since 1969, the youngest winner is Davis Love III (23, 1987), while Hale Irwin, 48 in 1994, is the oldest winner.

There is no cut.

The winner will take home 700 FedExCup points and $3.6 million of the $20 million purse.

Recent Winners – RBC Heritage

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2023	Matt Fitzpatrick (-17)*	Defeated 2022 winner Jordan Spieth in a playoff.
2022	Jordan Spieth (-12)*	Defeated Patrick Cantlay in a playoff.
2021	Stewart Cink (-19)	Blew away the field by four shots at age 47 for his third title at Harbour Town.
2020	Webb Simpson (-22)	Perfect June weather and a perfect golf course allowed Simpson to set the record.
2019	C.T. Pan (-12)	Closed with 67 to lap Shane Lowry and Dustin Johnson.

One and Done

I’ll be joining Spotter’s game again this season. Now, where did I put my checkbook…

35 events.

1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee Thursday).

1 use per year.

Add up the total money and Spotter is yer uncle!

Event	Selection	Earnings
The Sentry	Collin Morikawa	690,500
Sony Open in Hawaii	Corey Conners	18,592
The American Express	Adam Hadwin	310,800
Farmers Insurance Open	Jason Day	0
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	Jordan Spieth	70,125
WM Phoenix Open	Matt Fitzpatrick	156,200
The Genesis Invitational	Max Homa	329,000
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau	145,125
Cognizant Classic	Russell Henley	32,850
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler	4,000,000
THE PLAYERS Championship	Will Zalatoris	0
Valspar Championship	Sam Burns	0
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Wyndham Clark	54,418
Valero Texas Open	C Bezuidenhout	67,735
88^th Masters Tournament	Rory McIlroy	175,500

Total Winnings:		6,050,845

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Recapping Last Week – 888^th Masters Tournament

MY CHOICE: Rory McIlroy – T22

Didn’t expect him to fall apart in the stiff breezes of Friday, but here we are. Those of you who are saving him for Valhalla, the site of his last major championship almost 10 years ago, congratulations, he might have it fixed by then.

It took Sergio Garcia 19 tries to win the Masters, the most ever. McIlroy will try for the 17^th time next year.

Whatever.

Other to Consider:

Xander Schauffele: Never wins enough, does he? Fantastic 2024 form, minus a trophy. A errant tee shot on the 72^nd hole cost his investors a few bucks, but otherwise solid top-10 payday. Solo eighth.

Scottie Scheffler: If you believe in the numbers, you save him for down the road. If you have watched him play, I don’t see how you can. WINNER. I’ve never been happier to play him at a Signature Event and win more money hahahahha.

Hideki Matsuyama: Stay healthy, my friend! T38

Brooks Koepka: Limited chances in this game to use him. Didn’t match or break par in four rounds. NOW HE WILL BE REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY MAD defending his PGA Championship. Lots of bluster, not many decent golf shots. T45.

Jon Rahm: See above with Scheffler and Koepka. After having not being lauded and loved on property this week, he moped to T45. What did you think was going to happen? You sat here last year and told everyone you weren’t going anywhere. Hahahahaha. Give me a break, Mr. Sensitive! You took the money. Now, run!

Jordan Spieth: He’s home. Sadly, they changed the locks. MC.

This Week – RBC Heritage

MY CHOICE: Patrick Cantlay

With an immaculate record here, sans victory, I’m trying to catch him on the UP. I won’t play him at Valhalla or Pinehurst, so it’s this week or Memorial, another loaded field. Loading up on a guy whose WORST payday here is T7 should be easy.

SHOULD BE.

Others to Consider:

Matt Fitzpatrick: Other than what I wrote above, this is his spiritual home on TOUR.

Scottie Scheffler: Save your money for the majors or Augusta North (Muirfield Village Golf Club).

Jordan Spieth: Colonial instead.

Shane Lowry: Please, fire away.

Cameron Davis: I cannot get off him this week so fade accordingly.

FedEx St. Jude Championship – FedExCup Playoffs Event No. 1

August 9, 2023August 10, 2023 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

Wordy, but accurate.

Time to put on your blue suede shoes and board the plane.

The field of 70 has one mission this week: Make the field of 50 next week. Having a big week will ensure that happens.

FedExCup St. Jude Championship

FedExCup Playoffs Event No. 1

TPC Southwind

Memphis, Tennessee

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Wash. Rinse. Repeat. If Scottie Scheffler (6/1) is in the field, he’s on the top of the heap. Check the stats below for more proof. With solo fourteenth as his best result, this is hardly his happy hunting ground. With difficult driving conditions and small targets for approach shots, this layout SHOULD fit him perfectly. Well-rested after three weeks off, I’ll be interested to see how quickly he knocks off the rust.

Runner-up at The Open Championship, Jon Rahm (8/1) has spent the last two weeks chasing his kids around. Posting top-10 paydays in two of his previous three visits, including T5 last year, he will have 72 holes to play himself back into shape. The stakes for the players at the top of the Bet365.com board are minimal. The studs have earned their place in the final at East Lake two weeks from now.

Rory McIlroy (9/1) completes the “normal” troika atop the board in the most important events on TOUR. Like his fellow stars above, he’s never lifted the trophy at FedExCup Playoffs, WGC-FESJI, or FedEx St. Jude Classic played on this layout. Leading by one after 54 holes in 2019, McIlroy settled for T4 after closing with 71. It would be daft to suggest he cannot win this week, but his focus will be on winning the FedExCup Playoffs for the fourth time at East Lake, two weeks from Sunday.

Patrick Cantlay (16/1) has confounded gamers recently, but this is his time of year. The last two seasons he’s perked up on the East Coast, winning the BMW Championship in Delaware and Maryland. His success here has been limited to T12 on his debut, while his last three haven’t been inside T20. Saving a win ticket for next week in Chicago, on his preferred Bentgrass, will be my angle.

If there’s a limited-field, no-cut event, the first name that jumps off the page is Xander Schauffele (18/1). Winning at East Lake in his first attempt at the FedExCup Playoffs in 2017, he served notice. The following season he added two more wins in fields with fewer than 80 players. Sitting No. 16 in the FedExCup standings, he’s hit the top 25 in 10 of his last 11 worldwide starts.

Viktor Hovland (18/1) ripped late spring to shreds with top-10 paydays at the first two major championships of the season before finally breaking through at the Memorial Tournament. Navigating a Jack Nicklaus design where the winning total was eight-under-par, the Norwegian won in a playoff to pick up his first win in the continental United States. His last four starts have collected T29 or better, with the best paycheck cashing T13. Making his fourth start in Memphis, his T20 payday was the best of his three visits.

Top 10/Top 20/Top 40

Sam Burns (30/1): The Louisiana native just needs to follow the river upstream to find another track where he’s played well. With five wins to his name, four have come on Bermudagrass greens, including his WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club earlier this year. Heat, humidity, and slick Bermuda should have his full attention this week. After losing a playoff in 2021 and cashing T20 last year, I know it has mine.

Matt Fitzpatrick (35/1): The Englishman has gone off the boil recently. With three top-10 paydays from four starts in the home of the blues, I’m hoping the tight fairways and small greens perk him back to life. One of only two players who entered this week with three top-10 results, I’ll back him to add to his total.

Byeong Hun An (55/1): Hitting the podium in two of his last three events, the Korean will look to add to the list of first-time winners on this track. Playing from the final group in 2020, his final round 73 dropped him back to T12. Matching his current form with a taste of blood makes for a more than decent chance this week.

Longer Shots

Use ’em wherever you see fit!

JT Poston (50/1): I believe in the heat. Top-10 paydays in four of his last five and is a fairway finder.

Andrew Putnam (125/1): A pair of top-10 finishes include a Sunday playing from the final group. Cashed seven straight entering this week.

Cam Davis (80/1): I love momentum. The Aussie needed a T7-T10 regular season finish to qualify. No reason to pack up and go home now!

Lee Hodges (90/1): Life changed with his dominant victory two weeks ago at the 3M Open in Minnesota. Playing his first FedExCup Playoffs last season, he opened and closed with 65 in Memphis and shared 13th place.

A few tidbits jumped off the page this week.

The last two winners on this property won for the first time on TOUR. Nobody has ever won on their first FedExCup Playoff event before Will Zalatoris (not entered; injured) did it last year. Camilo Villegas won the final two events in 2007, but not the first one. While Zalatoris defeated the top 124 players from the FedExCup Playoffs last year, Abraham Ancer (not entered) knocked out the 65 eligible players in the WGC-FESJI in 2021. The champions from 2014 through 2022 are not eligible or playing this week.

The last two events on the property have resulted in playoffs. Last year a total of 15-under was necessary to play extra holes. It took 16-under to win the 2021 edition. Par is a solid score, but the last three editions have produced 30 players posting 10-under or better.

Not surprisingly, the scoring average has remained sub-70 since the field was reduced to WGC status followed by the top 125 in the FedExCup last season. The elite players, and fewer of them, will not produce scores which, will inflate the scoring average. With the pressure and prestige of cashing in a FedExCup event or WGC opportunity, each shot will be more measured, especially with the prize pools and status awaiting the top finishers.

The bubble entering FedExCup Playoffs Event 1:

45. JT Poston

46. Tom Hoge

47. Mackenzie Hughes

48. Cameron Young

49. Lucas Glover

50. Nick Hardy

51. Alex Smalley

52. Thomas Detry

53. Taylor Montgomery

54. Davis Riley

55. Brandon Wu

The winner takes home $3.6 million of the $20 million purse, plus 2,000 FedExCup points.

NOW PLAYING:

Beginning last September in Wine Country, the PGA TOUR season concluded last week on Tobacco Road. Only the top 70 players from the season-long-FedExCup standings, who survived the previous 44 events, were presented with a ticket to win the FedExCup Championship.

For the second consecutive season, the FedExCup Playoffs will begin at TPC Southwind in Memphis. The design from Ron Prichard has hosted an event since its inception on the PGA TOUR in 1989. The club has hosted three World Golf Championship events and the first event of the FedExCup Playoffs in the last four seasons.

Playing to Par-70, the design has never stretched over 7,300 yards. Tipping at 7,243 yards, TPC Southwind has 11 water penalty areas and 419 Bermudagrass rough off the tee to provide the defense. Into the greens, some of the smallest on TOUR at 4,200 square feet on average, Champion Bermuda provides the perfect surfaces to hole birdie putts and save pars from off the green. This year, there isn’t a pesky 36-hole cut to worry about. Everyone will have four rounds to attempt to advance to the BMW Championship next week in Chicago at Olympia Fields (North Course).

Good luck.

Host Course	TPC Southwind
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,243.
Par:	70 (35-35).
Greens:	Champion Bermudagrass; 4,200 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	12.5 feet.
Rough:	419 Bermudagrass at 2.5 inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	75/11/11
Architect(s):	Ron Prichard (1988).
Defending Champion (event):	Will Zalatoris (not entered).
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	None.
Course Record (last):	61; Tom Lewis (not entered), Round 3, 2020.
72 Hole Tournament Record:	261; Dustin Johnson (not entered), 2018.
Fact of the Week:	Harris English is the only previous winner in TPC Southwind (since 1989) history in the field this week.
Fact of the Week II:	If any player withdraws before the start of play, THEY WILL NOT BE REPLACED IN THE FIELD OR THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS.

Notes:

Field of 70.
The OWGR is represented by 40 of the top 50 players.
No-cut event.
At the conclusion of play, the top 50 players in the FedExCup Rankings advance to the BMW Championship next week in Chicago.

Season Winners

2022-2023 Season Winners

Event	Winner
Fortinet Championship	Max Homa
Sanderson Farms Championship	Mackenzie Holmes
Shriners Children’s Open	Tom Kim
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Keegan Bradley
CJ CUP at CONGAREE	Rory McIlroy
Butterfield Bermuda Championship	Seamus Power
Mayakoba Championship	Russell Henley
Cadence Bank Houston Open	Tony Finau
The RSM Classic	Adam Svensson (first TOUR win)
Sentry Tournament of Champions	Jon Rahm
Sony Open in Hawaii	Si Woo Kim
The AMERICAN EXPRESS	Jon Rahm (2)
Farmers Insurance Open	Max Homa (2)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Justin Rose
WM Phoenix Open	Scottie Scheffler
The Genesis Invitational	Jon Rahm (3)
The Honda Classic	Chris Kirk
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win)
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Taylor Moore (first TOUR win)
Corales Puntacana	Matt Wallace (first TOUR win)
WGC – Dell Technologies MP	Sam Burns
Valero Texas Open	Corey Conners
Masters	Jon Rahm (4)
RBC Heritage	Matt Fitzpatrick
Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each)
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau (2)
Wells Fargo Championship	Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win)
AT&T Byron Nelson	Jason Day
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka
Charles Schwab Challenge	Emiliano Grillo
Memorial	Viktor Hovland
RBC Canadian Open	Nick Taylor
U.S. Open	Wyndham Clark (2)
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley (2)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Rickie Fowler
John Deere Classic	Sepp Straka
Genesis Scottish Open	Rory McIlroy (2)
The Open Championship	Brian Harman
3M Open	Lee Hodges (first TOUR win)
Wyndham Championship	Lucas Glover

Recent Winners – TPC Southwind

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2022	Will Zalatoris (-15)	Defeated Sepp Straka in a 3-hole playoff to win for the first time on TOUR.
2021	Abraham Ancer (-16)	Knocked out Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama in a playoff to win for the first time on TOUR. World Golf Championship event.
2020	Justin Thomas (-13)	Won by three shots over four players not in the field this week.
2019	Brooks Koepka (-16)	Blew away Rory McIlroy by six shots in the final group to win the first WGC-FESJI event here.
2018	Dustin Johnson (-19)	Won the final regular TOUR event here before the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

Last Week – Wyndham Championship

Chalk (via Bet365.com)

Hideki Matsuyama (18/1) is the co-favorite this week though he hasn’t produced a top-10 payday since THE PLAYERS Championship in May. Currently No. 56 in the FedExCup standings, he’s signed for three top-15 paydays from seven tries in Greensboro. The highlights include T3 in 2016 and T11 in 2018. Not. Even. Close. Bud. MC 71-74.

The 2016 winner, Si Woo Kim (18/1), joins Matsuyama at the top of the board. The Korean held a two-shot lead after 54 holes in 2021 before he was left behind for T3 by Jim Herman on Sunday. The 28-year-old Korean, who has posted rounds of 60 and 62 in his four top-five finishes here, has already won a shoot-out this season at the Sony Open in Hawaii and posted 22-under to share second at the AT&T Byron Nelson in May. T33.

Sungjae Im (20/1) resides in this column weekly outside of the major championships. Sadly, for bettors, his recent run of form should scare off any takers again this week.

BUT.

After missing the cut in four of his last eight appearances on TOUR, the return to Bermudagrass is my angle this week. Last spring, he rattled off T6 at THE PLAYERS, T7 at RBC Heritage, solo sixth at TPC Louisiana, and T8 at Wells Fargo, all on Bermudagrass. His previous four visits to Sedgefield have included three top-10 paydays, including T2 last year. Putting him in play this week makes sense. Nope, still no top-10 payday since May. T14.

Russell Henley (20/1) should have won this event in 2021. He led by three entering the final round, but a closing 71 saw him miss the six-man playoff by a shot. Missing a putt for par on the final hole saw him miss out on the six-man playoff. With three consecutive trips inside the top 10 at Sedgefield, the Georgia native has proven his worth in Greensboro. The last time he played in this part of the world, he cashed T4 at Augusta National and followed it up with T19 at RBC Heritage. His only missed cuts in the last three months are the PGA Championship and The Open Championship. I’m not sure he makes enough birdies to contend, but his recent results at this event tell a different story. T2

Sam Burns (25/1) has produced just one top-10 paycheck since winning in March at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. The Louisiana native has won on Bermudagrass in four of his five wins on TOUR. Changing grass may sound mundane, but players who grew up on Bermudagrass simply prefer Bermudagrass. In his only appearance in 2020, he closed 65-65 for T13 and posted all four rounds in the 60s. His return this season tells me all I need to know. Sitting No. 19^th in the FEC standings, it’s obvious he doesn’t need the points. Heavy lean. T14.

Denny McCarthy (25/1) is a better putter, statistically, than Burns, but doesn’t have the four wins, or any wins, to match. Knocking on the door with T11 or better payoffs in five of his last nine on TOUR, he posted 60 at the Travelers and posted 18-under. Before missing the cut at The Open, he signed for more birdies posting 16-under at the John Deere Classic. Bouncing back to Bermuda won’t bother him! Nice 25/1 exacta with these last two. Didn’t see that MC coming down the tracks!

Top 10/Top 20/Top 40

JT Poston (28/1), the 2019 winner, will look to become the only two-time winner at Sedgefield since 2008. He was inches away from making the 3M Open more interesting than expected last Sunday before finishing T2. His response after the tournament was great. He’s playing to win and doesn’t care about anything else standing in the middle of the fairway late on Sunday. T7 pays at this window.

Alex Smalley (35/1) is no stranger to this part of the world. The Duke alum has not missed in his two previous starts the last two seasons and has cashed twice in the top 30.MC

Byeong Hun An (40/1) hit the podium here in 2019 and has been playing well recently. Made a hole-in-one yesterday! T2. Boom.

Eric Cole (66/1) or Ben Griffin (70/1) could fit in this spot. Both are excellent putters, but Griffin was solo fourth last year closing 64-64. Nobody has more rounds in the 60s than Cole this season as he can really roll the rock as well. Cole did, T14. Griffin, MC, did not, but will enter the playoffs at No. 70. Whew.

Andrew Putnam (70/1) – T27

Garrick Higgo (75/1) – MC

Longer Shots

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If Webb Simpson (80/1) is going to factor, this is the week. I’m not headlining my card with him, but his record here (2011 win; 9 top 10s) from 12 weekends in 14 starts is ridiculous. Sprinkles on the top 10, top 20, and top 40 markets, just in case. T5 and a nice payday!

Brandt Snedeker (175/1) flashed just enough signs of life last week at TPC Twin Cities for me to take a nibble this week. Playing himself back into tournament shape after sternum surgery, finishing his season on a familiar track should have his full attention. T45.

Chesson Hadley (100/1) is from Raleigh and has produced his best two paychecks (T8, T15) in his last two visits. Picking up his first top-10 payday of the season two weeks ago at Barracuda, I’m not worried about his current form. Cashing T27 last week at the 3M Open will not hurt his confidence.T33.

OAD – 2023 Spotter’s Game

Already Burned

Sungjae Im – Maui

Tom Kim – Sony

Tom Hoge – AMEX

Viktor Hovland – Pebble

Xander Schauffele – WMPO

Max Homa – Riviera

Shane Lowry – Honda

Tyrrell Hatton – API

Akshay Bhatia – PRO

Jason Day – THE PLAYERS

Justin Rose – Valspar

Cam Percy – Corales

Scottie Scheffler – WGC MP

Rickie Fowler – Valero

Jordan Spieth – Masters

Collin Morikawa – RBC Heritage

Billy Horschel – Zurich

Nicolai Hojgaard – Mexico

Rory McIlroy – WFC

Adam Scott – ATTBN

Brooks Koepka – PGA Championship

Chris Kirk – Colonial

Patrick Cantlay – Memorial

Matt Fitzpatrick – RBC CO

Jon Rahm – US Open

Harris English – Travelers

Davis Riley – RMC

Adam Schenk – JDC

Tommy Fleetwood – Scottish Open

Cameron Smith – The Open

Cameron Young – 3M Open

Denny McCarthy – Wyndham

This Week – FedEx St. Jude Championship

Sam Burns

Just missed: Russell Henley, Brian Harman, Jason Day

Last Week – Wyndham Championship

Denny McCarthy – MC

Just missed: Russell Henley – T2, Si Woo Kim – T33, Eric Cole – T14

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FedEx Cup Playoffs – FedEx St. Jude Championship

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Last Week – Wyndham Championship

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