What’s a matter Colonel Sanders?
Chicken?
For the seventh time in eight years Silverado will be the first name on the team sheet to kick off the new season. 47 events begin with life in Wine Country.
Hey look, the PGATOUR season is back already!
The PGATOUR Fantasy game is back and a bit different but the great Rob Bolton has you covered.
The first week is always the toughest!
RIP Norm McDonald. The world isn’t as funny today.
East Lake has been the host since 2004 so familiarity won’t hurt this week. The TOUR has used a couple of different formulas to determine the “winner” here over the years and I’ve sorted all of that for you as well. Patrick Cantlay enters the week as top dog on 10-under in Starting Strokes and we’ll go from there starting Thursday.
I’ll live off the gloree days of Segment 3 where I felt everything I touched turned to gold.
It was fun while it lasted!
Only angle this week to finish strongly is have Xander Schauffele do Xander Schauffele things on his personal playground at East Lake.
One last chance to move it on up!
New track to the TOUR this week as Caves Valley in Owings Mills, Maryland will host the top 69 players (Patrick Reed WD) as they attempt to book their tickets to East Lake next week.
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| EXPERT | LINEUP | WINNER | COMMENT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEN EVERILL STAFF WRITER | Dustin Johnson Xander Schauffele Justin Thomas Cameron Smith Patrick Cantlay Viktor Hovland | Cameron Smith | He was a “stunned mullet” after his playoff drive sailed OB – much like Rob Bolton was watching me once again take the lead from him – but Smithy will bounce back in style with a win here. Rob wonβt. | |
| ROB BOLTON FANTASY INSIDER | Bryson DeChambeau Dustin Johnson Cameron Smith Justin Thomas Patrick Cantlay Jon Rahm | Jon Rahm | All right, itβs my turn to move back in front. Again. Gotta slow-play my last start on Rahm unless Ben is going to stymie across the board, but there are too many useful options to win that game of whack-a-Bolton. | |
| MIKE GLASSCOTT FANTASY CONTRIBUTOR | Patrick Cantlay Dustin Johnson Jon Rahm Justin Thomas Bryson DeChambeau Scottie Scheffler | Jon Rahm | The only things to slow him down this season have been COVID and a hurricane delay. I don’t think either of those are in the forecast this weekend! I only have one start left so he’ll begin on the bench. | |
| SEAN MARTIN SENIOR EDITOR | Dustin Johnson Collin Morikawa Scottie Scheffler Justin Thomas Tony Finau Xander Schauffele | Justin Thomas | Ended THE NORTHERN TRUST on a good note with some late birdies to jump up the leaderboard, and he thrives when the FedExCup Playoffs start to heat up. | |
| CAMERON MORFIT STAFF WRITER | Tony Finau Rory McIlroy Cameron Smith Justin Thomas Collin Morikawa Jordan Spieth | Justin Thomas | A very quiet T4 at THE NORTHERN TRUST, but he birdied four of the last seven holes and just looks like heβs due to win again. | |
| JASON SOBEL THE ACTION NETWORK, GOLFBET | Charley Hoffman Dustin Johnson Xander Schauffele Scottie Scheffler Keegan Bradley Keith Mitchell | Dustin Johnson | He’s not playing his best golf, but Caves Valley has been called a “big, Northeast, bentgrass course,” which should be right up his alley. |
For the fourth time in Playoff history, Liberty National will kick off the FedExCup Playoffs. Of the 125 qualified all but Louis Oosthuizen are in Jersey City this week to attempt to move on.
Liberty National Golf Club kicked off the 2019 edition and will do so again this year. The race to East Lake begins now.
Jim Herman became the second 40-something and third over 35 to win in the last four years.
Old guys can make birdies too!
Massive sandcastle that!
Folks, Webb Simpson is the leading money winner at the event. He’s racked up podium finishes the last four years. He went to school down the street at Wake Forest. His daughter is named after the event. This ain’t hard!