It’s not often that the most-owned golfer started the week outside the top 10 in my Power Rankings, but it’s also that time of Segment 4 when fantasy atrophy sets in. We have only so many starts remaining on so many notables that we’ll take what we can get. Jon Rahm is still a sensible No. 1 at the Dell Technologies Championship. He emerged as a midseason force who helped spell starts. Patrick Cantlay at 16th overall is in a similar position now. A T10 at THE NORTHERN TRUST reinforced his reliability. Before you know it, we’ll be looking to ration starts on both wunderkinds, just as we have the regulars for whom they’ve substituted. The only curious component of the breakdown at TPC Boston is that Rahm leads at just 45.8 percent. While it was projected in this space last week when Hideki Matsuyama garnered the most faith at Glen Oaks with 48.1 percent, there are fewer golfers from which to choose during every leg of the FedExCup Playoffs, so we couldn’t have ruled out an uptick. Atrophy. It’s a real thing. Stay hydrated. PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO NOTE: Rob’s Rating refers to where our Fantasy Insider slotted a golfer in his Power Rankings (“PR”) and other preview material. Owned Rank Player Percentage Rob’s Rating 1st Jon Rahm 45.8% PR12 2nd Paul Casey 41.5% PR3 3rd Rory McIlroy (defending) 40.5% PR4 4th Justin Thomas 40.3% PR10 5th Dustin Johnson 33.1% PR1 6th Jason Day 32.9% PR5 7th Matt Kuchar 27.21% PR11 8th Jordan Spieth 25.7% PR6 9th Rickie Fowler 25.3% PR2 10th Hideki Matsuyama 23.4% PR13 Golfers in the Power Rankings and outside the top 10 in most owned Power Ranking Player Owned Rank Percentage 7 Patrick Reed 11th 23.1% 8 Louis Oosthuizen 12th 22.0% 9 Adam Scott 13th 18.7% 14 Webb Simpson 28th 4.8% 15 Kevin Chappell 25th 5.0% 16 Charley Hoffman 18th 13.9% 17 Brooks Koepka 14th 17.4% 18 Jhonattan Vegas 29th 3.4% 19 Patrick Cantlay 16th 15.7% 20 Justin Rose 17th 15.0% Wild Card Chez Reavie 35th 2.5% Other notables Owned Rank Player Percentage 15th Sergio Garcia 16.8% 19th Jason Dufner 11.1% 20th Keegan Bradley 10.4% 27th Bubba Watson 4.9% 30th Phil Mickelson 3.3% PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO No two fantasy games are alike even when game play is identical. That includes One & Dones. Because PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO uses FedExCup points to measure performance, the Playoffs can make your season in a single bound. Of course, you have to connect with the right guy at the right time, but interest in the format is sustained significantly longer than in earnings-based formats in which apathy set in for many weeks ago. It’s with that reality in mind that we shouldn’t be surprised that many of the usual suspects populate the top-10 most-owned at the Dell Technologies Championship. Louis Oosthuizen checked the boxes of form and history stronger than most, at least on balance, but 4.6 percent of you sat on your hands long enough to burn defending champion Rory McIlroy. Kudos. Yes, by McIlroy’s (and our) lofty standards, he’s misfired too often in 2017, so there was reason not to invest earlier, but you can’t go an entire season without him. This is especially relevant when the winner of every Playoffs event banks 2,000 FedExCup points. Jason Day and Paul Casey present as one of the stronger 2-3 couplets in recent memory. Of course, we don’t know how many league leaders are on board, but gamers who are chasing aren’t complaining about their prospects at TPC Boston. Owned Rank Player Percentage 1st Louis Oosthuizen 10.8% 2nd Jason Day 9.7% 3rd Paul Casey 8.3% 4th Kevin Chappell 5.0% 5th Rory McIlroy (defending) 4.6% 6th Patrick Reed 4.5% 7th Justin Thomas 4.5% 8th Jon Rahm 4.1% 9th Dustin Johnson 3.6% 10th Hideki Matsuyama 3.3% Other notables Owned Rank Player Percentage 11th  Rickie Fowler 2.8% 13th Jordan Spieth 2.5% 15th Adam Scott 2.1% 16th Matt Kuchar 16th 2.1% 18th Sergio Garcia 2.0% 20th Brooks Koepka 1.7% 22nd Justin Rose 1.5% T26 Bubba Watson 0.8% T32 Phil Mickelson 0.5%
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