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The Zurich Classic of New Orleans presents a moment to take a breath in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. The game does not include the team event, so there is no action this week. Segment 3 will resume with the inaugural Mexico Open at Vidanta. So to will the traditional Draws and Fades that are omitted below. RELATED: How Team Format Works | Play Pick ‘Em Live | The First Look However, PGA TOUR Pick ‘Em Live will turn over on Wednesday for Zurich. Bets for outrights, Top 10s, Top 20s and R1 Leader will be among the options as usual. Regarding Pick ‘Em Live for a moment, remember that no matter how many entries are submitted for any tournament, prize money does not change. So, while the Masters always draws the most attention – it had more than 10,000 entries – you battled against more bodies for a payday than last week’s RBC Heritage that hosted 4,816 entries … for the same payday! Pick ‘Em Preview for Zurich will publish as usual on Wednesday. Mike Glasscott and I always include tips and tricks that will help you contend. I also practice what I preach. In the first eight tournaments, I’ve logged a third (Honda), 10th (PLAYERS) and a 19th (Heritage). If you’re an owner in a season-long format, your patience now is rewarded. After this week’s 160-man Zurich in which all golfers through conditional status have gained entry, and extending through the 156-man Wyndham Championship, 10 of the 11 opens will host the maximum. The Mexico Open has reserved tee times for 132, but the entire Korn Ferry Tour graduate reshuffle (at least) is expected to qualify on merit. (Bryson Nimmer, Jeffrey Kang, Patrick Flavin and Turk Pettit emerged from the open qualifier for the tournament on April 18.) So, while a few guys deep in the overall pecking order will moonlight on the KFT when the PGA TOUR is engaging in invitationals in the coming months, you can expect a regular schedule from your charges for whom playing time had been sporadic. It’s also the time to strike for free agents if you already haven’t. POWER RANKINGS WILD CARD Bubba Watson & Harold Varner III (-125 for a Top 20) … There are a few teams not included in my Power Rankings or Sleepers that present a compelling narrative, nonetheless. This is one of them. Of course, HV3 nipped Watson with a cross-court heave that found the hoop at the buzzer for victory at the Saudi Invitational in early February, and he’s kept the pedal down in recent weeks, connecting five cuts made from a T6 at THE PLAYERS to a T18 at the Match Play to a T3 at the RBC Heritage where he was the 54-hole leader. However, he’s 0-for-4 in the team format at TPC Louisiana. On the flipside, Watson hasn’t missed a cut in all four tries. He’s recorded a pair of top 10s (2017, 2021) and he prevailed as an individual in 2011. The lefty’s form upon arrival this week hasn’t been as impressive as his partner’s, but by no means is playing poorly enough not to deserve this value. RETURNING TO COMPETITION Brandon Hagy & Cameron Percy (+450 for a Top 20) … Both are coming off health-related issues, so it’s a coincidence that they’ve joined forces. Hagy called it quits during his second round of the RBC Heritage due to a sore back. He’s just 7-for-18 on the season and 200th in the FedExCup. Meanwhile, Percy has been sidelined since a T4 at Corales, his second top 10 in his last three starts. He forfeited the top-10 exemption into Valero to have lens-replacement surgery on both eyes (link: https://twitter.com/cameronpercy1/status/1514589194689122311). In the thread of that tweet, the Aussie quipped that he hopes to “see the hole from outside 15 feet now,” but the irony is that, if he’d qualify for official rankings, the 47-year-old would lead the PGA TOUR in conversion percentage outside 25 feet. He’s holed four of 32 attempts from that range. Both of these guys are familiar with TPC Louisiana, and they’re a combined 5-for-5 in the team format. Odds sourced on Tuesday, April 19 at 3 p.m. ET. For live odds visit betmgm. NOTABLES WDs None. RECAP – RBC HERITAGE POWER RANKINGS Power Ranking Golfer Result 1 Shane Lowry T3 2 Justin Thomas T35 3 Cameron Smith MC 4 Collin Morikawa T26 5 Joaquin Niemann T12 6 Matt Fitzpatrick MC 7 Dustin Johnson MC 8 Daniel Berger T21 9 Corey Conners T12 10 Sungjae Im T21 11 Webb Simpson T59 12 Patrick Cantlay P2 13 Matt Kuchar T3 14 Tyrrell Hatton T26 15 Chris Kirk MC Wild Card Jordan Spieth Win SLEEPERS Golfer (Bet) Result Nate Lashley (+550 for a Top 20) MC Alex Noren (+175 for a Top 20) T42 Mito Pereira (+250 for a Top 20) T26 Scott Stallings (+450 for a Top 20) MC Brendon Todd (+400 for a Top 20) T26 GOLFBET Bet: Daniel Berger (Top 5), Sungjae Im (Top 10) and Tyrrell Hatton (Top 20) at +10000 Result: Berger (T21), Im (T21), Hatton (T26) BIRTHDAYS AMONG ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE PGA TOUR April 19 … Matt Jones (42) April 20 … John Senden (51) April 21 … none April 22 … Eric Axley (48) April 23 … none April 24 … Jason Bohn (49); Lee Westwood (49); Jonas Blixt (38); Carlos Ortiz (31) April 25 … Nick Watney (41)

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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The player with the unbreakable spirit who finds a way to win this 118th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills could well be a player who has tapped into the requisite stoicism and toughness once already. Dustin Johnson (2016), Brooks Koepka (2017), Justin Rose (2013) and even 48-year-old Jim Furyk (2003) are among those on the first page of the leaderboard who have already won the tournament once. Their secret? Taking their lumps, biting their tongues and coming back for more. “It’s the U.S. Open,â€� said Furyk, who shot 72 and at 6 over is just three off the lead shared by Johnson (77), Koepka (72) and early finishers Daniel Berger (66) and Tony Finau (66). “You know that they’re trying to set the golf course up as close to the edge as possible.â€� The four co-leaders going into Sunday ties the U.S. Open record. Johnny Miller was among four who shared the lead in 1973; Jordan Spieth was one of a quartet at the top in 2015. Both won. “I’m glad I’m in the position I’m in,â€� said Koepka, who is trying to become the first player to successfully defend his U.S. Open title since Curtis Strange (1988, ’89). Rose (73) is just one back after hitting just six greens in regulation but taking only 27 putts, and could be playing for not just his second U.S. Open trophy but also his third PGA TOUR win this season and the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. He could also take over in pole position in the FedExCup. Others in the hunt include fellow major winners Henrik Stenson (2016 Open Championship), who shot 74 and is just two off the lead, and Patrick Reed (2018 Masters), who shot 71 and suddenly finds himself just three back in a bid to win a second straight major. No player has won the season’s first two majors since Jordan Spieth in 2015. One day after a golden twilight bathed Shinnecock and late starters enjoyed an almost total absence of wind, Saturday brought strong gusts, hot sun and crispy greens. The casualties included Rickie Fowler (84), Phil Mickelson (81) and Scott Piercy (79), among others. Still, no one cried foul among those who go into Sunday with a chance. “I feel like the whole entire golf course is fair, even with how the wind is blowing, even with 13 and 15, where those pins are,â€� said Reed. “There’s going to be a lot of guys that are going to complain about those two holes.â€� Mike Davis, the USGA’s CEO, admitted that the organization let a few holes get away from them in the windier-than-expected weather, but your U.S. Open contenders didn’t go there. “I enjoy it,â€� Koepka said. “I enjoy firing away from pins and having to be conservative sometimes and just finding a way to get through it. I mean, my track record is pretty good in U.S. Opens. I feel like the harder the golf course, the better. “It’s already going to eliminate so many guys,â€� he added. “Some guys get down on themselves. You can eliminate them pretty much right away. You can’t get frustrated. You just got to keep plugging away. I think that’s why I’ve done so well.â€� How far back is too far back? Ian Poulter (76) and Charley Hoffman (77) are in a large group at 7 over, four off the lead, and among others with a reasonable chance on Sunday is FedExCup leader Justin Thomas (74, 8 over), who will go into the final round just five back. Given that Berger and Finau each started Saturday 11 shots behind and will wake up Sunday morning tied for the lead, that margin looks imminently surmountable. Attitude may be the final determinant. Instead of debating whether the pins were set too close to the edges, those on first page of the leaderboard have focused on staying away from those edges. “You’ve just got to stay on the fat side of the green,â€� said Furyk, who is already likely to wind up in the World Golf Hall of Fame (17 PGA TOUR wins, including a major and two sub-60 rounds) but would be a shoe-in with another U.S. Open victory. The forecast for Sunday is more sunshine, but with intermittent breezes. Perhaps the USGA will throw some extra water on the course in an effort not to repeat its mistakes of the past. Perhaps not. Best to assume the leaders will face a nasty, fast and fierce Shinnecock. And best to assume the last man standing will waste little or no energy complaining about it.

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Kevin Na has broken a nearly seven-year winless drought on the PGA TOUR, shooting a 6-under 64 Sunday for a five-stroke victory at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. Na birdied six of his first 10 holes to open up a big lead over third-round co-leader Kelly Kraft on the Old White TPC in West Virginia. The 34-year-old Na cruised from there and finished at 19-under 261. Na’s only previous TOUR win came in Las Vegas in October 2011. Kraft shot 70 and finished second at 14 under. Brandt Snedeker and Jason Kokrak tied for third at 13 under. Snedeker had a 64 and Kokrak shot 67. Kraft, Snedeker, Kokrak and Austin Cook earned spots in the Open Championship in two weeks. The leading four players not already exempt from the top-12 finishers qualified.

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