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There's nothing wrong with your circadian rhythm. It's November and we're no longer saving daylight, yet the Vivint Houston Open and the Masters are lined up over the next fortnight. So, what gives? It's a familiar pairing. Beginning with the first year of the FedExCup (2007) and extending through 2018 (with an exception in 2013), the consecutive contests were cornerstones of early spring. Houston shifted to the fall in 2019 and the 2020 Masters was bumped to autumn due to the pandemic. So, like a force that reunites old neighbors, and with a change of seasons - literally and figuratively - the two connect once more. What has been planned all along is the move to Memorial Park Golf Course within five miles west of downtown Houston. Scroll past the projected contenders for details on the return to this exciting host course, the construct of the field and more. RELATED: The First Look | Inside the Field | Five things to know: Memorial Park POWER RANKINGS: VIVINT HOUSTON OPEN Brooks Koepka, Jason Day, Adam Scott and Francesco Molinari will be reviewed in Tuesday's Fantasy Insider with other notables. Memorial Park hosted this tournament in 1947 and from 1951-1963, so it's not new to the PGA TOUR. However, how it presents this week is entirely different to when Bob Charles was the last to prevail on the property. This marks the TOUR debut of a Tom Doak redesign (2019) and it doesn't disappoint. There are five par 3s and five par 5s on the par 72. If that sounds familiar, Sherwood Country Club, the recent host of the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD, stages the same array. Unlike tony, 7,073-yard Sherwood, Memorial Park is a municipal track and it can stretch to 7,432 yards. The longest hole is the 625-yard, par-5 eighth. The longest par 3 is the 237-yard 11th, but the hardest hole might prove to be the par-4 finisher that tips at 503 yards. Doak employed the advice of Brooks Koepka, who encouraged the architect to pare down to fewer than two dozen sand bunkers. As a result, MiniVerde bermudagrass greens are protected by Doak's imaginative undulations, grassy collection areas and a Stimpmeter measurement upwards of 12 feet. With unfamiliar greens, finding the shortest grass off the tee will matter. Primary rough in excess of two inches walls the fairways, while greens averaging 7,000 square feet will require precision on approach due to the humps, hills and sections of potential hole locations. Ball-strikers with length have an advantage but, and as always, unpredictable hot putters never should be ruled out. Due to the shift from mid-October to early November, the field is down 12 to 132. As of Monday afternoon, 36 are scheduled to compete in next week's Masters as well. Unlike when the Golf Club of Houston was prepped to imitate components of the challenge at Augusta National, comparisons to Memorial Park will be unintentional due to the coincidental timing of the tournaments. Fabulous conditions are expected throughout the Vivint Houston Open with high temperatures in the upper 70s every day. Breezes out of an easterly direction will be moderate at worst. Rain is not forecast. ROB BOLTON'S SCHEDULE PGATOUR.COM's Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton recaps and previews every tournament from numerous angles. Look for his following contributions as scheduled. MONDAY: Qualifiers, Reshuffle, Medical Extensions, Rookie Watch, Power Rankings TUESDAY*: Sleepers, Fantasy Insider * – Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COM's Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday.

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HOW THEY QUALIFIED Winner — PGA/U.S. Open Championship Dustin Johnson Brooks Koepka Winner — The Masters tournament Adam Scott Winner — The Open Phil Mickelson Henrik Stenson Winner — WGC Event Russell Knox Shane Lowry Winner — Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Memorial Matt Every David Lingmerth William McGirt Winner — FedExCup Billy Horschel Tournament winner in past two seasons Aaron Baddeley Daniel Berger Wesley Bryan Greg Chalmers Kevin Chappell Austin Cook Tony Finau Brice Garnett Fabian Gomez Cody Gribble James Hahn Mackenzie Hughes Billy Hurley III Smylie Kaufman Chris Kirk Patton Kizzire Peter Malnati Grayson Murray Scott Piercy D.A. Points Charl Schwartzel Brandt Snedeker Brian Stuard Vaughn Taylor Career Money Exemption K.J. Choi Retief Goosen Sponsors Exemptions — Web.com Tour Finals Padraig Harrington Scottie Scheffer Sponsors Exemptions — Members not otherwise exempt John Daly Dicky Pride Sponsors Exemptions — Unrestricted Dawson Armstrong Grant Hirschman Braden Thornberry Casey Wittenbert PGA Section Champion/Player of the Year Johan Kok Past Champions of Respective Event Ben Crane Harris English Top 125 on Last Season’s FedExCup Points List Chez Reavie Charles Howell III Lucas Glover Keegan Bradley Luke List Stewart Cink Scott Brown Jamie Lovemark Sung Kang Ollie Schniederjans Robert Streb Bud Cauley Kevin Tway Danny Lee Kelly Kraft Patrick Rodgers  Chad Campbell Cheng Tsung Pan Harold Varner III Nick Taylor J.B. Holmes J.J. Spaun Michael Kim Scott Stallings Byeong Hun An Martin Flores Ricky Werenski Ryan Blaum Robert Garrigus Brian Gay Steve Stricker Derek Fathauer Tyrone Van Aswegen Dominic Bozzelli John Huh Blayne Barber Ben Martin J.J. Henry Major Medical Exemption Ryan Palmer Michael Thompson Jon Curran Bob Estes Steve Marino John Peterson Top 10 and Ties from Previous Event Joaquin Niemann Corey Conners Top Finishers from Web.com Tour Prior Season Beau Hossler Tom Hoge Peter Uihlein Brandon Harkins Keith Mitchell Martin Piller Abraham Ancer Andrew Putnam Talor Gooch Sam Saunders Tyler Duncan Seamus Power Nicholas Lindheim Troy Merritt Adam Schenk Tom Lovelady Ben Silverman Xinjun Zhang Joel Dahmen Shawn Stefani Sam Ryder Denny McCarthy Jonathan Randolph Nate Lashley Rob Oppenheim Stephan Jaeger Bronson Burgoon Lanto Griffin Cameron Tringale Roberto Diaz  Johathan Byrd Matt Jones Ethan Tracy Brett Stegmaier Matt Atkins Steve Wheatcroft Conrad Shindler Andrew Yun Zecheng Dou Kyle Thompson Will Claxton  Will MacKenzie David Berganio Jr. 126-150 Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Trey Mullinax J.T. Poston Johnson Wagner David Hearn Ricky Barnes Daniel Summerhays Zach Blair Cameron Percy Rick Lamb Reorder Category — Cat. 34 thru 38 Hunter Mahan Brendon de Jonge George McNeill Troy Matteson Eric Axley Tommy Gainey

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SILVIS, Ill. – Viktor Hovland figured he needed to birdie the last hole to get a top-10 finish at the John Deere Classic, thus punching his ticket to next week’s Barbasol Championship. Instead, the 2018 U.S. Amateur winner from Oklahoma State bogeyed the hole and signed for a final-round 64, dropping him out of the top 10 and giving him a hard-earned break. “I’ll take two weeks off and just chill in Stillwater,� he said as he packed up his things in the locker room after competing on a sponsor exemption for the fourth straight week. He shrugged off the 12-foot par putt he missed on 18. “I figured I needed a birdie, but it still hurt.� At the U.S. Open in June, Hovland, 21, set a new tournament standard for low score by an amateur (280, 4 under), beating the record previously set by Jack Nicklaus in 1960 (282). In doing so, Hovland also became the first player since Matt Kuchar in 1998 to be low amateur in both the Masters Tournament (T32) and U.S. Open (T12). Hovland turned pro before the Travelers Championship (T54), and was steadily improving, finishing T13 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and 3M Open the last two weeks. He was hot again Sunday, leaving himself just a three-foot eagle putt at 17 before his miscue at the difficult, par-4 finishing hole. The bogey was a setback in his quest to earn enough FedExCup points to secure his playing privileges on the PGA TOUR next season. Hovland could have earned Special Temporary Membership, good for unlimited sponsor exemptions, with a three-way tie for third or better, or a six-way tie for second or better at the Deere. But a top-10 finish would have helped a lot, giving him at least one more start at the Barbasol. Instead, he’ll take a much-needed break after five straight weeks. “It’s going to take something really special at the Wyndham,� Hovland said, “but more likely I’ll be going to the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.�

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