Curry shoots 74 again at Web.com, misses cut

It’s hard not to chuckle while contemplating the absence of an offseason, but we’ll rest over the holidays. Just like the 144 golfers at Silverado, it’s time for us to get back to work. The Safeway Open is the first of eight tournaments in the fall portion of the 2017-18 season. All but the Sanderson Farms Championship will contribute to your progress in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO, but only the Safeway and the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open feature full fantasy scoring. The other five will measure only actual scoring for each round before rewarding one-half FedExCup points earned. Because there are only seven tournaments in Segment 1 and gamers are still allowed up to three starts per golfer per Segment, it’s unlikely that the strategies in non-ShotLink events will come into play much. Meanwhile, the game will now award bonuses based on FedExCup points at the conclusion of Playoffs, if applicable. This will parallel how points are collected in the One & Done game, which also renews for the Safeway Open. The Roster game awarded prizes for the winners and runners-up of each of the four Segments as well as the entire season. The top three in the season-long chase in the One & Done will collect. See both platforms at FantasyGolf.PGATOUR.com for details. Beginning with this week’s FI, I’m evolving Draws and Fades to cover more golfers in specified formats sans extended commentary and analysis. These cheaters should assist in case you’re looking for quick yeas and nays from me. If you’ve somehow missed it, Qualifiers, Medical Extensions, Reshuffle and Rookie Ranking are live on the site. So is my annual full-membership fantasy ranking. If you haven’t already, bookmark PGATOUR.com/Fantasy or navigate the MENU at the top of most pages. It’s awesome to be back with you for another season on the PGA TOUR. Never hesitate to reach out to me via discussion threads, Twitter (public or private) or email. PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO My roster for the Safeway Open (in alphabetical order): Bud Cauley Tony Finau Jamie Lovemark Kevin Na Sam Saunders Brendan Steele You’ll find my starters in Expert Picks. Others to consider for each category (in alphabetical order): Scoring: Brandon Hagy; Smylie Kaufman; Luke List; Phil Mickelson; Grayson Murray; Ollie Schniederjans Driving: Lucas Glover; Martin Laird; Ryan Moore; Chez Reavie; Harold Varner III; Richy Werenski Approach: Chad Campbell; Lucas Glover; Zach Johnson; Ryan Moore; Chez Reavie; Ollie Schniederjans; Webb Simpson; Vaughn Taylor; Richy Werenski Short: Scott Brown; Mackenzie Hughes; Zach Johnson; Phil Mickelson; Chez Reavie Power Rankings Wild Card Peter Uihlein … Here we go. He enters his rookie season on the PGA TOUR at the age of 28. It was a long time coming what with his promise and pedigree. While expectations will likely exceed his results unless he wins, if he hangs up four top 10s and finishes inside the top 70 of the FedExCup standings, consider it a successful foray. Just give him a start or two before diving in on a weekly basis. His win in the first leg of the Web.com Tour Finals is his only top 25 anywhere in his last six starts. Draws Matt Atkins (DFS) Scott Brown (DFS) Chad Campbell (SERVPRO) Lucas Glover (all) Brandon Hagy (all) Smylie Kaufman (DFS) Luke List (DFS) Grayson Murray (DFS) Vaughn Taylor (DFS) Harold Varner III (all) Richy Werenski (DFS) Fades Sangmoon Bae Jonas Blixt Graham DeLaet Cody Gribble Emiliano Grillo David Hearn Beau Hossler Sung Kang Chris Kirk Patton Kizzire Colt Knost … After nearly eight months off, finished 70th in his only start of the Web.com Tour Finals. Equipped with a Major Medical Extension, so give him time to shed the rust. Maverick McNealy … Making his pro debut. Set with a series of sponsor exemptions. Respect the learning curve. Patrick Rodgers Kevin Streelman Chris Stroud Aaron Wise Returning to Competition Scott Piercy … Sat out the Playoffs with a sore shoulder and hasn’t played since the Travelers in late June. Should be feeling good at Silverado, though. He opened last year’s T3 with a course-record 62. Plant him as a sporty option in DFS. Fabián Gómez … Hasn’t competed since the Quicken Loans National during which he withdrew after one round. An explanation was never released. It’s just as well, though, as he enters 2017-18 as a salary bargain at $332K. He’s fully exempt by virtue of his win at the 2016 Sony Open in Hawaii. Fits nicely at Silverado, too, with a T17 in 2015 and a T26 last year. Expect a little rust, but he’s a sensible contrarian in DFS. Kelly Kraft … A mid-round withdrawal due to a foot injury in the opener of the Dell Technologies Championship ended his Playoffs. He concluded the season without a top-55 finish in five starts after a T5 at Greenbrier. That’s been his M.O., however. It can be fruitful in reality, but it’s a dangerous angle for fantasy gamers. With an 0-for-2 slate at Silverado on top of the concern, he’s an easy no-play. Ernie Els … Scheduled to compete in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. It’ll be his first action since withdrawing during the Wyndham Championship with a sore rib. The Big Easy is burning a top-25 career earnings exemption on the PGA TOUR this season. He’ll celebrate his 48th birthday on Oct. 17. Power Rankings Recap – TOUR Championship Power Ranking  Golfer  Result 1  Jordan Spieth  T7 2  Justin Rose  T10 3  Dustin Johnson  T17 4  Rickie Fowler  T26 5  Marc Leishman  T24 6  Justin Thomas  2nd 7  Paul Casey  5th 8  Jason Day  T17 9  Jon Rahm  T7 10  Kevin Chappell  T28 11  Webb Simpson  T13 12  Brooks Koepka  6th 13  Matt Kuchar  T10 14  Sergio Garcia  T10 15  Patrick Cantlay  T20 16  Gary Woodland  19th 17  Pat Perez  16th 18  Hideki Matsuyama  T26 19  Jason Dufner  T20 20  Daniel Berger  15th 21  Xander Schauffele  Win 22  Adam Hadwin  23rd 23  Tony Finau  T7 24  Brian Harman  T24 25  Charley Hoffman  T28 26  Patrick Reed  T13 27  Russell Henley  T3 28  Kevin Kisner  T3 29  Kyle Stanley  T20 30  Jhonattan Vegas  30th Power Rankings Recap – FedExCup Playoffs Power Ranking  Golfer  Result 1  Jordan Spieth  2nd 2  Hideki Matsuyama  8th 3  Rickie Fowler  7th 4  Dustin Johnson  4th 5  Brooks Koepka  10th 6  Henrik Stenson  32nd 7  Rory McIlroy  58th 8  Daniel Berger  16th 9  Justin Thomas  1st 10  Paul Casey  11th 11  Matt Kuchar  14th 12  Patrick Reed  22nd 13  Francesco Molinari  37th 14  Kevin Chappell  27th 15  Charley Hoffman  20th 16  Marc Leishman  6th 17  Jason Dufner  30th 18  Brian Harman  25th 19  Jason Day  18th 20  Jon Rahm  5th 21  Tony Finau  19th 22  Kevin Kisner  12th 23  Zach Johnson  48th 24  Russell Henley  13th 25  Brendan Steele  33rd 26  Kyle Stanley  24th 27  Adam Hadwin  26th 28  Pat Perez  15th 29  Louis Oosthuizen  31st 30  Patrick Cantlay  29th Birthdays among active golfers on the PGA TOUR October 3 … none October 4 … none October 5 … Kelly Kraft (29) October 6 … none October 7 … none October 8 … none October 9 … none

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Here are nine tidbits from the third round of THE NORTHERN TRUST gamers can use tomorrow, this weekend or down the road. Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey is hosting for the fourth time since 2008 and plays 7,385 yards to a Par-71. Know Thy Enemy These were the top-10 selected, plus one, golfers in the PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf game presented by SERVPRO. Everyone loves perfect weather including gamers and this week has been just that. For the second time in two rounds the bar was set with the lowest round of the week. Keegan Bradley bested Adam Scott’s 64 by two and Bryson DeChambeau bested it by one. The weather looks to be solid for the final round Sunday so it will be interesting to see if that trend continues. Laying the Wood Bryson DeChambeau birdied half of the holes at Ridgewood Country Club to post a career-best score of 63. He’ll take a four-shot lead into the final round with Bradley as he looks to pick up his second win of the season. Captain Furyk has already had him on the radar and tomorrow’s audition could seal his spot on the Ryder Cup team. He’s in the top 10 in Strokes-Gained: Tee-to-Green (7th) and is second in Strokes-Gained: Putting. Nice combo! Best Round on the Course Keegan Bradley tied the composite course record as his bogey-free 62 equaled Hunter Mahan’s mark from 2008. Bradley is four shots adrift as he looks to pick up his first win since 2012 at the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational. On that Sunday he began four shots behind 54-hole leader Jim Furyk and fired 64 to steal the title by a shot. Another 64 tomorrow and a repeat of history could be possible. He hit all 18 GIR for the first time in his career and only needed 27 putts. Another Audition Tony Finau racked up 10 birdies playing with Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk at Bellerive but faded on the weekend to T42. His only finish outside the top 10 in the majors didn’t bother the big hitter as he’s right back into the mix this week. His bogey-free 66 was buoyed by converting all five up-and-downs on GIR that he missed. He leads the field in Strokes-Gained: Tee-to-Green and Around-the-Green. Every round this week has been better than the previous one and that trend will need to continue tomorrow if he’s going to make up a five-shot deficit. I Spy Spieth Each round the putter has improved with the best of the bunch coming in Round 3 as Jordan Spieth gained almost 1.5 strokes on the field on the greens. After an opening bogey he produced a clean card that included eight birdies as his 64 pushed him up 37 spots to T7. I’m interested to see if he can back up a low one with another low one as this could be a harbinger of things to come in the FedExCup Playoffs. No Doubting Thomas The most popular selection this week, Justin Thomas, has posted all three rounds in the 60’s but hasn’t busted a low one just yet. He’ll have to find one on Sunday to break into the top 10 and make DeChambeau think about it. His last 11 rounds are 69 or lower so another top 10 should be around the corner. His last two events saw him win at WGC-BI and cash T6 at the PGA Championship. Moving Day Gamers have seen this drill from Billy Horschel before at this time of year! His bogey-free 65 saw him leap frog 19 places to T5 as he looks to break inside the top 30 in the FedExCup Playoffs. He’s 24-under in his last seven rounds dating back to the Wyndham last week. #HeatCheck. … Aussie Cameron Smith jumped 14 spots to T3. Fantasy golf is hard.  Moving Day: Wrong Way The duo of Brooks Koepka and Jamie Lovemark entered Saturday in the final pairing and will start Sunday T7 and T14, respectively. Neither broke par as both of their putters went ice cold. Lovemark still leads the field in Strokes-Gained: Putting but after gaining four shots each round, he lost almost a full shot Saturday. Koepka ranked dead-last in that same stat Saturday. Study Hall The Round 3 scoring average was 69.825, the lowest of the tournament. … There were six bogey-free rounds, including a 68 posted by Tiger Woods (T49), to bring the total on the week to 10. … There’s Louis Oosthuizen inside the top 15 (T14)! The last time he was in the news he was WD just minutes before his tee time at the PGA Championship. … DeChambeau has made 20 birdies to lead the field. … Of the top 10 players in Strokes-Gained: Tee-to-Green category seven currently reside inside T7 or better on the leaderboard.

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Winner – PGA/U.S. Open Championship Jason Day Justin Rose Jimmy Walker Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship Rickie Fowler Si Woo Kim Tiger Woods Winner – The Open Championship Phil Mickelson Winner – TOUR Championship Xander Schauffele Winner – World Golf Championship Event Russell Knox Shane Lowry Hideki Matsuyama Winners of the Arnold Palmer Inv. & the Memorial (Last 3 Years) Matt Every Marc Leishman David Lingmerth Winner – FedExCup – Last Five Seasons Billy Horschel Tournament Winner in Past Two Seasons Aaron Baddeley Jonas Blixt Patrick Cantlay Bryson DeChambeau Tony Finau Cody Gribble Emiliano Grillo Adam Hadwin James Hahn Brian Harman Jim Herman Charley Hoffman Mac Hughes Smylie Kaufman Chris Kirk Peter Malnati Grayson Murray Rod Pampling Jon Rahm Patrick Reed Cameron Smith Brandt Snedeker Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele Jhonattan Vegas Career Money Exemption K.J. Choi Retief Goosen Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Ben Crane Hunter Mahan Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted Sam Burns Cameron Davis Maverick McNealy Norman Xiong PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Michael Block Past Champion of Respective Event Scott Stallings Top 125 on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Gary Woodland Bill Haas Francesco Molinari Charles Howell III Lucas Glover Keegan Bradley Luke List Anirban Lahiri Stewart Cink Martin Laird Jamie Lovemark Sung Kang Ollie Schniederjans Sean O’Hair Robert Streb Bud Cauley Kevin Tway Danny Lee Kelly Kraft Patrick Rodgers Morgan Hoffmann Chad Campbell Kevin Streelman Cheng Tsung Pan Whee Kim Harold Varner III Nick Taylor J.B. Holmes Camilo Villegas J.J. Spaun Michael Kim Martin Flores Luke Donald Richy Werenski Geoff Ogilvy Robert Garrigus Derek Fathauer Tyrone Van Aswegen Harris English Nick Watney John Huh Rory Sabbatini J.J. Henry Top 125 (Prior Season Nonmember) Alex Noren Major Medical Extension Ryan Palmer Sangmoon Bae Andrew Loupe Leading Money Winner from Web.com Tour & Web.com Tour Finals Chesson Hadley Top Finishers from Web.com Tour Prior Season (reordered) Alex Cejka Andrew Landry Peter Uihlein Tyler Duncan Brandon Harkins Ben Silverman Beau Hossler Tom Hoge Martin Piller Nicholas Lindheim Jonathan Randolph Brice Garnett Aaron Wise Abraham Ancer Stephan Jaeger Talor Gooch Ted Potter, Jr. Shawn Stefani Xinjun Zhang Adam Schenk Joel Dahmen Rob Oppenheim Michael Thompson Corey Conners Bronson Burgoon Cameron Tringale Ethan Tracy Seamus Power Roberto Díaz Tom Lovelady Andrew Putnam Brett Stegmaier Matt Jones Troy Merritt Conrad Shindler Keith Mitchell Nate Lashley Steve Wheatcroft Sam Ryder Jonathan Byrd Lanto Griffin Zecheng Dou Denny McCarthy Matt Atkins Kyle Thompson Andrew Yun Minor Medical Extension Padraig Harrington 126 – 150 Prior Season’s FEC Points List (Reordered) J.T. Poston Johnson Wagner David Hearn Zac Blair Trey Mullinax

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