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How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. Adding to the challenge is that every golfer can be used only three times per each of four Segments. Aside from the experts below, Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the field at this year’s THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT in this week’s edition of the Power Rankings. For more fantasy, check out Rookie Ranking, Qualifiers and Reshuffle. THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN OUR EXPERTS? The PGA TOUR Experts league is once again open to the public. You can play our free fantasy game and see how you measure up against our experts below. Joining the league is simple. Just click here to sign up or log in. Once you create a team, click the “LEAGUES” tab. Then click on “FEATURED,” and then on the PGA TOUR Experts league that populates. SEASON SEGMENT

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The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. Scroll below for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship field list as of Friday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. ET: Check here for updates. Current Tournament Winners Ryan Brehm Tyler Duncan Brian Gay Lucas Glover Garrick Higgo Seamus Power Chad Ramey Robert Streb Nick Taylor Erik van Rooyen Richy Werenski Sponsors Exemptions – Korn Ferry Tour Finals Palmer Jackson Caleb Surratt Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt John Daly D.A. Points Sponsors Exemption – Unrestricted Akshay Bhatia Jarryd Dillas Aaron Jarvis Nicholas Jones Willie Mack III James Nicholas Michael Sims Kim Swan Commissioner Exemption – 2 Foreign Players Adrian Meronk PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Greg Koch Open Qualifying Aaron Baddeley Chandler Blanchet Clay Feagler John VanDerLaan Top 125 on Prior Season’s FedEx Points List Denny McCarthy Alex Smalley Brandon Wu Adam Long Adam Schenk Aaron Rai Stephan Jaeger Patrick Rodgers Russell Knox Mark Hubbard Peter Malnati C.T. Pan Sam Ryder Vince Whaley Nate Lashley Greyson Sigg Scott Piercy Callum Tarren Max McGreevy Chesson Hadley Nick Watney Doug Ghim Kevin Tway Matthias Schwab Kramer Hickok Austin Smotherman Justin Lower Major Medical Extension. Nick Hardy Top 10 and Ties from the Previous Event S.H. Kim Top 50 Finishers from the Korn Ferry Tour Finals (2022) Will Gordon David Lingmerth Zecheng Dou Austin Eckroat Robby Shelton Philip Knowles MJ Daffue Michael Gligic Ben Taylor Eric Cole Joseph Bramlett Harry Hall Austin Cook Brandon Matthews Augusto Núñez Henrik Norlander Byeong Hun An Ben Martin Erik Barnes Ryan Armour Ben Griffin Nicholas Lindheim Davis Thompson Brent Grant Michael Kim Carson Young Tyson Alexander Scott Harrington Harrison Endycott Thomas Detry Trevor Werbylo Tano Goya Kevin Roy Nico Echavarria Anders Albertson Samuel Stevens Chun-an Yu Matti Schmid Vincent Norrman Brice Garnett Trevor Cone Brian Stuard Kyle Westmoreland Top Finishers from Korn Ferry Tour Medical Chris Stroud Minor Medical Extension Scott Gutschewski 126-150 Prior Season’s FEC Points List (Reordered) Harry Higgs Martin Trainer Hank Lebioda Cameron Percy Andrew Novak Jonathan Byrd Charley Hoffman Bill Haas Dylan Wu Beyond 150th on Prior Season’s FEC Points List Sean O’Hair William McGirt Luke Donald Vaughn Taylor Sung Kang Camilo Villegas Kevin Chappell Seung-Yul Noh Scott Brown Grayson Murray Tommy Gainey Wesley Bryan Robert Garrigus Bo Van Pelt Fabián Gómez Jonas Blixt David Hearn Ricky Barnes Sangmoon Bae Greg Chalmers The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. * = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted # = Latest medical extension information can be found here. $ = Category breakdown can be found here.

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SAN ANTONIO — Jordan Spieth graces the cover of the April issue of Golf Digest under the headline, “Turn a slow start into a strong finish.”  Spieth is off to a good start of doing just that this week at the Valero Texas Open. The 2015 FedExCup champion, who enters the week ranked No. 177 in the FedExCup standings, signed for a 4-under 68 at TPC San Antonio’s AT&T Oaks Course and trails first-round leader Si Woo Kim by two strokes.  “The swing feels good, it’s getting more consistent,” he said. “It’s getting there. I’d call it a ‘B’ today.” Spieth sprayed his driver, hitting just five fairways, but recovered to hit 12 of 18 greens and was perfect at scrambling. Spieth made birdie at three par 5s, pitched to tap-in range at 17 and canned a 19-foot birdie at No. 9. When showed a replay of that stroke, Spieth said, “That’s a good example of me using the big muscles and getting in a position at setup reminiscent of when I was playing at my best and simply rocking the shoulders.” Spieth’s lone blemish on the card was a 3-putt bogey at 15 from 61 feet. Spieth has had other promising starts this season, but could this one give him a boost of confidence heading into the Masters? The 2015 champ has never finished worse than T-11 in five previous appearances at Augusta National, but he’s also never been on the cusp of the first major playing so poorly.         Spieth hasn’t recorded a top-10 finish since The Open Championship last July. This season, Spieth ranks 167th on the PGA TOUR in Strokes Gained: Total, 135 positions lower than his rank in this statistic last season. And not to belabor the point, but Spieth ranked 33rd in Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green in 2017-18 and ranks 131st this season. Related: Si Woo Kim opens with 6-under 66 | Fowler’s late equipment switch pays off | Featured Groups, tee times | Insider: Former Valero champ Bowditch upbeat in return from back injury The sub-head of the Golf Digest story poses the big question facing Spieth: How to get your swing back before it goes off the rails.  Spieth, for one, has preached patience and since THE PLAYERS has been stating that he’s on the verge of a breakthrough despite the fact that he’s missed three cuts and hasn’t finished better than T-24 this season.  Shortly before his Wednesday pro-am round, Spieth hit balls on the range while caddie Michael Greller stood behind him and videoed Spieth’s swing on his smartphone. After each shot, Spieth stopped and reviewed his motion. Following his opening round and post-media commitments, Spieth returned to the range for a post-round session. Last year, Spieth entered the Houston Open in what amounted to a slump for him and finished T-3, then flirted with the course record at Augusta on Sunday and finished third. Count NBC/Golf Channel analyst Jim “Bones” Mackay among those observers who remain firmly in Spieth’s camp. “He may not be striking it quite like he did, but hanging out with the caddies like I do and hearing stories like I do about what an absolute killer that guy is between the ears, I don’t worry too much about him getting back,” Mackay said. “It’s just a question of when.” When will Spieth turn a slow start into a strong finish like in the article he authored? Maybe it could happen this week. When asked what he’d consider to be a good week, he said, “”Having a chance to win.”

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