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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. The first fantasy golf game to utilize live ShotLink data, PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf allows you to see scores update live during competition. Aside from the experts below, Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the field at this year’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in his edition of the Power Rankings. For more fantasy, check out Rookie Watch, 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 your team, click the “Leagues” tab and search for “PGA TOUR Experts.” After that? Pick your players and start talking smack. Want to represent the fans against our experts? SEASON SEGMENT

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The opening round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans takes place Thursday. The two-man team event features plenty of stars, including defending champions Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS) PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups); Friday, 9:15 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups); Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes); Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). TOURCast: Get shot-by-shot info in real time with shot tracks and video with TOURCast. TOUR Pulse: Get the PGA TOUR app to utilize TOUR Pulse, which provides users the ability to experience a mix of content, such as video highlights, written hole summaries and stat graphics on every player after every hole they complete. FEATURED GROUPS Bubba Watson/Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (tee times) Cameron Champ/Tony Finau and Billy Horschel/Sam Burns (tee times) Collin Morikawa/Matthew Wolff and Marc Leishman/Cameron Smith (tee times) Jon Rahm/Ryan Palmer and Henrik Stenson/Justin Rose (tee times) MUST READS Power Rankings Expert Picks Insider: Leishman, Smith have point to prove How the format works Horses for Courses

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• COURSE: TPC River Highlands, 6,841 yards, par 70. Golf has been played across this bluff overlooking the Connecticut River dating back to 1928, with River Highlands serving as the third layout over the property. Pete Dye embarked upon a complete overhaul of the property in 1982, and Bobby Weed added an upgrade seven years later in consultation with former PGA TOUR pros Howard Twitty and Roger Maltbie. Nos. 15-17 play around a four-acre lake, helping create a finish considered among the most thrilling on TOUR. Last year, it became the site of the TOUR’s historic first 58, when Jim Furyk reeled off 10 birdies and holed out for eagle at the par-4 No.3. • FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 points. • CHARITY: New England Charities, which has designated the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp as its primary beneficiary. Founded by actor Paul Newman in 1988, the camp hosts more than 25,000 seriously ill children and family members annually for a week of outdoor activities. Since the tournament’s start in 1952, it has generated more than $36 million for more than 160 charities. • FIELD WATCH: World No.2 Rory McIlroy and No.3 Jason Day, both of whom took early U.S. Open exits, join Furyk and defending champion Russell Knox at the top of the River Highlands lineup. … Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Paul Casey give the tournament five of the top 15 players in the latest world rankings. Casey lost a playoff to Bubba Watson in 2015. … Padraig Harrington, who withdrew from the FedEx St. Jude Classic after getting clipped on the elbow by an amateur he was coaching at a clinic, is set for a return to action. … Wyndham Clark, part of Oregon’s NCAA runner-up squad last month after transferring in from Oklahoma State, makes his professional debut on a sponsor exemption. • 72-HOLE RECORD: 258, Kenny Perry (2009). • 18-HOLE RECORD: 58, Jim Furyk (4th round, 2016). • LAST YEAR: Russell Knox held off hometown favorite Jerry Kelly’s late charge to post his second PGA TOUR victory, though that finish wound up as second billing behind Furyk’s history-making 58 hours earlier. Furyk used six birdies and an eagle to fire a front-nine 27, then started his back nine with three more birdies before cooling off just slightly. One more birdie at the par-3 16th put him in line for history, and two more pars completed the task. Knox began his day three shots off Daniel Berger’s lead, moving in front when Berger began his back nine with four straight bogeys. Kelly used an eagle at No.13 to pull within a shot, with a chance at a playoff as Knox faced a 12-foot par save at No.18. The Scotsman made the putt, though, flinging his cap when it hit bottom. • STORYLINES: McIlroy and Day seek to bounce back after a rough two days at Erin Hills, where neither recovered after opening rounds of 78 and 79. McIlroy makes just his eighth start of 2017, having sat out two stretches with rib problems. … River Highlands is set to feature 47 players who teed it up at Erin Hills for this week’s U.S. Open. … Six of the past 11 Travelers winners have made it their first on TOUR, including four in a row from Watson’s 2010 triumph to Ken Duke in 2013. … Just four New Englanders have won in Hartford, though two came back-to-back in 2005 (Brad Faxon) and 2006 (J.J. Henry). The others are Paul Azinger (1987, ’89) and Bob Toski (1953). • SHORT CHIPS: With the Travelers back in its usual post-U.S. Open slot following last year’s Olympic shuffle, three of the six winners before Knox did not play the Open a week earlier. … In the event’s 64-year history, only Phil Mickelson (2001-02) has managed to win it back-to-back. … “Today� show host Matt Lauer, ESPN’s Chris Berman and UConn basketball coaches past (Jim Calhoun) and present (Geno Aureimma) top the marquee for the Wednesday celebrity pro-am. The lineup also includes former Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield and comedian Kevin Nealon. • TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). • PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (featured groups), 3:30-6:30 p.m. (featured holes). Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (featured holes). • RADIO: Thursday-Friday, noon-7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com). For more on all the courses in the TPC network, visit TPC.com.  Play where the pros play. To book your tee time at TPC River Highlands, visit TeeOff.com.

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