Patrick Reed shoots 68 after last-minute trip to Tokyo

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Hold your demand for a recount. While the exact timing of all repairs to fantasy scoring in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf is unknown in any given week, please know that adjustments in the wake of the Bermuda Championship will be made (if they haven't been already by the time you read this). This just happens to be one of those moments in time when the gremlins have hung on longer than expected. If you weren't aware of the glitches, it's possible that your total points in Bermuda and for the entirety of Segment 1 will have changed once the fixes are final. Naturally, it's also possible that your ranks overall - and in your league(s), if applicable - will be different than from when you reviewed them after receiving the usual notification on Monday. Likewise, our points and ranks in Expert Picks eventually will be updated to reflect the corrections. The technical difficulties aside, you shouldn't have experienced any problems as it concerns how many starts you have remaining for any of your golfers used in Bermuda. RELATED: Power Rankings | Expert Picks | Sleeper Picks Speaking of which, you're probably feeling the pinch on a couple of guys who make sense to play at this week's Vivint Houston Open. If you're down to one for any, consider the value of experience at the Masters in case you're rostering one of the 36 in the field at Memorial Park who is committed to next week's major. If he's relatively new to Augusta National or doesn't have a good record, you should be empowered (read: encouraged) to burn that start now. Another advantage in Houston is that it's the last stop of Segment 1 that will use ShotLink to contribute to PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. With five par 5s at Memorial Park, bonus points for Driving will help separate us. This edition of the FI is as topical as ever to alert you that the email address for fantasy has changed since the last time I've mentioned it in any space. Should you ever have any issues with anything concerning FantasyGolf.PGATOUR.com, or wish to submit a comment, a complaint or ask a question about the game and/or the pages associated with it, please email [email protected]. PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf My roster for the Vivint Houston Open (in alphabetical order): Tony Finau Russell Henley Tyrrell Hatton Viktor Hovland Dustin Johnson Scottie Scheffler You'll find my starters in Expert Picks Others to consider for each category (in alphabetical order): Scoring: Wyndham Clark; Cameron Davis; Lanto Griffin; James Hahn; Sungjae Im; Denny McCarthy; Ollie Schniederjans; Adam Scott; Kevin Streelman Driving: Corey Conners; Cameron Davis; Dylan Frittelli; Sergio Garcia; Talor Gooch; James Hahn; Sungjae Im; Martin Laird; Doc Redman; Sepp Straka POWER RANKINGS WILD CARD Brooks Koepka ... Of course, right? His influence on Tom Doak and the redesign of Memorial Park is documented, but he's also wildly inconsistent. Part of that has been due to an attitude in non-majors, while another component has been the combination of injuries to his left knee and hip. The attention to all of that has pushed old concerns about a torn ligament in his right ankle and a partially torn tendon in his left wrist off the page. (You don't remember those maladies, do you?) Assuming he's healthy and focused, he should be in every Power Rankings, and there's nothing quantifiable that can dispute either consideration, but his relative value in DFS and the threat of a missed cut in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf are too high to warrant a sweeping endorsement. Therefore, he's a contrarian. DRAWS Ollie Schniederjans ... To say that he fulfilled his projection as a Draw in Bermuda would be understating the obvious. We all know that he'll be back on the PGA TOUR in due time, but now he's banked enough non-member FedExCup points (190) to consider a realistic pursuit of the non-member top 125 category in 2021-22 instead of a spot in the Korn Ferry Tour reshuffle. He'll remain a spot-starter in our world in the meantime, so DFSers are encouraged to make room fractionally in Houston. Corey Conners ... DFS special. The tee-to-green surgeon has rested since a T8 at Sherwood where he was a surprising 14th in Strokes Gained: Putting and T4 in par-5 scoring. (Reminder: Like Memorial Park, Sherwood has five par 5s.) Scott Piercy ... The sharpshooter has connected top 20s for the first time since play resumed. He's been a top-20 machine for years, so it wouldn't have been misleading to have made room for him in the Power Rankings. Alex Noren ... He comes as us like a reverse-splits reliever in Major League Baseball. The Swede does his best work around and on greens - I know, shocking considering his heritage - but he's so good that even an average week tee to green is enough to lift him into contention. With ball-striking the ticket at Memorial Park, and given that he arrives having cashed in eight consecutive starts, six of which for a top 25, he's poised to make noise. Brian Harman ... His blend of finding fairways and sinking putts has yielded 10 consecutive cuts made, six of which top 30s. Dylan Frittelli Sergio Garcia Sungjae Im Hideki Matsuyama Kevin Streelman FADES Brian Gay ... A good friend of mine told me that because my Fade for Gay at the Bermuda Championship was, in his word, "tepid," he played Gay fractionally in DFS. I didn't specify that the Fade was relative, but the acknowledgment that Gay was on my original short list for the Power Rankings was all he needed to benefit while ignoring everything else I shared. All of that is to say that there's nothing relative about this week's Fade. It's evident that Gay has a love affair for Port Royal - he placed T3 in its debut last year - and that he still has the game to prevail at this level, but sustaining it for more than one week no longer is reasonable. What's more, he's facing a deeper field on a longer track in Houston. Jason Day ... If it isn't already, your cue for when to plug him in is when Ben Everill rosters his fellow countryman in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Ben has twice this season - at the U.S. Open and the Shriners - but Day never got off the bench. Jordan Spieth ... Same old, same old until he presents a reason to reinvest. The value of ball-striking at Memorial Park is too great to roll the dice. This dynamic changes next week where he'll be able to spray it off the tee (within reason, of course) and lean on his putter and experience on the greens. Stay tuned. Francesco Molinari ... In his heyday, he'd be setting the tone for how to tackle a track like Memorial Park what with the value of ball-striking this week. However, this is just his second start of the last eight months due to a time-consuming relocation to California, and he's still reconnecting with his land legs. As he celebrates his 38th birthday this Sunday, he threads the rare needle of it being only and already 20 months since his last victory (Bay Hill). Hudson Swafford ... Had just the one good score in Bermuda - an opening-round 67 - and finished T63 due to continued struggles on the greens. Winning never is fluky, but his performance at Corales looks more and more like an anomaly over time. Justin Harding Adam Long Phil Mickelson Brandt Snedeker Jimmy Walker Danny Willett RETURNING TO COMPETITION Adam Scott ... Back in action since testing positive for COVID-19 ahead of the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD. He already hadn't played a lot in recent weeks, but he's used to considerable stretches of down time. Given that he makes most cuts and contends enough to make possible continued ownership of his schedule, the 40-year-old Aussie presents as a weapon at Memorial Park. Henrik Stenson ... Called it quits at the turn of his second round in Bermuda with a sore ankle. He alerted his followers on Twitter, but he didn't cite which ankle was in pain. The Swede was the Wild Card last week (see Recap below), but that result, while fitting, wasn't the expectation. Pat Perez ... Withdrew at the midpoint of the Bermuda Championship. An explanation hasn't been released. He posted his 36-hole total of 1-over 143 early on Friday and sat well outside the cut line when he did, but sustained breezes kept scoring inflated enough for the cut to fall right on it. The sub-headline is that, without further detail, we probably can bury the concern over his injured right ankle. Currently 71st in the FedExCup. Greg Chalmers ... The 47-year-old lefty was a late scratch from the Shriners due to a sore neck and he hasn't competed since. He needs to be 100 percent, or as close to it as possible, because his next start is his last via a Major Medical Extension. To fulfill its terms, he needs no worse than a two-way T2 in Houston. Short of that, a solo fourth would secure conditional status for the remainder of the season. NOTABLE WDs Ian Poulter ... Opting for rest ahead of the Masters. He'll make the trip to Augusta National in outstanding form with a T5 in Scotland, a solo fifth at Wentworth and a T12 at Shadow Creek. K.J. Choi ... Remains committed to the Charles Schwab Championship. The 50-year-old who lives outside Houston remains fully exempt on the PGA TOUR via a career earnings exemption, but he doesn't carry any fantasy value at this level. POWER RANKINGS RECAP - BERMUDA CHAMPIONSHIP Power Ranking Golfer Result 1 Will Zalatoris T16 2 Kristoffer Ventura MC 3 Peter Malnati T21 4 Denny McCarthy T4 5 Emiliano Grillo T34 6 Harold Varner III MC 7 Charley Hoffman MC 8 Stewart Cink T4 9 Doc Redman T4 10 Henrik Norlander MC 11 Justin Suh MC 12 Wesley Bryan MC 13 Brendon Todd MC 14 Tyler McCumber MC 15 Aaron Wise T26 Wild Card Henrik Stenson WD SLEEPERS RECAP - BERMUDA CHAMPIONSHIP Golfer Result Rafael Campos MC David Hearn T8 Kramer Hickok T8 Rasmus Højgaard T37 Adam Schenk T26 BIRTHDAYS AMONG ACTIVE GOLFERS ON THE PGA TOUR November 3 ... none November 4 ... Kevin Streelman (42) November 5 ... Jim Herman (43); Bubba Watson (42) November 6 ... Scott Piercy (42) November 7 ... Maverick McNealy (25); Joaquin Niemann (22) November 8 ... Francesco Molinari (38) November 9 ... David Duval (49); Ted Potter, Jr. (37)

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The TOUR says goodbye to Poa annua and welcomes, for some, the return to Bermuda as the four-week Florida Swing kicks off this week in Palm Beach Gardens. The Champion Course at PGA National, host since 2007 has plenty of Bermuda, not to mention sand, water and The Bear Trap, so a soft landing into the Sunshine State this is not. The field of 144 will tackle Tom Fazio’s Par-70 that stretches to 7,125 yards. Jack Nicklaus did some clean-up work and put TifEagle Bermuda on the greens for the 2015 edition. Water will challenge the players on 15 of 18 holes and there are 67 bunkers to avoid as well. The Bear Trap (Holes Nos. 15-17) will test the nerve and precision of everyone, especially late on Sunday. Nicklaus suggests the tournament should be won or lost here! Generous landing areas off the tee and large Bermuda greens suggest the wind is always a factor at PGA National. Missing the fairways and greens comes with over-seeded Bermuda rough at two inches that makes stopping the ball near the pin nearly impossible. On the line is $1.26 million (500 FedExCup Points) to the winner from the $7 million prize pool. RELATED: Power Rankings | Expert Picks RECENT WINNERS 2019: Keith Mitchell (-9, 271) Holed a birdie putt at the last to avoid a playoff with Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka and claim his first TOUR win in only his second visit. … Fourth consecutive winner to place in the top seven in driving distance (all holes). … Fourth winner in the last five to place in the top three (first) in Strokes-Gained: Tee-to-Green. … T2 in scrambling and bogey avoidance. … Entered the week MC-MC-73-MC-16 for the season. Notables in the field this week: Wyndham Clark (T7) led after 54 holes and played the final group with K. H. Lee (T7). … Mitchell co-led after 36 holes with Sungjae Im, who shot 64 in Round 2, before finishing T51. … Lucas Glover (T4) opened with 66 and closed with 66. … Ryan Palmer (T4) led the field with 20 birdies and posted the low round of the week, 63, on Sunday. … Vijay Singh (T6) joined Mitchell, Fowler and Sergio Garcia (DNS) as the only four players to post all four rounds par-or-better. … Cut was 2 over. 2018: Justin Thomas (-8, 272) Defeated 54-hole leader Luke List on the first playoff hole for his first victory in four tries here. … Led the field in Strokes-Gained: Tee-to-Green, Scrambling and Strokes-Gained: Approach-the-Green. … Fourth consecutive winner T11 or better in proximity. … Second win of the year (CJ CUP). Notables in the field this week: Tommy Fleetwood (fourth) was a quick learner as he posted all four rounds of par-or-better in his first appearance. … Byeong-Hun An (T5) closed 69-65. … Jamie Lovemark (T5) was two off the 54-hole lead. … Sponsor exemption Sam Burns and birdie leader (19) Emiliano Grillo shared eighth. … Only 11 players broke par for the week. … Cut was 5-over. 2017: Rickie Fowler (-12, 268) The eighth time was a charm as he comfortably won by four shots over Gary Woodland. … Set the 54-hole total record (-13) by two shots. … Only three players since 2013 have posted all four rounds in the 60s. … Fowler (second) is the only winner in the last five years to finish inside the top 23 in Strokes-Gained: Putting. … Fowler didn’t miss a putt inside five feet (57 of 57). … Led the field with 21 birdies. Notables in the field this week: Billy Horschel (T4) put all four rounds at par-or-better. … Jhonattan Vegas (T4) made an ace and closed with 64. … Fowler is the only player to finish in double-digits under-par since the 2014 renovation. … Cut was even-par. Key stat leaders Top golfers in each statistic on the 2018-19 PGA TOUR are listed only if they are scheduled to compete this week. * – previous top 10 finish here since 2017 Strokes-Gained: Tee-to-Green 7 *Byeong-Hun An 9 Corey Conners 12 *Brooks Koepka 13 *Tommy Fleetwood 14 *Jason Kokrak (T9, 2019) 15 *Emiliano Grillo 16 *Gary Woodland 19 Kevin Streelman 23 Joaquin Niemann 25 *Jim Furyk (T9, 2019) 27 *Jhonattan Vegas Proximity 1 Corey Conners 3 *Jim Furyk 4 Ryan Armour 4 Jason Dufner 4 Vaughn Taylor 7 *Russell Knox 8 Chesson Hadley 10 Louis Oosthuizen 10 Joaquin Niemann 10 Keegan Bradley 14 Brian Stuard 15 Talor Gooch 17 Josh Teater 21 *Russell Henley 21 *Lucas Glover 24 Kyle Stanley 24 *Brooks Koepka Scrambling 1 *Tommy Fleetwood 5 *Lucas Glover 6 Matt Jones 7 Sungjae Im 9 Denny McCarthy 9 Brian Stuard 13 *Jim Furyk 14 Bud Cauley 15 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 18 Rory Sabbatini (2011 winner) 19 Ryan Armour 20 CT Pan 21 Vaughn Taylor 22 Si Woo Kim 24 Jimmy Walker Horses Rickie Fowler: All-time leading money winner has learned how to balance winning golf during a home game. T2-MC-WIN-T6 the last four seasons suggests more than balance! Lucas Glover: Hasn’t missed in his last seven attempts and the last three have cashed T4-T17-T21. Billy Horschel: Florida born, bred and living, the former Gator has rattled off T16, MC, T4 and T8 in his last four visits. Russell Henley: The 2014 champ has cashed in six of seven with T20 and T24 in his last two visits. Cut makers at PGA National Lee Westwood: Five straight but first appearance since 2015. Nick Watney: Five straight. Gary Woodland: Seven straight. Stewart Cink: Nine straight. Jason Dufner: 10 straight.

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