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The TOUR returns to TPC San Antonio for this weeks' Valero Texas Open, where the trademark Texas winds and trouble off the fairways make this a week where solid ball-striking is a necessity. RELATED: Full tee times Jordan Spieth is here as he seeks to take the next step in his comeback and re-enter the winner's circle. Another Texan, Scottie Scheffler, and Matt Kuchar arrive after strong showings in Austin. They'll all be on PGA TOUR LIVE, along with Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau and defending champ Corey Conners. To get you prepared for this week's Featured Groups, we assembled our writers for a quick roundtable. PGA TOUR LIVE will begin at 8:15 a.m. Eastern on Thursday and Friday. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3:30-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 8:15 a.m.- 7 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Featured Groups), 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 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 EARLY THURSDAY Gary Woodland, Rickie Fowler, Scottie Scheffler Tee times: 8:58 a.m. Thursday/1:53 p.m. Friday – Scheffler is coming off his runner-up finish in Austin. At what point does the pressure to get that first win start to mount for the reigning Rookie of the Year? SEAN MARTIN: He missed opportunities at Nos. 12-14 to cut into Billy Horschel's lead, hitting two balls in the water and missing a 4-footer. He ranked 17th in Thursday scoring average last season and fourth on Fridays but 63rd on Sundays. Scheffler may be one of those guys, a la David Duval, who took some lumps before breaking out. MORFIT: We were just talking about him in a meeting, and he's a 2019 Korn Ferry Tour graduate (he won twice that year). When you put it that way, it doesn't seem like he's been out there very long. I don't see the pressure mounting at all. Feels like he'll win very soon. EVERILL: It's already there. But he can handle it. I think it's like a young Jason Day – who did win early but then struggled for a while to close after that (going winless from 2010-14). Scheffler might have a bunch more close calls before getting it done but bottom line – he will get it done. And some. Jordan Spieth, Ryan Palmer, Corey Conners Tee times: 9:09 a.m. Thursday/2:04 p.m. Friday – Is Jordan Spieth the man to beat this week AND next? SEAN MARTIN: TPC San Antonio doesn't feel like a great fit for him but he also has talked about his love for hilly courses and the athleticism it brings out. He finished second here in 2015. Maybe getting back to Augusta National, the place where he's most comfortable, is what he needs but I would still rank DJ, JT, Xander and Rahm ahead of him next week. CAMERON MORFIT: I'm definitely putting Spieth on my fantasy team this week and next, but I would agree he's not THE favorite for the Masters. He absolutely loves the course, and I'm sure it'll be his best chance to win since Waste Management earlier this year, but it's hard to win any week on TOUR, let alone a major. And it's been a long, long time since 2017. BEN EVERILL: No and no. Can he win both weeks? Absolutely. Would that be awesome? Undoubtedly. But am I ready to hand him favoritism? No way. Spieth is no doubt making huge strides but making the Round of 16 at Match Play doesn't tell us too much. I walked with his match against Matthew Wolff and there were as many gremlins as great shots. I can't wait until he's all the way back - I'm just not sure he's quite there yet. Prove me wrong Jordan! EARLY FRIDAY Tony Finau, Cameron Champ, Joel Dahmen Tee times: 1:53 p.m. Thursday/8:58 a.m. Friday – Dahmen wasn't shy about sharing his plans to celebrate last week's win. Can the straight-hitting Dahmen keep up with the long knockers in his group? MARTIN: His fellow members at Mesa Country Club are enjoying themselves but Dahmen is too shrewd to let this opportunity slip by. He rose to 61st in the world ranking and 59th in the FedExCup. He knows that some big opportunities await if he can ride the momentum. Ranking 24th on TOUR in driving accuracy is helpful at TPC San Antonio where Kevin Na showed us how much trouble lurks off the fairway. MORFIT: We're reminded every week, or almost every week that isn't the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, that distance isn't everything. I like him plenty at TPC San Antonio. The guys who do well at Valero, like Charley Hoffman, are not giants off the tee. EVERILL: Players often get a knock-on effect from victories and continue to roll on but forgive me for thinking the emotion and travel and everything involved in his victory might make backing up hard. I do expect Dahmen to continue to play well - I just think this week might be tough. I hope he's still on cloud nine though. Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Hideki Matsuyama Tee times: 2:04 p.m. Thursday/9:09 a.m. Friday – Which member of this group ends his winless drought first? Does he do it this year? SEAN MARTIN: Matsuyama is the easy answer. Mickelson doesn't rank better than 110th in any of the four Strokes Gained categories. Kuchar has just one top-10 in stroke play since the start of last season. Matsuyama, meanwhile, has still made seven consecutive TOUR Championships even though he hasn't won since 2017. I think we may need to wait until next year to see Matsuyama win again, though. MORFIT: Kuchar is a Pete Dye specialist; I'm looking for him to win or come very close at the RBC Heritage in two weeks. Something seems to have clicked with him in a big way considering how he'd been playing leading into Austin. I agree, though, that Matsuyama seems to have found something, too, given the way he beat Patrick Cantlay at the WGC-Dell Tech Match Play. EVERILL: Matsuyama. And if by this year we mean calendar 2021 year and not 2021 TOUR season then I think the answer is yes. But there is a further asterisk to apply. If the Asian events are once again moved out of Asia or not held at all for whatever reason I reserve the right to change my answer. I see Hideki winning in Japan - either at the Olympics or THE ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP.

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Sam Burns made a 38-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole at Colonial, which came just more than two hours after he had finished his round, to outlast top-ranked Scottie Scheffler on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas.

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PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO Even though Hideki Matsuyama defends his title at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions captured in dominating fashion, there wasn’t a clear-cut favorite entering this year’s edition. So, it’s not surprising that Matsuyama leads the 78-man field in ownership percentage. When in doubt, make room for last year’s winner. Naturally, it doesn’t hurt that it’s Matsuyama. Dustin Johnson is a sensible runner-up, but that Marc Leishman is just two clicks behind and still occupying over one-half of the rosters speaks to the attention the Aussie is getting. And deserves. With the plethora of international talent committed to the first WGC of the season, dispersion is predictable the rest of the way. This includes opening devotion to the PGA TOUR’s newest members – Tyrrell Hatton, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Thomas Pieters and Alex Noren – all of whom can be found below. NOTE: Rob’s Rating refers to where our Fantasy Insider slotted a golfer in his Power Rankings (“PR”) and other preview material. WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS-HSBC CHAMPIONS Owned Rank  Player  Percentage  Rob’s Rating 1st Hideki Matsuyama (defending champion) 57.1% PR1 2nd Dustin Johnson 54.1% PR2 3rd Marc Leishman 52.1% PR3 4th Jon Rahm 34.9% PR9 5th Jason Day 33.4% PR17 6th Phil Mickelson 30.8% PR18 7th Justin Rose 24.7% PR4 8th Pat Perez 24.7% PR11 9th Brooks Koepka 22.8% PR8 10th Paul Casey 22.5% PR12 Golfers in the Power Rankings and outside the top 10 in most owned Power Ranking  Player  Owned Rank  Percentage 5 Henrik Stenson 12th 17.0% 6 Ross Fisher 20th 8.5% 7 Tyrrell Hatton 16th 12.0% 10 Rafa Cabrera Bello 22nd 8.1% 13 Adam Scott T17 10.9% 14 Francesco Molinari 25th 6.4% 15 Patrick Reed 11th 20.3% 16 Tony Finau 13th 15.7% 19 Daniel Berger 19th 9.4% 20 Matthew Fitzpatrick 30th 3.9% Wild Card Alex Noren 38th 2.5% Other notables Owned Rank  Player  Percentage 14th Matt Kuchar 14.7% 21st Tommy Fleetwood 8.1% 23rd Thomas Pieters 7.1% 34th Patrick Cantlay 3.1% 40th Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2.3% PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO This format for a WGC presents a terrific example of how current form influences the buy-in. Marc Leishman, Tyrrell Hatton, Pat Perez and Phil Mickelson are likely where they are in the top 10 based on how they’ve performed in recent weeks. Contrast that against the likes of Hideki Matsuyama and Ross Fisher, who size up better as horses for Sheshan International. All carry cachet, of course, including first-timers Jason Day and Jon Rahm, who help fill in the gaps, but the blend illustrates a proper sampling of the investment philosophies across the landscape. If there’s a shocker on the board, it’s Brooks Koepka at T24. He was selected by just 0.7 percent of you. Yes, he opened with 8-under 64 and leads by one, but the 2017 U.S. Open champion has sustained his highest level of consistency since. (It’s primarily why he was No. 8 in my Power Rankings.) So, it can’t help but be assumed that his pedestrian debut in Shanghai (T40, 2016) is at the root of the general apathy among gamers. WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS-HSBC CHAMPIONS Owned Rank  Player  Percentage 1st Marc Leishman 17.1% 2nd Hideki Matsuyama (defending champion) 14.6% 3rd Ross Fisher 9.6% 4th Tyrrell Hatton 7.5% 5th Paul Casey 4.1% 6th Pat Perez 3.8% 7th Dustin Johnson 2.9% 8th Jason Day 2.7% 9th Phil Mickelson 2.2% 10th Jon Rahm 2.1% Other notables Owned Rank  Player  Percentage T11 Francesco Molinari 2.1% T13 Henrik Stenson 2.0% 16th Justin Rose 1.9% 22nd Adam Scott 1.0% T24 Brooks Koepka 0.7% T37 Patrick Cantlay 0.3% PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO Oh, snap! If you’re not transfixed by Chesson Hadley’s ownership percentage at the Sanderson Farms Championship, then you’re new to this game. The No. 1 in my Power Rankings commanded a whopping 27 percent of the selections made for this week’s additional event at the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi, and that’s up a couple of points from when my One & Done column published on Wednesday. Fortunately, at least for those of us on board, he carded a bogey-free, 4-under 68 in the opening round. Hunter Mahan at sixth and Davis Love III at eighth are the surprises inside the top 10. Attentive gamers invested in Smylie Kaufman in ninth are banking on the 25-year-old’s recommitment to focus. It’s the same approach that Hadley publicized this summer before he went on his tear. Likewise, Kaufman delivered on Thursday with a 5-under 67. SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP Owned Rank  Player  Percentage 1st Chesson Hadley 27.0% 2nd William McGirt 7.3% 3rd Kevin Streelman 6.8% 4th Chris Kirk 6.7% 5th Jason Kokrak 4.5% 6th Hunter Mahan 3.1% 7th Andrew Landry 2.3% 8th Davis Love III 2.3% 9th Smylie Kaufman 2.0% 10th Cody Gribble (defending champion) 1.9% Other notables Owned Rank  Player  Percentage 12th Ben Martin 1.6% 13th Tyler Duncan 1.6% 15th Harris English 1.0% T21 Matt Jones 0.5% T31 Peter Malnati 0.3%

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