Woods is full of confidence heading into The Open, and is confident that the R&A will not make the same mistakes as its counterparts at the U.S. Open.
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If all weeks were like this one, we wouldn’t bother to play. At last check, Webb Simpson was rostered by one-quarter of gamers in PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done for the Wyndham Championship. He’s been selected by nearly three times more than defending champion Brandt Snedeker, he also of a glistening overall record in the tournament. Simpson’s slice of the pie appears even larger when you consider how deep into 2018-19 we are. Even if you play a fractional season, to holster him for Sedgefield Country Club required some patience. Not that he didn’t deserve it, however. Simpson’s affinity for the tournament is so strong that he named one of his children after the title sponsor. That well-known fact influences why he’s the man to beat in our circles. Front-runners who’ve yet to burn Simpson will be doing just that. We’ve earned the stymie. Of course, that opens the door for the surprise. Sneds is the proper foil. Heck, even I backed into him here last year after using Simpson at the Shriners the previous fall. Neither star has presented any reason not to invest with the highest confidence. Recent winners and fellow wunderkinds Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa slot a respective 3-4 in ownership percentage as of Wednesday morning. While they’ve exceeded even the loftiest expectations, that also reveals that absence of other horses for courses at Sedgefield. Lucas Glover is No. 3 in my Power Rankings, yet he presents best as a complement in a two-man game. That said, if you’ve burned Simpson and Snedeker, pair Glover with one of the upstarts and enjoy the show. Viktor Hovland is my Wild Card and a fine choice, but his omission from the Power Rankings proper is a testament to the quality of the field, not an indictment on the shiny new toy from Norway. There are arguments to make for saving Billy Horschel (No. 4 in the Power Rankings), Patrick Reed (No. 5), Hideki Matsuyama (No. 6) and Paul Casey (No. 9) for the FedExCup Playoffs. No doubt all gamers have crossed off at least one of those guys, but if you wanted to play one at the Wyndham, walk on the wild side with Reed. He’s a former winner (2013) with a T24 and a T22 since. He’s also been playing well of late. Chasers are encouraged to ride Jordan Spieth if he’s available. He was a late entry who’s healthy and, of course, possesses the profile of a top billing. Cameron Smith is surging, so he’s equally as enticing if you’re in pursuit. Flirt with Joaquin Niemann and Sungjae Im as well. Two-man gamers have enough of a smattering among all of the aforementioned to fill the bicycle. And because fantasy golf must be fun first, consider offering one of the seats to Wyndham Clark. Aside from the obvious connection between his name and the title sponsor, and for what a terrific story he’d make as a first-time winner (in his tournament debut, no less), the rookie is one of the best putters on the PGA TOUR. He’ll need to hit more greens than the field average to have a shot, but if this thing turns into a putting contest, the headlines will write themselves. FUTURE POSSIBILITIES NOTE: Select golfers committed to the tournament are listed alphabetically. Future tournaments are sorted chronologically and reflect previous success on the courses on which the tournaments will be held in 2018-19. The numerical values in parentheses represent the order of relative confidence of where to use each golfer if multiple sites are listed (e.g. 1 for strongest, 2 for next-strongest and so on). To present weighted confidence in real time, numerical values will not change all season no matter how many tournaments remain listed for each golfer. All are pending golfer commitment. Paul Casey … TOUR Championship (3) Jason Dufner … TOUR Championship (10) Bill Haas … Wyndham (6) Billy Horschel … Wyndham (7); TOUR Championship (1) Zach Johnson … TOUR Championship (8) Hideki Matsuyama … Wyndham (7); TOUR Championship (5) Webb Simpson … Wyndham (1)   Cameron Smith … Wyndham (3) Brandt Snedeker … Wyndham (1; defending) Jordan Spieth … TOUR Championship (8)
At exactly 10am on Saturday, Adam Rolston nervelessly rolled in a slippery seven-foot putt on the 18th green of the Mt Bogd Golf Club in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to bring to an end the strangest hole in golfing history. It had taken Rolston 80 days and 20,093 shots – just the 6,093 over par – to complete. The former Hong Kong rugby international had lost dozens of balls and narrowly avoided a sticky end when his golf cart, which weighed 120kg, got stuck in a swamp and almost fell on top of him.
NAPA, Calif. — Even as he bolted to the top of the leaderboard at the Safeway Open, Cameron Champ’s mind was elsewhere. Champ’s grandfather, Mack, is in hospice battling stomach cancer and the family has been commuting back and forth between the tournament and his hometown of Sacramento, about 65 miles northeast of Silverado Resort. “It’s been a pretty emotional week,” Champ said Saturday after shooting a bogey-free 5-under 67 in windy conditions to take a three-shot lead into the final round. “He just made me realize there’s a lot more to life than golf. His thing is he likes to say `focus’ a lot. Me and my dad always laugh about it. like, `OK Pops.'” Champ has certainly looked focused this week. He opened with a 67 on Thursday, had two bogeys and a six birdies for a 68 on Friday, then moved into the lead with steady iron play and strong putting. Champ narrowly missed a sixth birdie on No. 17 after nearly driving the green. He had a 14-under 202 total despite playing the four par 5s without a birdie. “I’m certainly happy with the position I’m in,” Champ said. “I know if I can get in the fairways on those (par 5s) and kind of do what I did today, it will be a good day.” Champ didn’t make the trip to visit his grandfather following Friday night’s round and was uncertain of his plans after taking the lead. Closing out Sunday with his second PGA TOUR victory would provide Champ and his family a much-needed lift. “It would be mind-blowing, honestly,” Champ said. “I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing. Whether I shoot 80 tomorrow or whether I shoot 65, I really don’t care. I’m just going to focus on putting my best round together, and whatever that’s going to be tomorrow, it’s going to be.” Sebastian Munoz (67), Adam Hadwin (67) and Nick Taylor (70) were 11 under, and Chez Reavie (69), Collin Morikawa (70), Justin Thomas (71) and Nick Watney (72) followed at 10 under. Munoz, the Sanderson Farms Championship winner last week in Mississippi, got back into the mix with six birdies. That followed an uneven second round when the 26-year-old Colombian had a double bogey and an eagle. “I’m just playing a little more fun, a little more loose and having fun,” Munoz said. Second-round leader Bryson DeChambeau was 8 under after a 76. DeChambeau bogeyed Nos. 3 and 10, double-bogeyed No. 13 then ran into big trouble after hitting his second shot on No. 18 over the grandstands around the green and into a patch of reeds. Following a lengthy discussion with course officials and a delay of at least 20 minutes, DeChambeau took a drop and flopped a shot back over the grandstands onto the green 10 feet from the pin. He two-putted for par.
