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How the field qualified for the Wyndham Championship as of 7/29/2019: Check here for updates. Winner – PGA/U.S. Open Championship Martin Kaymer Jordan Spieth Jimmy Walker Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship Si Woo Kim Webb Simpson Winner – The Masters Patrick Reed Winner – The Open Championship Zach Johnson Shane Lowry Winner – World Golf Championship Event Russell Knox Hideki Matsuyama Winners of the Arnold Palmer Inv. & the Memorial (Last 3 Years) Jason Dufner Winner – FedExCup – Last Five Seasons Billy Horschel Tournament Winner in Past Two Seasons Ryan Armour Daniel Berger Jonas Blixt Paul Casey Cameron Champ Corey Conners Austin Cook Dylan Frittelli Brice Garnett Cody Gribble Adam Hadwin Brian Harman Russell Henley Jim Herman Charles Howell III Mackenzie Hughes Michael Kim Patton Kizzire Satoshi Kodaira Andrew Landry Adam Long Troy Merritt Rod Pampling Pat Perez Scott Piercy Ted Potter, Jr. Chez Reavie Cameron Smith Brandt Snedeker Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele Chris Stroud Martin Trainer Kevin Tway Aaron Wise Matthew Wolff Career Money Exemption Ernie Els Padraig Harrington Sponsors Exemptions – Korn Ferry Tour Finals Lucas Bjerregaard Johnson Wagner Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Jonathan Byrd Boo Weekley Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted Bill Haas Viktor Hovland Collin Morikawa Doc Redman PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Steve Scott Top 125 on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Byeong Hun An Alex Noren Chesson Hadley Luke List Beau Hossler Jason Kokrak Brian Gay Abraham Ancer J.J. Spaun Peter Uihlein Whee Kim Stewart Cink Nick Watney Kevin Streelman Bronson Burgoon Charley Hoffman Joel Dahmen Brian Stuard Branden Grace Kelly Kraft Tom Hoge Scott Stallings Danny Lee Anirban Lahiri Sam Ryder Brandon Harkins Patrick Rodgers Harold Varner III Alex Cejka Rory Sabbatini Richy Werenski Tyler Duncan Seamus Power Martin Laird J.T. Poston Vaughn Taylor Sam Saunders Ryan Blaum Scott Brown Nick Taylor Bud Cauley Harris English Top 125 (Prior Season Nonmember) Joaquin Niemann Kiradech Aphibarnrat Major Medical Extension Lucas Glover Luke Donald Leading Money Winner from Korn Ferry Tour & KFT Finals Sungjae Im Denny McCarthy Top Finishers from Korn Ferry Tour Prior Season (reordered) Michael Thompson Adam Schenk Wyndham Clark Kyoung-Hoon Lee Roger Sloan Peter Malnati Carlos Ortiz Matt Jones Shawn Stefani Wes Roach Sebastián Muñoz Hank Lebioda Roberto Castro Robert Streb Sepp Straka Scott Langley Stephan Jaeger Kramer Hickok Chase Wright Joey Garber Roberto Díaz Alex Prugh Adam Svensson Curtis Luck Julián Etulain Cameron Davis Anders Albertson José de Jesús Rodríguez Fabián Gómez Hunter Mahan Ben Silverman Josh Teater Seth Reeves Brady Schnell Nicholas Lindheim J.J. Henry Sangmoon Bae Kyle Jones Chris Thompson John Chin Chad Collins Will Claxton 126 – 150 Prior Season’s FEC Points List (Reordered) Talor Gooch Aaron Baddeley Zack Sucher

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To corn farmers and their communities in the Midwest, to be knee-high by the Fourth of July means something. It’s the easy-to-remember phrase to measure the growth of the crop on a specific date and get a feel for the eventual yield. The statistical abstract of the exercise also can be a way for PGA TOUR members to size up their placement in the FedExCup standings. With only five weeks and seven tournaments contributing to set the field for the Playoffs and begin the process of assigning membership status for next season, the John Deere Classic is a timely checkpoint immediately after America’s birthday. TPC Deere Run annually is there for the taking. It’s right out there in front of the field of 156 assembled in Silvis, Illinois. The only trick is to capitalize on one of the easiest par 71s on the schedule. Scroll past the projected contenders for a confirmation of the expectation, Dylan Frittelli’s curious path to his breakthrough victory in 2019 and more. RELATED: How the field qualified | The First Look POWER RANKINGS: JOHN DEERE CLASSIC Kevin Na, Si Woo Kim, Pat Perez, Charles Howell III and defending champion Dylan Frittelli will be among the notables reviewed in Tuesday’s Fantasy Insider. As golden as the fields surrounding the Quad Cities, so is the anniversary of the John Deere Classic. This week’s tournament is celebrating its 50th since the inaugural staging won by Deane Beman in 1971. It wasn’t an official event until the following year, but Beman won that one, too. Two years later, he became the second commissioner of the PGA TOUR. The 2020 edition was canceled by the pandemic, so Frittelli has been among the throng who has experienced an extra year as a defending champion. The South African already had a pair of victories on the European Tour, but his title at TPC Deere Run in 2019 served as his coronation on the PGA TOUR. In what was his tournament debut (and as a first-time TOUR member), Frittelli adhered to the script for what it takes to tackle TPC Deere Run. He ranked T10 in greens in regulation, 15th in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and second in SG: Putting. Hidden on his scorecards was the fact that he led the field in scrambling, salvaging 15 of 16 chances, but he had to because he was a pedestrian 35th in turning greens in regulation into par breakers. If you were to ask Frittelli which is more important at the Deere, scoring or saving par, the correct answer would be, “Yes.” His missed only two of 62 tries inside 10 feet and was perfect on 53 looks inside seven feet. The output was a two-stroke margin of victory at 21-under 263. The field averaged a predictable 69.510 and it clobbered the ball off the tee like it hadn’t collectively in years. The average distance of all drives was 293.1 yards. That’s nine yards longer than the longest of the previous five editions (2017). Some regression to the historical mean should be expected, but that fact is incentive not to throttle down. There have been no changes to the 7,268-yard walk. Just as it has been in the two non-majors since the U.S. Open at Torrey PInes, primary rough is trimmed to four inches and the bentgrass greens are governed to average 12 feet on the Stimpmeter. After a pleasant opener with a high in the upper 70s, rain and maybe storms could disrupt the proceedings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Wind likely will pose a problem only in the form of outflows from encroaching inclement weather. The final exemption into The Open Championship is reserved for the top finisher at TPC Deere Run, not otherwise exempt. As of Monday, 15 in the field already have qualified. ROB BOLTON’S SCHEDULE PGATOUR.COM’s Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton recaps and previews every tournament from numerous angles. Look for his following contributions as scheduled. MONDAY: Power Rankings TUESDAY*: Sleepers; Fantasy Insider SUNDAY: Qualifiers, Reshuffle, Medical Extensions, Rookie Watch * – Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COM’s Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday.

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Phil Mickelson will not play in next week’s PGA Championship at Southern Hills. The PGA of America announced the news on the tournament’s Twitter feed. “We have just been informed that Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from the PGA Championship,” the post reads. “Phil is the defending champion and currently eligible to be a PGA Life Member and we would have welcomed him to participate. We wish Phil and Amy the very best and look forward to his return to golf.” One of the most popular players in the game, Mickelson, 51, is a 45-time PGA TOUR winner who shocked the golf world with his PGA Championship win at Kiawah last summer. He became the oldest winner of a major, and added to a victory total that had long since put him into the World Golf Hall of Fame. It was his sixth major title. Mickelson also has four victories on PGA TOUR Champions, but has not played competitively since stepping away from the game in late February, explaining, in part, “The past 10 years I have felt the pressure and stress slowly affecting me at a deeper level. I know I have not been my best and desperately need some time away to prioritize the ones I love most and work on being the man I want to be.”

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