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I’m giving myself points for picking winners.  Hopefully my picks can help you win your fantasy golf league this season.  My goal is to get to 111 points for the season, or the equivlant of picking a Top 3 finisher or better each week.

Winner = 10 points

2nd Place = 5 points

3rd Place = 3 points

Top 10 = 1 point

2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Total:  92 Points

2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  2.88 Points

Last week: 

A swing and a whiff!  Last week’s picks were embarrassing.  Clark WD in the first round, Letzig missed the cut and Glover finished T24.  Still stuck on 92 points but I’m confident I can get back into the win column.

Ryan Moore got his first career PGA Tour victory and should be a factor in the FedEx Cup playoffs, though I don’t see him winning anytime soon when the fields are as deep as they will be over the next four weeks. 

This week: 

Ok, this is another one of those weeks when Tiger should run away from the field.  Coming off another major disappointment, Woods has two wins and a T4 in his tournaments following majors this year.  All majors that he didn’t win.  That Tiger choked (HA, love it, Tiger and choke in the same sentence.  Eat your heart out Greg Norman) can only mean he will win the FedEx Cup.  The first leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs begin on Thursday. 

1.  Tiger Woods

Do I need to explain further?  Well ok, maybe I do.  Tiger has played The Barclays only three times in his professional career and has finished no better then T13 (2003).  It’s one of the only events that Tiger does not have a Top 10.  I’m going to go out on a limb and say he breaks that streak. 

2.  Sergio Garcia

While were on the subject of choke (and I know that word gets thrown around way to often in golf) how about Sergio last weekend?  A 64 on Saturday puts him on the lead heading into the final round followed by an even par on Sunday, settling for a 4th place finish.  Doesn’t it seem like we’re watching the same movie over and over again.  Will the “tragic hero” ever get a happy ending?  It was only his second Top 10 of the year.  Sergio, who was ranked #2 early this year and within shouting distance of that elusive #1 World Golf Rank, is now ranked #7.  But now that he is showing signs of life it’s hard to pick against him this week, two wins, a 2nd, 3rd and 4th in nine career starts here with no missed cuts. 

3.  Kevin Streelman

Speaking of signs of life (man, I’m getting good at this transition thing) how about Streels?  After a roller coaster first half to his sophmore season, Kevin has made six of the last seven cuts.  He sputtered a bit last weekend after shooting 65 and 68 on Thursday and Friday but gets on the radar this week based on his finish at the Barclays last year.  Though they are playing on a new course this year I’ve seen enough from Kevin over the last month to sugest he’s on the rise.  This is very much a sleeper pick so buyer beware.

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I’m giving myself points for picking winners.  Hopefully my picks can help you win your fantasy golf league this season.  My goal is to get to 80 points for the season, or the equivlant of picking a Top 3 finisher or better each week.

Winner = 10 points

2nd Place = 5 points

3rd Place = 3 points

Top 10 = 1 point

2009 Fantasy Golf Preview Total:  16 Points

2009 Fantasy Golf Preview Weekly Average:  5.3 Points

Last week: 

Got shut out last week in a wild tournament for scoring.  Congrats to Pat Perez for his first PGA Tour win.  -33?  Are you kidding me?  Props to the Golf Channel for improving on their Bob Hope coverage, people really do tune in to watch golfers and not celebrities golfing.

This week:

1. Phil Mickelson

How can you not go with Lefty this week?  TPC Scottsdale is his home course and he has ten Top 10s here, including 2 wins, since 1994.  There is a lot of talk about Phil being on the down side of his career.  As a Phil fan it’s hard for me to be objective about this.  I’d like to think that Phil has a few more major wins left in him.  One thing is for sure, it’s time for him to start taking advantage of Tiger’s absence.  Look for a Sunday contention this week from Phil and at least a Top 10 finish.

2. Stephen Ames

Ames shot a final round 63 last Sunday and finished T5 at the Bob Hope.  Just two weeks ago it was Zach Johnson who had an awesome low final round and won the following week.  Not a rocket science formula I know, but something to note.  Ames does have four CUTS here in eight starts and has never finished in the Top 10, however he is putting lights out which bodes well for him this week on the firm greens.  Expect a second straight Top 10 (or better) for Ames at the FBR Open.

3. Kevin Streelman

You may remember Streelman’s Saturday pairing with Tiger at last year’s Buick Invitational, almost one year ago.  Overall Streelman put together a solid rookie season in 2008 with three Top 10s, including the 54 hole lead at The Barclays.  Streelman has only played this event once, a CUT in 2005, so nothing about his performance here indicates he will play well.  I’m going purely on gut with this pick.  Take it or leave it.