FedEx St. Jude Classic: Fantasy Expert Picks

What: FedEx St. Jude
When: June 8^th -€” 11^th
Where: TPC Southwind
2016 Winner: Daniel Berger (-13)
Purse: $6.4MM ($1.2MM to winner)

Course: TPC Southwind -€” Established in 1988, this 7,240 yard part 70 course was designed by Ron Prichard. One of the more woodsy courses, the Memphis prize has a bucolic mixture of trees, rivers, lakes and wildlife. It is known most for it's 11^th hole which mimics the 17^th island green at TPC Sawgrass. Accuracy means much more than power and distance at Southwind.

A Golfers.
Rickie Fowler.€” 8^th in the FedEx Cup rankings, why not pick him for the FedEx St. Jude? He is having a career year, currently 5^th on the tour in strokes gained approaching the green, 6^th in strokes gained tee to green. He has missed one cut this year (Zurich Classic -€” if you want to count that as a missed cut) and has top 20 finishes in 7  of his last 9 tournaments.

B Golfers:
Phil Mickelson -€” This is a must pick. In 4 appearances here he has 3 top 10 finishes (2016 -€” 2^nd; 2015 -€” 3^rd; 2014 -€” 11^th and 2013 -€” 2^nd). To top that off he has top 25 finishes in 5 of his last 8 tournaments (with the other two being a 29, 41 and a 55).

Chez Revie -€” The 13 year vet out of Arizona State has a solid record at TPC Southwind. He finished 12^th here in 2015 (after missing three consecutive cuts leading into that tournament and 27^th in 2013. With the consecutive missed cuts, his 2017 is looking similar to his 2015 season, where his recent play this year has yielded 7 missed cuts in the last 12 tournaments. My push is more on his track record here then his results this season.

C Golfers.
Brooks Koepka. Currently 40^th in strokes gained around the green, Brooks has a good record at FedEx St. Jude. He finished 2^nd last year, 3rd in 2015 and 19^th in 2014. Recently he has made 7 consecutive cuts inclusive of 3 top 10 finishes.

Dark Horse:
Billy Horschel. With 6 missed cuts in 14 starts this year, Billy  is not having his best year (despite an impressive win at AT&T Byron Nelson). Billy has now missed the cut in 5 of his last 7 tournaments. He finished 8^th at Southwind in 2015 and 6^th in 2014. I imagine the Bermuda grass they installed in 2004 is quite similar to what Billy played on in Florida.

Current Stats on picks so far this season:
A Golfers: Avg finish 39th (30th percentile)
B Golfers: Avg finish: 48th (37th percentile)
C Golfers: Avg finish: 53rd (40th percentile)
Sleepers: Avg finish 51st (39th percentile)
2017 average 131 golfers per tournament.