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The fall portion of the 2019-20 PGA Tour season wraps up this week with the Tour’s annual stop at Sea Island Golf Club for the RSM Classic.
The event will use the new-look Plantation Course and its neighboring Seaside Course for Thursday and Friday’s opening rounds. Saturday and Sunday’s rounds will be held only on Seaside.
Brendon Todd will look for a third consecutive PGA Tour win this weekend among a field that includes the likes of Webb Simpson, Billy Horschel, Kevin Kisner and Matt Kuchar.
Keep up with live updates here throughout the tournament.
Here are the odds, predictions, picks and PGA Tour best bets for the RSM Classic beginning Thursday.
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The PGA Tour’s final full-field event on the 2019 calendar takes place this week in Glynn County, Georgia, at Sea Island Golf Club with the RSM Classic.
The key stats for this week via historical data from Fantasy National are:
Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green
Strokes Gained: Approach
Strokes Gained: Short Game
Strokes Gained: Scrambling
Par 4 Efficiency: 400-450 Yards
My model looks at the most recent 50 rounds for each golfer in the field.
Simpson is the top golfer in the field with a rank of 12th by the Official World Golf Ranking. He finished solo third here last season and finished T-7 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in his most recent event. He leads the stat model with top-five ranks in four of the five key stats.
Kevin Kisner +2200
Kisner won at Sea Island in 2015. After missing the cut the following year, he was T-4 in 2017 and T-7 last season. Ranked No. 34 in the world, he’s third in the field in par-4 efficiency from the key distance. He has gained more strokes per round at this venue than anyone other than Simpson (minimum 20 rounds played) since 2010, according to Data Golf.
RSM Classic – Tier 2
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J.T. Poston +5000
Poston missed the cut here each of the last three years, but he’s coming off of a T-24 at the HSBC Champions and T-27 at the Zozo Championship in far stronger fields.
Stuard ranks third by my stat model this week with a top rank of 11th in the field in SG: Around-the-Green. He finished T-23 last week at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and tied for fourth at the Shriners earlier this year.
RSM Classic – Longshots
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Luke List +10000
List finished in a tie for fourth last season and tied for 13th in the fall of 2016.
Mackenzie Hughes +15000
The 2016 champion missed the cut each of the last two years, but he’s priced near the bottom of the board with a $10 bet returning a profit of $1500. He missed the cut at the OHL Classic the week before his 2016 victory so his current poor form isn’t a huge concern.
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Previewing the 2019 RSM Classic and looking at the best fantasy golf selections for Sea Island Golf Club.
The RSM Classic will be the final PGA Tour event of 2019 with FedExCup Points on the line. It’s the final full-field event of the early portion of the 2019-20 Tour season and takes place at Sea Island Golf Club in Glynn County, Ga.
A select group of golfers will be in The Bahamas in two weeks for Tiger Woods‘ Hero World Challenge. The Presidents Cup and QBE Shootout will then conclude the 2019 calendar year. The 2020 portion of the schedule will begin in Hawaii with the Sentry Tournament of Champions and Sony Open, played in the first two weekends of the new year.
Fantasy Golf Rankings: Top 30
Here are my top-30 fantasy golf rankings for the 2019 RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club.
30. Ryan Armour
Made the cut at Sea Island in each of his last four tries with a top finish of T-15 last year.
29. Peter Uihlein
In the top 10 of the field in both Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and SG: Scrambling.
28. Bronson Burgoon
Tied for 13th at the Houston Open and followed it with a T-33 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic last week after more than a month off of competitive play.
27. Alex Noren
Has been playing often this fall after slipping to No. 64 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Has one of the top world-wide resumes in the field.
26. Cameron Tringale
Ranks ninth in the field in SG: Approach over everyone’s most recent 50 rounds. Tied for 66th at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in his last event.
25. Patrick Rodgers
Tied for 10th in 2016 and finished as the runner-up last year but missed the cut in 2017.
24. Luke List
Started the season with two straight missed cuts but made three in a row before missing last weekend at the Mayakoba Classic. Tied for fourth here last year.
23. Vaughn Taylor
Tied for second last week for his best result in four straight made cuts. Missed the cut last season but was T-8 in 2017.
22. Mackenzie Hughes
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Hasn’t been in good form this season but he missed the cut the week before his 2016 victory at Sea Island.
21. Rory Sabbatini
Collected finishes of T-33 and T-31 in much stronger fields during the Tour’s swing through Asia last month.
20. J.T. Poston
Three straight made cuts going back to the Zozo Championship. Has a poor history at this event but has just one missed cut since the John Deere Classic in July.
19. Russell Knox
Hasn’t missed a cut since A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier to open the 2019-20 season and ranks second in the field in SG: Approach over everyone’s last 50 rounds.
18. Austin Cook
The 2017 champ followed it up with a T-11 last year but missed the cut last week.
17. Dylan Frittelli
Ranks fourth in the field in SG: Around-the-Green and 15th in SG: Approach.
16. Russell Henley
Has gained 1.07 strokes per round at Sea Island GC over 15 rounds played since 2010, according to Data Golf.
15. Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk. Photo Credit: Brian Spurlock – USA TODAY Sports
Leads this year’s field with 2.10 strokes gained per round since 2010, despite missing the cut last year.
14. Kyle Stanley
The best approach game in the field over everyone’s last 50 rounds. Has been held back by his play around the greens.
13. Brian Stuard
Excels on the approach and around the greens. Needs to avoid trouble.
12. Brendon Todd
Can’t be ignored following back-to-back wins. Made the cut at this venue in each of his last three appearances.
11. Brian Harman
Tied for fourth in 2017 and finished T-32 last year. Ranks fifth in the field in SG: Scrambling.
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10. Sebastian Munoz
This venue has rewarded hot putters in the past if he can recapture his form from his Sanderson Farms Championship win.
9. Zach Johnson
A local resident who picked up his lone top-10 finish of last season at this tournament.
8. Lanto Griffin
The third golfer in the field to have a win already this season. He has been riding a hot putter and is ninth in the field in SG: Scrambling.
7. Billy Horschel
Two top-10 finishes to open the season strong, including a T-8 result last week.
6. Scottie Scheffler
Hasn’t missed a cut in six events since graduating from the Korn Ferry Tour. Has a good all-around game and just needs to get some luck on the putting surfaces.
5. Charles Howell III
Last year’s champ picked up three other top 10s last season and has two already in the 2019-20 campaign.
4. Adam Hadwin
Consistently one of the top putters on Tour and will be making his final preparations for the Presidents Cup.
3. Kevin Kisner
Kevin Kisner. Photo Credit: Adam Hagy – USA TODAY Sports
The 2015 champion has three other top-10 finishes here since 2014. Ranks second in the field in strokes gained at Sea Island among those with 20 rounds played since 2010.
2. Matt Kuchar
Typically a strong early-season performer, he hasn’t finished higher than T-22 at this event since 2014. He’s coming off of a T-14 result in his defense of the Mayakoba last week.
1. Webb Simpson
Finished solo third here last year and enters the week as the betting favorite despite playing just one event this season — where he finished T-7 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Simpson is the top golfer in the field with a rank of 12th by the Official World Golf Ranking. He finished solo third here last season and finished T-7 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in his most recent event. He leads the stat model with top-five ranks in four of the five key stats.
Kevin Kisner +2200
Kisner won at Sea Island in 2015. After missing the cut the following year, he was T-4 in 2017 and T-7 last season. Ranked No. 34 in the world, he’s third in the field in par-4 efficiency from the key distance. He has gained more strokes per round at this venue than anyone other than Simpson (minimum 20 rounds played) since 2010, according to Data Golf.
RSM Classic – Tier 2
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J.T. Poston +5000
Poston missed the cut here each of the last three years, but he’s coming off of a T-24 at the HSBC Champions and T-27 at the Zozo Championship in far stronger fields.
Stuard ranks third by my stat model this week with a top rank of 11th in the field in SG: Around-the-Green. He finished T-23 last week at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and tied for fourth at the Shriners earlier this year.
RSM Classic – Longshots
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Luke List +10000
List finished in a tie for fourth last season and tied for 13th in the fall of 2016.
Mackenzie Hughes +15000
The 2016 champion missed the cut each of the last two years, but he’s priced near the bottom of the board with a $10 bet returning a profit of $1500. He missed the cut at the OHL Classic the week before his 2016 victory so his current poor form isn’t a huge concern.
2019-20 winners: Joaquin Niemann – A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier (+2800)
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Furthermore, there are 18 golfers who have won at least $40 million in on-course earnings, 38 golfers with $30 million or more, 77 who have earned at least $20 million and 189 who have surpassed the $10 million plateau.
In all, 643 golfers have won $5,728,260,700 in career earnings, according to the PGA Tour, through the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions.
Tiger Woods leads the way, of course. He has topped the $120 million mark and is the only golfer with more than $100 million in career earnings.
The $30 million dollar club
Let’s take a closer look here at the top 38 of all-time.
These are the golfers who have surpassed $30 million in on-course earnings.
Here’s how much money each golfer won at the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
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It took a Monday finish, but Brendon Todd was able to hang on for the win at the 2019 Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleon Golf Club.
Todd finished at 20 under to earn the $1,296,000 top prize and earn his second consecutive win on the PGA Tour, the first to win back-to-back events since Bryson DeChambeau, who was victorious in the first two events of the 2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs at The Northern Trust and Dell Technologies Championship. Todd won the Bermuda Championship two weeks ago, an opposite-field event from the WGC-HSBC Champions.
Take a look at how much each player earned this week at El Camaleon Golf Club.
Here’s how to watch the final few holes of the Mayakoba Golf Classic on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019.
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The Mayakoba Golf Classic continues on Monday at El Camaleon Golf Club.
Due to inclement weather that delayed Thursday’s first round to Friday, the final round was pushed into Monday, with the leaders resuming their rounds on the 15th hole.
The QBE Shootout added a former champion, a two-time major winner, and one of the contenders for a Presidents Cup captain’s pick in completing its field Tuesday. Ian Poulter, who won the 2010 tournament with Dustin Johnson, plus two-time Masters …
The QBE Shootout added a former champion, a two-time major winner, and one of the contenders for a Presidents Cup captain’s pick in completing its field Tuesday.
Ian Poulter, who won the 2010 tournament with Dustin Johnson, plus two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson and Kevin Kisner were among the 10 announced to the field by tournament host Greg Norman for the tournament, which is Dec. 11-15 at Tiburón Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort.
“We are pleased to round out the field with such a quality group of players and equally thrilled with the compelling teams we’ve been able to put together,” Norman said in a release. “These dynamic duos comprised of young guns, recent Tour winners and established veterans are sure to create an exciting three-days of competition.”
The 24-person field features nine players whom won during this past season and a total of 80 career PGA Tour and LPGA victories as well as eight of the top 50 players in the world. There are also eight first-time participants in the annual event.
Kisner, who won the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, was listed by many as a possibility to be one of Tiger Woods’ captain’s picks for the Presidents Cup.
Also competing are: 2019 Valero Texas Open winner Corey Conners; reigning Zurich Classic of New Orleans champion Ryan Palmer; former Australian PGA Championship winner Harold Varner III; Kevin Chappell, who earlier this fall became the 10th player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59; six-time PGA Tour winner Charley Hoffman; four-time Tour winner and two-time Shootout champion Sean O’Hair, and six-time Tour winner Rory Sabbatini.
This year’s QBE Shootout will also feature nine new teams competing for the $3.5 million purse. The three returning teams are defending champions Brian Harman and Patton Kizzire as defending champions, Billy Horschel and Brandt Snedeker who played in 2018, and the return of the team of Graeme McDowell and Poulter, who were paired together in 2008.
Lexi Thompson will be playing for the fourth straight year, and this time will be paired with O’Hair, who won the QBE Shootout with two different partners, Steve Stricker and Kenny Perry. Thompson played with Bryson DeChambeau her first year, and Tony Finau the past two.
Shootout rookies Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff also are paired together.
Finau, Patrick Reed, and Gary Woodland, all of whom have played in the Shootout multiple times, were three of Woods’ captain’s picks announced last week. Woods picked himself for the fourth selection.
Friday’s first round will be broadcast live by Golf Channel from noon to 2 p.m. and on Golf Channel Digital from 2-4 p.m. Over the weekend, the final two rounds will be live on Golf Channel from noon to 4 p.m., both Saturday and Sunday.
The QBE Shootout will once again feature a scramble format during the first round, a modified alternate shot format on Saturday, and a final-round four-ball on Sunday.
