I’ll open this week’s introduction with another. The band is back together again! If you missed it throughout the week of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, the fantasy section has a new contributor: Mike Glasscott. If you were familiar with my eight-year run at Rotoworld through 2015, you already know Glass. He was the lead columnist during the second half of my tenure. We had a great time arguing, er, generating thoughtful and helpful commentary, so we hope to bring some of that experience to you here, like it or not. Glass has assumed the reins of The Confidence Factor and he’s the main man for the brand-new Emergency 9, which is a nightly recap of fantasy-relevant nuggets after every day of a tournament. I’ll sit in from time to time as we bring to you wall-to-wall fantasy coverage throughout every week. Shifting our attention to the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, it leads off the final fortnight of the fall during which ShotLink is not utilized. This means that bonus points for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO are equal to one-half what your starters in the final round earn. Since rationing starts isn’t a concern in Segment 1, there’s no need to toy with saving anyone who you even remotely consider to be a threat to win. Elsewhere, there’s a misconception that to read my public tweets, you have to register for Twitter. In fact, the microblogging platform acts as any regular website. So, non-users can see when I tweet field changes, links to all of my work and anything else of relevance to games. To engage, view at-replies and perform other functions, registration is required. This means that you can also read Glass’ Twitter page, at your own risk, of course. Look for him as @MikeGlasscott. PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO My roster for the OHL Classic at Mayakoba (in alphabetical order): Kevin Chappell Rickie Fowler Chesson Hadley Zach Johnson Pat Perez Gary Woodland You’ll find my starters in Expert Picks. Others to consider for each category (in alphabetical order): Scoring: Charley Hoffman; Sung Kang; Luke List; Graeme McDowell Driving: n/a Approach: n/a Short: n/a Power Rankings Wild Card Charley Hoffman … It’s either a blessing or a curse that he’s the Wild Card in consecutive weeks, but after a T18 in his backyard in Vegas where his motivation was entirely selfless, he makes the most sense in this position again. He has only one top-30 finish in five straight trips to El Camaleón, but the outlier was a victory in 2014. And anyone paying attention in the last several months knows that he’s flirted with winning time and again, only to fall short. He makes sense in any format this week. DFSers have limited options among the top tier, while he sets up as a defensive tactic for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO gamers. Draws Ryan Moore … If there was anything to glean from last week’s T51 in Vegas, it was that he’s OK. He eschewed the entire three-week stint in Asia, including the CIMB Classic where he’s a two-time champ. Now slated to make his second appearance at El Camaleón (T23, 2013) with enough recent form to warrant a complementary role in DFS. Sung Kang … Perfect DFS plug-in. Since a 3-for-3 open to the season that included a T3 at the CIMB Classic, he added a co-runner-up finish at the K.J. Choi Invitational two weeks ago. Already his fifth start at Mayakoba where he’s cashed three times. Johnson Wagner … Cheap DFS option given his affinity for and success at El Camaleón. Overall, he’s 4-for-6 with a win (2011) and a pair of top 20s. Jordan Niebrugge … Still unproven at this level, but the upstart made noise on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada this year. With that experience in tow and everything to gain this week, he projects to reward the risky in the DFS crowd. Scott Brown (DFS) Patton Kizzire (DFS) Nick Taylor (DFS) Jhonattan Vegas (all) Fades Russell Knox … He’ll snap out of his funk at some point and El Camaleón might rank first on the most likely of sites for that to happen – he chased a playoff loss here in 2015 with a solo third last year – but he has trap written all over him this week. Zero top 25s in his last eight starts and only one stretching back to late April. Patrick Reed … As one who has unintentionally drifted into an apologist, an accidental role in the world of only the most skeptical, I’m with you this week. El Camaleón will spotlight his short game, but gamers aren’t keen to rely on that for value. It’s definitely not rewarded in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO. And because he’s not among the proficient tee-to-green performers, he’s an easy no-play. Alex Cejka … He treated his season-long investors to a close call at TPC Summerlin on Sunday, but it was made possible by a devil-may-care 63 in the finale. That’s one way to approach closing out a tournament, but it’s not a sustainable formula. What’s more, he’s never carved out a reliable groove in which to trust. It might be a slightest different story if he was a horse for a course in Mexico, but he’s gone five consecutive rounds at El Camaleón without signing for a red number. John Huh … The 2012 champ has added three top 30s since but he’s been in a slump virtually all year. He’ll appreciate this week’s opportunity, but DFSers need to give him some time. Cameron Champ … The exceptionally long hitter is making his pro debut on a course that benefits shorter knockers. That serves as the analytical explanation that walks in lockstep with the respect for all that is new to his life. Aaron Baddeley Harris English Emiliano Grillo J.J. Spaun                                                                     Returning to Competition Mac Hughes … Alert your commissioners about the contraction of his first name. He’s back in action after a month off to become a father for the first time. If the Nappy Factor kicks in, it might be tough to tell as he’s been a relatively reliable source of value since breaking through as a rookie last fall. Give him a week to normalize (and sleep), but also beware that he’ll be defending his only PGA TOUR title at next week’s RSM Classic as that will be unlike anything he’s ever experienced. J.J. Henry … With a 7-for-7 record at El Camaleón that includes four top 25s and a scoring average of 69.14, some DFSers will take the plunge. However, if there’s a time to step away from the allure of that course history, this is it. In his last start, he withdrew during his third round of the Sanderson Farms Championship with a sore back. Bronson Burgoon … He’ll try again this week. He walked off the Country Club of Jackson during his second round two weeks ago with discomfort in his back, and then withdrew early from the Shriners. The 30-year-old entered the season with considerable promise after an impressive flourish to conclude the 2017 Web.com Tour season. He then hung up a T17 at the Safeway. Consider as a flier in DFS at Mayakoba where he placed T25 in his only prior appearance in 2015. Notables WDs Webb Simpson … Was poised to seek redemption after closing with 74 last year to finish T24. He sat fifth and just four strokes off the lead entering the final round. Overall form has been terrific all year and especially consistent of late. Billy Horschel … Withdrew prior to his second round of last week’s Shriners with a sore left shoulder. Plans to get back after it in a month at the QBE Shootout. Scott Piercy … Most likely would have generated considerable interest in every format what with a T16 (2014) and T4 (2016) in his last two appearances. He’s also popped the top on 2017-18 with three straight paydays, although a T32 in his hometown of Las Vegas was disappointing. Ollie Schniederjans … To the dismay of DFSers everywhere, but we’ll be turning to the 24-year-old again and often. He opened the season with a set of three top 25s. Henrik Stenson … A rib injury forces him to miss this week’s Nedbank Challenge. While originally expected to sit out until the Hero World Challenge in three weeks, he hasn’t ruled out lacing up for the next week’s DP World Tour Championship. Power Rankings Recap – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Power Ranking Golfer Result 1 Webb Simpson T20 2 Tony Finau T16 3 Patrick Cantlay Win 4 Luke List T20 5 Ryan Moore T51 6 Smylie Kaufman MC 7 Jamie Lovemark MC 8 Kevin Streelman 67th 9 Nick Taylor T32 10 Scott Piercy T32 11 Chesson Hadley  T4 12 William McGirt T10 13 Shawn Stefani T68 14 Austin Cook T20 15 Anirban Lahiri T51 Wild Card Charley Hoffman T18 Sleepers Recap – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Golfer Result Martin Laird MC Tom Lovelady MC Cameron Tringale MC Tyrone Van Aswegen MC Aaron Wise T32 Birthdays among active golfers on the PGA TOUR November 7 … none November 8 … Troy Matteson (38); Francesco Molinari (35) November 9 … David Duval (46); Ted Potter, Jr. (34); Nicholas Lindheim (33) November 10 … Ethan Tracy (28); Jon Rahm (23) November 11 … Robert Garrigus (40); Joel Dahmen (30) November 12 … Lucas Glover (38); Chez Reavie (36); Jason Day (30); C.T. Pan (26) November 13 … none
Fantasy Insider: OHL Classic at Mayakoba
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2nd Round Match-Up – Detry/MacIntyre vs Thompson/Novak | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak | -110 |
Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Chappell-Dufner / Thompson-Novak | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak | -195 |
Kevin Chappell / Jason Dufner | +160 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Whaley-Long / Kraft-Tway | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Kelly Kraft / Kevin Tway | -110 |
Vince Whaley / Adam Long | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Barjon/Stevens v Spaun/Buckley | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
J.J. Spaun / Hayden Buckley | -110 |
Sam Stevens / Paul Barjon | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Higgo-Fox / Yu-Pan | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Garrick Higgo / Ryan Fox | -110 |
Kevin Yu / C.T. Pan | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Vegas-Burgoon / Stevens-Barjon | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jhonattan Vegas / Bronson Burgoon | -110 |
Sam Stevens / Paul Barjon | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Yuan-Dou / Ghim-C. Kim | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Doug Ghim / Chan Kim | -165 |
Carl Yuan / Zecheng Dou | +135 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Montgomery-Griffin / Detry-McIntyre | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre | -130 |
Taylor Montgomery / Ben Griffin | +110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Brehm/Hubard v Daffue/Champ | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Cameron Champ / MJ Daffue | -110 |
Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Theegala-Zalatoris / Cantlay-Schauffele | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele | -130 |
Sahith Theegala / Will Zalatoris | +110 |
Tie | |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Ramey-Trainer / Brehm-Hubbard | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Chad Ramey / Martin Trainer | -110 |
Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Conners/Pendrith vs Moore/NeSmith | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Corey Conners / Taylor Pendrith | -135 |
Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith | +115 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Hoge/McNealy vs Garnett/Straka | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka | -110 |
Tom Hoge / Maverick McNealy | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Hardy-Riley / Garnett-Straka | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka | -120 |
Nick Hardy / Davis Riley | +100 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Spaun-Buckley / T. Moore-NeSmith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith | -145 |
J.J. Spaun / Hayden Buckley | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kisner-Brown / Hoge-McNealy | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Tom Hoge / Maverick McNealy | -280 |
Kevin Kisner / Scott Brown | +230 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Echavarria-Greyserman / Champ-Daffue | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Cameron Champ / MJ Daffue | -110 |
Nico Echavarria / Max Greyserman | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Kohles/Kizzire vs List/Norlander | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -125 |
Ben Kohles / Patton Kizzire | +105 |
2nd Round Match-Up – List/Norlander v Smotherman/Meissner | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -115 |
Mac Meissner / Austin Smotherman | -105 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kuchar-Stricker / Conners-Pendrith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Corey Conners / Taylor Pendrith | -180 |
Matt Kuchar / Steve Stricker | +150 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – List-Norlander – Hoffman-Watney | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -160 |
Charley Hoffman / Nick Watney | +130 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Phillips/Bridgeman v Putnam/Highsmith | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Andrew Putnam / Joe Highsmith | -110 |
Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgeman | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Berger-Perez / Putnam-Highsmith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Andrew Putnam / Joe Highsmith | -110 |
Daniel Berger / Victor Perez | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kohles-Kizzire / Blair-Fishburn | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Ben Kohles / Patton Kizzire | -130 |
Zac Blair / Patrick Fishburn | +110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Phillips-Bridgeman / Barnes-Endycott | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgeman | -140 |
Erik Barnes / Harrison Endycott | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – B. Wu-Nicholas / Suh-Hoey | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Justin Suh / Rico Hoey | -145 |
Brandon Wu / James Nicholas | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Stanger-Dumont de Chassart / Lawrence-Potgieter | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jimmy Stanger / Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -110 |
Thriston Lawrence / Aldrich Potgieter | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Meissner-Smotherman / Hale-Haley | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Mac Meissner / Austin Smotherman | -185 |
Blaine Hale Jr / Paul Haley II | +150 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – R. Yin / M. Lee / C. Knight | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Ruoning Yin | +120 |
Minjee Lee | +160 |
Cheyenne Knight | +290 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – C. Boutier / H. Green / N. Hataoka | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Hannah Green | +165 |
Celine Boutier | +175 |
Nasa Hataoka | +185 |
ISPS Handa Championship | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Sebastian Soderberg | +350 |
Yannik Paul | +350 |
Sam Bairstow | +500 |
Taihei Sato | +900 |
Keita Nakajima | +1600 |
Tom McKibbin | +1600 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +2500 |
Matthew Southgate | +2500 |
Casey Jarvis | +3500 |
Taiki Yoshida | +3500 |
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2nd Round Score – Abraham Ancer | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 68.5 | +125 |
Under 68.5 | -165 |
2nd Round Score – Brooks Koepka | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 67.5 | -115 |
Under 67.5 | -115 |
2nd Round Score – Bryson DeChambeau | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -150 |
Under 66.5 | +115 |
2nd Round Score – Cameron Smith | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -165 |
Under 66.5 | +125 |
2nd Round Score – Carlos Ortiz | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 67.5 | +110 |
Under 67.5 | -145 |
2nd Round Score – Dean Burmester | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -120 |
Under 66.5 | -110 |
2nd Round Score – Jinichiro Kozuma | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 68.5 | -115 |
Under 68.5 | -115 |
2nd Round Score – Joaquin Niemann | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -135 |
Under 66.5 | +105 |
2nd Round Score – Jon Rahm | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | +105 |
Under 66.5 | -135 |
2nd Round Score – Mito Pereira | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 67.5 | -130 |
Under 67.5 | +100 |
2nd Round Score – Patrick Reed | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 67.5 | +120 |
Under 67.5 | -155 |
2nd Round Score – Talor Gooch | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -135 |
Under 66.5 | +105 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – B. DeChambeau / C. Tringale / T. Gooch | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Bryson DeChambeau | +130 |
Talor Gooch | +150 |
Cameron Tringale | +280 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – C. Ortiz / D. Lee / J. Kozuma | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Carlos Ortiz | -130 |
Danny Lee | +275 |
Jinichiro Kozuma | +275 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – M. Leishman / P. Reed / D. Burmester | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Dean Burmester | +150 |
Patrick Reed | +175 |
Marc Leishman | +200 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – J. Rahm / J. Niemann / P. Casey | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jon Rahm | +140 |
Joaquin Niemann | +150 |
Paul Casey | +260 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – A. Ogletree / P. Uihlein / M. Pereira | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Peter Uihlein | +140 |
Mito Pereira | +160 |
Andy Ogletree | +240 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – B. Steele / M. Jones / A. Lahiri | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Anirban Lahiri | +145 |
Brendan Steele | +190 |
Matt Jones | +190 |
Scottie Scheffler Specials | |
Type: Scottie Scheffler Specials – Status: OPEN | |
Win Any Remaining Signature Event | -200 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & US Open (Top 10 Finish) | +115 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +125 |
US Open (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +135 |
All Remaining Signature Events – Top 10 Finish | +200 |
PGA Championship (Top 5 Finish) & The Open (Top 5 Finish) | +200 |
US Open (Top 5 Finish) & The Open (Top 5 Finish) | +210 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & US Open (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +240 |
PGA Championship (Top 5 Finish) & US Open (Top 5 Finish) | +280 |
Win 2 Remaining Signature Events | +450 |
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PGA Championship 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +350 |
Jon Rahm | +1200 |
Rory McIlroy | +1200 |
Ludvig Aberg | +1600 |
Brooks Koepka | +2000 |
Xander Schauffele | +2000 |
Bryson DeChambeau | +2500 |
Collin Morikawa | +2500 |
Max Homa | +2500 |
Patrick Cantlay | +2500 |
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Requests | |
Type: Requests – Status: OPEN | |
Miles Russell – Win a Major before 30th birthday | +10000 |
Scottie Scheffler & Nelly Korda – Win All Remaining 2024 Majors | +250000 |
US Open 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +350 |
Jon Rahm | +1200 |
Rory McIlroy | +1200 |
Ludvig Aberg | +1600 |
Collin Morikawa | +2000 |
Viktor Hovland | +2000 |
Brooks Koepka | +2500 |
Cameron Smith | +2500 |
Patrick Cantlay | +2500 |
Xander Schauffele | +2500 |
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The Open Championship 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +500 |
Jon Rahm | +1000 |
Rory McIlroy | +1000 |
Viktor Hovland | +1100 |
Brooks Koepka | +2000 |
Cameron Smith | +2000 |
Cameron Young | +2000 |
Collin Morikawa | +2000 |
Ludvig Aberg | +2000 |
Jordan Spieth | +2500 |
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Requests | |
Type: Requests – Status: OPEN | |
The Open Championship – Alex Noren – Top 20 Finish | +200 |
Solheim Cup 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
USA | -140 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1200 |
Ryder Cup 2025 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
USA | -135 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1000 |