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We're in the final week of the PGA Tour regular season, with the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., taking its normal spot on the schedule as the Last Chance Saloon for guys to secure their spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs and playoff positioning for the upcoming four-event stretch.
We also had a great week for you in the John Deere Classic and Olympics, identifying the winners of both and most of the top 10 in each through our picks, either in our free top 10 or our GNN Plus analysis.
Also, don't forget that the European Tour is back this week with the D+D Real Czech Masters, so you can find those picks shortly.
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2016 Wyndham Championship top 10 picks
1. Patrick Reed -- Reed is a former winner here, doing that in 2013 for his first PGA Tour win. He had a good finish in Rio (final-round wise), and he's been a top-15 mainstay most of the summer.
2. Webb Simpson -- Simpson is the ultimate horse for this course. He is a past winner and loves playing in his home state. Four top-15s in the last five years.
3. Bill Haas -- Haas is another horse for course in his collegiate state. He's got a trio of top-15s here in the last five years and knows how to go to low on this course.
4. Jim Furyk -- Mr. 58 is in action for the first time since that historic final round at TPC River Highlands. Second appearance here; was T-9 in 2011.
5. Ryan Moore -- RyMo won last week at the Deere, and he's won here in the past (2009). This is RyMoTime on the schedule.
6. William McGirt -- McGirt has a good record in the Wyndham Championship. He's been in the top 15 here in each of the last two years.
7. Jon Rahm -- The Rahm Threat (thanks, Jon Wall) finished T-14 at the Deere and few seemed to notice. He's yet to miss a cut as a pro, and he should be able to dominate this course.
8. Justin Thomas -- J.T. had a very good finish in the top three at the Travelers, closing with 62. He's erratic, but he played well here for the first 54 last year.
9. Jimmy Walker -- The PGA champion is in the field for the first start since his major breakthrough. He was T-4 here in 2012, and he's starting to play more consistent golf.
10. Wesley Bryan -- We're going to keep pumping up Wesley, whose great putting should be an asset here. He was T-8 at the Deere.
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1. Webb Simpson - $10,200
2. William McGirt - $8,700
3. Justin Thomas - $8,600
4. Ben Martin - $8,000
5. Jason Dufner - $7,900
6. Alex Cejka - $6,600
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