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The playoffs are here! Get excited! Seriously! We still have four really good golf tournaments this season, and they kick off this week in New York with The Northern Trust (nee The Barclays). The tournament is at Glen Oaks Club, a first-time host in this metro New York/New Jersey market, and it should be a dandy with the top 125 players eligible and 120 players competing.
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2017 The Northern Trust rankings: Top 10 picks
1. Brooks Kopeka - Glen Oaks is long and tough, so we're going to need a good driver of the ball and a good ballstriker. Brooks will do.
2. Hideki Matsuyama - Matsuyama isn't as long as Koepka, but he's a better iron player. Perhaps 1 and 1a this week.
3. Justin Thomas - J.T. has to be riding high from that PGA Championship win which pretty much locked up PGA Tour Player of the Year honors barring some kind of Spieth miracle.
4. Jordan Spieth - Could this be 2015 all over again? Maybe. Spieth wasn't great at the PGA, and he seemed exhausted from winning the British Open. Maybe a week off helped him.
5. Rickie Fowler - Fowler has been spectacular throughout the year. He's just not finishing off tournaments. From a fantasy perspective, however, he's been a great pick most every time out with beautiful driving.
6. Dustin Johnson - Johnson is clearly not on the upswing right now, but he's not on the downswing either. He's holding on to his level, looking for a time to break out.
7. Rory McIlroy - Under normal circumstances, I would put McIlroy ahead of Johnson because of his driving advantage in terms of accuracy. However, the rib and back are both concerns.
8. Henrik Stenson - The Iceman is back in the winner's circle after a fantastic performance at Sedgefield in Greensboro. Stenson runs hot (and cold, har har) so certainly worth a look here.
9. Louis Oosthuizen - I'm feeling King Louis right now. T-2 at the PGA Championship was certainly nice, but he's been really strong throughout the year. Just one missed cut.
10. Jason Day - I saw something I liked about Jason Day at the PGA (and it wasn't that 8). He's showed signs of coming around, just needs a good week to do it for four days.
My DraftKings lineup for this week:
- Justin Thomas - $9,400
- Brooks Koepka - $9,100
- Louis Oosthuizen - $8,800
- Jason Dufner - $7,600
- Francesco Molinari - $7,600
- Tony Finau - $7,300
