St Jude Classic / Women’s PGA Champ Fantasy Gold Mine

Golf Channel: Brooks Koepka has great history at the St Jude Classic and is hungry for a win, making him a natural choice.

Group 1: Brooks Koepka — This group gives us a choice between five players: Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Daniel Berger and Harris English. In the end, it’s a choice between the first three on that list, and I’m giving it to Koepka. Johnson has been playing a lot and runs the risk of becoming fatigued, while Mickelson hasn’t demonstrated enough consistency to inspire confidence. Koepka, meanwhile, contended for this event last year and should be rested and ready to go. Berger and English are good options for this week, but not to the same extent as the others.

Group 2: Ryan Palmer – Converging trends are in play for this Texas A&M product, making him the best option for the second group. Palmer has three top 25s (including a pair of top fives) in his last four starts and, perhaps more importantly, has finished in the top five at TPC Southwind on two occasions in the past five years. That kind of success makes him a slightly better option than Gary Woodland, who’s in better form but doesn’t have anything close to Palmer’s level of course knowledge.

Group 3: Chad Campbell – There are a lot of interesting players in this group, but Campbell was the only one to secure a spot in my power rankings. The UNLV product has reeled off back-to-back top 12 finishes, easily his most consistent run since last summer. At the St. Jude, he’s survived the cut in each of the last six years and tied for eighth a year ago. Given your other options, he’s the best bet for success.

Group 4: Ben Crane – Of all the Golf Channel groups this week, the last one probably presents the toughest choice. Ultimately, I decided to slot in Crane, the 2014 St Jude Classic winner. While he’s nowhere close to the player he used to be, the 40-year-old is on a run of back-to-back top 30s and posted a top 40 at TPC Southwind last year. Another player worth your consideration is Robert Garrigus, who appears to be finally working his way back after a long slump.

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