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2021 Tour Championship: Pro Golf Now Staff Picks to Win

By Tim Letcher

JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 23: Jon Rahm of Spain plays his shot from the ninth tee during the final round of THE NORTHERN TRUST, the first event of the FedExCup Playoffs, at Liberty National Golf Club on August 23, 2021 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 23: Jon Rahm of Spain plays his shot from the ninth tee during the final round of THE NORTHERN TRUST, the first event of the FedExCup Playoffs, at Liberty National Golf Club on August 23, 2021 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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The PGA Tour season concludes this week at the Tour Championship in Atlanta. The Top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings come together to compete for the biggest prize in golf.

Most of the world’s best players are in this week’s field, so there are plenty of options from which to choose. Our staff writers have made their picks to win and you can see them below.

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Bryson DeChambeau

Joey McCusker

West Valentine

I’m going with Bryson this week. He’s either going to win or come in last. It’s a coin flip. We will see what he’s made of this week because he had a heartbreaking loss this week, jawed with Cantlay, and got in a heated exchange with a fan. Yikes.

Rory McIlroy

Kathy Bissell

Rory McIlroy, he’s tired, but he’s been playing well and already won twice at East Lake.

Jon Rahm

DJ Cadden

Christian Paszko

Michael Ellis

This pick comes down to who has been the most consistent player on Tour this year and that player is Jon Rahm. The OWGR #1 heads into the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club trailing Patrick Cantlay by four strokes. Rahm’s tee-to-green play is arguably the best on Tour and his putting, especially under pressure, gives him the best chance to mount a comeback this week and win the Tour Championship.

Bill Felber

I’m taking Jon Rahm this week. Spotting Patrick Cantlay four strokes is a high hurdle. But Rahm has been playing as consistently well as anybody for several months, and I like the sporting feel of riding a strong come-from-behind candidate. In other words, I think he’s this week’s Seabiscuit.

Savannah Leigh

I’ve got to go with Jon Rahm. After back-to-back weeks of falling short, the Spaniard gets the job done in Atlanta and caps off an impressive season.

Tim Letcher

Quite simply, he has been the best player on tour this year, when healthy. He will overcome the four-shot deficit to win the Tour Championship.

Mike Randleman

Oh, how the tables have turned for Jon Rahm. Flash back to early June when he was ready to climb atop the FedEx Cup standings leading the Memorial Tournament by six shots heading to the final round. Then, as we remember, Rahm was forced to withdraw immediately after Saturday’s round due to a positive COVID-19 test. One of the benefactors was Patrick Cantlay, who went from a tie for second place to co-leader, then a winner in a playoff over Collin Morikawa. That’s a 1,100 point swing between Rahm and Cantlay as Cantlay got the 550 FedEx Cup points for winning an elevated status event and Rahm took home a goose egg. Now there are 1,239 points between the two fellas. The points are out the window now at the Tour Championship, so Rahmbo can just keep his eyes on the leaderboard. He’ll see he’s four shots off the pace of Cantlay and you know he’d love to flip the script and steal the title away from him this time.

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Cameron Smith

Chris O’Day

Justin Thomas

Hans Geevers

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