Maggie Blackbird

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The Fed-Ex Cup comes to an end at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, Georgia at the East Lake Golf Course. Thirty players who survived the last three cuts will slug it out for the prestigious Fed-Ex Cup Trophy and the Tour Championship Trophy.

Across the pond, the European Tour is heading for the Dom Pedro Victoria Course in Vilamoura, Algrave, Portugal.  Stars in the field are two former Masters winners:  Spain’s Sergio Garcia and Danny Willett of England.

In other news, USA Ryder Cup Captain Jim Furyk made his final selection of his four wildcard picks.  The golfer who is joining Team USA in France is Tony Finau.

Team USA’s line-up is officially: Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson, who came in on order of merit, and the captain’s picks: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Tony Finau.

Here are my fantasy picks for the Portugal Masters and Fed-Ex Cup Tour Championship:

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The PGA Tour is taking a break from golf this week, so I have no fantasy picks for the Golf Channel and PGA.

But across the pond, the European Tour is in full swing (pun intended!) as the Race to Dubai continues to heat up.  Everyone who is anyone is heading for Spjik, Netherlands to tee it up at The Dutch, a championship course designed by Scotland’s star golfer Colin Montgomerie.

France’s Romain Wattel will defend his title at The KLM Open. Unfortunately, the Netherlands’ star golfer Joost Luiten is sitting out his home tournament because he is recovering from much-needed wrist surgery. Joost, a six-time winner on the European Tour, will be very much missed.  I know I’ll miss him.  Joost is one of my favourite golfers!

Here are my fantasy picks:

European Tour – KLM Open

Andy Sullivan (England)
Søren Kjeldsen (Denmark)
Paul Dunne (Ireland)
Jorge Campillo (Spain)
Li Haotong (China)
Erik Van Rooyen (South Africa) *****

These five gentlemen have been high on the leaderboard as of late, so my fingers are crossed they’ll perform just as well at the KLM.  As for Eric, he’s ready for a win, so he’s my captain.  Let’s see if I can FINALLY rank a little bit higher on the fantasy points list this time.

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With the Ryder Cup Team wildcard picks made by Captain Thomas Bjorn on the morning of Wednesday, September fifth, qualifying for Team Europe is finished.

A big congrats to those who made the team on order of merit:  Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Justin Rose (England), Francesco Molinari (Italy), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark), Tommy Fleetwood (England), Alex Noren (Sweden), Jon Rahm (Spain), and Tyrell Hatton (England).

As for the wildcards, Thomas Bjorn chose some solid veterans to round out a very rookie line-up:  Ian Poulter (England), Henrik Stenson (Sweden), Sergio Garcia (Spain), and Paul Casey (England).

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On this side of the pond, the Fed-Ex Cup is in full swing.  The second event is the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.  On hand, are the PGA big guns such as the USA’s Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, and Brooks Kopeka.  As for the Europeans, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, Justin Rose of England, Henrik Stenson of Sweden, and Jon Rahm of Spain will be providing fierce competition to claim the trophy at the end of the tournament and move on to the next match in this series.

Across the pond at The Silkeborg Ry Golf Club in Silkeborg, Denmark, the Made in Denmark tournament is the last chance for top notch players from the European Tour to battle for a spot on the prestigious Ryder Cup.  Watch local Danes such as Lucas Bjerregaard, Søren Kjeldsen, and Thorbjørn Olesen fend off the competition to earn a spot on the Ryder Cup captained by fellow dane Thomas Bjørn.

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