Buick Open Player Rankings

Expect weak fields the next two out of three weeks (with Tiger's tournament next week the only exception) as players get ready for the British Open. This week also provides the smallest purse of the year at $4.9 million. Get excited, it's the Buick Open! Set your lineups accordingly:

1. Bo Van Pelt
2. Scott Verplank
3. Jim Furyk
4. Sean O'Hair
5. Kenny Perry
6. Corey Pavin
7. Billy Mayfair
8. Peter Lonard
9. Fred Funk
10. Ryan Moore
11. Tom Pernice, Jr.
12. Rod Pampling
13. Robert Allenby
14. J. J. Henry
15. Chris DiMarco
16. Harrison Frazar
17. Joey Sindelar
18. Lucas Glover
19. Charles Howell III
20. Mark Hensby
21. Ryuji Imada
22. Daniel Chopra
23. Joe Ogilvie
24. Heath Slocum
25. Trevor Immelman

One week busts: Steve Marino, Darren Clarke, John Rollins, John Senden, Woody Austin

US Open Player Rankings

There is already talk among the players that this US Open is going to be ridiculously difficult (Vijay has predicted a winning score of +10). I expect several of the top players to struggle and a lot of random Europeans and other FGA players drafted in the late rounds to be near the top of the leaderboard the first couple of days. In the end, this tournament is set up for Goosen to win another title. Set your lineups accordingly:

1. Retief Goosen
2. Scott Verplank
3. Tim Clark
4. Rocco Mediate
5. Tiger Woods
6. Stewart Cink
7. Arron Oberholser
8. Ian Poulter
9. David Toms
10. Robert Allenby
11. Justin Rose
12. Paul Casey
13. Kenneth Ferrie
14. Tim Herron
15. Sergio Garcia
16. Steve Stricker
17. Zach Johnson
18. Bo Van Pelt
19. K.J. Choi
20. Colin Montgomerie
21. Henrik Stenson
22. Jose Maria Olazabal
23. Lucas Glover
24. Luke Donald
25. Aaron Baddeley

One week busts: Vijay Singh, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy

Stanford St. Jude Player Rankings

The Commish's player rankings are back this week after missing the Memorial (the short week really screwed me up). Memphis is serving as the tune-up for the US Open next week, so we get a glimpse of who is playing well heading into the FGA season's second major. Set your lineups accordingly:

1. Padraig Harrington
2. Jose Maria Olazabal
3. John Senden
4. David Toms
5. Vijay Singh
6. Tom Pernice, Jr.
7. Sean O'Hair
8. Robert Allenby
9. Briny Baird
10. Camillo Villegas
11. Stuart Appleby
12. Jeff Maggert
13. Fredrik Jacobson
14. Nathan Green
15. Retief Goosen
16. Brett Quigley
17. Richard S. Johnson
18. Vaughn Taylor
19. Bob Estes
20. Joe Durant
21. Brian Gay
22. Scott Verplank
23. Justin Leonard
24. Tim Herron
25. Shaun Micheel

One week busts: Sergio Garcia, Loren Roberts, Geoff Ogilvy, D. J. Trahan, Bubba Watson

Colonial Player Rankings

The Commish gained some respect with the out-of-left field prediction of Briny Baird last week, but I also hit on several other top-10 picks, including Zach Johnson, Jonathan Byrd, Camillo Villegas and Henrik Stenson (and successfully predicted all five players who missed the cut in one week busts!). This week, the Colonial produced a better than expected field despite only one top-10 player making the trip for a Funky Town Freebie. Look for some old veterans to make their way to the top of the leaderboard. Here are this week's player rankings.

1. Bob Estes
2. Fred Funk
3. Nathan Green
4. Jeff Maggert
5. Ken Duke
6. Rod Pampling
7. Jim Furyk
8. Stephen Ames
9. David Toms
10. Chad Campbell
11. Nick O'Hern
12. Stewart Cink
13. KJ Choi
14. Peter Lonard
15. Steve Stricker
16. Trevor Immelman
17. Mark Calcavecchia
18. J.J. Henry
19. Anthony Kim
20. Jonathan Byrd
21. Kenny Perry
22. DL III
23. Justin Leonard
24. Bo Van Pelt
25. John Senden

One week busts: Lucas Glover, Jerry Kelly, Tim Herron, Scott Verplank, John Rollins

AT&T Classic Player Rankings

It's an unofficial rule in fantasy golf that whenever you have two consecutive weeks with stellar fields, two consecutive weeks with limited fields are sure to follow. So after the Wachovia Championship and The Players, we have a test to see which teams are the deepest and/or who can add/drop better than the rest. The player rankings for the AT&T Classic (set your lineups accordingly):

1. Stewart Cink
2. Rory Sabbatini
3. Zach Johnson
4. Camillo Villegas
5. Jonathan Byrd
6. Henrik Stenson
7. Charles Howell III
8. J.J. Henry
9. Chris DiMarco
10. Tim Clark
11. Fredrik Jacobson
12. Vaughn Taylor
13. Nick O'Hern
14. Peter Lonard
15. Shaun Micheel
16. Kevin Sutherland
17. Briny Baird
18. Bob Estes
19. Will MacKenzie
20. David Toms
21. Richard S. Johnson
22. Ryan Palmer
23. Jason Bohn
24. Boo Weekley
25. Brian Gay

One week busts: Kyle Reifers, Steve Flesch, Brett Quigley, Heath Slocum, Kenny Perry

THE PLAYERS Player Rankings

THE PLAYERS Championship is a rare example of an event that did not evolve organically, but which was created purely to serve a corporate bottom line, but which nonetheless has become a legitimate top-tier institution to rival the old line Majors. Indeed, the PGA TOUR would love to have the event considered a Major. Trouble is, there is no organization that officially declares what is and is not a Major. That is decided based on media and popular consensus. However, given the event's $8 million purse, top of the line field, spectacular course, and new spot on the calendar in May between the Masters and U.S. Open, I predict the event will become considered as a de facto fifth Major in the next five to ten years. This would especially be the case if the European Tour makes the event an official stop on its tour as it does with the Masters and the U.S. Open. This may be unlikely given the event is owned and operated by the PGA TOUR, but the Open Championship is a stop on the U.S. Tour and it's owned and operated by the R&A. Then again, that would make 4 out of 5 U.S. Major, and the Eurotrash probably wouldn't like that. But F them...

Turning now to my player ranking in the Commish's absence...It's a top of the line field and everyone should be breaking out the big guns this week:

1) Tiger Woods
2) Stuart Appleby
3) Jerry Kelly
4) Vijay Singh
5) Adam Scott
6) Henrik Stenson
7) Geoff Ogilvy
8) Phil Mickelson
9) Fred Funk
10) Luke Donald
11) Trevor Immelman
12) Ian Poulter
13) Anthony Kim
14) Mark Calcavecchia
15) Tim Clark
16) Rory Sabbatini
17) Stephen Ames
18) Ernie Els
19) Rod Pampling
20) Steve Stricker
21) Sergio Garcia
22) Vaughn Taylor
23) Zach Johnson
24) Jim Furyk
25) Charles Howell III

BUSTS: Brett Wetterich, Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington, Kent Jones, D.J. Trahan, Jeff Sluman, Jose Coceres, Chris Couch, Joey Sindelar.

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Wachovia Championship player rankings

The Commish is starting to hit his stride on player rankings and one week busts with more hits than misses. You may want to pay close attention this week. The following is the player rankings for the Wachovia Championship:

1. Vaughn Taylor
2. Davis Love III
3. Luke Donald
4. Tiger Woods
5. Geoff Ogilvy
6. Zach Johnson
7. Phil Mickelson
8. Trevor Immelman
9. Ernie Els
10. Nathan Green
11. Rod Pampling
12. Carl Pettersson
13. Adam Scott
14. Ian Poulter
15. Stuart Appleby
16. Vijay Singh
17. Jerry Kelly
18. Lucas Glover
19. Jim Furyk
20. Scott Verplank
21. Retief Goosen
22. K.J. Choi
23. Nick O'Hern
24. Aaron Baddeley
25. Dean Wilson

One week busts: Anthony Kim, Jose Maria Olazabal, David Howell, Stewart Cink, Henrik Stenson