The decision not to overthink it, pay the big bucks and captain Scottie Scheffler at last week’s BMW Championship paid off.

The World No.1 came through on the final day to post his fifth win in 10 starts and reward managers who decided to build their teams around him.

That said, two of the top 10 finishers in the £12 game went a different route and left him out. As usual there is more than one way to skin a FanTeam cat.

I had to settle for 89th at the BMW after my Underdog – like the captain, he scores x1.25pts – finished 45th out of 50 with a woeful score of +15. Cheers Jhonattan Vegas!

For this week’s FedEx Cup finale, we’re down to just 30 players so that leads to an interesting dynamic with someone as classy as Shane Lowry available at just 12.8M.

One other thing to bear in mind for this year’s Tour Championship is that the Starting Strokes format has been scrapped.

Everyone begins on the same score – a relief to those who would previously have had the monumental and rather ridiculous task of giving Scottie Scheffler a 10-shot start!

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Top Tier Picks (18M and over)

Scottie Scheffler (27.4M): Scheffler did the business last week and we’ll have to pay an extra 1M to get him on board here. Many won’t even blink at that though and with plenty of justification. Scheffler has won five of his last 10 worldwide starts and was the winner here by four last year although that was with the Starting Strokes system. As well as the simple fact of being the best golfer on the planet, Scheffler also knows that if he doesn’t win this week, he won’t be the FedEx Cup champion. That would seem absurd given what he’s done in 2025 so expect the Texan to go out and put this to bed.

Russell Henley (19.2M): There are only seven players to pick in the 18M and over category and perhaps the best value is Henley. A winner at Bay Hill earlier this year on TifEagle Bermuda greens (the same type we have here), Henley is on a run of six straight top 20s, including finishing runner-up at the Travelers. The Georgia native plays well in his home state and shot the fourth lowest gross score here last year, his 17-under total including a closing 62. Henley was also third on the second of his four starts at East Lake.

Others to consider: Having being crowned FedEx Cup champion in 2016, 2019 and 2022, Rory McIlroy (22.6M) is due for those who believe that three is the magic number. He’s certainly had some amazing moments of inspiration at East Lake but returns not really at his best. Ludvig Aberg (19.8M) had a car crash of a finish last week but has still posted a pair of top 10s in the Playoffs. He’ll know more about East Lake this time after 19th on debut and he has quite the record in Georgia: win at the RSM Classic, runner-up at Augusta.

Mid-Range Value Selections ($14.2m up to 18m)

Ben Griffin (15.4M): On and on he keeps going, racking up top 15 finishes like they’re going out of fashion. Griffin now has nine of them in his last 11 starts, two of those coming in the Playoffs (ninth St. Jude, 11th BMW). It’s his East Lake debut but the course correlates very well with Sedgefield (Donald Ross had a hand in both) and Griffin’s form there in the Wyndham Championship and on other Bermuda par 70s is strong.

Sam Burns (17M): Four is the magic number for Burns. He was fourth at last week’s BMW Championship when ranking 4th for GIR while he shot the fourth lowest score in the 2023 Tour Championship. Note too that he’s ranked 1st and 2nd for Strokes Gained: Putting in the two Playoff events. Burns looks a strong option if wanting to add a high-end pick from this price range.

Others to consider: J.J. Spaun (16.2M) is a first-timer at East Lake but the US Open champion was a runner-up in the St. Jude Championship two starts ago and his recent GIR numbers are exceptional. A slighter cheaper in-form option is Cameron Young (15.8M) and since his six-shot rout at correlating Sedgefield the New Yorker has finished fifth and 11th. Sepp Straka (15.2M) has twice shot the sixth lowest score at East Lake in his three appearances. The Austrian has come down from the giddy heights that produced two wins in 2025 but 17th at last week’s BMW was still a fair knock.

Underdog Options (14m and Under)

Harry Hall (14M): The Englishman could be a great option for book balancing. His sixth place at the BMW last week represented an 11th straight finish of 28th or better. His putting stats are particularly phenomenal and despite still being overlooked for a Ryder Cup wildcard, imagine if he had, say, a top three here.

Justin Rose (13.6M): After winning the Playoff opener at St. Jude (he followed that with 30th last week), does Rose have one last big performance in him as he readies himself for the Ryder Cup? He was FedEx Cup champion in 2018 and has five top sixes at East Lake. He’ll also be excited to be back having not made it to the season-closer since 2019.

Others to consider: Harris English (13.8M) sneaks in under 14M which is quite something given that he’s a two-time runner-up in the majors this year. He’s only managed midfield finishes here previously but showed his game is still ticking over nicely with 12th at Caves Valley last Sunday. Akshay Bhatia (13.4M) is also in the crosshairs and there’s something appealing about backing the man who grabbed the 30th and final qualifying spot. Bhatia got here thanks to finishes of 6-26 in the Playoffs and he was top 15 for GIR in both. The left-hander could easily improve upon his debut 24th here last year. Shane Lowry (12.8M) currently occupies the sixth and final automatic Ryder Cup qualifying spot for Team Europe and will not want to rely on a pick. The Irishman has cooled in the second part of the season but he hit it nicely for 23rd last week and eighth on his East Lake debut in 2024 gives him definite Underdog (UD) appeal.

That’s this week in the books from a fantasy perspective.

But while I’m here, it’s also worth noting the revamped and much-boosted FanTeam Sportsbook.

There’s a plethora of golf markets and if you like Tommy Fleetwood this week, how about backing him at 14.0 in the to Lead After Round 2 market? Scottie Scheffler is 4.0 if you expect him to hit the front at the halfway mark.

Drama seekers could back Will There Be A Playoff? Yes at 4.60.

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