Deutshe Bank Championship: Fed Ex Cup Fantasy Picks and Power Rankings

Steve Stricker.

15 tournaments. Zero missed cuts. Seven top tens. Four top three finishes. Two wins on the PGA Tour this season.

Oh, and he won here last year.

One more win and Player of the Year perhaps is his, and a chance at $10,000,000 dollars besides.

A player this week in Yahoo Fantasy Golf  is Steve Stricker as I get the big guns ready to play this week.

Relegated back to back-up, alas is Tiger Woods, not consistent enough quite yet, but seems to have confidence, having wins at the next three events previously.

He stated that everything seems pretty good, but his putting needs to come around.

That's the case of about 98 percent of all good players, by the way. If the putts start dropping, the score does too. Funny how that works.

My B players this week will be Dustin Johnson and Rory McIIroy. You tell me, how could I go wrong with those two?

On the bench in case of disaster are Jeff Overton and Camilo Villegas, both who can shoot low numbers and maybe be activated for the weekend.

The C fantasy player will be Justin Rose, undoubtedly irritated for not being chosen on the Ryder Cup Team by Colin Montgomery.

Justin Rose should be on that team, but the only way he plays is if Lee Westwood calls in sick.

Padraig Harrington's dismal record of 2-7-1 in Ryder Cup action, plus no wins for two years, and this is their choice? 

Good for us, bad for them. Tiger can still beat him, maybe.

The Deutsche Bank Championship is played at the TPC of Boston in Norton, Mass.

I mentioned power rankings.

No. 1 Steve Stricker

No. 2 Ernie Els

No. 3 Matt Kuchar

No. 4 Dustin Johnson

No. 5 Jim Furyk

No. 6 Hunter Mahan

No. 7 Justin Rose

No. 8 Martin Laird

No. 9 Rory McIIRoy

No. 10 Phil Mickelson

Enjoy the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Thursday, and God bless our troops in Afghanistan and bring them all home soon!

Thomas Moreland