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Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic

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The Sleeper Report: Fantasy Golf Sleepers, Long Shots, and Undervalued Picks for the 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic from TPC Southwind

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It’s the final week before the U.S. Open and the PGA TOUR will now head to TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee to play in the FedEx St. Jude Classic.  This event has been a tour mainstay at TPC Southwind since 1989 and the contest generally sees a weak field (especially for an event leading up to a major).

In the past, the par-70, 7,239-yard course has been host to five different multiple-time winners with Dave Hill (1967, 1969, 1970, 1973) doing it the most overall and Justin Leonard (2005, 2008) being the most recent to do so.

The top guy from the Official World Golf Rankings set to tee it off this week is world No. 7 golfer Dustin Johnson who will look to win here for the second time after taking home the trophy in 2012 behind a score of nine-under-par.  The winning score was the only other single-digit victory by a player in this event since 2008 when the aforementioned Leonard shot a mere four-under in his win.

Aside from Johnson, another three players (Phil Mickelson, Billy Horschel, and Brooks Koepka) from the top-25 in the Official World Golf Ranking join the field as they each attempt to become the 16th American in the past 17 years to win here.

Last year, it was all about Ben Crane who captured the win here after an opening round 63 and finished ahead of Troy Merrit despite shooting a 73 on Sunday.  It was his fifth PGA TOUR victory and first since 2011 as he was able to hold off a strong top of the leaderboard featuring Webb Simpson, Billy Horschel, Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler, who were all among the top-15.  He did so with some big time putting (2.188 strokes gained putting) and was the second golfer in the past nine years to hold onto his lead heading into Sunday at this event.

Last week it was another big underdog that took home the trophy as David Lingmerth (300/1 odds going in) outlasted a very strong group behind him that included the likes of Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Jim Furyk, and Keegan Bradley, all in the top-10.

Now let’s take a look at the field this week and see if the TOUR can make it 3-for-3 in having a big sleeper top the leaderboard come Sunday afternoon.

The Fantasy Sleeper Report

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