Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2016 Quicken Loans National

The Sleeper Report: Fantasy Golf Sleepers, Long Shots, and Undervalued Picks for the 2016 Quicken Loans National from Bethesda, MA

The 2016 Quicken Loans National Fantasy Sleeper Preview

Coming off a week in which Dustin Johnson was finally able to stave off the demons that had held him back from a major championship—taking down the U.S. Open at Oakmont—will be the Quicken Loans National.  This event is one of the newer additions on the TOUR, as it was first established in 2007 and has been played at this year’s venue, Congressional Country Club, in six out of the last nine occasions.  The Blue Course at Congressional will feature a long 7,659 yards of par-71 golf, which has led to some great finishes in the past.  Of course the setting, being in Bethesda, Maryland, sits right near the U.S. Capitol and is the perfect spot for a tournament with the Fourth of July just around the corner.

The field this week will be cut down to 120 players with the invitational status, and there will certainly be some big names out there to watch.  Leading the way will be a trio of top-20 golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings, with No. 6 Rickie Fowler, No. 13 Patrick Reed, and No. 19 Jim Furyk.  Fowler will be looking for some redemption this season after coming in as the runner-up by three strokes to 2015 winner Troy Merrit at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.

Also heating up is Furyk, who after missing a majority of the season with injuries, went to Pennsylvania last week and tied for second thanks to a Sunday 66.  Some names for the future will also look to begin their journey to stardom with continued success this week as the top amateur from the U.S. Open, Jon Rahm, makes his professional debut and will look to outshine another young, hot name in Bryson DeChambeau.

As mentioned above, it was Troy Merritt who was able to put up a monster week last year to earn his first and only PGA TOUR win.  He did it in style as well, throwing up a score of 18-under-par, a record for this tournament, as only two players—Rickie Fowler and David Lingmerth—were within four strokes of the then 29-year-old.  He became the sixth American in the nine years of the event to win, matching Bill Haas (2013) and K.J. Choi (2007) with the largest margin of victory in the process.  The last time this tourney was played at Congressional it was Justin Rose taking home the trophy for the second time, with his first coming home with him in 2010.  That week finished in the first playoff as he ousted Shawn Stefani in extra holes.

The field has a few heavy hitters leading the way, but there are plenty of names out there that will be able to jump up the leaderboard despite their less than impressive odds.  Just last week, in an event littered with elite names, the likes of Scott Piercy and Daniel Summerhays were able to jump into the top 10, and every week there are a few surprises.  Below are a few of the “sleeper” players who could go out and accomplish that this week.

The 2016 Quicken Loans National Fantasy Sleeper Report

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