Fantasy Crystal Ball: Verizon Heritage

Before we get into this week's picks, be advised that the March totals for fantasy golf will be coming out tomorrow.  Keep on the look out for that.

We move on from the Masters and to another classic golf course, Harbour Town Golf Links, for the Verizon Heritage.  This is the final year for Verizon as title sponsor, but never fear as the state of South Carolina has committed up to $10 million to present the tournament if need be next year.  So unlike Buick in Michigan last year, there is no swan song this week.

Onto the picks and, I must admit, I am bewildered by Yahoo!'s lists this week.  The A list is filled with a slew of guys that should be on the B-list.  The B-list has guys who have already won on Tour this season.  And the C-list...well, ok, the C-list is fine.

For the A-list, let's start with Luke Donald.  He's a shorter hitter, but does well on positioning golf courses like this one.  He has his top three of the year at Riviera, which is also a course that places emphasis on positioning.  And since I was very happy to meet Bill Haas' dad, Jay, at the Masters, I'll throw him on the list.  He did very well in his first try at the Masters.

The B-list looks like the list of guys who won in March.  Coming off of an awful performance at the Masters, I'm going to stick Jim Furyk on the team.  He needs a pep boost and a vote of confidence can help, right?  Defending champion Brian Gay deserves a spot based upon my fantasy golf rubric.  Let's ride the KJ Choi train out of the Augusta station and see how that goes.  And in honor of Dan Jenkins' really terrible PF Chang joke about YE Yang, we'll go with Briny Baird (sponsored by PF Chang's and hitter of golf balls off of tall buildings into baseball stadiums so that we can all have free PF Chang's).

So, that brings us to the C-list.  Way too many players, but few choices.  I like Rickie Fowler because he's got to earn that Golf Digest cover after not getting into the Masters.  And I'll go with Mike Weir also because he can place the ball very well.  His lack of length will not be a problem.