Fantasy Golf: Buy, Sell, or Hold for the PGA Championship

The final major of 2011 will be getting underway this week and that means it is also an important week for fantasy golf players.

Hopefully you have some starts left for some of the players you think will fare well on the tough track at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

The weather will be hot and sticky and that may be an advantage to many of the golfers that have been playing events in th U.S. where it has been extremely hot all summer.

David Toms won here the last time the PGA Championship was at the Atlanta Athletic Club.  He was accurate and didn't make mistakes down the stretch as he took the title.

Here's a quick buy, sell, or hold.

Buy:

Dustin Johnson (A) - He he poised to win a major?

Nick Watney (A) - He's lurking in the rough, and if he starts well, he's a good closer.

Steve Stricker (B) - A must play.  He'll be around on the weekend.

Charl Schwartzel (B) - Didn't have a good Bridgestone, but he's The Masters champ.

Y.E. Yang (B) - I think this could be a good course for Yang.

Rory McIlroy (C) - You have to take him as a C pick.

Gary Woodland (C) - He should have a good week.

Zach Johnson (C) - Plays well in Georgia, but is that enough for him this week?

Sell:

Jonathan Byrd (A)

Angel Cabrera (B) - Hasn't made a cut since early June.

Anthony Kim (C) - He's good one week, bad the next.  Which Anthony Kim will show up in Atlanta?

Hold:

David Toms (B) - Can the 2001 champ do it again at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

Fantasy Golf: Buy, Sell or Hold for Crowne Plaza Colonial

 

Yea, I know it's now called the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, but that is way too long to say or write.

K.J. Choi is coming off an impressive win at The Players and he is in the field this week.  He has never won here, but he has to be thought of as one of the favorites.

Zach Johnson is the defending champ and Zach is looking for a good result to get his spring and summer kickstarted.  Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, and the embattled Rory Sabbatini have all won here recently.

It's a tough course and a strong field.  It should be a quite a shootout this week.

Here is this week's buy, sell, or hold.

Buy:

Phil Mickelson (A) - Always a strong play at Colonial

Martin Laird (A) - Played well here last year with a T-10.  Five top-10's already in 2011.

Steve Stricker (B) - You have to play Steve this week.  He loves this event and he's always a strong play.

Charl Schwartzel (B) - Nothing spectacular since The Masters, but he played well last week and should be ok to play this week. 

Sergio Garcia (C) - He won here all the way back in 2001.  He might be in contention again this year.

Tom Lehman (C) - He's mainly playing on The Champion's Tour, but he's played well in the two events he's entered on the young guy's tour.  He's won this event and he knows the course.

Sell:

Padraig Harrington (A) - Not playing well enough to start him this week, sorry.

Brent Delahoussaye (B) - He hasn't made a cut in 2011, and if you can't spell or pronounce his name, there is no reason to start him.

Tom Byrum (C) - What is he doing in the field this week?

Hold:

Davis Toms (B) - Toms is playing great golf, but he's played a lot.  He might be getting a little tired, but he did finish T-13 here last year when he wasn't playing that great.

* - Don't forget to listen to the AudioBoo for the "flyer" of the week.

Update on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:06PM by Rick C.Limpert

* Update - Plan your lineups accordingly.  Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker have pulled out of this week's Colonial.