Keith Stewart's PGA Picks for the Sanderson Farms Championship

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00:00Well, we could start there.

00:04He's ranked 118th in FedEx Cup points, and that's the whole reason this thing happens

00:08in the fall.

00:09You got eight events to get in the top 125.

00:12But don't forget that 51 to 60 range, because the guys are fighting for that too.

00:17I mean, look at a guy like Matt Hughes, who won the Sanderson back in 2022.

00:21He's 51st on the points list.

00:23Those first 10 guys after 50 get in those signature events in February, and those are

00:28those $20 million cash grabs.

00:30They change careers.

00:32But Joel, he's got to get it done.

00:33And at 125 to 1, I love it.

00:36Absolutely.

00:37The ball striking is always good for Joel, but here's the thing.

00:40It's the putter, but it pops here at Sanderson, right?

00:44He's been here over five times, and he's averaged a positive gain with the putter over a stroke.

00:49So when you see that with Joel and his ability to ball strike, you jump on him.

00:53Another guy, Charlie Hoffman.

00:55Where is Charlie Hoffman, right?

00:57He is right down the middle of the fairway.

00:59He's had a great ball striking season.

01:01Remember when he lost in a playoff there at the Waste Management?

01:03He's been in the heat.

01:04He's felt the smoke this year.

01:06Charlie's had a good year, and this has been a good place for him at plus 6,600.

01:10I love that hit.

01:12The next guy, Adam Svendsen, as we climb down this week.

01:15I don't know why.

01:16We started with Joel.

01:17Here's where we are.

01:18Adam Svendsen, plus 4,000.

01:20Spenny's been good the last couple of starts.

01:22He's been there in the top 15, and he's another guy.

01:25He's great on Bermudagrass, and he is great.

01:27I mean, he's won in the fall before.

01:29You got to look at these fall guys.

01:31We play the same venues every year, and Svendsen's been a good, good fall player the last couple

01:36of years.

01:37He's got a win at the RSM, and he creates a ton of birdies on Bermudagrass greens.

01:41And then the last guy, JJ Spahn.

01:43I'm going to keep playing.

01:44There's nobody striking the ball better in the field at the Sanderson, right?

01:49So you got to go with this guy.

01:51At the top of the board, I'm not taking Killer Keith Mitchell.

01:54Last time I took him was Houston.

01:55You know that.

01:56It's been 26 weeks.

01:57My recovery is going very, very well.

01:59We don't bet him.

02:00No cashmere.

02:01We're going JJ.

02:02He's the best approach player in the field.

02:04Let's get it done.

02:07Placements next, Keith, including someone who we talked about a moment ago who was involved

02:11in that big playoff last year, and that is Ben Griffin.

02:15Top 10.

02:16Bermuda Ben Griffin.

02:17I feel like he's got all the skill set we need to do this again.

02:20I'm going to take the 10 places, and I'm not going to go for him with the win, even though

02:23he's so popular.

02:24In the top 20s, I got Spawn, and I'm also going with Matt Kuchar.

02:29Kuchar's the human ATM.

02:31We know this.

02:32He's been great in the fall.

02:33He's won in the fall before, and he is one of those guys that if you look at strokes

02:38gained since the U.S. Open, in this field, he's the top five guy.

02:42He has played incredibly well, and he needs the cash.

02:46He's sitting right around 100 in those FedEx cut points.

02:48He's a guy that thinks of himself as a signature guy because he loves the money.

02:52He wants to get in those $20 million cash grabs.

02:55He has a great history at Pebble Beach.

02:56That's the first one to get into, and then the third guy, Patrick Fishberg, another guy

03:00that's played great all summer, a bomber who can also putt.

03:04That's the recipe here.

03:05Out of the top 40s, I've got some names for you.

03:08Henrik Norlander.

03:09His last four starts here, a fourth, a fourth, a 24th, and he was in that five-man playoff

03:14last year.

03:15How about Zach Blair?

03:16Zach Blair gaining on average about four strokes total against the field in his last

03:22five starts, drives it straight, putts it good, another good fall player, and then

03:26the last guy, Bud Cawley, went to Alabama, roll tide, baby.

03:32Those guys down there can play that champion, Bermuda Grass, and before his injury, 2011,

03:37he finished fourth there, 2012, he finished fourth.

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