It's a new year ... and a new format for PGATOUR.com's weekly expert picks and sleeper selections. We've changed the list of experts who are doing the selecting, as well as the process by which we make our picks.
This year, we are taking a page from fantasy sports and "drafting" our picks. That way, we won't have every expert jumping on the most obvious sleeper in the field.
Instead, the expert with the top pick can choose any player who qualifies as a sleeper. The expert with the second pick can choose any sleeper except the No. 1 pick. The expert with the third pick can choose any sleeper except the first two picks ... and so on through the 10 picks.
Who qualifies as a sleeper selection? Generally, it will be any player who isn't ranked in the top 20 of the FedExCup rankings, the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings and hasn't won that season. Since the Mercedes-Benz Championship is a limited-field and the season opener, we've adjusted the sleeper designation to include all players who weren't selected among the regular expert picks.
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