Brendan Steele

What: Valero Texas Open Where: TPC San Antonio – AT&T Oaks, San Antonio, Texas When: April 19-22  Defending Champion: Kevin Chappell FedEx Cup Points: 500 Purse: $6.2 millionLast week, Satoshi Kodaira took home his first career PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage Open, topping Si Woo Kim in three playoff holes. Bryson DeChambeau, Luke List, Webb Simpson, and Billy Horschel rounded out the top five.Last Week’s ResultsTop PicksJohnson: T16 Donald: CUT Harman: T23Second TierKisner: T7…

What: Sentry Tournament of Champions Where: Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii. The only PGA course that features a par 73. When: January 4-7 Defending Champion: Justin Thomas How many FedEx Cup points? 500We have finally made it to the first PGA event of the 2018 calendar year, and that means it is time to preview the following event. The first event up on TOUR is the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Last year, Justin Thomas took the win by three strokes over Hideki Matsuyama. Past winners also…

While many popular season-long fantasy golf leagues run from January-September (Tournament of Champions to TOUR Championship), the Fall Series on the PGA Tour is an important part of the rest of the regular season to some year-long leagues that include these nine tournaments. This October-December swing is crucial in setting up momentum and feel for how these players could perform in the FedEx Cup race.Not to mention the fact that these nine tournaments can maybe be a false sense of hope in "hyping" up fantasy assets.…