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By Brett Avery
PGATOUR.COM Contributor

Wow, that went by quickly.

Seems like about three weeks ago that The Fantasy Insider was thinking about the Mercedes-Benz Championship and roping together everyone in the Expert League for an online chat session during the draft.

TFI has Tim Clark on his team this week after a solid run at the BMW Championship. (WireImage)

Now it's the last column of the season, coinciding with THE TOUR Championship and leading into an almost four-month (and most comfy) break from fantasy golf.

TFI will miss you.

It hasn't been the best of seasons for your columnist. He struggled through the match-play format in Public League 3,359 thanks in large part to the poor play of Vijay Singh, who remained on the no-cut list despite a crummy second half of the season.

(And profuse thanks to the other seven team owners in Public League 3359, who put up being the subjects of TFI's weekly match recaps. Enjoy the offseason, everyone.)

Then TFI fumbled a clear lead during the last month of the Expert League, finishing second by 5 points to Christian Peterson of fanball.com, the organization that runs all the fantasy games for the PGA TOUR.

Finally, it was brought to TFI's attention Monday morning that he's been misreading the schedule all season and the League Championship season actually ended last week. And all this time he thought The TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola would give him one last chance at redemption.

Guess it's time to spend a few months of Monday nights sitting on the sofa, eating bonbons and watching TiVo of Oprah shows.

In the end, despite all the trials and tribulations, it's difficult to say with a straight face that fantasy golf is a frustration that can't be stomached.

You may have finished rock-bottom last in your League Championship league (and one in eight of us can make that claim).

You may have finished outside the top 35,000 in Salary Cap Cup for a week, a segment or the overall season (and there are several thousand of us who can make that claim, too).

But even if we couldn't pick a tournament winner with our eyes shut, each week we had a period of time when all the life's other troubles melted away and we enjoyed the possibilities of that week's tournament.

So we go into the final week of Salary Cap Cup with at least that smile on our faces.

Rotisserie results for Expert League at BMW Championship: 41.0 points (sixth, 22.5 points behind T.J. Auclair). Second in putting and birdies, third in sand saves; dead last in greens, scrambling and stroke average. Overall: 61.0 points (second, 5.0 behind Christian Peterson). Hey, at least TFI spent a good part of the season in first place, even if he was run over by the Peterson steamroller.

Defending champion Adam Scott is in the midst of a hot streak on the PGA TOUR. (WireImage)

Salary Cap Cup results for BMW Championship: The main lineup of Tiger Woods (9,000 FedExCup points, won!), K.J. Choi (200 points, tied 38th), Hunter Mahan (291 points, tied 30th), Bo Van Pelt (609 points, tied 18th) and John Mallinger (291 points, tied 30th) earned 10,391 points and placed 12,655th. Through Week 36 it totaled 18,453 points and ranked 11,563rd in Segment 4. For the season it totaled 104,228 points and ranked 4,294th overall.

The "Hey, buddy" backup lineup of Ernie Els (609 points, tied 18th), Steve Stricker (3,400 points, third), Sean O'Hair (113 points, tied 57th), Troy Matteson (141 points, tied 47th) and Billy Mayfair (200 points, tied 38th) earned 4,963 points and placed 21,272nd. Through Week 36 it totaled 18,077 points and ranked 12,252nd. For the season it totaled 88,509 points and ranked 8,845th overall.

Week 36 winner: wolverine 1 21,064 points.

Segment 4 leader: Raymos1 48,446 points.

Overall: The Big Stick 166,748 points.

Salary Cap Cup lineup for THE TOUR Championship: Main lineup, Tiger Woods $300,000, Steve Stricker $261,000, Adam Scott $251,250, Tim Clark $105,000, Hunter Mahan $75,750. Total: $993,000.

"Hey, buddy" backup lineup: Phil Mickelson $290,250, Ernie Els $270,750, Justin Rose $183,000, Aaron Baddeley $163,500, Camilo Villegas $75,000. Total: $982,500. Tiebreakers: 267, 1.