Expert Picks: Children's Miracle Network Classic

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Nov. 10, 2010

The Fall Series comes to a conclusion this week at Disney with the Children's Miracle Network Classic. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts sized up the top contenders:

	EXPERT PICKS How it works: Our experts from PGATOUR.COM select the player they think will win this week's event. By using a draft process, no two picks can be the same. The player who wins the previous week picks last the following week. Note: Two new experts, Chris Dunham and John Schwarb, joined the panel after the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
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Expert Picks: Children's Miracle Network Classic

Expert	Pick order	Player selected
Helen Ross			DAVIS LOVE III. He won at Disney two years ago and has seven top-10s there overall. Love shot four rounds in the 60s in his last start so he's playing well, and this would be a great way to finish off the season strong -- again.

Ryan Smithson			RICKIE FOWLER. I am assuming Helen didn't take Fowler because she thinks he will be tired after playing in China last week, but he's not 40 years old. He needs a haircut, not sleep. He's piled up 10 consecutive cuts made.
If Smithson had the top pick ... Fowler
John Swantek			VIJAY SINGH. Owns a terrific record at Disney; five top-10 finishes and the title in '03. Hasn't played the event in four years, which tells me he's itching to compete - and motivated - after failing to qualify for THE TOUR Championship.
If Swantek had the top pick ... Singh
Brian Wacker			MICHAEL ALLEN. He's 0-for-his-career on the PGA TOUR, but he is coming off a runner-up finish and just last month was second at the Viking Classic. Allen may never win on TOUR but he's playing well enough to right now.
If Wacker had the top pick ... Fowler
Mike McAllister			BRENDON DE JONGE. No player on TOUR has made more birdies this year (414 in 110 rounds) than the 2008 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year. The Zimbabwe native has played well in the Fall Series. Why not one last international winner this year?
If McAllister had the top pick ... Fowler
Casey Black			JUSTIN LEONARD. Likes the courses at Disney as he finished T2 after losing in a playoff here last season. He was also T6 in 2007. Leonard is coming off a T24 finish at the Frys.com Open.
If Black had the top pick ... Fowler
Lauren Deason			JOHN SENDEN. He's had five top-15 finishes in his last seven starts, including a T11 at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The Aussie's only TOUR win came in 2006 at the John Deere Classic -- isn't it time for another?
If Deason had the top pick ... Fowler
Anne Szeker			STEWART CINK. Cink tends to play well at the end of the year, and had a T13 here in 2007. He's been resting since the Ryder Cup, and should be ready to go at Disney World. A victory here would give him one in each of the last three seasons.
If Szeker had the top pick ... Fowler
Chris Dunham			BRIAN DAVIS. With my original pick, Jeff Overton, now out of the mix, I'll take the runner-up from two weeks ago in Malaysia. Davis tied for Sunday's low round a year ago in this event and finished in a tie for seventh.
If Dunham had the top pick ... Fowler
John Schwarb			WEBB SIMPSON. Now that his card is secured, it's time for the former Wake Forest star to step up and forget the disappointment at Summerlin, where he double-bogeyed the 71st hole and finished one shot out of a playoff. Leads Rob Bolton's Power Rankings.
If Schwarb had the top pick ... Fowler

Standings after Week 5

POST-PLAYOFFS STANDINGS: With his selection of World No. 1 Lee Westwood last week, John Schwarb jumped from third to the top of the standings:
Position	Name	Wins	Top-5s	Top-10s	Top-25s	Money
1	John Schwarb Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	0	3	3	3	$1,342,840.40
2	Chris Dunham Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	1	2	2	3	$1,154,815.48
3	Anne Szeker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	1	3	3	3	$1,126,758.75
4	John Swantek Host, On The Tee	0	1	2	3	$715,890.40
5	Ryan Smithson Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	0	2	2	2	$685,990.00
6	Brian Wacker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	0	1	1	3	$426,640.29
7	Casey Black Host, PGA TOUR Today	0	0	2	5	$424,759.29
8	Lauren Deason Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	2	2	$325,018.41
9	Mike McAllister Managing Editor, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	1	2	$293,517.63
10	Helen Ross Chief of Correspondents, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	0	0	$69,668.00