Expert Picks: Wyndham Championship

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Aug. 16, 2011

The Wyndham Championship is this week at Sedgefield Country Club. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts sized up the top contenders. Make your picks here.

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.
SLEEPER PICKS
Of the players who didn't make the cut for our top picks, which have the best chance as sleepers? To see who our experts picked, click here.

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Expert Picks: Wyndham Championship

Expert	Pick order	Player selected
Chris Dunham			BILL HAAS. This week's representative of the youth movement has made eight consecutive cuts and has two playoffs losses this year after posting two wins in 2010. Haas has finished at 13 under and inside the top 30 here each of the last two years.

John Schwarb			BRENDON DE JONGE. Absolutely no one would be surprised to see him finally break through with a win, especially on a birdie course like Sedgefield given the fact he's second in total birdies this year.
If Schwarb had the top pick ... De Jonge
Mike McAllister			BRANDT SNEDEKER. Hard to ignore Snedeker's track record in this event -- a win in 2007, a T5 in 2009 and a T8 last year. It's also hard to ignore how well he performs on the greens -- he ranks second in Strokes Gained-Putting this year.
If McAllister had the top pick ... Snedeker
John Swantek			WEBB SIMPSON. Tops in the all-around stat category, the North Carolina native is having the best season of anyone without a victory. Ranked second in birdie average, the former Wake Forest star will feast on Sedgefield, where he finished 8th last year.
If Swantek had the top pick ... Simpson
Amanda Balionis			LUCAS GLOVER. Missed the cut at the PGA but had finished T12 at the British Open and T23 at WGC-Bridgestone. The South Carolinian is at home at Wyndham -- nothing worse than T24 in six years.
If Balionis had the top pick ... Glover
Anne Szeker			DAVID TOMS. Two top tens in his last two starts, the PGA and WGC-Bridgestone. Fourth in driving accuracy, seventh in scoring average, second all-around. Can't believe he was still available to pick.
If Szeker had the top pick ... Toms
Brian Wacker			ANTHONY KIM. He's had an up-and-down season but there have been flashes of great play, like T5 at the British Open. He often plays well on birdie-fest courses, and Sedgefield certainly fits that bill.
If Wacker had the top pick ... Haas
Helen Ross			TREVOR IMMELMAN. He shot four rounds in the 60s here a year ago but didn't go low enough to contend. Comes to Greensboro on the heels of consecutive top-15 finishes, though, and he ranked fifth in putting and birdies last week at the PGA so he's primed.
If Ross had the top pick ... Toms
Ryan Smithson			JIM FURYK. His game looked much better last week and I am glad he is teeing it up at Sedgefield, which suits is game. But, like everyone else in the field, he is going to have to get the putter rolling. He hasn't gotten it in the hole this year.
If Smithson had the top pick ... Snedeker
Lauren Deason			STEVE MARINO. He is due for a victory on the PGA TOUR. The UVA alum has finished second twice this season, though has been cool of late. He also tied for 10th at the Wyndham in 2009, his best result in four appearances.
If Deason had the top pick ... Snedeker

Standings after 35 events

LAST WEEK: A seventh-place finish (Adam Scott) was the best the experts could do at the PGA, but that pick lifted Lauren Deason into second place:
Position	Name	Wins	Top-5s	Top-10s	Top-25s	FedExCup points
1	Brian Wacker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	1	9	14	25	3217.82
2	Lauren Deason Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM	2	7	10	14	2522.88
3	Mike McAllister Managing Editor, PGATOUR.COM	1	6	7	17	2521.71
4	John Swantek Host, On The Tee	2	6	11	17	2457.36
5	Ryan Smithson Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	2	6	9	18	2341.82
6	Helen Ross Chief of Correspondents, PGATOUR.COM	1	2	9	16	1861.93
7	Anne Szeker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	1	4	7	23	1833.57
8	John Schwarb Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	1	3	8	14	1637.12
9	Chris Dunham Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM	1	3	9	15	1585.24
10*	Amanda Balionis Host, PGA TOUR Today	0	4	4	7	1046.75