Fortinet Championship
September 14th – 17th, 2023
Silverado C.C. (North)
Napa,, CA
Par: 72 / Yardage: 7,123
Purse: $8.4 million
with $1,512,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Max Homa
This week’s field includes:
The field includes 21 of the top 100 and 4 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings. Here is a look at the players in the top 100: #7 Max Homa, #24 Justin Thomas, #37 Sahith Theegala, #49 Cam Davis, #58 Andrew Putnam, #59 Lucas Herbert, #60 Brendon Todd, #64 Matt Kuchar, #65 K.H. Lee, #66 Taylor Montgomery, #68 Alex Noren, #69 Eric Cole, #74 Justin Suh, #81 Austin Eckroat, #84 Chez Reavie, #86 J.J. Spaun, #87 Mackenzie Hughes, #90 Stephan Jaeger, #92 Mark Hubbard, #95 Zac Blair, and #100 Akshay Bhatia.
Last year, 20 of the top 100 players and 5 top 50 players were in the field.
Interesting to note that the field includes 16 players that participated in the FedExCup playoffs: 4 Max Homa, #34 Sahith Theegala, #39 Brendon Todd, #40 Eric Cole, #41 Andrew Putnam, #47 Mackenzie Hughes, #50 Nick Hardy, #53 Taylor Montgomery, #59 Mark Hubbard, #60 Matt Kuchar, #61 Stephan Jaeger, #62 Cam Davis, #63 Sam Ryder, #64 Sam Stevens, #66 Beau Hossler, #69 J.J. Spaun.
After that, there are 47 players who are between 71st and 130th in the FedExCup points list and are looking to not only retain membership in the 2024 PGA Tour season but also get into prestige events in 2024. Those in the field includes: #71 Justin Thomas, #73 Davis Thompson, #74 Austin Eckroat, #75 Ben Taylor, #76 Garrick Higgo, #77 K.H. Lee, #81 Justin Suh, #83 S.H. Kim, #84 Joel Dahmen, #86 Dylan Wu, #87 Kevin Streelman, #88 Harry Hall, #91 Callum Tarren, #92 Robby Shelton, #93 Zac Blair, #95 Chez Reavie, #96 Aaron Baddeley, #97 Nate Lashley, #98 David Lipsky, #99 Kevin Yu, #100 Will Gordon, #101 Alex Noren, #102 Akshay Bhatia, #103 Justin Lower, #104 Tyson Alexander, #105 Andrew Novak, #106 Greyson Sigg, #107 Nico Echavarria, #109 Christiaan Bezuidenhout, #110 Tyler Duncan, #111 Carson Young, #112 Martin Laird, #113 Ben Martin, #114 Taylor Pendrith, #115 Chad Ramey, #116 Peter Malnati, #117 Doug Ghim, #119 Luke List, #120 C.T. Pan, #121 Chesson Hadley, #122 Patton Kizzire, #123 Zecheng Dou, #124 Jimmy Walker, #125 Austin Smotherman, #128 Scott Stallings, #129 Harrison Endycott, and #130 Scott Piercy
The field includes six past champions: Max Homa (2023 & ’22), Stewart Cink (2021), Cameron Champ (2020), Kevin Tway (2019), Sangmoon Bae (2015), and Jimmy Walker (2014)
Our performance chart listed by average finish is a perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Fortinet Open field. One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Fortinet Open in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the Fortinet Open.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Fortinet Championship
Player | Tour Champ. | Boise Open | BMW Champ. | Magnit Champ. | FedEx St. Jude | Pinnacle Bank Champ. | Wyndham Champ. | Utah Champ. | 3M Open | British Open | Barracuda Champ. | Scottish Open | Barbasol Champ. |
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Max Homa (236.83 pts) |
T9 (67.5) |
DNP | T5 (70) |
DNP | T6 (60) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (26.67) |
DNP | T12 (12.67) |
DNP |
Cam Davis (116.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | 40 (10) |
DNP | T6 (60) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | T10 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Andrew Putnam (84 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T10 (40) |
DNP | T24 (26) |
DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | DNP | T55 (0) |
DNP | T42 (2.67) |
DNP |
Eric Cole (74.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T25 (25) |
DNP | T31 (19) |
DNP | T14 (24) |
DNP | T30 (6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T60 (0) |
DNP |
Stephan Jaeger (66 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | T14 (24) |
DNP | T30 (6.67) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Sahith Theegala (58.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T15 (35) |
DNP | T13 (37) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Beau Hossler (55.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | T6 (20) |
DNP | DNP |
Brendon Todd (53.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T41 (9) |
DNP | T43 (7) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | DNP | T49 (0.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Akshay Bhatia (52.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | T9 (15) |
J.J. Spaun (51.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 (26) |
DNP | T38 (8) |
DNP | T37 (4.33) |
DNP | T10 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Vince Whaley (50 pts) |
DNP | T6 (60) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Webb Simpson (46.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Martin Laird (43.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | DNP |
Sam Ryder (42 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (19) |
DNP | T38 (8) |
DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Chesson Hadley (39 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T33 (11.33) |
DNP | T27 (7.67) |
DNP | T6 (20) |
DNP | DNP |
Alex Noren (35 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T38 (8) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
T23 (18) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Nick Hardy (28.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T49 (1) |
DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | 63 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Matti Schmid (27.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T22 (18.67) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T44 (2) |
Charley Hoffman (25 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 (25.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T31 (6.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Sam Stevens (23.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (13) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T10 (13.33) |
DNP | T39 (3.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Kevin Streelman (23.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Trevor Cone (23.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | 66 (0) |
DNP | T3 (30) |
Robert Streb (21 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T14 (24) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T39 (3.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Dylan Wu (20 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | T5 (23.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Garrick Higgo (16 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (10.33) |
DNP |
Stewart Cink (15.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T37 (4.33) |
T23 (18) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Davis Thompson (15.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T22 (18.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Justin Thomas (15.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 (25.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T60 (0) |
DNP |
Wesley Bryan (15 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 70 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (6.33) |
DNP | T24 (8.67) |
Tyler Duncan (14.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T38 (8) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Ryan Gerard (13.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T57 (0) |
DNP | 5 (23.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
MJ Daffue (12.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T43 (2.33) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP | T16 (11.33) |
Jason Dufner (12 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 (8.67) |
Chez Reavie (12 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Doc Redman (11.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T30 (6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T9 (15) |
David Lipsky (11 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | T43 (2.33) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Matt Kuchar (10.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T61 (0) |
DNP | T38 (8) |
DNP | T43 (2.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Andrew Novak (10.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T33 (11.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T33 (5.67) |
Joel Dahmen (10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T10 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Erik Van Rooyen (10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T6 (20) |
T68 (0) |
DNP |
Lanto Griffin (10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
James Hahn (10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T62 (0) |
DNP | T6 (20) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Kelly Kraft (9.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T33 (11.33) |
DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T40 (3.33) |
Taylor Pendrith (6.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | 6 (20) |
Chad Ramey (6.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T53 (0) |
DNP | T17 (11) |
DNP | T44 (2) |
Taylor Montgomery (6.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (13) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Tyson Alexander (5.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T33 (5.67) |
Adam Long (5.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T37 (4.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T16 (11.33) |
S.Y. Noh (5.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 69 (0) |
DNP | T28 (7.33) |
DNP | WD (-1.67) |
Austin Smotherman (5.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Luke List (5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 (5) |
DNP |
Aaron Baddeley (5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Doug Ghim (4.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | T27 (7.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Cameron Champ (4.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (11) |
DNP | DNP |
Kramer Hickok (4 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T30 (6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T28 (7.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Fortinet Championship
Player | Tour Champ. | Boise Open | BMW Champ. | Magnit Champ. | FedEx St. Jude | Pinnacle Bank Champ. | Wyndham Champ. | Utah Champ. | 3M Open | British Open | Barracuda Champ. | Scottish Open | Barbasol Champ. |
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Hank Lebioda (-26.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Kyle Westmoreland (-25.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
T45 (3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T47 (1) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Scott Brown (-23.33 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | WD (-3.33) |
DNP | T71 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Sung Kang (-20 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | 67 (0) |
Jacob Bergeron (-16.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | WD (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Harrison Endycott (-16.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Dylan Frittelli (-16.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Harry Higgs (-16.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
K.H. Lee (-16.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 72 (0) |
DNP |
Brandon Matthews (-16.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Fortinet Championship
Best Bets:
Sahith Theegala
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T6 | T47 | T14 |
I feel, it’s his time to win, the course suits his game, and I feel he will do well.
Akshay Bhatia
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T9 | CUT |
Another great player who will love this course was T-9th last year.
Max Homa
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | Win | T62 | T60 | CUT | T39 | T9 |
He is great on this course and is playing well, only problem is that winning three in a row is very hard to do.
Best of the rest:
Justin Thomas
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T4 | T8 | T3 | CUT | T72 |
I know that 2023 was a terrible year, and even the way he missed out on the FedExCup playoffs by a shot was terrible. But we know that Thomas is making changes. He got a bit of a boast from Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson to put him on the team, and he said on the trip to Rome last week that he has been working hard. But the secret to his possible good play this week is how well Thomas has played at Silverado, think he will be in the top ten.
Cam Davis
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T36 | CUT | T17 |
In four Fortinet starts, his best finish was T-17th in 2019, and even with finishing 2023 with three top-ten finishes in his last four starts, that isn’t enough to pick him. Sahith Theegala at $9,800 is a yes for me, he was T-6th last year at Silverado and was okay in his two FedExCup playoff starts.
Alex Noren
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T36 |
He surprises us, and this could be one of those weeks.
Andrew Putnam
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T43 | T30 | T36 | T30 | CUT |
He has not played well enough at Silverado, but was T-10th at the BMW which gives us some hope for a good week.
Solid contenders
Taylor Montgomery
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |
He had a great fall last year, including finishing 3rd at Silverado last year. But he struggled the rest of the year, but I feel he will regain the magic for this week.
Kevin Streelman
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T59 | T3 | CUT | T25 | T13 | CUT | T41 | CUT | T69 |
He was T-3rd at Silverado in 2022, and he played okay over the summer.
Brendon Todd
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T9 | T22 | CUT | T26 | T26 | CUT |
He was T-9th last year at the Fortinet and played well this summer, including a T-2nd at the John Deere and T-7th at the Wyndham.
Eric Cole
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT |
Yes, he hasn’t had much experience on West Coast grasses and hasn’t played in a while. I still think he can shine this week.
Long shots that could come through:
Davis Thompson
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T9 |
He was T-9th at Fortinet last year and played well the first part of the year.
Ryan Gerard
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
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First time playing in this event |
More info:
He has never played at Fortinet, but he could be a good choice due to him making 13 of 21 cuts.
MJ Daffue
2023 | ’22 | ’21 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | 72 |
He also makes a lot of cuts and could be the surprise of 2024.
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