Tyrrell Hatton seems to be the fan favorite with 4 picks this week, followed by Jon Rahm with 2. We have 11 different picks for The Open Championship (These go to eleven). The Barracuda Championship gives us 8 different names and a couple of "I don't give a fuck anymore" No Picks. CORRECTION: picks submitted :-)

As always, scroll down for Jean Claude Van Damn's latest musing. Good Luck everyone!

The Open Championship

Royal Portrush Golf Club

Portrush • NIR

Purse - $3.1 million to winner

Barracuda Championship 

Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood)

Truckee, CA • USA

Purse - $4,000,000

Scott Hansen Memorial Mathematically Elongated List (Formerly known as The Mathematically Eliminated List

Tournaments remaining = 4

Estimated available money = $6,700,000.00

Mathematically Eliminated:

Eileen, Gary, Jeff, Marc, David, Eric, Taylor, Bryan

On the Mathematically Eliminated bubble:

Brett, Rob, Jean, Scott

The Open Championship and the Barracuda Championship

Mr. Commish,

This week we are at the granddaddy of them all, The Open Championship, which this year is being held at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Irish eyes will no doubt be smiling on the likes of Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy. Alas, I have used both, so I am probably screwed. My guy makes me nervous. He is a bit of a loose cannon; a complete psycho, some might say. He is now making big bucks on the LIV tour, but he is playing some good golf in the majors and DP World Tour events that he can still get into. Will the Golfing Gods look upon this Englishman with favor and grant him his first career major? Or will he lose his temper, throw his clubs into the North Atlantic Ocean, punch a belligerent fan, and get arrested by the local Portrush P.D.? Stay tuned and find out! From High Wycombe, England, give it up for Mr. Excitement himself, the one, the only, the volatile, Mr. Tyrell Hatton! 

Not to be forgotten, 4792 miles away as a world traveling crow flies, we have a de-escalated event in Truckee, CA, for those not qualified for The Open. Welcome to the Barracuda Championship, the PGA TOUR's only Modified Stableford Scoring System tournament where scores on the plus side are a very good thing. A birdie machine is a prerequisite, and my guy will meet this criteria nicely. He quietly has two career PGA TOUR wins, is 77th in the Official World Golf Rankings, and is showing signs of good form. We know he is a tough competitor with a high tolerance for pain, as is evidenced by him having to live with Viktor Hovland and his horrible taste in music while at Oklahoma State. A round of applause for the pride of Edmund, OK, Mr. Austin Eckroat!