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Webb Simpson

Age: 33

2018 PGA Tour highlights: 26 starts, one win (Players Championship), nine top-10s

Ryder Cup experience: 2-3-1 record in two appearances

Buzz: Simpson showed up for the big ones this year, ending a four-year win drought at TPC Sawgrass and finishing T-20 or better at all four majors. He’s also coming off a T-6 at the BMW and T-4 at the Tour Championship and will have plenty of confidence to start the week. Simpson is one of the top putters on Tour this season and locked up the eighth and final qualifying spot with a T-19 at the PGA Championship. That meant a lot to the 2012 U.S. Open champion, who is looking to be part of a winning team for the first time in his third appearance after missing out on the fun at Hazeltine.