let's flip over to the American Smiley I I've read to you the automatic qualifiers yeah who you got for your six Captain picks um Sam Burns is a no-brainer to me he's I think definitely going to get a pick he's an obvious pairing for Scotty Sheffer as well being uh that they're good buds um how how about what he did in the playoffs to go from yeah I think it's 13 to 11 to seven in those standings just like went from May outside looking into like you cannot leave him off this team yeah he really did actually um he finished 11 under this week so if if he started at even finished t13 in that format um this is where I think this gets kind of confusing and and maybe I think if the US team wasn't already decided I think the the captains and Jim furick and um the assistant captains are probably trying to sort through what they saw at the Tour Championship and so when you look down this list let's look at Tony fenal um who's eighth uh what or actually let's let's skip one pass him at Russell Henley not at nine to me he just played his way onto the team I think he solidified himself on the team it shot shot 17 under I just think Russell is a a super competitor an ultra guy that's a a team room player guy you can pair up with anybody uh really solid you know a player that's been inside the top 50 seems like forever so Russell Henley and Sam burns are my two walks uh along with Keegan Bradley who I I think played his way on the team winning at the BMW didn't necessarily have a good week this last week I we're just admit that it's hard to play a week after you win but so if we have Sam Burns Russell Henley and Keegan Bradley on the team let's look at the rest of the options and like who played well who didn't play well this week and so Tony feno Chris Kirk AE batia Billy horel let's just look at those names in particular Chris Kirk shot three under total this week just a reminder col moish at 22 under OE batia three under this week Keegan Bradley two under this week we already kind of mentioned that we're omitting that it's hard to play after a win Billy horel five under this week and the other person who's near the standings who we didn't mention Tom hogi um he's not going to get picked most likely he shot three over for the week um but let's go let's stretch past that to the 15th person on the standing and Justin Thomas um I think he benefited a lot with these guys playing poorly this week and then himself having a really nice week shooting 14 under um not saying that this event is what gets you picked but I think it's it was a really important week for Justin Thomas while other guys are sitting at home like Max H and Brian Harmon who I I would have put in a bucket in a category of of of three experienced players that you feel like are are are guys that you could can you know go and put out against the international team's best so Justin Thomas with all the experience that he has had in these events and I know last year I think people are still frustrated by all the picks that Zack Johnson made I still think when you look at Justin's season it it was very very close to being a very good season and when you just look at maybe the points are a little lower than you think they should be he just didn't it's just been the majors for him you know just hasn't had the major season um that he's accustomed to having so but when you look at all the other events I still am happy with Justin's resume um how well he's really like been close to playing really well um and you get him in this format he's able to turn off the brain a little bit and just get into uh international team mode we've seen how how well he's he's done in this format so I think I think Justin gets a pick I know it's a long wind winded way of getting here but Justin Sam Burns Russell Henley Keegan Bradley so we got two more picks left and I think they're they're really difficult to make I think these are really tough picks um I think Tony feno is is where I lean I think his ball striking his ability to be a fantastic iron player I'm really concerned about his putting um I think that's an aspect that in these team competitions You' got to be able to make putts I'm a little worried about that but I love the fact that Tony fenale in a beste ball format if you've ever played at home in beste ball and you're playing against uh in a two versus two you always like to have guys that are closer than the other guys and Tony fenal does that better than anybody so I think Tony fow gets a pick and gosh I I I I I think I think that Brian Harmon gets the last pick although although I could see a guy like OA batia getting picked because of his ball striking but if you're to me if you're you're picking between Tony feno and oxe like which ball strier do you want of those two and I think you probably take Tony fenal and then Brian Harmon to me is a guy that I just think is a a bulldog we saw at the Ryder Cup and I want to see I want to see more of it [Music]