Tournament Wins
2T8 in PS&T2026 Post-Season Report
Bruce Rutherford
The Brew-zers
A tough year with lessons everywhere
The Brew-zers, managed by Bruce Rutherford, finished in 12th Place overall with 524 points. Scottie Scheffler led the roster with 131 PS&T points, and a C team grade closed the book on 2026.
Season GradeCFinal Rank 12
Final Rank12
Season Points524
Points Back142
Weekly Winnings$10.00
The Season Story
How 2026 unfolded
The Brew-zers closed 2026 in 12th Place with 524 points. The final standing was a fair reflection of an uneven season, but the roster still produced individual bright spots and stretches worth remembering.
Scottie Scheffler was the team MVP with 131 points, finishing 1st Place among all PS&T golfers. Chris Gotterup supplied another 71 points, while Xander Schauffele emerged as one of the roster's most efficient value picks.
The high-water mark came at FedEx St. Jude Championship, where the team scored 30 points and finished tied for 10th Place for the week. The low point was Wyndham Championship at just 2 points. The roster did more of its damage early, scoring 273 points in the first half before cooling to 251 in the second.
Playoff Points became the clearest team signature: 80, good for T7 in PS&T. The four majors produced 85 points (10th Place), while the three playoff events produced 80 (T7).
Roster Report Card
All 11 golfers, graded
| Golfer | Pool | Pts | Scoring Wks | PS&T Rank | Pool Finish* | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | A | 131 | 19 | 1 | Only drafted golfer | A++ |
| Chris Gotterup | E | 71 | 21 | 5 | 3rd of 10 | A+ |
| Sam Burns | D | 58 | 17 | 9 | 2nd of 6 | A |
| Xander Schauffele | F | 56 | 18 | 12 | 1st of 9 | A |
| Robert MacIntyre | C | 53 | 17 | 14 | 3rd of 8 | A- |
| Patrick Cantlay | D | 36 | 16 | 20 | 5th of 6 | B+ |
| Ben Griffin | B | 35 | 18 | T21 | 3rd of 4 | B |
| Daniel Berger | F | 26 | 12 | T30 | 4th of 9 | B- |
| Harris English | C | 23 | 16 | T37 | 6th of 8 | C |
| Nick Taylor | E | 23 | 21 | T37 | 8th of 10 | C |
| Brooks Koepka | WC | 12 | 10 | 47 | Wildcard | F |
* Pool Finish compares a golfer with the other golfers from that same draft pool who were selected by at least one PS&T team.
League Profile
What defined this team
Podium Finishes
5T12 in PS&TTop-Five Finishes
8T12 in PS&TTop-Half Finishes
9No. 14 in PS&TThe Full Review
The season, unpacked
The numbers above are the quick read. This is the deeper story of the picks, the roster construction, the standings race, and the moments that actually shaped the season.
Pick of the Year
Scottie Scheffler set the pace
Scottie Scheffler was the roster's most productive golfer from start to finish: 131 PS&T points, 1st Place overall, and points scored in 19 of the 32 events.
27 of those points came in the four majors. He also produced 13 top-10 scoring finishes and 3 full 11-point performances. This was the kind of pick that gave the entire roster a dependable ceiling every time he entered the field.
Best Value
Xander Schauffele beat the price tag
Xander Schauffele delivered 56 points and finished 12th Place among every PS&T golfer. Among Pool F golfers, he ranked 1st Place out of 9 in season scoring.
The value was not just one hot tournament. He scored in 18 events and supplied 7 top-10 scoring finishes. For a season-long league, that steady return from a non-premium roster slot is exactly the kind of production that changes a team's floor.
The Supporting Cast
How the roster was really built
This was a top-heavy roster: the five leading golfers accounted for 70.4% of all team scoring. Together they produced 369 points. Behind the MVP, Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele and Robert MacIntyre formed the core that determined whether the team could turn a star season into a strong fantasy finish.
The fifth-best scorer still contributed 53 points, which is a useful shorthand for the roster's depth. In a 32-event format, those middle-roster contributions matter almost as much as the headline names because zeroes and one-point weeks accumulate quickly.
The One That Missed
Brooks Koepka was the toughest roster spot
No 11-player fantasy roster is perfect, and Brooks Koepka was the least productive slot here. He finished with 12 points, 47th Place overall, and scored in 10 events.
That does not erase the useful weeks he did provide, but over an entire season this was the spot that gave the team the least return. On a contender, stronger production here can turn a close race into breathing room; on a lower-finishing team, it is exactly the kind of roster hole that becomes difficult to hide.
What Really Defined This Team
Playoff Points told the clearest story
The strongest league-wide indicator was playoff points: 80, ranking T7 in PS&T. That is more revealing than any single hot week because it shows what the team repeatedly did well across the schedule.
At the other end, top-half finishes was the softer spot at 9, ranking 14th Place. The majors produced 85 points and the playoffs produced 80, so the biggest stages either reinforced the team's identity or exposed the gap between its best and worst stretches.
On the Biggest Stages
Majors and playoffs exposed the roster's ceiling
The four majors were their own mini-season. This roster scored 85 major points, good for 10th Place in PS&T. The biggest individual contributors were Scottie Scheffler (27), Sam Burns (25), Xander Schauffele (10).
The three-event playoff run produced 80 points and a T7 league ranking. Scottie Scheffler (23), Chris Gotterup (17), Patrick Cantlay (12) led that closing stretch. For teams in contention, those seven high-pressure events often decided the final tier of the standings; for everyone else, they showed which roster pieces still had enough form to finish the year strongly.
The Standings Race
A season that peaked in 1st Place
The team climbed as high as 1st Place after Sony Open in Hawaii, before settling back to its final position. The path through 32 events was not linear; good weeks moved the team into range, while quiet weeks quickly gave those gains back.
At the finish, 6 points separated it from Hole-In-None directly ahead. That final spacing is useful context: it shows whether one additional strong tournament could have changed the finishing tier or whether the roster needed a more fundamental scoring lift.
Season Turning Points
The weeks that changed the story
Event 30Best scoring week
FedEx St. Jude Championship
- Week
- 30 pts
- Season Total
- 474
- Standing
- 13
30 points and a tie for 10th Place in the weekly standings pushed the season total to 474.
Event 1High-water mark
Sony Open in Hawaii
- Week
- 27 pts
- Season Total
- 27
- Standing
- 1
Sony Open in Hawaii put the team in 1st Place in the season standings.
Event 24Biggest move
John Deere Classic
- Week
- 12 pts
- Season Total
- 381
- Standing
- T12
A 12-point week improved the season position by 1 place.
Final Assessment
A rough season with a very clear offseason lesson
The Brew-zers finished with 524 points in 12th Place overall. The top five golfers accounted for 70.4% of the scoring, while Brooks Koepka represented the lowest-return roster slot. Those two facts explain a lot about both the ceiling and the limitations of the team.
The season needs to be judged by the full body of work, not just its best weekends. Scottie Scheffler provided a real bright spot, but the roster needed more golfers to live in that productive middle tier. The clearest offseason goal is simple: raise the floor so one or two misses cannot dictate the entire standings result.
AI Commissioner After Dark · The Roast
A season that needed a stronger brew.
Read the part you’re probably going to wish you hadn’t
Bruce Rutherford sent The Brew-zers out for 32 events and finished in 12th place. The team name suggested a group ready to beat the shit out of the standings. What we got was a roster that occasionally threw a punch, occasionally hugged the ropes, and periodically looked like somebody forgot which round they were in.
Bruce opened the year in first place after Sony Open in Hawaii. First fucking place. Then The Brew-zers poured an eleven-place decline and served it warm, finishing 12th with 524 points. The best week topped out at 30; the worst managed 2. This was not a hangover. Hangovers eventually improve.
Scottie Scheffler produced 131 points and exactly 25% of the team's output. The top five supplied 70.4%, leaving the bottom six to split the remaining scraps. Brooks Koepka finished with 12 points and ranked 47th overall. Bruce stocked a full bar, then discovered half the bottles were mostly fucking decorative.
There were 2 tournament wins, 85 major points, and 80 playoff points — enough isolated evidence to argue the team occasionally knew what it was doing. But second-half scoring was only 251, ranked 13th in the league. The Brew-zers did not close strong; they got last call sometime around July and kept insisting they were fine.
Next year, Bruce, whatever you were brewing needs a higher fucking proof.
Fantasy-golf decisions only. Everybody's dignity was left on the first tee.