There are two more shootouts to go before the PGA Tour officially shuts down for Christmas and three of last week's star names keep the wheels turning for the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico.

Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau and Jordan Spieth will all be desperate to win their final tour start of the year for different reasons: Fowler is playing catch-up, Finau needs a second title to validate his success and Spieth is searching for something to cling to at the end of a hugely disappointing campaign.

Once again it's Fowler who heads the betting but, at 9/1, he's an appalling price. The likeable 29-year-old has won four times in almost a decade's golf on home soil and while the combination of second place here last year and a staying-on fourth last week bodes well, it's likely he flatters to deceive.

With Spieth making his debut on the back of a poor weekend in Vegas, it's Finau who appeals as the most likely contender but whether he can quite get over the line is open to debate. I suspect he'll end the drought soon, but it'll perhaps be in 2019 and if you do want to back him, take the standout 66/1 offered by Betfred for the Masters. He could well go off half that and then some.

Back to Mexico and this looks an ideal chance for Emiliano Grillo to double his PGA Tour tally.

The Argentine is striping it at present and this course, where he's been 10th and ninth in two visits, is ideal. El Camaleon isn't difficult - something around 20-under should win - but there's serious punishment for the sort of big miss which just isn't in Grillo's bag.

Equally, there's great reward for being nice and steady and this relentless fairways-and-greens machine is precisely that, favoured by a relatively short, tree-lined test which does offer up opportunities for those who are sharp with their approach shots.

Last year's ninth place, in which he ranked second for greens, was Grillo's first top-10 finish since the PLAYERS Championship to demonstrate that, regardless of the state of his game, this tournament will provide him with an excellent opportunity to contend.

Twelve months on and he's had two top-10s in his last six starts plus 14th place in the WGC-HSBC Champions last time - it was on the back of a similar performance that he took 10th here on his course debut in 2016.

Grillo's first and only PGA Tour win came in what used to be known as the Fall Series and it's in this type of event, against this grade of opponent, that he's expected to win again. At 49th in the world he has much to play for, not to mention a Presidents Cup place, and this looks an ideal opportunity.