It was only seven days ago that we witnessed Dustin Johnson wheeling away a trolley full of cash in what was basically the Fortnum and Mason edition of Supermarket Sweep.

Tonight we see a very different Safeway edition although the winner will still have plenty to cheer about as, besides the purse and invitations, they effectively get a three-year exemption on the PGA tour.

The event was a fairly wide-open betting affair before the start and the fact the bookmakers still offer four places for each-way bets (a rarity on a Sunday) is testament to the idea that it is still there for the taking.

This will be the seventh event held here at Silverado, Sang Moon Bae won from two in front and Cameron Champ last year from three ahead, with the other four victors closing from between two and four strokes.

In theory, that brings the top 28 players into play but it is never as simple as that as nobody has won from being in a position lower than tied-sixth.

Despite there being two third-round leaders winning they hardly excelled on the final day, shooting rounds of 73 and 69 while the other four third-round leaders produced 70, 74, 75 and 76. The problem for players three or four strokes back will be the amount of traffic they have to negotiate even if they shoot a low Sunday score.

Co-leader of three Brian Stuard is the marginal favourite, although it is relatively speaking a rare place for him to be. He did win his only PGA tour title in 2016 in New Orleans from being one ahead in a three-round event, the only other time he sat in this position was in 2009 in California on the Korn Ferry Tour, he shot a 74. With just that one win in 350 pro tour starts, he really isn’t a betting proposition for me.

I put up James Hahn at 200/1 after round one as this California resident often plays well after a break and has tasted victory in his adopted home State before.

That 2015 Northern Trust win was followed by a victory the next year in the equally competitive Wells Fargo event. He is definitely a player who can take his chances when given a sniff and is presumably only behind Stuard in the betting due to pre-tournament prices.