July 29th, 2019
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Your DraftKings lineup is made up of 6 golfers you choose within a $50,000 salary cap.
Your FanDuel lineup is made up of 6 golfers you choose within a $60,000 salary cap.
Quick tip: You can create an ownership edge by simply not using all your salary cap.
Throughout this article, I will be giving you my Top-Notch Options, Salary Savers, Tourney Treasures, and one Sneaky Suspicion. I will also provide a FADE of the week to help you create an edge against all competition. Let’s dive in!
TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW
We head to Greensboro, North Carolina this week to take on the Wyndham Championship. This week will be back to a full field event. I am impressed with the talent coming to this event. All the young guns are back to show off their skills. Now with Morikawa winning last week the only rookie left without a win is Viktor Hovland. Personally, I thought he would be the first to take down a PGA Tour title but Wolff and Morikawa proved they belong early on in their careers. Rookies aside we have some other big names fighting for some last-minute FedEx Cup points before the playoffs next week. Motivation will play a role this week, but I won’t be solely focused on that factor. This course is a Donald Ross design and will reward great off the tee game. Looking at the leaderboards from years past you don’t need to be a long hitter to make an impact here. In fact, accuracy off the tee is much more important than distance this week. I want to target hitters that can score on fast Bermuda greens. The average winning score here is around eighteen under par so expect fireworks on Sunday. Time to go find our Edge!
Tournament: Wyndham Championship
Course: Sedgefield Country Club
Field 156 Players/ Top 70 and ties make the cut.
Yardage- 7127
Par- 70
Rank- 40/51
Greens- Bermuda
Par 5’s- 4
Par 4’s- 12
Par 3’s- 4
Tournament History
2018: Brandt Snedeker 1st, Webb Simpson T2nd, CT Pan T2nd
2017: Henrik Stenson 1st, Ollie 2nd, Webb Simpson 3rd (only one in this field)
2016: Si Woo Kim 1st, Luke Donald 2nd
2015: Davis Love III 1st, Jason Gore 2nd
Statistical Breakdown
SG Approach- Top 10 in field
-Hideki Matsuyama
-Paul Casey
-Zach Johnson
-Scott Piercy
-Stewart Cink
-Chez Reavie
-Webb Simpson
-Joel Dahmen
-CH3
-Cam Smith
SG Tee to Green- Top 10 in field
-Hideki Matsuyama
-Chez Reavie
-Paul Casey
-Russell Knox
-CH3
-Luke List
-Scott Piercy
-Sungjae Im
-Boo Weekley
-Joel Dahmen
Par 4 (400-450)- Top 10 in field
-Lucas Glover
-Chez Reavie
-Robert Streb
-Joel Dahmen
-Scott Piercy
-Andrew Landry
-Jordan Spieth
-Kyle Stanley
-Russell Knox
-Abraham Ancer
Top 10 Overall Rank in my Model
-Chez Reavie
-Paul Casey
-Russell Knox
-Joel Dahmen
-Hideki Matsuyama
-Scott Piercy
-Daniel Berger
-Kyle Stanley
-Sungjae Im
-Vaughn Taylor
These rankings are based on a mixed model created on Fantasynational.com using my personal rankings and other various factors that best fit this course specifically.
Top Notch Options– My top ranked golfers in the field.
Webb Simpson- I don’t want to overthink this event. Webb has gained the most total strokes at this event since 2010. Webb is 9-for-9 with seven top-11 finishes. This course holds his first win and the tournament holds the name of his first-born daughter. I will buy into the narrative this week. Webb shows up here year after year and is rounding into excellent form currently. Cash lock, GPP for winning upside.
Rory Sabbatini- I am beyond impressed with this guys season. Sabbs continued his career-year with a career-best t16 at The Open Championship. Not to mention his 8 top-20 finishes in his last four months. With course history to help my case he finished t8 in 2013 at Sedgefield and t4 in 2017 shooting 18 under par. Last year he was t13 after 54 holes. With a lot of chatter around the young golfers in this price range we might find him at a worthwhile ownership to boot. Great cash or GPP play this week.
Salary Savers– My value plays.
Scott Piercy- Piercy has two speeds. One is hit fairways and greens at an incredible clip, make the weekend with ease. Second option is miss wildly off the tee and set himself back before he even sees the course on Friday. This season he has tamed the second option and has had his most consistent season that I can ever remember. He even had a tournament this season where he went bogey-free all 4 rounds. That takes an immense amount of skill for anyone let alone a mid-tier golfer like Piercy. With playoff hopes alive we should expect another exceptional performance. Tournament heavy but cash worthy right now.
Russell Knox- A true model of consistency this season missing only two cuts on the season. Knox has 5 top 25’s this season and 2 top 10’s. He does most of his damage on smaller tracks just like Sedgefield. I will have a good amount of exposure to Knox overall, he will be a staple in my cash lineups this week. Great price for a guy who rarely misses the cut. Cash and Tournament viable.
Tourney Treasures– Options that will go overlooked but are worth a shot in a GPP.
Jason Kokrak- I am surprised at the small amount of mentions his name has received this week. Kokrak is having the best season of his career and comes in at a very fair price tag compared to the field. He has top 10 upside any time he tees it up. With his elite tee to green game he has a clear advantage on this course. We will fall into another classic case of putting will make or break his week. If he can get hot with the flat stick, we can see some fireworks. I believe he plays stronger on the weekends and as he gets more familiar with the greens so don’t count him out if he is sitting 8 strokes back on Saturday. Cash and tournament viable this week.
Abraham Ancer- Did you know he has a win this season? Yeah probably not, because it happened in an Australian event last month. Obviously, that was a much weaker field but that doesn’t mean we should discount his upside. Ancer placed 24th here last year while falling on his face in the final round. If he can limit his mistakes and continue to handle business on the par 4’s he should be in the mix come the weekend. Right now, I currently have his ownership hovering around 5 percent. That is a steal for his scoring ability, also a great pivot off the Stanley chalk. Tournament only.
Sneaky Suspicion– Gut play of the week.
Byeong Hun An- The fire power he brings to a scoring event makes him a perfect dart for tournaments. The biggest issue with An is the big numbers, if he can stay out of trouble he can easily crush value. My favorite part about his game is the ability to string 3 birdies together and get you the bonus on DraftKings. Ranking 3rd overall in my model for Birdie or Better Percentage and ranking 9th overall in Draftkings scoring makes me want to take a chance this week. Tournament only.
Fade– A golfer that is higher owned and doesn’t deserve a spot on our rosters.
Kyle Stanley- I don’t know where all this buzz came from for Kyle Stanley. The only real reason his ownership will be above 10% is his statistical rankings. His current form doesn’t back up his price. This is a down season overall for him and the stats people are pulling from are from past tournaments with a similar layout. Nothing he has done this season is remotely like seasons past. His ball striking has been trending in the right direction, but it isn’t automatic anymore. I will take a different approach and play proven golfers this season like Knox below him and Kokrak above him. Full FADE.
Important- Other golfers on my radar. I will have a good amount of exposure to, but they just missed the write up cut. *Favorite in the group.
Hideki Matsuyama
Colin Morikawa
Brandt Snedeker
Paul Casey
Patrick Reed*
Billy Ho
Viktor Hovland*
Chez Reavie
CH3*
Alex Noren
Lucas Glover*
Adam Hadwin
Aaron Wise
Kevin Streelman
Bill Haas
JT Poston
Austin Cook
Corey Conners
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
JJ Spaun
Ryan Armour*
Nick Taylor*
Matt Jones
Brian Stuard
Joel Dahmen
Scott Brown
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