PGA DFS Core Plays - DraftKings & FanDuel: Wyndham Championship
Top-ranked DFS player, Notorious, breaks down his favorite PGA DFS plays at various salary ranges for the coming week’s golf tournament. Who should you be building around? Find out below.
Wyndham Championship
Hello everyone and welcome to the final event before the FedExCup Playoffs. I learned a lot last weekend. For starters, we should put to bed the narrative that we should avoid golfers coming off of wins (at least for the elite golfers). We’ve seen Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele, and Scottie Scheffler all win in back-to-back events this season. I learned that no matter what I do with Kevin Kisner on his favorite courses, it seems to be the wrong decision. Unfortunately, I find myself in the same conundrum this week. I learned that Detroit Golf Club is a bomber’s paradise. We expected this heading into the week, but the leaderboard certainly confirmed our suspicions. And finally, I learned to be more careful closing my car door. My thumb got stuck in between the door and I couldn’t get it out until I opened it with the other hand. It ended up being a painful weekend all around (actual pain, DFS, and betting), but hey, at least I learned a lot.
We now turn our attention to the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Sedgefield Country Club is a Par 70 that measures 7,131 yards. While this is a Donald Ross design like Detroit Golf Club, the two courses could play any different in terms of the skillset needed to contend. Sedgefield is much tighter off the tee (fairways are 29 yards wide on average) and there’s a much steeper penalty for missing them. In fact, there’s nearly a 30% difference in greens in regulation when playing from the rough and the fairway. Golfers will need to hit very few drivers this week and while accuracy is certainly more important than distance, the longer hitters are going to have shorter clubs in their hands. Kevin Kisner said he loves this course because it forces everyone to play from the same spots. He likes his chances against the field from 175 yards and in. The best way to put it is that the driver won’t be much of a weapon for the longer hitters in the field this week.
Even though this isn’t a bomber’s course and even though there are only two par fives on the scorecard, this is still one of the easiest courses on the PGA Tour. Five of the last six winners here have finished with a score of at least 21-under par. The greens in regulation rate here over the last few years is close to 77%, which is the second highest of the 42 courses I have in my database. When greens are easy to hit for everyone, the event generally turns into a putting contest. This aligns with previous winners, as Kisner, Brandt Snedeker, and JT Poston have all won here in the last four years and are all elite bermuda putters. This event has also been a personal ATM for Webb Simpson and he’s been one of the best putters on tour over the last few years. In terms of on and around the greens, scrambling hasn’t been particularly difficult here over the years and honestly there aren’t a lot of scrambling opportunities compared to other events. I will note that the undulating greens do cause a fair amount of three-putts.
With very little wind in the forecast (at least early in the week), we can expect another week of low scoring. I’m placing a very small weight on off the tee metrics this week. I’m focusing mostly on iron play and putting. Despite having very few scrambling opportunities, good scramblers have played well here in the past so I will give a small weight to strokes gained around the green. Making birdies is imperative and a large portion of approach shots will be hit from 125-175 yards. In terms of comps, I am looking at strokes gained on short Par 70 courses, strokes gained on the specific courses I picked out for comps, and strokes gained on bermuda courses in general. All of these can be found in this week’s model if you want to see who rates out the best in each category.
Downloadable and Customizable Model for the Wyndham Championship
Tournament Info
Field Size:
- 156 golfers
Cut Rule:
- Top 65 and ties
Weather Forecasts
Key Statistics
- Strokes Gained Approach
- Strokes Gained Putting (Emphasis on Bermuda)
- Birdie or Better %
- Driving Accuracy or Good Drive %
- Proximity from 125-175 Yards