PGA DFS First Look: Houston Open

The First Look is complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, and course history for this week’s PGA Tour event.

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Cut Rule: Top 65 and ties

Key Statistics (In Order of Importance)

1) Strokes Gained Approach
2) Birdie or Better %
3) Strokes Gained Off the Tee
4) Strokes Gained Putting (Bermuda)
5) Greens in Regulation

Field, Salaries, and Odds (No Course History)

Golfer Odds DK FD YH DK % +/- FD % +/- YH % +/-
Dustin Johnson 7 $11,500 $12,200 $50 0% 0% 0%
Tony Finau 18 $10,900 $11,500 $42 -33% 67% 100%
Brooks Koepka 18 $10,600 $11,800 $44 -25% -50% 0%
Tyrrell Hatton 15 $10,300 $11,700 $43 100% 50% 150%
Hideki Matsuyama 19 $10,000 $11,600 $45 0% -20% -40%
Viktor Hovland 22 $9,800 $11,100 $48 -25% 0% -75%
Scottie Scheffler 22 $9,600 $11,300 $42 0% -14% -14%
Russell Henley 22 $9,400 $11,200 $34 33% 17% 133%
Sungjae Im 31 $9,300 $10,900 $41 -10% 0% -10%
Adam Scott 28 $9,200 $11,000 $42 11% 0% -33%
Sergio Garcia 35 $9,100 $10,700 $37 0% 9% 0%
Jason Day 36 $9,000 $10,800 $41 0% -8% -25%
Lanto Griffin 44 $8,900 $10,500 $34 0% 8% 8%
Doc Redman 44 $8,800 $10,400 $36 0% 7% -7%
Corey Conners 49 $8,700 $10,200 $30 -6% 0% 56%
Zach Johnson 45 $8,600 $10,600 $29 7% -13% 87%
Brian Harman 51 $8,500 $9,900 $32 0% 12% 12%
Jordan Spieth 54 $8,400 $10,000 $37 -5% -5% -42%
Si Woo Kim 51 $8,300 $10,100 $32 6% -6% 6%
Shane Lowry 54 $8,200 $9,900 $28 0% -5% 70%
Cameron Davis 64 $8,100 $9,800 $21 -9% -9% 178%
Stewart Cink 72 $8,000 $9,400 $23 -21% 4% 89%
James Hahn 62 $8,000 $9,700 $20 5% 10% 233%
Denny McCarthy 62 $7,900 $9,600 $26 14% 19% 86%
Emiliano Grillo 67 $7,900 $9,700 $24 -4% -8% 92%
Harold Varner 71 $7,800 $9,800 $31 -4% -22% -19%
Lee Westwood 70 $7,800 $9,500 $34 0% 4% -46%
Alexander Noren 66 $7,800 $9,600 $31 8% 4% -8%
Erik Van Rooyen 75 $7,700 $9,300 $29 -3% 3% -7%
Talor Gooch 75 $7,700 $9,500 $25 0% -7% 62%
Wyndham Clark 80 $7,700 $9,200 $20 -9% 3% 119%
Kevin Streelman 78 $7,600 $9,100 $29 3% 13% -10%
Mackenzie Hughes 81 $7,600 $9,000 $32 -6% 9% -44%
Dylan Frittelli 80 $7,600 $9,100 $26 -3% 6% 18%
Sam Burns 85 $7,500 $9,300 $24 -8% -18% 26%
JT Poston 83 $7,500 $8,900 $30 -3% 8% -31%
Phil Mickelson 81 $7,500 $8,900 $34 0% 11% -60%
Charley Hoffman 88 $7,400 $9,400 $26 -3% -26% 0%
Henrik Stenson 89 $7,400 $8,800 $33 -5% 5% -55%
Lucas Glover 94 $7,400 $8,900 $30 -7% -5% -39%
Aaron Wise 84 $7,400 $9,200 $20 3% -11% 89%
Cameron Tringale 96 $7,300 $8,800 $26 -2% -2% -9%
Kristoffer Ventura 100 $7,300 $8,800 $20 -11% -11% 49%
Martin Laird 97 $7,300 $8,300 $31 -5% 32% -50%
Brandt Snedeker 97 $7,300 $8,700 $27 -5% 2% -16%
Scott Piercy 103 $7,200 $8,700 $23 -6% -8% 8%
Keegan Bradley 96 $7,200 $9,000 $22 10% -12% 45%
Matt Jones 99 $7,200 $8,600 $20 0% 4% 52%
Russell Knox 103 $7,200 $8,600 $20 -6% -2% 43%
Adam Schenk 100 $7,100 $8,700 $20 6% -4% 49%
Ollie Schniederjans 110 $7,100 $8,400 $20 -9% -2% 27%
Harry Higgs 106 $7,100 $8,600 $24 -4% -8% -8%
Henrik Norlander 105 $7,100 $8,500 $26 -2% 0% -24%
Sepp Straka 114 $7,000 $8,400 $20 -5% -5% 23%
Matthew NeSmith 110 $7,000 $8,300 $23 0% 7% -2%
Luke List 112 $7,000 $8,400 $20 -4% -4% 25%
Tyler Duncan 107 $7,000 $8,500 $21 2% -4% 21%
Scott Stallings 117 $6,900 $8,400 $20 -2% -8% 19%
Beau Hossler 119 $6,900 $8,200 $22 -3% 3% 2%
Rory Sabbatini 126 $6,900 $8,200 $29 -6% 0% -55%
Maverick McNealy 117 $6,900 $8,500 $28 0% -12% -41%
Austin Cook 123 $6,900 $8,200 $23 -5% 2% -13%
Pat Perez 130 $6,800 $8,300 $26 -3% -11% -40%
Max Homa 130 $6,800 $8,100 $29 -5% 0% -58%
Mark Hubbard 127 $6,800 $8,300 $29 0% -8% -56%
Danny Willett 127 $6,800 $8,000 $20 0% 11% 11%
Padraig Harrington 131 $6,800 $7,900 $20 -6% 10% 4%
Tom Hoge 144 $6,700 $8,100 $23 -4% -7% -25%
Charl Schwartzel 138 $6,700 $8,100 $22 0% -3% -10%
Carlos Ortiz 143 $6,700 $8,100 $27 -3% -6% -47%
Adam Long 142 $6,700 $8,000 $28 -1% 1% -51%
Patrick Rodgers 148 $6,700 $7,700 $20 -7% 12% -4%
Tom Lewis 146 $6,700 $7,800 $20 -6% 8% -3%
Jhonattan Vegas 159 $6,600 $8,000 $23 -4% -9% -31%
Brice Garnett 167 $6,600 $7,900 $20 -9% -9% -14%
Troy Merritt 159 $6,600 $8,000 $20 -4% -9% -9%
Ryan Armour 158 $6,600 $7,900 $21 -3% -3% -16%
Francesco Molinari 153 $6,600 $7,800 $26 -1% 4% -48%
Brian Gay 152 $6,600 $7,900 $20 0% 0% -5%
Jason Dufner 202 $6,500 $7,600 $20 -11% -4% -22%
Xinjun Zhang 178 $6,500 $8,200 $21 -6% -27% -25%
Justin Harding 202 $6,500 $7,300 $20 -11% 9% -22%
Hudson Swafford 200 $6,500 $7,500 $24 -10% 1% -46%
Andrew Landry 192 $6,500 $7,600 $20 -8% -1% -20%
Branden Grace 166 $6,500 $7,700 $20 1% 4% -11%
Graeme McDowell 173 $6,500 $7,700 $26 -4% -1% -53%
Will Gordon 186 $6,400 $7,700 $23 1% -5% -38%
Brian Stuard 166 $6,400 $7,600 $20 10% 9% -11%
Danny Lee 169 $6,400 $7,800 $21 6% -5% -22%
Patton Kizzire 173 $6,400 $7,800 $20 5% -6% -16%
C.T. Pan 208 $6,400 $7,600 $20 -8% -9% -26%
Andrew Putnam 203 $6,400 $7,500 $20 -6% -3% -25%
Robby Shelton 202 $6,400 $7,400 $20 -3% 4% -22%
John Huh 238 $6,300 $7,200 $20 -5% 3% -29%
Kevin Chappell 222 $6,300 $7,400 $20 -2% -2% -27%
Vaughn Taylor 234 $6,300 $7,300 $21 -3% 1% -34%
Nate Lashley 247 $6,300 $7,200 $20 -7% 1% -31%
Bo Hoag 330 $6,300 $7,200 $20 -11% -4% -34%
Scott Harrington 234 $6,300 $7,300 $20 -3% 1% -28%
Michael Thompson 245 $6,300 $7,400 $24 -6% -6% -52%
Jimmy Walker 338 $6,300 $7,000 $20 -13% 2% -35%
Chris Kirk 198 $6,200 $7,500 $20 16% 2% -20%
Keith Mitchell 206 $6,200 $7,500 $20 9% -4% -26%
Sean O’Hair 333 $6,200 $7,200 $20 -5% -5% -35%
Camilo Villegas 266 $6,200 $7,300 $20 0% -4% -31%
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 303 $6,200 $7,100 $20 -3% 1% -33%
Grayson Murray 363 $6,200 $7,000 $20 -6% 1% -36%
Kevin Tway 375 $6,200 $7,100 $20 -8% -5% -37%
Sung Kang 297 $6,200 $7,000 $20 -2% 6% -33%
Sam Ryder 284 $6,100 $7,400 $23 7% -9% -49%
Jamie Lovemark 425 $6,100 $7,000 $20 -4% -4% -39%
Kelly Kraft 394 $6,100 $7,100 $20 -2% -5% -38%
Ted Potter 513 $6,100 $7,000 $20 -6% -6% -40%
K.J. Choi 571 $6,100 $7,000 $20 -7% -7% -41%
Graham DeLaet 591 $6,100 $7,000 $20 -8% -8% -41%
Satoshi Kodaira 394 $6,100 $7,100 $20 -2% -5% -38%
Bo Van Pelt 938 $6,100 $7,000 $20 -11% -11% -43%
Kyle Hogan 729 $6,100 $20 -9% -42%
Scott Brown 447 $6,000 $7,000 $20 3% -4% -39%
Luke Donald 369 $6,000 $7,000 $20 8% 0% -36%
Dawie Van der Walt 513 $6,000 $7,000 $20 3% -5% -40%
Greg Chalmers 969 $6,000 $7,000 $20 -4% -11% -44%
Hunter Mahan 722 $6,000 $7,000 $20 -1% -8% -42%
D.A. Points 979 $6,000 $7,000 $20 -5% -12% -44%
Michael Kim 809 $6,000 $7,000 $20 -2% -10% -43%
Kevin Stadler 1078 $6,000 $7,000 $20 -6% -13% -45%
Martin Trainer 1078 $6,000 $7,000 $20 -6% -13% -45%
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