PGA DFS First Look: The American Express

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2024-01-16 02:00:11

The PGA DFS First Look is complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, and course history.

The American Express

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Field Size:

156 golfers

Cut Rule:

Top 65 and ties

Weather Forecasts

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Windfinder
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Golf Courses

Location: La Quinta, California
PGA West Pete Dye Stadium Course (will host 2 rounds)
Par 72 — 7,187 yards
Difficulty: 2023 (47th), 2022 (37th), 2021 (36th), 2020 (36th), 2019 (40th)
PGA West Tournament Course (will host 1 round)
Par 72 — 7,147 yards
Difficulty: 2023 (48th), 2022 (39th), 2021 (36th), 2020 (40th), 2019 (40th)
La Quinta Country Club (will host 1 round)
Par 72 — 7,060 yards
Difficulty: 2023 (46th), 2022 (43rd), 2021 (41st), 2020 (49th), 2019 (51st)
Green type on all courses: bermudagrass with poa overseed

Event Notes

We have a 3-course rotation with a 54-hole cut on tap this week
Golfers will play each course once on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
All golfers that make the cut will play the Stadium Course on Sunday
All 3 courses are easy Par 72s that measure less than 7,200 yards
The Tournament Course has large greens, while the other two have small greens
The name of the game is having patience (pro-am) and making birdies

What to Look For

Birdie or Better %
Strokes gained putting
Par 5 scoring
Experience in California
Experience in pro-am events

ScoresAndOdds

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Salaries, Odds, Stats, Course History (L5 Years), & Form (L5 Events)

Note: Form includes results from the PGA Tour, the DPWT, the KFT, and LIV.

Golfer	Odds	DK	FD	Cuts	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	-1E	-2E	-3E	-4E	-5E
Scottie Scheffler	6	$11,400	$12,400	3/4	11	25	72	3	500	5	1	21	2	31
Xander Schauffele	10	$10,900	$11,900	1/1	3	500	500	500	500	10	38	1	8	24
Patrick Cantlay	10	$10,800	$12,100	4/4	26	9	2	500	9	12	6	15	2	33
Sungjae Im	22	$10,100	$11,600	5/5	18	11	12	10	12	5	12	21	7	6
Tom Kim	28	$9,900	$11,100	1/2	6	500	82	500	500	45	15	1	6	18
Justin Thomas	25	$9,800	$11,400	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	3	4	5	12	89
Jason Day	35	$9,600	$10,600	2/2	18	49	500	500	500	10	11	28	45	52
Min Woo Lee	33	$9,500	$10,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	3	1	15	6	64
Sam Burns	33	$9,400	$10,300	3/4	11	500	93	6	18	33	16	4	15	52
Tony Finau	35	$9,300	$10,500	4/4	16	40	4	14	500	38	4	17	37	64
Rickie Fowler	60	$9,200	$9,500	3/4	54	140	21	10	500	56	17	64	16	25
J.T. Poston	33	$9,100	$10,800	4/5	6	25	141	37	7	6	5	44	3	22
Chris Kirk	45	$9,000	$10,400	2/4	3	94	16	500	145	18	1	28	118	29
Wyndham Clark	40	$8,900	$10,000	4/5	50	13	54	82	18	29	19	56	3	15
Eric Cole	35	$8,800	$11,000	1/1	36	500	500	500	500	13	14	3	2	3
Shane Lowry	75	$8,700	$9,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	18	18	3	82	51
Si Woo Kim	50	$8,600	$10,100	4/5	22	11	1	152	40	42	25	71	106	17
Cameron Davis	66	$8,400	$9,700	3/4	120	500	3	29	28	30	52	42	7	12
Adam Hadwin	60	$8,300	$9,800	4/4	18	25	32	500	2	81	14	2	44	16
Akshay Bhatia	66	$8,200	$9,800	0/2	500	500	82	107	500	13	14	38	20	10
Taylor Montgomery	50	$8,100	$9,600	1/1	5	500	500	500	500	13	8	31	16	35
Andrew Putnam	66	$8,000	$9,900	5/5	36	14	21	10	34	10	40	5	112	89
Daniel Berger	80	$8,000	$9,300	2/2	500	500	500	29	12
Stephan Jaeger	66	$7,900	$9,600	1/2	36	500	500	500	124	18	28	45	25	45
Will Zalatoris	100	$7,900	$8,800	2/2	36	6	500	500	500	131	20	59	73	53
Beau Hossler	80	$7,800	$9,400	1/4	50	500	119	131	105	15	2	7	28	30
Alex Noren	80	$7,800	$9,700	2/3	500	81	40	14	500	42	23	2	48	3
Taylor Pendrith	80	$7,800	$9,200	0/2	79	71	500	500	500	10	79	8	15	3
Aaron Rai	125	$7,700	$9,100	1/2	100	59	500	500	500	57	10	9	21	28
Billy Horschel	90	$7,700	$9,300	0/1	500	500	500	135	500	18	121	14	20	18
Keith Mitchell	100	$7,700	$9,400	1/1	22	500	500	500	500	30	105	38	21	142
Adam Schenk	100	$7,600	$9,500	3/5	155	94	37	14	67	29	19	51	69	6
Thomas Detry	100	$7,600	$9,100	1/1	26	500	500	500	500	28	93	38	51	35
Davis Thompson	90	$7,600	$9,200	1/1	2	500	500	500	500	57	53	15	35	16
Tom Hoge	125	$7,600	$8,800	3/5	32	2	124	6	89	81	38	48	85	13
Matt Kuchar	125	$7,500	$8,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	110	53	2	19	67
Nick Taylor	150	$7,500	$8,600	3/5	100	33	47	82	40	7	52	21	13	21
Erik Van Rooyen	110	$7,500	$9,000	2/2	6	500	56	500	500	52	22	32	1	23
Ryo Hisatsune	100	$7,500	$8,800	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	30	8	13	18	9
Ben Griffin	125	$7,400	$9,000	1/1	32	500	500	500	500	30	8	37	23	64
Justin Suh	125	$7,400	$8,900	1/1	54	500	500	500	500	97	64	4	10	56
Kyoung-Hoon Lee	150	$7,400	$8,700	3/5	70	63	32	21	74	30	58	54	41	7
Matt Wallace	125	$7,400	$8,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	52	40	2	15	9
Nicholas Lindheim	150	$7,300	$8,600	0/1	500	500	500	500	89	28	28	43	37	23
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	150	$7,300	$8,700	2/2	11	40	500	500	500	3	17	17	56	6
Alex Smalley	125	$7,300	$9,000	2/2	22	25	500	500	500	81	44	30	61	16
Austin Eckroat	175	$7,300	$8,700	0/1	129	500	500	500	500	42	8	23	68	69
Brandon Wu	250	$7,300	$8,500	0/2	70	81	500	500	500	18	58	30	54	51
Sam Ryder	200	$7,200	$8,400	4/5	100	49	47	29	40	13	10	64	28	51
Mark Hubbard	175	$7,200	$8,600	1/3	70	500	107	43	500	57	79	20	75	31
Matti Schmid	175	$7,200	$8,400	1/1	6	500	500	500	500	97	4	17	17	137
Sam Stevens	150	$7,200	$8,400	1/1	67	500	500	500	500	24	121	59	46	123
Matthieu Pavon	200	$7,200	$8,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	7	91	5	15	47
Ben Kohles	250	$7,100	$8,600	0/1	500	111	500	500	500	52	5	6	42	5
Chesson Hadley	200	$7,100	$8,100	1/5	79	116	141	29	89	38	7	7	35	62
Michael Kim	200	$7,100	$8,400	0/2	115	500	144	500	500	42	23	41	18	5
Lee Hodges	150	$7,100	$8,500	1/2	115	3	500	500	500	57	21	43	45	31
Grayson Murray	175	$7,100	$8,300	1/3	500	500	107	10	154	1	142		1	26
Ryan Palmer	200	$7,100	$8,000	0/1	500	500	500	500	124	81	149	8	5	69
Doug Ghim	250	$7,000	$8,500	2/4	70	59	5	117	500	97	79	82	15	69
Seonghyeon Kim	200	$7,000	$8,300	0/1	106	500	500	500	500	30	51	97	78	2
Dylan Wu	250	$7,000	$8,300	1/2	32	81	500	500	500	42	94	30	59	97
Garrick Higgo	225	$7,000	$8,100	1/1	11	500	500	500	500	80		46	16	80
Greyson Sigg	300	$7,000	$8,300	1/2	79	25	500	500	500	66	8	112	28	93
Patton Kizzire	200	$7,000	$8,000	3/5	11	22	53	94	133	13	44	37	15	46
Alexander Bjork	250	$6,900	$8,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	122	36	10	67	67
Vince Whaley	200	$6,900	$7,900	2/3	500	40	72	29	500	122	13	8	59	13
Ryan Moore	250	$6,900	$8,000	1/4	129	127	72	6	500	81	8	5	38	13
Cameron Champ	225	$6,900	$8,200	1/3	500	94	147	21	500	81	58	45	59	18
Will Gordon	250	$6,900	$7,800	1/2	79	500	64	500	500	42	36	15	21	69
Maverick McNealy	250	$6,900	$8,100	2/2	500	500	71	37	500	57	58	96	127	52
Carl Yuan	250	$6,900	$8,200	0/1	134	500	500	500	500	4	68	4	127	52
Alejandro Tosti	250	$6,800	$8,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	70	6	74		54
Joseph Bramlett	300	$6,800	$7,700	2/4	54	33	153	135	500	52	93	110	115	68
Robert Macintyre	250	$6,800	$8,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	52	125	33	18	58
Jake Knapp	200	$6,800	$7,700	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	70	10	5	105	13
Chris Gotterup	200	$6,800	$8,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	75	20	37	5	21
Harry Hall	300	$6,800	$7,700	2/2	41	500	47	500	500	42	82	85	21	26
Taiga Semikawa	250	$6,800	$7,900	0/1	106	500	500	500	500	30	73	129	45	116
Tyler Duncan	300	$6,700	$7,900	4/5	41	81	56	64	51	65	3	96	18	16
Scott Stallings	300	$6,700	$7,600	1/4	500	94	72	55	89	42	79	69	2	56
Matthew NeSmith	400	$6,700	$7,500	1/4	79	81	149	17	500	80	28	15	42	25
Ben Silverman	500	$6,700	$7,400	0/1	500	500	500	500	74	18	65	42	48	35
Adrien Dumont De Chassart	400	$6,700	$7,600	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	139	41	93	85	52
Charley Hoffman	350	$6,700	$7,800	1/3	100	500	500	61	98	42	13	45	96	69
Seamus Power	250	$6,700	$7,900	1/2	500	14	500	500	148	74	50	48	66	77
Robby Shelton	300	$6,700	$7,600	1/3	6	500	127	141	500	57	94	59	4	79
Chad Ramey	300	$6,600	$7,800	0/1	500	140	500	500	500	81	46	16	19	88
Jacob Bridgeman	300	$6,600	$7,300	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	81	20	18	16	4
Nate Lashley	350	$6,600	$7,500	1/5	120	148	144	152	12	110	79	10	41	42
Joel Dahmen	400	$6,600	$7,600	0/1	500	500	93	500	500	72	59	7	13	89
Jhonattan Vegas	300	$6,600	$7,700	2/4	79	81	500	55	69	97	17	125	99	121
Adam Long	350	$6,600	$7,400	2/5	70	81	69	94	1	79	13	23	35	35
Davis Riley	300	$6,600	$7,800	2/2	65	59	500	500	500	136	52	45	85	31
Lanto Griffin	400	$6,600	$7,500	1/2	500	3	82	500	500	72	142	53	54	13
Callum Tarren	350	$6,500	$7,400	0/2	79	71	500	500	500	110	121	96	31	23
Joe Highsmith	400	$6,500	$7,300	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	141	3	2	42	21
Sami Valimaki	400	$6,500	$7,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	131	38	26	1	111
Patrick Fishburn	400	$6,500	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	20	21	85	26	70
Zac Blair	400	$6,500	$7,100	1/2	115	500	500	55	500	30	94	75	38	42
Troy Merritt	500	$6,500	$7,200	1/4	120	94	82	68	500	24	105	72	65	64
Camilo Villegas	400	$6,500	$7,400	1/2	500	33	134	500	500	117	50	58	1	2
Nicolas Echavarria	500	$6,500	$7,200	0/1	70	500	500	500	500	66	25	44	76	31
Nick Dunlap	400	$6,500	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	93	128
Max Greyserman	400	$6,400	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	97	28	6	44	26
Mac Meissner	500	$6,400	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	3	24	22	75	3
Ben Martin	500	$6,400	$7,400	2/3	94	500	56	29	500	81	105	27	112	69
Kevin Streelman	500	$6,400	$7,300	1/4	500	127	107	75	34	97	137	112	123	56
Hayden Buckley	500	$6,400	$7,300	0/1	500	122	500	500	500	117	105	59	72	64
David Lipsky	500	$6,400	$7,300	1/2	94	14	500	500	500	134	13	75	51	121
Norman Xiong	500	$6,400	$7,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	79	52	1	11	75
Chez Reavie	600	$6,400	$7,100	1/5	145	81	72	75	28	97	72	112	133	66
Justin Lower	400	$6,400	$7,300	1/2	41	144	500	500	500	74	79	20	23	41
Carson Young	400	$6,300	$7,300	0/1	94	500	500	500	500	81	71	9	112	78
Paul Barjon	600	$6,300	$7,000	1/1	500	10	500	500	500	128	1	116	68	35
Zach Johnson	750	$6,300	$7,000	4/5	41	14	62	117	28	97	94	80	74	55
Martin Laird	600	$6,300	$7,100	2/4	62	500	47	94	89	122	121	59	31	79
Kevin Yu	500	$6,300	$7,200	0/1	106	500	500	500	500	81	105	30	96	59
Chandler Phillips	600	$6,300	$7,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	57	6	7	85	75
Aaron Baddeley	500	$6,300	$7,500	2/4	50	500	93	131	18	21	64	21	119	122
Parker Coody	600	$6,300	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	74	46	66	105	26
Roger Sloan	600	$6,300	$7,000	3/4	500	14	40	82	12	10	18	22	70	42
Andrew Novak	600	$6,300	$7,100	0/2	150	71	500	500	500	117	73	45	51	85
Trace Crowe	600	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	36	7	5	125	104
Wilson Furr	600	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	6	24	105	6	3
Chan Kim	600	$6,200	$7,000	0/1	500	71	500	500	500	81	20	82	44	1
Pierceson Coody	600	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	97	70	37	60	51
Rico Hoey	750	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	122	112	30	66	26
Josh Teater	750	$6,200	$7,000	3/3	500	500	40	68	40	97	94	5	7	114
Ryan McCormick	1000	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	41	93	85	13	16
Harrison Endycott	400	$6,200	$7,000	1/1	22	500	500	500	500	79	103	112	56	28
Jimmy Stanger	750	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	97	30	82	140	54
David Skinns	1000	$6,200	$7,000	0/1	500	130	500	500	500	110	55	42	114	140
Peter Malnati	750	$6,100	$7,000	1/5	106	116	119	107	18	110	94	37	59	123
David Lingmerth	1000	$6,100	$7,000	0/1	94	500	500	500	500	110	121	76	96	73
Hayden Springer	1000	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	106	53	67	139	123
Tom Whitney	1000	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	61	102	26	8	37
Brandt Snedeker	1000	$6,100	$7,000	1/2	500	14	127	500	500	128		52	65	45
Bill Haas	1000	$6,100	$7,000	0/5	134	94	72	107	124	73	74	70	24	11
Raul Pereda	2500	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	60
Blaine Hale	1000	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Tyson Alexander	1500	$6,100	$7,000	0/1	134	500	500	500	500	143	142	8	124	76
Bronson Burgoon	1000	$6,100		3/4	500	49	37	43	105	119	96		30	23
Tyler McCumber	1250	$6,100	$7,000	2/3	500	94	40	64	500	117
Yuxin Lin	1500	$6,000	$7,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	52	26	105	29	104
Jason Dufner	1000	$6,000	$7,000	2/5	106	40	82	55	151	133	82	45	66	93
Ben Taylor	2000	$6,000	$7,000	0/3	106	500	93	75	500	122	151	124	77	28
Kevin Kisner	1000	$6,000	$7,000	1/2	500	500	500	107	57	134	78	51	62
Kevin Dougherty	1500	$6,000	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	65	93	126	21	23
Rafael Campos	1000	$6,000	$7,000	0/2	500	500	144	145	500	142	52	37	37	26
Andrew Landry	1250	$6,000	$7,000	4/5	68	140	64	1	28		45	96	97	56
Michael Block	1000	$6,000	$7,000	0/3	94	500	127	500	153	27	130	95	120	15
J.B. Holmes	2500	$6,000	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	119	145	81	117	119
Scott Gutschewski	1000	$6,000	$7,000	0/1	500	116	500	500	500	58	70	131	26	36
John Pak	1000	$6,000	$7,000	0/2	106	116	500	500	500	108	106
Ryan Brehm	2000	$6,000	$7,000	1/2	79	500	500	55	500	136	137	20	85	106

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PGA DFS First Look: The American Express

The American Express

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Salaries, Odds, Stats, Course History (L5 Years), & Form (L5 Events)

Note: Form includes results from the PGA Tour, the DPWT, the KFT, and LIV.

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