PGA DFS First Look: THE PLAYERS Championship

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-03-10 21:13:38

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

THE PLAYERS Championship

Field Size:

144 golfers

Cut Rule:

Top 65 and ties move on after the first two rounds

Weather Forecasts

Windfinder

Golf Course

TPC Sawgrass
Pete Dye design
Par 72, 7,275 yards

Course Notes

Like most Dye designs, TPC Sawgrass can’t be overpowered off the tee
Difficulty all depends on the conditions; forecast looks fairly calm this week
Can make a lot of birdies here, will play easier than Honda and API
Accuracy is more important than distance, but combination is preferred
All types of golfers can play well here, no specific course fit
Water is in play on 17 of the 18 holes; famous island green on the 17th
Fairways are easy to hit, but largely because many less than driver holes
Bermuda greens are small (5,500 square feet) and lightning fast
Course history matters — sixth most predictive over the years

What I’m Looking For

Solid all-around
Good total drivers
Good iron players
Good bermuda putters
Experience in Florida
Ability to play well in strong fields

Salaries, Odds, Course History (L5 Years), and Form (L5 Events)

Golfer	Odds	DK	FD	Cuts	2022	2021	2019	2018	2017	-1E	-2E	-3E	-4E	-5E
Jon Rahm	9	$11,800	$12,100	5/5	55	9	12	63	72	39	1	3	7	1
Rory McIlroy	9	$11,000	$11,900	3/5	33	142	1	88	35	2	29	32	1	4
Scottie Scheffler	11	$10,600	$11,800	1/2	55	72	500	500	500	4	12	1	11	7
Patrick Cantlay	19	$9,700	$11,100	2/5	97	119	101	23	22	4	3	67	26	16
Max Homa	20	$9,900	$10,600	1/2	13	83	500	500	500	14	2	39	1	3
Justin Thomas	20	$9,400	$11,600	5/5	33	1	35	11	75	21	20	4	25	25
Xander Schauffele	25	$10,000	$11,300	1/4	108	112	80	2	500	39	33	10	13	3
Viktor Hovland	27	$8,900	$10,900	1/2	9	83	500	500	500	10	20	42	13	18
Tony Finau	28	$9,200	$11,000	2/5	108	99	22	57	83	24	20	14	9	16
Collin Morikawa	28	$9,500	$11,400	1/2	83	41	500	500	500	73	6	88	3	2
Callum Tarren	28	$6,400	$7,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	96	125	127	112	65
Jordan Spieth	33	$8,700	$10,300	2/5	108	48	91	41	97	4	68	6	63	77
Tyrrell Hatton	35	$8,300	$9,900	2/5	13	72	115	97	41	4	40	6	38	7
Will Zalatoris	35	$8,800	$10,700	2/2	26	21	500	500	500	53	4	74	36	11
Jason Day	36	$8,000	$9,600	4/5	72	35	8	5	60	10	9	5	7	18
Cameron Young	36	$8,500	$10,200	0/1	83	500	500	500	500	10	20	64	2	26
Sungjae Im	40	$9,000	$10,400	2/3	55	17	80	500	500	21	42	56	6	4
Matt Fitzpatrick	41	$8,600	$10,500	3/5	83	9	41	46	104	14	68	29	98	7
Tom Kim	41	$8,100	$10,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	34	45	50	6	97
Keegan Bradley	50	$7,500	$9,200	5/5	5	29	16	7	60	10	93	20	2	119
Shane Lowry	50	$8,200	$9,800	3/5	13	8	110	46	114	67	5	14	125	110
Rickie Fowler	55	$7,500	$9,100	2/4	500	124	47	88	60	31	20	10	11	54
Keith Mitchell	60	$7,400	$9,200	3/4	13	119	47	77	500	24	5	42	4	22
Corey Conners	66	$7,400	$9,700	3/3	26	7	41	500	500	21	61	50	12	18
Sam Burns	70	$7,800	$9,900	1/2	26	146	500	500	500	101	102	6	11	32
Si Woo Kim	70	$7,600	$9,700	4/5	WD	9	56	63	1	39	102	23	25	22
Sahith Theegala	70	$7,600	$8,900	0/1	126	500	500	500	500	14	6	39	4	54
Chris Kirk	80	$7,900	$8,700	4/5	72	48	56	46	12	39	1	67	3	3
Tommy Fleetwood	85	$7,900	$9,500	4/5	22	83	5	7	41	61	20	67	59	38
Hideki Matsuyama	85	$8,400	$10,000	2/4	500	72	8	118	22	91	68	29	9	48
Kurt Kitayama	90	$6,900	$8,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	1	68	23	29	133
Harris English	100	$7,000	$8,200	0/3	500	500	101	118	142	2	102	12	125	133
Justin Rose	100	$7,700	$9,100	3/4	83	500	8	23	65	91	68	1	18	26
Adam Scott	100	$7,700	$9,600	4/5	83	48	12	11	6	31	65	21	29	2
Tom Hoge	130	$7,400	$9,300	4/4	33	22	30	72	500	73	14	88	48	32
Francesco Molinari	130	$6,400	$8,200	3/5	42	99	56	97	6	14	124	128	116	5
Wyndham Clark	150	$7,100	$8,200	0/3	97	134	WD	500	500	34	33	10	37	50
Brian Harman	150	$7,400	$8,800	4/5	63	3	8	137	53	117	93	42	79	32
Russell Henley	150	$7,300	$9,400	2/5	13	112	91	88	35	53	68	88	32	30
Seamus Power	150	$7,400	$8,700	2/2	33	500	35	500	500	72	14	20	15	20
Webb Simpson	150	$6,800	$9,000	3/5	97	83	16	1	16	24	74	57	124	97
Aaron Wise	150	$7,200	$9,500	2/3	50	65	91	500	500	105	29	67	79	18
Alex Noren	170	$7,300	$9,300	3/5	26	112	101	17	10	61	80	67	5	2
Gary Woodland	170	$7,000	$9,000	2/5	104	83	30	97	75	91	9	42	62	97
Ryan Fox	180	$6,700	$8,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	14	17	11	20	65
Billy Horschel	180	$7,600	$9,800	3/5	WD	58	26	37	123	84	42	102	32	119
Taylor Montgomery	180	$7,300	$8,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	39	68	96	31	5
Davis Riley	180	$6,500	$7,600	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	8	29	103	98	99
Adam Hadwin	190	$7,100	$8,400	4/5	9	29	133	57	30	73	66	10	44	18
Min Woo Lee	190	$7,300	$8,800	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	112	26	13	2	3
Sepp Straka	200	$7,200	$8,600	1/2	9	119	500	500	500	73	5	45	116	102
Maverick McNealy	210	$7,800	$8,700	1/2	46	146	500	500	500			31	7	27
Justin Suh	210	$6,600	$7,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	24	5	40		20
Taylor Pendrith	220	$7,200	$8,500	1/1	13	500	500	500	500	101	42	57	7	60
Lucas Herbert	230	$7,100	$8,800	1/1	68	500	500	500	500	73	58	50	3	3
Kyoung-Hoon Lee	230	$7,200	$8,600	2/2	55	41	500	500	500	53	120	42	70	28
Jhonattan Vegas	250	$6,800	$8,900	3/5	72	61	3	41	83	21	56	23	25	79
Danny Willett	250	$6,400	$7,800	0/3	500	500	115	129	WD	34	29	18	41	134
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	280	$7,000	$8,600	1/1	500	41	500	500	500	96	42	58	117	11
Thomas Detry	280	$7,100	$8,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	24		33	37	37
Denny McCarthy	280	$7,300	$8,400	3/3	60	55	41	500	500	102	14	103	4	50
Patrick Rodgers	280	$6,800	$8,000	2/5	72	65	77	124	104	84	80	14	87	134
Emiliano Grillo	300	$6,800	$8,500	3/5	140	72	26	37	11	39	67	112	44	70
Ben Martin	300			1/2	500	500	500	129	30	5	13	112	94	32
Andrew Putnam	300	$7,200	$8,100	0/3	83	83	133	500	500	34	80	67	115	36
Ben Griffin	310	$7,100	$7,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	14	21	88	31	32
Kevin Kisner	310	$6,800	$8,100	3/5	4	124	22	108	56	117	93	123	34	19
Luke List	310	$6,500	$8,200	1/5	WD	72	56	80	83	112	29	67	25	79
Trey Mullinax	310	$6,600	$7,000	0/2	500	500	80	108	500	8	62	61		31
J.T. Poston	310	$7,000	$8,400	2/3	126	22	22	500	500	63	68	103	6	21
Scott Stallings	310	$6,700	$8,100	1/4	42	99	80	127	500	91	120	23	15	74
Byeong-Hun An	340	$6,700	$8,000	2/3	500	152	26	30	500		21	37	62	41
Garrick Higgo	340	$6,700	$8,000	0/1	83	500	500	500	500	73	29	67	20	53
Mackenzie Hughes	340	$6,500	$8,600	2/4	83	99	500	57	16	61	50	88	130	21
Matt Kuchar	340	$7,200	$8,300	3/5	72	131	26	17	82	102	8	32	88	7
Adam Svensson	340	$6,600	$7,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	24	49	9	103	87
Brendon Todd	340	$6,900	$8,000	1/2	119	35	500	500	500	39	93	103	2	79
Hayden Buckley	350	$6,900	$7,400	1/1	66	500	500	500	500	96	122	102	29	87
Cameron Davis	350	$7,000	$8,500	0/2	72	124	500	500	500	73	81	111	151	120
Nicolas Echavarria	350			0/0	500	500	500	500	500	1	131	130	87	70
Beau Hossler	350	$6,600	$8,000	1/4	108	134	80	46	500	96	80	14	11	87
Russell Knox	350	$6,500	$8,300	3/5	6	67	35	97	97	127	111	88	41	54
Aaron Rai	350	$6,600	$7,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	53	116	29	42	52
Nick Taylor	350	$7,000	$8,500	3/3	500	48	16	79	500	84	33	2	20	100
Lee Hodges	370	$6,800	$7,400	1/1	70	500	500	500	500	108	14	18	80	87
Sam Ryder	370	$6,300	$7,700	1/3	60	99	91	500	500	84	20	20	4	100
J.J. Spaun	370	$7,000	$7,800	0/3	108	500	WD	80	500	73	33	103	112	12
Matt Wallace	370	$6,900	$7,400	1/2	119	500	30	500	500	29	111	80	16	20
Dylan Frittelli	400	$6,200	$7,600	2/2	50	22	500	500	500	29	80	14		37
Doug Ghim	400	$6,100	$7,800	2/2	6	29	500	500	500	62	67		74	70
Patton Kizzire	400	$6,300	$7,000	3/5	22	35	79	108	138	73	80	103	74	11
Brandon Wu	400	$6,400	$7,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	14	93	50	2	70
Joel Dahmen	420	$6,800	$8,300	2/3	33	83	12	500	500	108	102	50	41	5
Seonghyeon Kim	430	$6,700	$7,700	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	39	63	33	41	20
Ryan Palmer	430	$6,700	$8,200	2/5	108	17	91	23	97	53	116	42	76	62
Joseph Bramlett	450	$6,200	$7,700	0/1	97	500	500	500	500	91	55	7	13	54
Tyler Duncan	450	$6,400	$7,200	1/2	500	140	74	500	500	3	33	67	99	41
David Lipsky	450	$6,700	$7,300	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	65	62	67	108	94
Taylor Moore	450	$6,900	$8,400	0/1	135	500	500	500	500	39	68	14	15	11
Martin Laird	480	$6,000	$7,900	2/5	104	69	101	57	83	39	111	80	99	62
Adam Schenk	480	$6,500	$7,200	0/2	108	72	500	500	500	31	42	50	23	37
Kramer Hickok	500	$6,000	$7,000	2/2	42	58	500	500	500	14	29	80	79	77
Stewart Cink	550	$6,200	$7,300	0/4	119	83	110	108	500	105	93	65	41	21
Eric Cole	550	$6,200	$7,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	105	2	15	87	36
Lanto Griffin	550	$6,500	$8,100	1/2	104	35	500	500	500		58	37	66	105
Nick Hardy	550	$6,900	$7,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	84	102	102	41	44
Stephan Jaeger	550	$6,500	$7,700	0/1	119	500	500	500	500	14	40	88	53	36
David Lingmerth	550	$6,200	$7,100	1/2	500	500	500	108	72	70	10	58	153	94
Robby Shelton	550	$6,600	$7,600	0/1	500	83	500	500	500	39	21	20	67	6
Alex Smalley	550	$7,100	$7,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	108	80	65	37	22
Davis Thompson	550	$6,600	$7,300	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	53	93	103	69	2
Aaron Baddeley	650			1/2	500	500	115	500	41	34	81	37	74	50
Erik Barnes	650			0/0	500	500	500	500	500	86	49	98	13	79
Harrison Endycott	650			0/0	500	500	500	500	500	26	115	128	22	137
Lucas Glover	650	$6,100	$7,200	3/5	83	48	115	72	6	108	68	39	76	129
Chesson Hadley	650	$6,100	$7,000	2/3	63	500	101	11	500	29	111	23	115	79
James Hahn	650	$6,200	$7,000	1/4	126	41	500	88	83	111	32	98	112	145
Mark Hubbard	650	$6,300	$7,300	0/2	500	72	500	500	123	42	102	117	20	70
Nate Lashley	650	$6,200	$7,100	1/1	500	71	500	500	500	3	20	61		120
Adam Long	650	$6,300	$7,000	3/3	46	22	79	500	500	102	50	42	48	73
Justin Lower	650	$6,300	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	96	68	50	98	74
Peter Malnati	650	$6,100	$7,000	1/3	46	83	500	500	114	73	81	20	96	4
Troy Merritt	650	$6,300	$7,500	1/4	46	131	80	500	114	84	80	80	124	120
Matthew NeSmith	650	$6,400	$8,300	0/2	126	140	500	500	500	39	124	96	55	74
Scott Piercy	650	$6,200	$7,000	2/5	72	69	56	97	143	21	50		115	31
Matthias Schwab	650	$6,100	$7,400	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	60	50	88	115	26
Greyson Sigg	650	$6,500	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	61	90	120	57	55
Kevin Streelman	650	$6,300	$7,000	2/5	22	83	80	88	72	73	50	96	63	60
Michael Thompson	650	$6,200	$7,000	3/4	60	48	70	127	500	45	96	37	134	32
Kevin Tway	650	$6,100	$7,000	1/3	108	500	115	46	500	63	40	32	76	18
Dylan Wu	650			0/0	500	500	500	500	500	48	10	29	87	32
Doc Redman	800	$6,100	$7,000	1/2	26	83	500	500	500	90	80	88	41	128
Austin Smotherman	800	$6,000	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	80	112	139	74	67
Tyson Alexander	1000	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	116	78	48	99	134
Will Gordon	1000	$6,900	$7,800	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	70	42		112	79
Kelly Kraft	1000	$6,000	$7,000	1/2	500	500	47	97	500	55	102	63	108	153
Andrew Novak	1000			0/0	500	500	500	500	500	44	29	20	69	150
Chad Ramey	1000	$6,000	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	81	93	112	70	54
Chez Reavie	1000	$6,100	$7,000	2/5	138	112	91	30	56	101	111	80	145	41
Robert Streb	1000	$6,000	$7,000	0/4	108	99	500	88	114	116	102	96	74	144
Ryan Brehm	1500	$6,000	$7,000	0/1	137	500	500	500	500	112	14	111	130	141
Max McGreevy	2000	$6,000	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	33	127	80	112	76
Nick Watney	2000	$6,000	$7,000	2/3	66	500	91	37	500	57	120	117	76	122
Jerry Kelly	2500	$6,000	$7,000	0/2	500	134	500	500	123	89	119

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PGA DFS First Look: THE PLAYERS Championship

THE PLAYERS Championship

Salaries, Odds, Course History (L5 Years), and Form (L5 Events)

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