PGA DFS First Look: Tour Championship

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-08-23 18:23:15

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

Tour Championship

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Field Size:

30 golfers

Cut Rule:

No cut this week

Weather Forecasts

Golf Course

East Lake Golf Club
Designer: Donald Ross
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Par 70 — 7,346 yards
Difficulty: 2022 (44th), 2021 (37th), 2020 (24th), 2019 (14th), 2018 (24th)
Average fairway width: 24.9 yards
Average green size: 5,600 square feet
Grass type: zoysiagrass fairways, bermuda rough and greens
Water is in play on six holes
Approach shot lengths from 2022:
- 50-75 yards: 2%
- 75-100 yards: 4%
- 100-125 yards: 12%
- 125-150 yards: 19%
- 150-175 yards: 17%
- 175-200 yards: 16%
- 200-225 yards: 16%
- 225-250 yards: 10%
- 250+ yards: 4%

Event Notes

Playoff finale! Only the top 30 in the standings will tee it up this week
Starting strokes are applied based on standings (shown in table below)
Course negates power and rewards good ball strikers
Only two par fives on the course and six par fours over 450 yards
Small bermudagrass greens that are quite fast (12+ on stimp)
Those that hit fairways and greens should have a big edge
Around the green play and good bermuda putting are handy here

What to Look For

Strokes gained approach
Total driving
Greens in regulation
Bogey Avoidance
Strokes gained putting on bermuda
Strokes gained around the green

ScoresAndOdds

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Here are some of the winners we’ve hit in the last four months:

Viktor Hovland +1200 ✅
Vincent Norrman +2200 ✅
Rickie Fowler +1400 ✅
Wyndham Clark +7500 ✅
Jason Day +2100 ✅
Brooks Koepka +2200 ✅
Four top 40 parlays ✅
Four placement parlays ✅

Salaries, Odds, Stats, C. History (L5 Events), & Form (L5 Events)

Note 1: Form includes results from the PGA Tour, the DPWT, the KFT, and LIV. Stats are from the 2023 calendar year.

Note 2: The course history below does not include starting strokes.

Golfer	Odds	Starting	DK	OTT	APP	ATG	PUT	BOG	GIR	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	-1E	-2E	-3E	-4E	-5E
Scottie Scheffler	1	-10	$13,400	1	1	1	28	1	1	13	17	2	500	500	2	31	23	3	4
Rory McIlroy	4	-7	$13,000	3	7	2	22	10	6	1	14	7	1	7	4	3	6	1	7
Patrick Cantlay	20	-4	$10,800	2	17	12	13	8	7	16	4	500	28	21	15	2	33	78	4
Viktor Hovland	6	-8	$12,500	4	10	27	18	18	7	15	4	14	500	500	1	13	13	25	29
Max Homa	35	-4	$10,900	16	12	15	2	6	20	3	500	500	500	500	5	6	10	12	21
Xander Schauffele	35	-3	$10,500	19	6	18	4	7	4	6	3	1	2	7	8	24	17	42	19
Jon Rahm	9	-6	$11,600	11	4	16	7	14	3	16	1	6	13	11	31	37	2	83	10
Rickie Fowler	90	-3	$9,000	26	2	5	14	13	10	500	500	500	19	7	25	58	23	42	1
Tommy Fleetwood	66	-3	$8,800	13	18	4	11	10	21	500	500	500	13	11	25	3	10	6	83
Collin Morikawa	175	-1	$7,700	9	5	14	25	22	2	19	28	7	500	500	25	13	77	2	68
Russell Henley	110	-3	$8,300	24	14	8	24	12	13	500	500	500	500	500	8	6	2	108	35
Tyrrell Hatton	250	E	$6,900	8	20	19	3	4	14	500	500	5	500	500	34	43	20	6	27
Brian Harman	60	-4	$9,500	15	27	22	12	3	26	19	500	500	500	500	5	31	1	12	9
Lucas Glover	55	-5	$9,700	12	8	28	30	14	9	500	500	500	29	500	22	1	1	73	5
Wyndham Clark	55	-4	$9,100	25	16	3	15	9	12	500	500	500	500	500	15	66	33	25	29
Sungjae Im	150	-2	$8,500	5	25	7	17	21	24	2	23	12	15	500	7	6	14	101	20
Corey Conners	250	-2	$7,900	6	11	23	26	17	4	25	17	500	23	500	10	6	52	19	9
Tom Kim	175	-2	$7,900	20	9	21	23	23	15	500	500	500	500	500	10	24	2	6	99
Matt Fitzpatrick	55	-4	$10,000	22	28	6	6	5	23	16	500	500	500	500	2	66	41	106	49
Keegan Bradley	175	-3	$8,100	17	24	26	10	27	18	500	500	500	500	26	29	43	77	21	1
Tony Finau	200	-2	$7,500	14	3	10	27	26	10	9	24	14	7	15	37	64	7	92	115
Si Woo Kim	300	-2	$7,200	7	14	13	29	19	26	500	500	500	500	500	31	16	33	108	127
Jason Day	350	-1	$7,400	10	30	11	8	2	22	500	500	500	500	18	45	52	2	45	132
Sam Burns	400	E	$6,100	18	29	25	1	16	29	25	17	500	500	500	15	52	14	92	19
Jordan Spieth	300	E	$6,700	21	21	9	20	19	25	13	24	500	500	500	34	6	23	106	66
Emiliano Grillo	1000	E	$5,700	23	19	29	21	28	17	500	500	500	500	500	31	20	10	6	87
Adam Schenk	1000	-1	$5,200	27	23	17	5	24	19	500	500	500	500	500	34	6	64	140	4
Sepp Straka	750	E	$5,400	28	13	30	19	29	16	6	500	500	500	500	37	63	110	2	1
Taylor Moore	750	-1	$6,500	29	26	24	9	25	30	500	500	500	500	500	49	5	22	77	87
Nick Taylor	1000	-1	$5,000	30	22	20	16	30	28	500	500	500	500	500	47	24	92	19	140