PGA DFS Core Plays: World Wide Technology Championship
Top-ranked DFS player, Notorious, breaks down his favorite PGA DFS picks at various price ranges on DraftKings and FanDuel for the World Wide Technology Championship. Which golfers should you be building your lineups around? Find out below!
For the second week in a row, the PGA TOUR will be in Mexico. This week’s event is the World Wide Technology Championship in Cabo San Lucas. There are 120 golfers in the field, which means we will have a cut after the second round. While we haven’t had Shot Tracker at this event in the past, we had Shot Tracker at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship 2 weeks ago, so there is hope.
Editor’s Note: For more tournament notes, recent form, and course notes for the World Wide Technology Championship, check out this week’s PGA DFS First Look.
El Cardonal at Diamante is a par 71 that measures 7,452 yards. At sea level, it plays all of that yardage. However, the course is still one of the easiest on TOUR. The winning scores in the three events held here have been -29, -24, and -27. The course was designed by Tiger Woods and shares some similarities to Kapalua Country Club and Black Desert Resort.
As with most Woods designs, the fairways are extremely generous here. They are 60 to 70 yards wide. For perspective, the average on TOUR is around 30 to 35 yards wide. Even though golfers hit a ton of drivers here, last year’s Driving Accuracy was 82%. You would think this would set up extremely well for the bombers, but Driving Distance hasn’t been a prerequisite for success. I still prefer golfers who are long off the tee, but we’ve seen shorter hitters win and contend here.
The greens are absolutely massive (8,300 square feet on average) and easy to hit in regulation. They feature paspalum grass and are slow compared to TOUR average. When the winning score is expected to be -25, and the greens are easy to hit for everyone, I can’t imagine scrambling is going to play a vital role. If golfers miss a bunch of greens, they won’t be able to keep up in this birdie fest.
We don’t have any ShotLink data to work with from past editions of this event, so we don’t have a true course fit. However, ball striking is important every week, putting is important in birdie bests, and being able to make birdies in bunches will be needed.
Top PGA DFS Picks on DraftKings & FanDuel for the World Wide Technology Championship
Core Plays
Benjamin James has underwhelmed in his last two events. After ratting off 3 straight top-5 finishes, he missed the cut at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship and finished T16 at the VidantaWorld Mexico Open. Last week’s result looks much better if you only look at his final 3 rounds, as he got off to a rough start on Thursday. I will continue to back him in DFS and bet on him in the outright market. He’s an elite ball striker with a very good short game. He’s also 3rd in the field in Birdie or Better % over the last 8 months and 1st in the field in Strokes Gained per round on driver-heavy courses. A win feels imminent, and I’m going to be there when it happens.
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