PGA DFS Expert Survey: Farmers Insurance Open
Our panel of experts is here to give you their PGA DFS picks for this week’s contests by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know who Noto has as the top three finishers? Or who is STLCards’ top overall golfer? Find out below!
PGA DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for the Farmers Insurance Open
Who is your top contrarian golfer (when considering price, key stats, projected ownership, etc.) on the board and why?
Notorious: Jason Day – Early ownership projections suggest he’s going to be less than 15% owned on both FanDuel and DraftKings. If that holds, I will be delighted, as I have him tagged as a core play this week. He’s won this event twice and has 7 top-10 finishes in his last 11 starts here. He tends to play his best on long and difficult courses (he won his major at Whistling Straits) and is in better form than most realize. He won the team event with Lydia Ko in December and has played well in both of his PGA TOUR events so far this year.
STLCardinals84: Ben Kohles – Until he misses a cut, I am going to ride the wave with Kohles at low ownership. He has paid off a value price tag in back-to-back weeks with a pair of made cuts in his first two PGA TOUR starts, and he shot 16 under par last week. That should have him feeling confident heading into a tougher test at Torrey Pines. He’s capable of keeping up off the tee, and we once again have him projected in the 5-7% ownership range. I’m sold on the all-around game here, and I expect him to be one of the best PGA TOUR rookies this season.
hondizzle: Will Zalatoris – Injuries usually delay the field’s willingness to get behind a player. Most will want to see proof of some positive form before they invest money in a player. This will be Zalatoris’ third start since returning from injury. He had a missed cut followed by a 34th-place finish at last week’s event. The majority of the field will still take the wait-and-see approach. Even at an $8,000 price on DK (which, if he is healthy, is way too low for his talent and course history), Zalatoris is currently pinned for around 10% pOWN%. This could be a pivotal spot to navigate for the week. Due to his low price, I think you have to account for this being the week that Zalatoris moves closer to the form we are accustomed to seeing. I want to be slightly over the field on him.
Who is your top overall golfer (when considering price, key stats, projected ownership, etc.) on the board and why?
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