PGA DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for The RSM Classic
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 RSM Classic
Which useful trend or statistic stuck out most during your research?
Notorious: We have a course rotation for the first two rounds of this tournament. While both are easy compared to most courses on the PGA Tour, the Plantation Course features four pars 5 and should be the better course for scoring (if you are playing Showdown). Both courses are fewer than 7,100 yards, and there are plenty of water hazards, so driving distance is not a prerequisite for success. I’m looking for golfers that are good with their irons, keep the ball in play off the tee, can putt on Bermuda greens, and have good track records on par 70 courses.
STLCardinals84: There are many golfers who have consistently strong course history at Sea Island, and it seems like a good chunk of PGA Tour players live in the area. Course history tends to take on added importance, as golfers like Kevin Kisner and Webb Simpson have great track records here. This also goes to show you that distance off the tee isn’t a requirement here. If you are a course history truther, this is a week that is often kind to you. Note that we do have two courses in play prior to the weekend, and the Plantation Course tends to play as the easier of the two.
hondizzle: While I had a fair bit of Noren last week, I found myself rooting hard for Camillo Villegas to win after a long layoff. In preparation for yet another week where there is not a full field of big names, last week’s win reminded me of something I should spend more time on when looking at a player pool. As much as the DFS community likes to look at stats to help us guide our player choices, there is often more to a player than the numbers we look at. The line between success and failure is really smaller than most non-touring professionals will ever realize. As someone who is in the business of helping players both enjoy and play better golf, I can recognize the volatility that is golf. Villegas mentioned afterwards that he changed coaches and was in the process of a swing change. The player that we as the DFS community associated with for the last handful of bad seasons showed signs of starting to turn the corner the previous week. Now this does not always mean that a player has made a change or that there is some underlying reason for this great play, but as someone who tries to learn as much about the field for any given week, I made the mistake of not being curious about why Villegas played better. This week if you have time, try to be a bit more curious and look outside the numbers when looking a player evaluations.
Who is your top contrarian golfer (when considering price, key stats, projected ownership, etc.) on the board and why?
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