PGA DFS GPP Breakdown: Charles Schwab Challenge
Long-time grinder, STLCardinals84, breaks down his top PGA DFS picks in various price ranges for this week’s tournament. Which golfers should you be targeting to try and take down the big DFS tournaments? Find out below!
Welcome, golf grinders! We have another PGA TOUR stop in Texas this week, and this tournament will be held at Colonial Country Club for the Charles Schwab Challenge. Sponsorship has changed over the years for this event, but the one constant has been the course. Colonial has been the host site for this event since 1946, and we have a surprisingly strong field for the week after a major.
As for the host course, Colonial has withstood the test of time, even as technology has helped players get much better on the golf course. It’s a traditional par 70 layout that doesn’t offer much in the way of length, but the course can be very challenging, especially when the Texas winds pick up. The short par five first hole is the only real pushover on the course, and even that hole is no longer the “gimme” birdie hole that it once was. The traditional late spring winds in Texas often pick up during this event, which serves to make Colonial even more of a challenging test.
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It is worth noting that Colonial underwent an extensive renovation after last year’s tournament. However, I do not expect the course to play much differently. The course was completely re-sodded, but it was only moderately lengthened. Some bunkers were also changed to accommodate the longer hitters in today’s game, but the premise of the course has not changed.
As with many shorter courses, Colonial sets up as your typical second shot golf course, and distance off the tee is largely irrelevant. Almost the entire field can reach the par five first hole in two shots if their drive is in the fairway, and very few golfers can reach the par five on the back nine in two. It’s all about approach play and ball striking for me this week, and I am valuing course history a little more than normal. Most winners of this event tend to have some history at the venue, so that factor can’t be discounted on a challenging layout. No first-time participant has won here since Sergio Garcia all the way back in 2001.
Let’s take a look at some of my favorite GPP options this week!
PGA DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel GPP Breakdown for the Charles Schwab Challenge
Collin Morikawa
DraftKings: $11,000
FanDuel: $11,900
Yahoo: $41
Morikawa continues to trend in the right direction, and last week’s top five finish could have easily been a victory if more putts would have fallen on the weekend. He has now finished inside the top 20 in each of his last four stroke play starts, and he ranked 4th in the field in tee to green play at the PGA Championship. That was very impressive when you consider that it was a driver-heavy course. He tends to play better on courses like the one we will see this week, and he has a runner-up finish at Colonial in the past. Some may be worried about a bit of a hangover effect after his putter let him down last weekend, but I am on board with the course fit and the very strong overall run of form.
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