PGA DFS GPP Breakdown: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
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!
Hello, PGA Grinders! With the NFL season down to just one big game left, more eyes will turn to the golf world as we move forward. We have large prize pools to target this week, and the contests could be a little softer than normal with NFL players utilizing the funds they won from Conference Championship week. As for the golf tournament, we have the second of the annual Pro-Am events at the legendary Pebble Beach Golf Links on the agenda this week.
Like the American Express event a couple weeks ago and Torrey Pines last week, we have a course rotation in the mix once again. Pebble Beach will be the host course, while each golfer will also play a round on Spyglass Hill over the first two days. That is a change from previous years, where three courses were used for this event. Pebble Beach will host the final two rounds for all the golfers, and this is a more limited field, “elevated event” for 2024. It will be fun to see more rounds at the iconic Pebble Beach course.
It’s worth noting that Pebble Beach is a course that is very susceptible to the wind, so we will need to keep a close eye on the weather forecast. Spyglass Hill is more tree-lined and is less susceptible to the wind. For full week contests, if the wind looks to be worse on one of the first two days, you’ll want to prioritize golfers that play Spyglass Hill on the windier day. For showdown contests, we might even see an edge for specific tee times over the course of a day, especially on the final day where wind is expected to be a factor.
Neither of these courses is particularly long, so we don’t need to prioritize distance at this event. The key will be a combination of strong approach play and comfort on poa annua green surfaces, which can get bumpy and challenging. I will be looking almost exclusively at ball striking, approach play, and short game this week. We see strong short iron and wedge players succeed here almost every year.
Now let’s get to some of my favorite GPP picks!
PGA DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel GPP Breakdown for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Rory McIlroy
DraftKings: $11,500
FanDuel: $12,200
Yahoo: $45
What if he’s rusty? What if his high ball flight is a problem in the wind? What if his lack of course history is a problem? What if the high price tag just isn’t worth it? These are all questions that people will be asking, and they are reasons why I think McIlroy will end up being somewhat lower owned than many people think. It’s not like McIlroy hasn’t been playing; he just hasn’t been playing on the PGA TOUR of late. He won in Dubai just two weeks ago in a strong field event. He has a top ten at a U.S. Open held at Pebble Beach. He’s still Rory McIlroy, and he’s still very capable of dominating.
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