PGA DFS GPP Breakdown: The Open Championship
Top-ranked grinder, STLCardinals84, will break 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, Grinders of all sports! We always have a few more casual DFS players joining the lineup building process this week, with big GPP contests to be had for the season’s final major. We have The Open Championship this week at Royal Liverpool.
Before we get too deep into analysis, I will say that it is extremely important to monitor the weather forecast this week. This tournament is being played on a traditional links course where the main course defense is the wind, and the course will become much more difficult if mother nature gets involved. Keep an eye out for Kevin Roth’s weather forecast as we get closer to lock.
The early forecast shows a decent amount of wind, but not much of an edge for any specific tee time wave. However, I will likely make some rosters that stack tee time waves even if the preliminary forecast doesn’t show an advantage, as things can change on a moment’s notice in this part of Europe. We see this quite often, and the advantage can often be exacerbated in The Open because tee times are more spread out with everyone starting on the first tee.
As for the course, when the weather isn’t an issue, this isn’t the most difficult Open Championship venue — though it will still provide a fair test. Royal Liverpool is generally a course that prioritizes approach play. When this major was last held here in 2014, many golfers didn’t use many drivers throughout the entire week with the course being firm and fast. However, we have seen more rain leading up to the event this time, and I would expect the driver to have more value this time. Still, hitting fairways and avoiding trouble is going to be the most important factor, and this major championship will provide an all around test for the 156 golfers in the field. Good ball strikers and those with strong links / Open experience will rise up my wish list.
This should be a great event. Let’s get to some of my favorite GPP picks!
PGA DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel GPP Breakdown for The Open Championship
Rory McIlroy
DraftKings: $11,900
FanDuel: $12,200
Yahoo: $46
Rory finally got the nay-sayers off his back with an incredible finish last week at the Scottish Open, and that could propel him into one of the best stretches of his career. He won the last Open Championship that was played on this course in 2014, and he has finishes of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th on his resume at this tournament over the last five editions. The statistical profile remains spectacular from every angle, and he’s just as safe as Scheffler at the top of the board. Scheffler gets a ton of credit for his consistent play all year, but McIlroy is not far behind, with top ten finishes in each of his last seven stroke play starts. These two have clearly separated from the pack at the moment, and you almost have to start with one of them in some of your GPP builds.
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