PGA First Look: Dean & Deluca Invitational

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2016-05-26 13:40:28

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Sergio Garcia picked up his first PGA Tour victory in over four years with a win at the AT&T Byron Nelson last week. He made a nice run on the back nine on Sunday and was able to get the best of Brooks Koepka in a playoff. The PGA Tour stays in Texas this week, although it will move to Fort Worth. I also want to mention that DraftKings is now offering contests for European Tour events, so we can basically have four straight days and nights of sweating our golf lineups. The first Euro Tour event is the BMW Championship. Lineups lock at 12:00 ET on Wednesday night (technically Thursday morning), so make sure to save your lineups before going to bed on Wednesday.

As for the Dean & Deluca Invitational, you may not recognize the name of the event. This was previously known as the Crowne Plaza Invitational. Even though the sponsor has changed, it is the same event that has been held at the Colonial Golf and Country Club. This is a Par 70 track that measures just over 7,200 yards. From looking at the past winners alone, we can easily figure out that this is not a bombers course. The three players in the field this week that have best track record at this event are: Zach Johnson, Jordan Spieth, and Chris Kirk. All three are more of the course manager types that tend to play better on shorter courses.

Colonial Country Club features very thin fairways and very small greens. Even though all of the golfers in the field will hit fairways at a lower rate than they are used to, it is an important statistic this week, because even if you miss the fairway, you want to miss on the right side. Greens in regulation should prove to be important this week and given the small nature of the greens, it may not hurt to factor in proximity to the hole as well. As with any Par 70 layout, par four scoring becomes very important because there are only two par fives that the players will be able to take advantage of. And finally, I am going to sprinkle in a bit of the all-around ranking this week. It never hurts to target the golfers that do a little bit of everything well.

Before we get to the fantasy notes, I want to point out a few more notes about this course. It features one of the toughest three-hole stretches in golf. They have names it the “Horrible Horseshoe.” Despite it’s terrible nickname, any golfer will be happy to play these three holes at even par. I am factoring in course history a little heavier than usual this week, as the same golfers tend to play well here each and every year. The final thing to bring up is the size of the field. This is an invitational and there were only 125 golfers that were invited. That is considerably less than the full field events that we have seen recently. The smaller the field, the higher the percentage of golfers make the cut, which allows us to take a few more chances when building lineups.

Key Statistics

1) Strokes Gained Tee to Green
2) Strokes Gained Putting
3) Driving Accuracy
4) Greens in Regulation
5) Par 4 Scoring
6) All-Around Ranking

Fantasy Notes

Cut Rule: Top 70 and ties will move on after the first two rounds. The MDF rule is in effect if there are more than 78 golfers that make the initial cut. In the event that more than 78 golfers make the cut, there will be a second cut (top 70 and ties) after the third round.

Recent Winners of this Event: Chris Kirk (2015), Adam Scott (2014), Boo Weekley (2013), Zach Johnson (2012), David Toms (2011)

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Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2011-2015)

Golfer	Salary	S-Rank	Odds	O-Rank	+ / –	OWGR	Cuts	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Jordan Spieth	$12,800	1	6	1	0	2	3/3	2	14	7	500	500
Adam Scott	$11,300	2	11	2	0	7	4/4	24	1	500	500	65
Matt Kuchar	$11,000	3	13	3	0	20	6/7	500	76	2	26	16
Zach Johnson	$10,700	4	24	5	-1	19	7/7	19	73	3	1	4
Charley Hoffman	$10,400	5	23	4	1	33	6/6	10	51	18	13	500
Patrick Reed	$10,000	6	30	7	-1	13	2/2	33	500	46	500	500
Chris Kirk	$9,700	7	30	7	0	53	6/6	1	14	35	5	16
Kevin Chappell	$9,600	8	26	6	2	34	4/5	19	10	54	41	71
Louis Oosthuizen	$9,500	9	36	10	-1	14	2/2	500	38	500	19	500
Kevin Na	$9,200	10	33	9	1	31	6/7	10	76	500	13	40
Charl Schwartzel	$9,000	11	37	12	-1	22	0/1	500	500	78	500	500
Brandt Snedeker	$8,900	12	41	18	-6	17	4/4	2	45	500	500	16
Danny Lee	$8,800	13	37	11	2	38	3/3	10	38	500	500	500
Bill Haas	$8,700	14	38	15	-1	30	4/5	500	21	500	55	8
Jim Furyk	$8,600	15	39	16	-1	27	5/7	500	51	31	4	31
Jimmy Walker	$8,500	16	40	17	-1	32	3/3	65	10	500	500	56
Jason Dufner	$8,400	17	37	14	3	66	5/6	43	2	46	2	107
Colt Knost	$8,300	18	37	13	5	98	1/5	10	500	121	117	101
Tony Finau	$8,200	19	49	20	-1	79	1/1	19	500	500	500	500
Ryan Palmer	$8,100	20	41	19	1	75	6/8	81	5	14	5	31
Kevin Kisner	$8,000	21	57	22	-1	25	1/2	5	88	500	500	500
Patton Kizzire	$7,900	22	66	24	-2	55	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Marc Leishman	$7,800	23	56	21	2	39	5/5	27	21	46	57	44
Bryson DeChambeau	$7,700	24	62	23	1	208	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Ian Poulter	$7,700	24	83	32	-8	78	4/4	5	500	500	500	500
Roberto Castro	$7,600	26	76	27	-1	121	2/3	500	117	46	19	500
Smylie Kaufman	$7,600	26	82	31	-5	51	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Jonas Blixt	$7,500	28	86	34	-6	119	2/3	118	500	11	10	500
Steve Stricker	$7,500	28	80	30	-2	251	3/4	27	500	500	500	500
Boo Weekley	$7,400	30	74	26	4	138	6/6	33	75	1	31	55
John Senden	$7,400	30	93	36	-6	103	5/8	92	5	103	37	8
Chez Reavie	$7,300	32	69	25	7	99	4/5	500	500	11	107	5
Harris English	$7,300	32	85	33	-1	77	2/3	500	30	108	5	500
Spencer Levin	$7,200	34	101	39	-5	189	2/5	101	88	500	80	52
Jerry Kelly	$7,200	34	113	45	-11	160	5/7	10	38	500	57	113
Bryce Molder	$7,100	36	76	28	8	116	5/6	58	45	65	31	71
Freddie Jacobson	$7,100	36	103	40	-4	106	5/7	112	3	35	500	31
Kevin Streelman	$7,100	36	137	62	-26	127	3/6	58	500	78	95	10
Anirban Lahiri	$7,100	36	113	45	-9	56	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
William McGirt	$7,000	40	96	37	3	102	4/5	33	21	115	63	31
Daniel Summerhays	$7,000	40	87	35	5	101	3/5	58	51	35	89	126
Kyle Reifers	$7,000	40	104	41	-1	145	3/3	80	500	54	13	500
Cameron Tringale	$7,000	40	104	42	-2	96	4/5	43	63	54	95	65
Webb Simpson	$7,000	40	108	43	-3	95	0/2	500	500	500	500	500
Sean O’Hair	$6,900	45	100	38	7	113	4/7	81	63	108	500	16
Ben Martin	$6,900	45	130	56	-11	118	2/2	10	21	500	500	500
Brian Harman	$6,900	45	132	58	-13	135	2/3	10	30	500	112	500
Robert Streb	$6,900	45	128	52	-7	61	2/3	19	38	103	500	500
Steve Marino	$6,900	45	131	57	-12	245	3/4	500	500	500	500	16
Lucas Glover	$6,800	50	113	45	5	216	5/7	43	96	500	117	40
Scott Piercy	$6,800	50	79	29	21	57	2/4	43	500	26	500	500
Keegan Bradley	$6,800	50	128	52	-2	117	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Jason Kokrak	$6,800	50	120	48	2	100	1/2	112	500	18	500	500
Scott Stallings	$6,800	50	126	51	-1	248	1/4	500	76	4	107	122
John Huh	$6,800	50	145	64	-14	204	3/4	18	96	11	5	500
Emiliano Grillo	$6,700	56	110	44	12	43	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Will Wilcox	$6,700	56	135	59	-3	144	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Fabian Gomez	$6,700	56	135	59	-3	62	1/2	27	500	103	500	500
Ricky Barnes	$6,700	56	150	66	-10	219	2/5	500	60	90	89	91
Tom Hoge	$6,700	56	145	64	-8	256	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Scott Langley	$6,700	56	190	81	-25	382	2/3	27	68	108	500	500
Adam Hadwin	$6,600	62	121	49	13	187	1/1	5	500	500	500	500
Jhonattan Vegas	$6,600	62	125	50	12	217	1/1	53	500	500	500	500
Jon Curran	$6,600	62	171	75	-13	195	1/1	33	500	500	500	500
Aaron Baddeley	$6,600	62	158	70	-8	263	2/4	101	51	121	63	500
Andrew Loupe	$6,600	62	153	68	-6	148	1/1	500	45	500	500	500
George McNeill	$6,600	62	173	76	-14	190	5/7	5	21	500	70	116
Chad Campbell	$6,500	68	135	59	9	174	2/7	81	30	78	41	101
Chris Stroud	$6,500	68	152	67	1	176	3/5	92	14	7	13	500
Martin Laird	$6,500	68	158	70	-2	211	5/5	43	30	54	500	10
Michael Kim	$6,500	68	195	83	-15	339	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Chesson Hadley	$6,500	68	180	78	-10	234	1/2	24	121	500	500	500
Jeff Overton	$6,500	68	220	93	-25	384	5/6	33	45	500	80	65
David Hearn	$6,400	74	129	55	19	141	4/5	33	21	94	13	44
Scott Brown	$6,400	74	165	73	1	155	1/3	33	88	94	500	500
Sung Kang	$6,400	74	178	77	-3	177	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Martin Piller	$6,400	74	193	82	-8	215	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Troy Merritt	$6,400	74	218	92	-18	91	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Geoff Ogilvy	$6,400	74	228	96	-22	239	5/6	43	88	500	19	500
Jason Bohn	$6,300	80	128	54	26	87	5/7	2	119	500	57	91
David Toms	$6,300	80	155	69	11	186	5/8	108	5	94	89	1
Kyle Stanley	$6,300	80	185	80	0	285	3/5	500	68	108	95	52
Zac Blair	$6,300	80	198	84	-4	158	1/1	62	500	500	500	500
Seung-Yul Noh	$6,300	80	183	79	1	253	2/3	500	109	62	31	500
Hiroshi Iwata	$6,300	80	217	91	-11	137	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Ben Crane	$6,200	86	163	72	14	391	5/7	71	500	78	10	124
Brian Stuard	$6,200	86	210	85	1	151	2/3	62	76	22	500	500
Jim Herman	$6,200	86	250	100	-14	74	1/1	33	500	500	500	500
Nick Taylor	$6,200	86	213	88	-2	290	1/2	27	500	500	500	101
Ken Duke	$6,200	86	213	88	-2	233	4/6	81	51	31	26	500
Shawn Stefani	$6,200	86	235	97	-11	275	2/2	19	500	42	500	500
Hudson Swafford	$6,100	92	170	74	18	249	0/1	92	500	500	500	500
Mark Hubbard	$6,100	92	245	99	-7	370	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Matt Jones	$6,100	92	210	85	7	81	2/5	500	45	94	500	91
Camilo Villegas	$6,100	92	213	88	4	240	1/2	500	88	26	500	500
Tyrone Van Aswegen	$6,100	92	295	107	-15	320	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Chad Collins	$6,100	92	298	108	-16	272	2/3	74	114	500	500	500
Jason Gore	$6,000	98	270	102	-4	183	0/1	500	500	500	500	500
Vijay Singh	$6,000	98	240	98	0	207	5/7	43	70	94	47	101
Greg Owen	$6,000	98	280	104	-6	194	2/3	500	500	94	31	500
Brendon De Jonge	$6,000	98	255	101	-3	232	5/5	500	30	22	41	56
Tyler Aldridge	$6,000	98	290	106	-8	302	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Angel Cabrera	$6,000	98	305	109	-11	335	3/5	65	76	31	500	71
Si Woo Kim	$5,900	104	139	63	41	142	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Hunter Mahan	$5,900	104	210	85	19	134	6/8	53	60	26	37	10
Bronson Burgoon	$5,900	104	225	94	10	282	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Brendon Todd	$5,900	104	340	112	-8	179	3/3	43	5	500	73	500
Brett Stegmaier	$5,900	104	330	111	-7	277	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Peter Malnati	$5,900	104	390	115	-11	171	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Johnson Wagner	$5,800	110	225	94	16	203	1/5	92	500	78	95	500
Vaughn Taylor	$5,800	110	275	103	7	105	2/5	500	500	70	80	116
Blayne Barber	$5,800	110	310	110	0	258	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Carl Pettersson	$5,800	110	385	114	-4	295	5/7	120	102	35	26	500
Steve Flesch	$5,800	110	470	117	-7	1080	5/8	62	60	22	112	44
Tim Herron	$5,800	110	485	118	-8	589	5/8	81	63	65	89	52
J.J. Henry	$5,700	116	380	113	3	262	4/8	101	57	42	80	111
Derek Fathauer	$5,700	116	289	105	11	264	1/1	500	500	500	500	500
Steven Bowditch	$5,700	116	410	116	0	115	1/4	101	88	128	500	16
Franklin Corpening	$5,700	116	525	119	-3		1/2	500	102	14	500	500
Kramer Hickok	$5,700	116	875	120	-4		0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Keith Clearwater	$5,700	116	1900	121	-5		0/7	122	123	130	122	107

Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a made cut with a finish outside of the top 25.
Course history in RED indicates a missed cut.

Legend

Term	Description
S-Rank	Each golfer’s salary rank compared to the field, with one being the most expensive.
O-Rank	Each golfer’s odds rank compared to the field, with one the biggest favorite.
+ / –	The difference between a golfer’s salary and odds rank. The bigger the number, the better.
OWGR	Official World Golf Ranking
Cuts	Cut record of each golfer at this event in the last eight seasons.
2011 – 2015 Columns	Course history at this event over the last five seasons.