PGA First Look: Fort Worth Invitational

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2018-05-24 12:08:01

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Aaron Wise was the best golfer in the field last week and was the one holding up the trophy when all was said and done at the AT&T Bryon Nelson. Unfortunately, he was brutally banished to the friend zone by a lady that is clearly older than Wise. All jokes aside, it was great to see the young player pick up his first PGA Tour victory. This week we stay in Texas for the Forth Worth Invitational. It was previously named the Dean & Deluca Invitational and the Crowne Plaza Invitational if you are wondering why you can’t find any course history for the Fort Worth Invitational. There are only 121 golfers in the field, which will lead to a higher percentage of the golfers making the cut and likely a higher percentage of 6-of-6 lineups in DFS.

The event will be played at Colonial Country Club, which is a Par 70 that measures just over 7,200 yards. As you can see from the hole breakdown, there are only two par fives on the course and only one of them is reachable by everyone in the field. This course isn’t a Pete Dye design, but it certainly plays like one. The fairways are tree-lined and the greens are very small. Many describe the course as a plodder’s paradise because it cannot be overpowered by the bombers. While the fairways are made of Bermudagrass, the greens are Bentgrass. Do you know who putts well on Bentgrass? Jordan Spieth. Do you know who plays well here every single year? Jordan Spieth.

The course typically plays difficult, especially when the wind picks up. It’s early in the week, but the forecast looks pretty calm. If that’s the case, we could see the winner post a score in the mid to upper-teens rather than the -10 range that we’ve seen here most years. I always like these courses because anyone can win here. We’ve seen short-game specialists and ball strikers win here. We’ve even seen Jon Rahm compete here when he hit some incredible drives. In an interview, Rahm said that he rarely clubs down off the tee. That type of aggressiveness is great for fantasy scoring, but it can also get him into trouble when he’s not hitting the ball straight on these tight tracks.

As for the type of golfer that I am looking to target, I will mostly be focused on strokes gained approach — both in terms of recent and long term form. Most golfers will club down off the tee, so it will come down to the second shot on most holes. If we look at past data from this course, strokes gained approach is five times more important than strokes gained around the green. I was intrigued by this statistic because scrambling is typically important on courses with such small greens. Putting could actually play a big role this week and I will be placing a big emphasis on Bentrgrass splits. Finally, I will be taking a look at course history and at performance on less than driver courses.

Cut Rule:Top 70 and ties will move on after the first two rounds. The MDF rule is in effect if more than 78 golfers make the initial cut.

Recent Winners of this Event:Kevin Kisner (2017), Jordan Spieth (2016), Chris Kirk (2015), Adam Scott (2014), Boo Weekley (2013)

Key Statistics (In Order of Importance)

1) Strokes Gained Approach
2) Birdie or Better %
3) Par 4 Scoring
4) Fairways Gained
5) Strokes Gained Putting (Emphasis on Bentgrass)

Hole by Hole Breakdown

Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2013-2017)

Golfer	DK Salary	FD Salary	FDRFT Salary	OWGR	Odds	DK Odds	FD Odds	FDRFT Odds	Cuts	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
Jordan Spieth	$11,700	$12,400	$17,800	3	8	0%	0%	0%	5/5	2	1	2	14	7
Jon Rahm	$11,000	$11,900	$16,800	4	12	0%	33%	0%	1/1	2	500	500	500	500
Justin Rose	$10,600	$12,200	$16,000	5	18	-33%	-100%	0%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Rickie Fowler	$10,400	$11,700	$16,200	6	18	25%	25%	0%	1/2	500	500	500	122	54
Webb Simpson	$10,200	$11,600	$15,900	20	18	0%	0%	0%	2/2	5	3	500	500	500
Aaron Wise	$9,600	$9,400	$15,500	66	30	-67%	64%	-25%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Jimmy Walker	$9,500	$11,100	$15,600	54	28	0%	22%	-17%	3/3	500	29	65	10	500
Matt Kuchar	$9,300	$11,500	$15,400	22	32	-38%	-83%	-10%	3/4	12	6	500	76	2
Brooks Koepka	$9,200	$11,400	$15,500	11	27	33%	14%	25%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Adam Scott	$9,100	$11,300	$15,600	61	29	10%	-13%	-50%	3/3	500	55	24	1	500
Patrick Cantlay	$9,000	$10,900	$15,400	35	29	27%	20%	20%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Bryson DeChambeau	$8,800	$10,700	$15,200	39	33	-8%	-8%	0%	0/2	73	85	500	500	500
Jason Dufner	$8,700	$10,200	$15,300	51	32	8%	20%	0%	4/5	73	6	43	2	46
Emiliano Grillo	$8,600	$10,000	$14,600	68	46	-21%	0%	-6%	2/2	24	55	500	500	500
Zach Johnson	$8,500	$10,800	$15,000	58	34	7%	-27%	0%	5/5	63	17	19	73	3
Louis Oosthuizen	$8,400	$9,800	$14,200	36	60	-25%	0%	0%	1/2	500	94	500	38	500
Chesson Hadley	$8,300	$9,900	$14,600	60	45	6%	11%	0%	1/3	500	102	24	121	500
Xander Schauffele	$8,200	$9,900	$14,600	23	48	0%	0%	-13%	1/1	48	500	500	500	500
Kevin Kisner	$8,100	$9,800	$14,800	27	40	21%	25%	0%	3/4	1	10	5	88	500
Ollie Schniederjans	$8,000	$9,000	$13,400	93	82	-75%	13%	-13%	1/1	29	500	500	500	500
Steve Stricker	$7,900	$9,300	$13,800	136	64	-14%	27%	4%	3/3	7	47	27	500	500
Charley Hoffman	$7,900	$10,400	$13,500	30	76	-43%	-114%	0%	5/5	24	42	10	51	18
Kevin Na	$7,800	$9,300	$14,300	75	49	17%	42%	0%	2/3	500	42	10	76	500
Brian Harman	$7,800	$9,700	$14,100	26	60	9%	5%	0%	4/4	7	25	10	30	500
Beau Hossler	$7,700	$9,600	$14,000	86	66	0%	-4%	-9%	0/1	94	500	500	500	500
Scott Piercy	$7,700	$9,600	$13,800	159	68	-8%	-13%	-8%	4/4	7	67	43	500	26
Russell Knox	$7,700	$9,300	$13,600	123	72	-12%	15%	3%	2/2	500	500	24	21	500
Adam Hadwin	$7,600	$10,600	$14,100	45	61	21%	-69%	-5%	3/3	53	22	5	500	500
Chris Kirk	$7,600	$9,200	$13,800	140	66	7%	28%	-4%	5/5	67	15	1	14	35
Rory Sabbatini	$7,600	$9,100	$13,400	155	83	-29%	5%	-16%	1/4	73	500	10	88	78
Chez Reavie	$7,600	$9,100	$13,400	53	81	-21%	11%	-10%	2/3	48	71	500	500	11
Ryan Palmer	$7,600	$9,500	$13,700	115	75	-4%	-12%	-4%	4/5	70	3	81	5	14
Cameron Smith	$7,500	$9,400	$13,900	41	62	30%	18%	4%	0/1	73	500	500	500	500
Brandt Snedeker	$7,500	$10,100	$13,400	92	87	-12%	-131%	-19%	4/4	48	17	2	45	500
Danny Lee	$7,500	$8,200	$13,100	144	80	3%	44%	14%	4/4	6	22	10	38	500
Si Woo Kim	$7,500	$9,400	$13,100	42	81	0%	-18%	11%	0/2	73	71	500	500	500
J.J. Spaun	$7,400	$8,300	$12,600	129	105	-19%	19%	-2%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Austin Cook	$7,400	$9,000	$12,400	103	120	-24%	-15%	-2%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Kevin Tway	$7,400	$8,400	$12,400	194	114	-22%	13%	0%	1/2	18	500	500	109	500
Jason Kokrak	$7,400	$8,300	$11,900	122	150	-49%	-2%	-8%	2/4	117	55	112	500	18
David Lingmerth	$7,400	$7,500	$11,800	218	159	-65%	36%	-2%	4/4	12	500	33	5	18
Pat Perez	$7,300	$9,700	$12,700	25	97	5%	-82%	5%	1/3	82	500	5	96	500
Nick Watney	$7,300	$9,200	$13,200	98	87	10%	-6%	-6%	1/2	53	500	500	96	500
Russell Henley	$7,300	$9,400	$13,300	55	79	26%	-11%	11%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Martin Laird	$7,300	$9,500	$12,900	102	101	-2%	-65%	-10%	3/5	73	71	43	30	54
Andrew Landry	$7,300	$8,000	$12,800	69	97	2%	43%	-3%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Trey Mullinax	$7,300	$7,900	$11,900	176	153	-40%	23%	-16%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Ted Potter	$7,300	$8,000	$11,900	83	150	-31%	24%	-8%	1/1	500	500	500	500	18
Cheng-Tsung Pan	$7,300	$8,100	$11,700	187	171	-55%	-3%	0%	0/1	88	500	500	500	500
Sam Burns	$7,200	$8,700	$11,800	167	146	-2%	-13%	15%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Grayson Murray	$7,200	$8,800	$12,800	107	96	22%	9%	3%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Vaughn Taylor	$7,200	$8,000	$11,500	255	204	-56%	-8%	-5%	3/3	18	55	500	500	70
Aaron Baddeley	$7,200	$8,300	$11,400	234	219	-64%	-52%	-6%	2/5	82	55	101	51	121
Jim Furyk	$7,200	$8,900	$11,700	237	181	-36%	-62%	-5%	2/3	500	85	500	51	31
Brice Garnett	$7,200	$8,100	$11,900	119	151	-14%	10%	-12%	1/2	500	500	81	30	500
Shubhankar Sharma	$7,200	$8,700	$11,700	74	173	-32%	-47%	-2%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
William McGirt	$7,200	$8,200	$11,400	158	225	-68%	-47%	-9%	4/5	61	47	33	21	115
Kevin Streelman	$7,100	$8,600	$12,500	113	100	28%	11%	5%	2/4	18	102	58	500	78
Sean O’Hair	$7,100	$8,500	$12,000	91	131	16%	0%	2%	3/5	2	34	81	63	108
Harris English	$7,100	$8,000	$12,200	222	137	14%	31%	-4%	3/4	29	2	500	30	108
Joaquin Niemann	$7,100	$8,400	$12,200	661	124	17%	8%	0%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Sam Saunders	$7,100	$8,100	$11,900	175	147	10%	17%	-2%	1/2	24	500	112	500	500
Bill Haas	$7,100	$9,400	$12,300	88	123	19%	-68%	0%	3/3	12	47	500	21	500
Joel Dahmen	$7,100	$8,100	$11,700	406	179	-16%	-6%	-3%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Shawn Stefani	$7,100	$7,800		352	183	-19%	16%		3/3	500	34	19	500	42
Anirban Lahiri	$7,100	$8,000	$11,900	104	151	2%	21%	-12%	1/2	88	6	500	500	500
Maverick McNealy	$7,100	$8,100	$11,900	740	149	9%	16%	-4%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Andrew Putnam	$7,000	$8,100	$11,900	289	149	21%	14%	-6%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Patton Kizzire	$7,000	$8,200	$11,600	63	199	-12%	-33%	-10%	1/2	63	109	500	500	500
Corey Conners	$7,000	$8,500	$11,600	440	195	-7%	-49%	-6%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
JT Poston	$7,000	$8,100	$11,800	343	164	7%	0%	-5%	1/1	41	500	500	500	500
Tom Hoge	$7,000	$7,400	$11,400	199	221	-22%	19%	-8%	1/1	500	17	500	500	500
Jhonattan Vegas	$7,000	$8,600	$11,900	64	158	12%	-28%	-18%	1/3	111	115	53	500	500
Scott Brown	$7,000	$7,400	$11,400	153	200	-13%	25%	0%	2/5	12	109	33	88	94
Ryan Armour	$7,000	$7,700	$10,600	173	260	-41%	-8%	9%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Nicholas Lindheim	$7,000	$7,600	$11,200	296	243	-35%	0%	-7%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Mac Hughes	$7,000	$7,300	$10,900	221	310	-59%	-1%	-10%	0/1	114	500	500	500	500
Cody Gribble	$7,000	$7,800	$11,400	364	228	-25%	-4%	-10%	1/2	41	500	98	500	500
Ben Crane	$6,900	$8,200	$11,600	409	188	11%	-23%	-1%	2/3	500	29	71	500	78
Brandon Harkins	$6,900	$7,900	$11,000	229	260	-22%	-25%	-3%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Patrick Rodgers	$6,900	$8,200	$11,800	141	164	20%	-11%	-5%	1/2	106	500	74	500	500
Ben Martin	$6,900	$7,600	$11,000	247	266	-25%	-8%	-6%	4/4	57	29	10	21	500
Robert Garrigus	$6,900	$7,900	$11,200	236	211	-3%	-5%	6%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Chris Stroud	$6,900	$7,500	$11,500	188	206	0%	18%	-7%	4/5	41	13	92	14	7
Brian Stuard	$6,900	$7,800	$11,300	252	228	-8%	-4%	-1%	3/4	24	500	62	76	22
Satoshi Kodaira	$6,900	$8,800	$11,800	29	160	22%	-44%	-3%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Martin Flores	$6,900	$7,600	$11,000	300	275	-27%	-9%	-8%	2/3	106	500	53	500	14
Nick Taylor	$6,900	$7,800	$11,000	235	253	-20%	-16%	-2%	3/3	61	47	27	500	500
Talor Gooch	$6,800	$7,600	$11,300	206	235	1%	4%	-5%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Alex Cejka	$6,800	$7,300	$10,700	259	290	-19%	1%	-6%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Michael Thompson	$6,800	$7,900	$11,100	310	244	-4%	-21%	-3%	3/4	57	500	98	10	46
Tyler Duncan	$6,800	$7,300	$11,400	395	236	0%	17%	-16%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Richy Werenski	$6,800	$7,800	$11,200	288	238	-1%	-10%	-5%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Seamus Power	$6,800	$7,700	$11,600	323	195	18%	18%	-6%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Martin Piller	$6,800	$7,500	$11,400	243	198	16%	22%	3%	1/2	82	6	500	500	500
Benjamin Silverman	$6,800	$7,100	$10,400	277	390	-26%	1%	-3%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Robert Streb	$6,800	$7,400	$10,800	240	288	-16%	-1%	-4%	4/5	34	70	19	38	103
John Senden	$6,800	$7,100	$10,200	965	433	-29%	-2%	-3%	1/4	500	102	92	5	103
John Huh	$6,700	$8,200	$11,500	214	188	29%	-23%	5%	2/5	73	107	18	96	11
Abraham Ancer	$6,700	$8,500	$11,600	201	193	27%	-47%	-4%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Stewart Cink	$6,700	$8,100	$11,000	169	234	12%	-38%	6%	1/3	10	109	500	500	108
Scott Stallings	$6,700	$7,800	$10,700	146	280	-2%	-23%	-1%	2/4	63	102	500	76	4
Kelly Kraft	$6,700	$7,400	$11,200	172	240	8%	11%	-6%	1/1	18	500	500	500	500
Jonathan Byrd	$6,700	$7,300	$10,700	320	303	-8%	0%	-7%	1/2	500	500	500	70	94
Adam Schenk	$6,700	$7,200	$10,700	328	283	-3%	8%	-2%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Tyrone Van Aswegen	$6,700	$7,800	$10,700	322	288	-4%	-26%	-3%	1/2	111	42	500	500	500
Whee Kim	$6,700	$7,000	$10,500	164	358	-11%	4%	-2%	2/2	34	500	65	500	500
Xin-Jun Zhang	$6,700	$7,000	$10,200	330	508	-18%	-2%	-4%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Sung Kang	$6,700	$7,500	$11,100	120	249	5%	2%	-4%	1/2	57	85	500	500	500
Ryan Blaum	$6,600	$7,900		294	207	27%	-4%		1/1	24	500	500	500	500
Tom Lovelady	$6,600	$7,700	$11,100	280	263	11%	-10%	-9%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Wesley Bryan	$6,600	$8,100	$10,600	112	313	1%	-73%	-3%	1/1	48	500	500	500	500
Chad Campbell	$6,600	$7,500	$10,700	317	288	6%	-7%	-3%	3/5	34	10	81	30	78
J.J. Henry	$6,600	$7,200	$10,200	456	468	-5%	-5%	-4%	2/5	94	85	101	57	42
Rod Pampling	$6,600	$7,500	$10,200	374	421	-4%	-19%	-2%	0/2	100	500	500	76	500
Tim Herron	$6,600	$7,000	$10,100		558	-7%	-3%	-2%	3/5	100	29	81	63	65
Derek Fathauer	$6,600	$7,400	$10,300	291	400	-3%	-11%	-2%	2/2	48	62	500	500	500
Smylie Kaufman	$6,600	$7,000	$10,100	373	688	-8%	-3%	-3%	0/1	500	113	500	500	500
Keith Clearwater	$6,600	$7,000	$10,000		1382	-9%	-4%	-2%	0/5	100	119	122	123	130
Conrad Shindler	$6,600	$7,000	$10,400	460	385	-1%	3%	-2%	0/0	500	500	500	500	500

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.

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