PGA First Look: Puerto Rico Open
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Wow, what a Sunday finish we had at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Kevin Kisner appeared to be able to coast to a victory after the front nine, but a few mistakes and a great charge by Marc Leishman changed everything on the last few holes. Leishman dropped a 50-foot eagle putt on the par five 15th and then made a tremendous up and down on the difficult 18th to par the hole put the pressure on Kisner. In the end, Leishman claimed his second career PGA Tour victory. For what it’s worth, this wasn’t a choke job by Kisner. He was a bit unlucky in the final round, so I have full confidence the next time he is in a similar situation. Other notable top ten finishes included Rory McIlroy, Tyrell Hatton, Adam Hadwin, Emiliano Grillo, and Francesco Molinari.
We have a rare two-tournament event this week. The best golfers in the world will all convene in Austin, Texas for the WGC-Dell Match Play. The sites would have to alter the scoring format drastically to make it playable for DFS. With that event not in play, FanDuel and DraftKings are going to offer contests for the uber-exciting Puerto Rico Open. This is an official PGA Tour event, but it is probably the weakest field that we will see all season. With that said, there is still a golf event and there is still DFS, so I will certainly be making my lineups in usual fashion.
The Puerto Rico Open is held at the Coco Beach Golf Club that is a Par 72 that measures just over 7,500 yards. There is water on play on nearly two-thirds of the holes and the course features over 30 greenside bunkers. Aesthetically speaking, this is a very nice course. Half of the holes are right by the ocean and the other half feature a jungle as the background. The greens are Paspalum and it sounds like they are playing extremely slow. Imagine what the greens at Augusta are like and then think of the exact opposite. This is typically one of the windiest events that we see on the PGA Tour, but it sounds like we have to worry more about the rain than the wind.
On paper, a 7,500 yard course screams bomber’s paradise. However, a lot of the par fours force players to club down and if we look at past leaderboards, we can see a number of accurate hitter’s with good course history. With the conditions expected to be somewhat soggy thanks to the rain, I am giving a slight edge to bombers over accuracy. However, the statistic that I’ll be looking at is strokes gained off the tee. Distance is good, but we don’t want players that are going to spray their drives into the water or jungle. Scoring on par fives is going to be critical and we always want to target birdie makers.
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Cut Rule: Top 70 and ties move on after the first two rounds.
Recent Winners of this Event:Tony Finau (2016), Alex Cejka (2015), Chesson Hadley (2014), Scott Brown (2013), George McNeil (2012)
Key Statistics (In Order of Importance)
1) Strokes Gained Tee to Green
2) Birdie or Better %
3) Par 5 Scoring
4) Strokes Gained Off the Tee
5) Strokes Gained Putting
Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2012-2016)
| Golfer | DK Salary | FD Salary | OWGR | Odds | DK Odds Diff | FD Odds Diff | Cuts | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Bryan | $10,800 | $8,900 | 73 | 17 | 0% | 75% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Graham DeLaet | $10,600 | $9,400 | 135 | 18 | 0% | 0% | 3/3 | 11 | 500 | 500 | 18 | 9 |
| Graeme McDowell | $10,300 | $9,700 | 82 | 19 | 0% | -200% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Peter Uihlein | $10,100 | $7,200 | 174 | 25 | 0% | 75% | 1/3 | 500 | 100 | 500 | 6 | 111 |
| Luke List | $9,900 | $8,600 | 169 | 26 | 0% | 17% | 2/2 | 15 | 500 | 500 | 50 | 500 |
| Scott Brown | $9,800 | $8,100 | 116 | 28 | -33% | 11% | 5/5 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 1 | 5 |
| Ian Poulter | $9,600 | $8,600 | 199 | 28 | 0% | -17% | 1/1 | 3 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Fabrizio Zanotti | $9,500 | $7,200 | 78 | 33 | -38% | 31% | 1/2 | 86 | 27 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Matt Jones | $9,300 | $5,700 | 182 | 27 | 33% | 87% | 2/3 | 500 | 500 | 115 | 14 | 5 |
| Chris Kirk | $9,100 | $8,300 | 90 | 32 | 0% | -25% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Alex Cejka | $8,900 | $6,200 | 178 | 41 | -27% | 59% | 3/3 | 11 | 1 | 54 | 500 | 500 |
| Danny Lee | $8,700 | $9,000 | 98 | 34 | 0% | -300% | 2/2 | 500 | 500 | 2 | 500 | 48 |
| JT Poston | $8,600 | $6,500 | 212 | 31 | 31% | 68% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| David Hearn | $8,400 | $6,300 | 179 | 41 | -7% | 50% | 2/2 | 500 | 500 | 24 | 8 | 500 |
| Brandon Hagy | $8,300 | $5,400 | 294 | 42 | -7% | 73% | 1/1 | 500 | 16 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| J.J. Spaun | $8,200 | $8,000 | 118 | 36 | 19% | -30% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Tyrone Van Aswegen | $8,200 | $5,900 | 226 | 67 | -100% | 22% | 3/3 | 65 | 55 | 37 | 500 | 500 |
| Scott Stallings | $8,100 | $7,600 | 266 | 55 | -11% | -67% | 0/1 | 70 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Seung-Yul Noh | $8,100 | $7,600 | 249 | 60 | -17% | -75% | 2/3 | 119 | 500 | 37 | 500 | 25 |
| Cameron Percy | $8,000 | $5,400 | 336 | 64 | -35% | 54% | 2/3 | 26 | 77 | 500 | 14 | 500 |
| Dominic Bozzelli | $8,000 | $7,200 | 142 | 47 | 15% | -6% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Willy Wilcox | $7,900 | $5,500 | 296 | 75 | -64% | 35% | 2/2 | 500 | 6 | 43 | 500 | 500 |
| Andrew Johnston | $7,900 | $6,300 | 100 | 75 | -68% | -23% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | $7,800 | $6,800 | 112 | 91 | -79% | -72% | 4/4 | 500 | 73 | 19 | 39 | 2 |
| Sam Saunders | $7,800 | $5,700 | 432 | 93 | -92% | 2% | 2/2 | 39 | 2 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | $7,700 | $6,700 | 80 | 54 | 27% | 27% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Camilo Villegas | $7,700 | $6,100 | 311 | 75 | -35% | 8% | 1/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 18 | 500 |
| Chesson Hadley | $7,600 | $5,900 | 519 | 62 | 14% | 41% | 2/3 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 500 | 500 |
| Cameron Tringale | $7,600 | $7,400 | 221 | 66 | -11% | -107% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Robert Garrigus | $7,500 | $6,200 | 215 | 70 | -13% | 0% | 0/1 | 111 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Sung Kang | $7,500 | $5,500 | 197 | 70 | -10% | 40% | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 74 |
| Chris Stroud | $7,500 | $5,900 | 343 | 104 | -80% | -32% | 4/4 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 500 |
| Jonas Blixt | $7,400 | $6,400 | 247 | 75 | -15% | -31% | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 97 |
| Fabian Gomez | $7,400 | $8,800 | 107 | 99 | -55% | -920% | 2/3 | 500 | 47 | 125 | 2 | 500 |
| Rory Sabbatini | $7,400 | $5,400 | 429 | 85 | -24% | 31% | 1/2 | 111 | 500 | 500 | 30 | 500 |
| Seamus Power | $7,300 | $7,100 | 300 | 51 | 50% | 5% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Boo Weekley | $7,300 | $5,700 | 340 | 66 | 17% | 36% | 4/4 | 35 | 6 | 500 | 8 | 3 |
| Harold Varner | $7,300 | $5,900 | 126 | 61 | 36% | 44% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Nick Taylor | $7,200 | $6,200 | 328 | 61 | 44% | 35% | 1/1 | 5 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ryan Blaum | $7,200 | $6,900 | 347 | 77 | -3% | -74% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| John Peterson | $7,200 | $6,000 | 570 | 63 | 36% | 38% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| K.J. Choi | $7,200 | $6,100 | 186 | 93 | -21% | -24% | 1/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 57 | 500 |
| Chad Collins | $7,200 | $5,900 | 313 | 120 | -62% | -54% | 2/3 | 47 | 16 | 90 | 500 | 500 |
| Tim Wilkinson | $7,100 | $5,000 | 325 | 65 | 34% | 58% | 1/2 | 21 | 500 | 90 | 500 | 500 |
| Will MacKenzie | $7,100 | $6,300 | 446 | 63 | 41% | 13% | 3/3 | 8 | 6 | 500 | 500 | 32 |
| John Senden | $7,100 | $5,600 | 201 | 92 | -2% | 15% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brad Fritsch | $7,100 | $4,900 | 421 | 117 | -36% | 18% | 2/2 | 500 | 500 | 29 | 39 | 500 |
| Andres Gonzales | $7,100 | $4,600 | 290 | 124 | -48% | 24% | 0/2 | 111 | 500 | 500 | 87 | 500 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | $7,000 | $7,600 | 147 | 64 | 45% | -125% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Richy Werenski | $7,000 | $4,600 | 246 | 112 | -12% | 36% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ricky Barnes | $7,000 | $5,700 | 258 | 150 | -57% | -64% | 2/3 | 39 | 87 | 9 | 500 | 500 |
| Julian Etulain | $7,000 | $4,700 | 431 | 154 | -59% | 4% | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 121 | 500 | 500 |
| Robby Shelton | $7,000 | $4,500 | 1168 | 125 | -35% | 31% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Greg Owen | $6,900 | $5,400 | 273 | 116 | -9% | 0% | 2/2 | 500 | 38 | 24 | 500 | 500 |
| Andres Romero | $6,900 | $5,500 | 600 | 114 | -6% | -4% | 4/5 | 5 | 64 | 81 | 6 | 20 |
| D.A. Points | $6,900 | $4,800 | 634 | 134 | -31% | 9% | 1/2 | 65 | 500 | 500 | 98 | 500 |
| Kevin Tway | $6,900 | $4,500 | 420 | 168 | -56% | 12% | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 103 | 500 | 500 |
| Brian Campbell | $6,900 | $4,500 | 376 | 146 | -37% | 22% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Martin Flores | $6,800 | $5,700 | 237 | 76 | 34% | 17% | 3/4 | 500 | 16 | 19 | 64 | 74 |
| Bryce Molder | $6,800 | $7,100 | 219 | 149 | -29% | -300% | 2/3 | 47 | 108 | 500 | 30 | 500 |
| J.J. Henry | $6,800 | $5,400 | 440 | 99 | 15% | 15% | 2/2 | 500 | 64 | 500 | 500 | 58 |
| Hunter Mahan | $6,800 | $7,800 | 570 | 115 | 2% | -427% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Jonathan Randolph | $6,800 | $4,500 | 455 | 177 | -49% | 7% | 1/1 | 500 | 27 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ryan Armour | $6,700 | $4,900 | 405 | 118 | 5% | 16% | 1/1 | 500 | 38 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Tag Ridings | $6,700 | $4,700 | 616 | 126 | -6% | 16% | 1/2 | 500 | 500 | 72 | 78 | 500 |
| Steve Marino | $6,700 | $5,400 | 423 | 130 | -8% | -17% | 1/1 | 2 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Hiroshi Iwata | $6,700 | $4,900 | 350 | 163 | -27% | -11% | 1/1 | 60 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Mark Anderson | $6,700 | $4,500 | 441 | 186 | -41% | 5% | 1/2 | 500 | 500 | 90 | 500 | 58 |
| Miguel Angel Carballo | $6,600 | $4,500 | 503 | 259 | -55% | -13% | 1/3 | 70 | 500 | 81 | 500 | 25 |
| John Merrick | $6,600 | $4,500 | 856 | 218 | -39% | -1% | 1/1 | 500 | 22 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Kurt Kitayama | $6,600 | $4,500 | 1146 | 221 | -41% | -2% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Zack Sucher | $6,600 | $4,500 | 507 | 250 | -51% | -9% | 0/1 | 500 | 108 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brett Drewitt | $6,600 | $4,500 | 653 | 267 | -58% | -15% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Trey Mullinax | $6,500 | $5,000 | 334 | 91 | 42% | 38% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ben Crane | $6,500 | $5,700 | 416 | 85 | 45% | 13% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Brett Stegmaier | $6,500 | $4,900 | 303 | 158 | -8% | -10% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Max Homa | $6,500 | $4,500 | 536 | 253 | -43% | -12% | 1/2 | 500 | 108 | 71 | 500 | 500 |
| Rick Lamb | $6,500 | $4,600 | 414 | 333 | -57% | -35% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Michael Thompson | $6,400 | $4,700 | 228 | 97 | 39% | 41% | 2/2 | 39 | 500 | 54 | 500 | 500 |
| Zac Blair | $6,400 | $6,300 | 277 | 102 | 34% | -73% | 1/1 | 500 | 38 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| George McNeill | $6,400 | $6,700 | 545 | 103 | 33% | -104% | 3/4 | 132 | 500 | 19 | 57 | 1 |
| Brendon De Jonge | $6,400 | $5,600 | 591 | 177 | -10% | -64% | 4/4 | 60 | 10 | 500 | 11 | 48 |
| Y.E. Yang | $6,400 | $4,800 | 433 | 165 | -5% | -6% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Spencer Levin | $6,300 | $4,600 | 295 | 247 | -21% | -19% | 0/1 | 500 | 77 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Tyler Aldridge | $6,300 | $4,500 | 531 | 231 | -18% | -4% | 1/1 | 62 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Matt Every | $6,300 | $4,600 | 996 | 185 | -6% | -3% | 1/2 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 98 | 48 |
| Marcelo Rozo | $6,300 | $4,500 | 317 | -36% | -20% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Edward Figueroa | $6,300 | $4,500 | 392 | -40% | -24% | 0/4 | 86 | 127 | 500 | 123 | 74 | |
| Jonathan Byrd | $6,200 | $5,500 | 525 | 98 | 45% | 11% | 3/3 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 500 | 500 |
| Whee Kim | $6,200 | $6,900 | 285 | 118 | 30% | -170% | 2/2 | 58 | 47 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Retief Goosen | $6,200 | $6,200 | 272 | 148 | 16% | -121% | 1/1 | 21 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Mark Hubbard | $6,200 | $5,300 | 492 | 156 | 11% | -20% | 2/2 | 15 | 27 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Shawn Stefani | $6,200 | $5,300 | 365 | 138 | 19% | -9% | 1/2 | 123 | 500 | 500 | 39 | 500 |
| Angel Cabrera | $6,200 | $5,800 | 680 | 190 | -2% | -98% | 2/2 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 30 | 24 |
| Bobby Wyatt | $6,200 | $4,500 | 555 | 176 | 3% | 9% | 1/1 | 500 | 70 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Dicky Pride | $6,200 | $4,600 | 815 | 283 | -25% | -29% | 3/5 | 79 | 27 | 90 | 11 | 20 |
| Steven Bowditch | $6,200 | $4,500 | 528 | 394 | -34% | -25% | 1/3 | 500 | 500 | 37 | 107 | 118 |
| Chris Nido | $6,200 | $4,500 | 578 | -39% | -31% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Kyle Reifers | $6,100 | $7,100 | 177 | 125 | 32% | -253% | 2/2 | 11 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 48 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | $6,100 | $7,100 | 223 | 133 | 29% | -268% | 1/1 | 15 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Steve Wheatcroft | $6,100 | $4,700 | 427 | 121 | 35% | 21% | 1/2 | 54 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 104 |
| Mark Wilson | $6,100 | $4,700 | 589 | 114 | 43% | 31% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | $6,100 | $4,600 | 744 | 210 | 4% | -10% | 1/1 | 500 | 27 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Carl Pettersson | $6,100 | $5,000 | 797 | 165 | 17% | -19% | 1/1 | 500 | 500 | 4 | 500 | 500 |
| Rafael Campos | $6,100 | $4,900 | 780 | 233 | -1% | -37% | 3/5 | 8 | 108 | 29 | 76 | 122 |
| William Cannon | $6,100 | $4,500 | 528 | -24% | -29% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Hugo Leon | $6,100 | $4,500 | 706 | -28% | -34% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Neil Johnson | $6,100 | $4,500 | 708 | -29% | -35% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Xander Schauffele | $6,000 | $4,500 | 322 | 138 | 33% | 23% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Sung Joon Park | $6,000 | $4,600 | 175 | 22% | 1% | 0/1 | 500 | 100 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Joel Dahmen | $6,000 | $4,600 | 522 | 210 | 15% | -8% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Nicholas Lindheim | $6,000 | $4,500 | 387 | 207 | 16% | 3% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Sebastian Munoz | $6,000 | $4,500 | 246 | 7% | -6% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Wade Binfield | $6,000 | $4,500 | 250 | 5% | -9% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Trevor Immelman | $6,000 | $4,500 | 322 | -6% | -21% | 2/3 | 62 | 77 | 37 | 500 | 500 | |
| Peter Williamson | $6,000 | $4,500 | 428 | -11% | -27% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Robert Calvesbert | $6,000 | $4,500 | 650 | -15% | -32% | 0/1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 131 | |
| Alan Morin | $6,000 | $4,500 | 650 | -15% | -32% | 0/1 | 123 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Ryan Brehm | $5,900 | $5,300 | 274 | 285 | 5% | -71% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Stuart Appleby | $5,900 | $4,500 | 483 | 249 | 13% | -8% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Ken Duke | $5,900 | $5,000 | 346 | 210 | 22% | -35% | 2/2 | 62 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 70 |
| Steven Alker | $5,900 | $4,500 | 554 | 278 | 8% | -16% | 0/1 | 500 | 97 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Tom Hoge | $5,900 | $4,800 | 450 | 283 | 7% | -42% | 0/2 | 104 | 100 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Michael Bradley | $5,900 | $5,400 | 221 | 18% | -66% | 4/5 | 26 | 27 | 103 | 50 | 42 | |
| William Lunde | $5,900 | $4,500 | 263 | 9% | -14% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Rich Berberian | $5,900 | $4,500 | 385 | 2% | -23% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Jay McLuen | $5,900 | $4,500 | 472 | -3% | -28% | 0/0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Ben Curtis | $5,900 | $4,500 | 394 | 0% | -25% | 1/2 | 500 | 97 | 500 | 500 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Odds Diff | The percentage differential between a golfer’s salary rank and odds rank. The higher the %, the better. |
| OWGR | Official World Golf Ranking |
| Cuts | Cut record of each golfer at this course in the last five seasons. |
| 2012 – 2016 Columns | Course history at this event in the last five seasons. |