PGA GPP Breakdown: Hero World Challenge

Top-ranked grinder, STLCardinals84, will break down his top GPP golf targets for the coming week’s tournament, going over his favorite plays at various price ranges. Who better than PGA DFS master, STLCards, to help you on your way?

Hero World Challenge

What’s up, Grinders? Long time, no golf! We do get a bit of DFS action this week with the Hero World Challenge, and the GPP sizes (particularly on DraftKings) are as large as we saw for the entire fall swing. That can be summed up in one phrase:

Welcome back, Tiger Woods.

While everyone is probably geeked up to see Tiger back in action, let’s take a moment to put a little bit of caution out there. We only have 18 golfers in this event. A DraftKings roster requires you to pick 33% of the field. A FanDuel roster requires you to pick 44% of the field. While I hate to say it, a little thing called variance will definitely be in play with this event. It’s a glorified exhibition on an easy course. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t play some strategy angles, and the most important one for GPP purposes is this:

Make sure you leave some salary on the table.

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Justin Van Zuiden (aka stlcardinals84) is a longtime RotoGrinders contributor and show host. He’s appeared in numerous Live Finals, has logged countless 6-figure wins in a host of different sports (including 5 in PGA), and is a former DFS Writer of the Year Nominee by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. You can find Justin’s ‘Covering The Bases’ series on weekends during the MLB season. He is also a main contributor of sports betting picks at our sister site, ScoresAndOdds, and is a co-host on the RotoGrinders Game Night show on SiriusXM. Follow Justin on Twitter – @stlcardinals84