PGA Ownership Report: Arnold Palmer Invitational
Here’s the data for this week’s $4 Signature at the Arnold Palmer!
| Name | Ownership |
| Stenson | 34.2% |
| Fowler | 30.0% |
| Kaymer | 26.1% |
| McIlroy | 25.6% |
| Rose | 24.7% |
Full field ownerships (for the $4, the $33, and cash games) can be found here!
And we have a co-ownerships matrix that shows who the highest owned pairs of golfers were in this week’s $4 Signature:
This week on DraftKings we’ve got a rare/special $100k prize at stake in the $4 Signature Hole! Just a note, reminiscing, when I first started playing fantasy golf almost two years ago, there were $100k prizes every single week. In $3 tournaments. Let’s keep filling these and hope with the momentum from FanDuel the action will increase instead of being split.
Anyway, with a big prize at stake, and a reduced field (120 golfers instead of 150ish), let’s see where everyone landed!
Henrik Stenson (28% GPP, 60% Cash) – Okay, this seemed like the no-brainer choice of the week, and it ended up playing out that way on the ownership table. Top 10’s and top 5’s all over the place the past several years here, and the past several weeks on Tour for Mr. Stenson. Also, it’s a hometown event. What could go wrong? Aside from the fact that this GOLF, after all, there was no reason to not like Stenson. I feel like his GPP ownership wasn’t higher (he was still the highest owned golfer in GPP) because people knew he’d be popular, and, well, 60% in cash games for somebody so high-priced is virtually unheard of. Tough opening round for Henrik, but nobody’s going low out there today, so plenty of time to recover.
Rory McIlroy (25% GPP, 11% Cash) – SO, I’ve got to call myself out. I really thought people would pile on Jason Day and Henrik Stenson in GPPs and Rory would be the odd man out at the top of the salary list. I was WRONG! And my “meh” scenario of Rory coming out basically the same ownership as Stenson came totally true. This is the fickle nature of trying to gauge ownerships in these contests. Most of the field is thinking one step ahead these days, we gotta be more like 1 and a half steps ahead!
Charles Howell III (22% GPP, 68% Cash) – The return of THE MACK! CHIII comes storming back here in Florida, with an un-Godly high ownership for an East Coast appearance! The price is just “too low” I suppose, to not fill the gap in the cash game lineups that so often paid up for Stenson. We can see on our chart that the highest owned pair of golfers in GPPs was, in fact, Stenson-Howell, and I imagine that that # in cash games would show that a HUGE chunk – 40% or more – of the lineups in double-ups featured both Stenson and Howell. Not a bad way to start your 5050s lineups, for sure!
Jason Day (17% GPP, 7% Cash) – So the big “winner” as far as being lowest owned of the expensive guys, is, to my surprise, Jason Day! We’ve covered Henrik Stenson and Rory McIlroy but also people overwhelmingly opted for Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose over the defending champ, as well! Obviously, salaries come into play as Rose and Fowler are both cheaper, but I still really thought Day would register higher! Not the most impressive recent form but for somebody that’s not playing every single week, and we know can beat anyone in the world, and won here last year – I just expected more from you guys!
Martin Kaymer (25% GPP, 48% Cash) – Kaymer-bot … haven’t seen him this high-owned in a while. It makes plenty of sense, he’s been golfing steadily as of late, and I liked him on a strategic layout … and he was in that sweet-spot salary-wise where it’s really easy to fit him in. Most lineups might only have 1 really expensive guy or 1 really cheap guy and 4 spots to fill with Kaymer-type golfers … so it’s a lot harder to pass him up. I certainly didn’t … so let’s hope for the best!!
Good luck everyone. Can’t wait to watch some really competitive golf on this beautiful Central Florida weekend!