PGA Ownership Report: The Northern Trust
Here’s the data for this week’s DraftKings $4 20-entry-max at the Northern Trust!
| Name | Ownership |
|---|---|
| Tony Finau | 31.3% |
| Paul Casey | 25.5% |
| Charley Hoffman | 23.7% |
| Brooks Koepka | 23.5% |
| Matt Kuchar | 22.5% |
| Jon Rahm | 20.7% |
| Dustin Johnson | 20.1% |
| Francesco Molinari | 18.3% |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 16.5% |
| Rickie Fowler | 16.2% |
Full field ownerships (for the $4, $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 20-max:
This week marks the first week of the playoffs, and it’s like a mini-major. Nobody has made it to this point without making some noise on TOUR this season, so no surprises. Right!? Who are we kidding – it’s golf.
Tony Finau (31% GPP 75% Cash) – 75% Cash is one of those HERO ratings, an absolute free square, must-play. And going in I couldn’t have really argued. Plenty of length, plenty of all-around game, fan favorite, gets birdies, and his one weakness – putting – in theory neutralized by unfamiliar poa annua greens this week. I’m impressed how much the field stayed off him in GPP, but I think that’s a symptom of this being such a stacked field, it was easy enough to find pivots. In any case, Finau hasn’t started out so hot, which is tormenting 30-75% of us surely, but the front 9 is decidedly harder than the back, so I wouldn’t count him out yet!
Paul Casey (25% GPP 59% Cash) – Paul Casey has been a go-to guy for the past several big tournaments, and has delivered, but not broken through. Each week that’s instilled more confidence in gamers, but this week he actually had a price tag to match it. Still though, not priced quite with the elite (Rory/DJ/Spieth/Fowler/Matsuyama), he left plenty of wiggle room to make a solid cash lineup. He hasn’t let anyone down in a while, and on a championship course in a tough field he’s about the most comfortable thing you can find in the player pool. Famous last words, right?
Charley Hoffman (23% GPP 43% Cash) – Mr. Hoffman has been “on fire” with a little bit of a let-down last time out, but his salary hit the floor again and his followers do not seem deterred. To me Hoffman is more boom-or-bust but he’s made his past 12 cuts in a row and has three top3s in there as well. That kind of consistency and upside is going to draw quite the following over the weeks – Hoffman’s won a lot of people a lot of money this Summer and it’s hard to not go back to that well.
Dustin Johnson (20% GPP 15% Cash) – In a field where I thought it particularly difficult to separate the top dogs, I was a little surprised DJ came out on top. On any site this week I let ownership and prices sway me more than trying to split hairs between the skill levels of the world’s elite, and I suppose that’s what happened here. Matsuyama and Fowler took the top-salary spots on DK this week and it’s been a while since DJ was cheaper than anyone but Rory or Spieth. The DJ momentum slowed a long time ago, but regardless of recent performance, I think people are still not ready to build around Fowler or Matsuyama for top salary!
Francesco Molinari (18% GPP 54% Cash) – Mr. Molinari, the Italian Stallion (I just made that up. Original, right?) gallops into this week off a second place finish at the PGA Champ, which blew his cover totally. The tee to green beast is finally being recognized by a world of tee to green fanatics in DFS. I’m surprised people had the gall to stay off of him so much in GPP. It makes some sense as it’s easy to paint him as an upside-limited golfer, but I think anyone who drafted him in GPP is happy to battle the other 18% who took him and be glad that number wasn’t higher.
Good luck this week everyone!