PGA Ownership Report: Travelers Championship

by Sean O'Donnell (hokie2009) Last Updated 2016-08-08 03:49:08

Here’s the data for this week’s $3 Birdie at the Travelers Championship!

Full field ownerships (for the $3, 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 $3 Birdie:

Alright everyone! We got an almost completely fresh set of names to pick from this week, coming off what was NEARLY two back-to-back majors! A much needed breath of fresh air selection-wise. So who did we look to the most?

Jon Rahm (27% GPP, 24% Cash) – Jon Rahm has come out after his professional debut and has a 2nd and a 3rd in three starts. I guess enough said? Surely 75% are going “hey now he’s just a kid! We’ve seen this before!” It’s very fair to say we’ve seen both sides of it. This could be the beginning of a ridiculous run or maybe just a hot start that will settle into cruise control. Or probably just a lot of over-analysis since we know really good golfers get wrecked all the time. All I can say is that if he does something special again this week, his popularity is going to be through the ROOF going forward.

Tyrell Hatton (26% GPP, 40% Cash) – This was the #1 guy that just jumped out to me, in the $7,000s, who has enough strong finishes lately, including I believe a strong finish in the Euro tournament the week that everyone played because the Greenbrier was cancelled. In this field without looking at any stats or anything it seemed like he could have been a grand more expensive and nobody would have blinked – hence the 40% cash ownership I suppose! That said, much like with Rahm, we have huge portions of the field relying on an unproven commodity. Maybe that short sample is the only thing keeping these guys from being more expensive and that’s why they’re a good play – or maybe it’s fools gold? Hatton was an unquestionably safe cash play, and maybe even a “free square” in GPP – we’ll see!

Bubba Watson (24% GPP, 27% Cash) – Big Bubba! Back in black! It’s been awhile but he owned this tournament last year and I suppose that memory is still fresh in many DFS’ers minds. I honestly didn’t think that everyone would be as excited about him as they are. I am an unabashed Bubba-lover and typically I find myself going “I can’t believe you guys aren’t loading up here!!” So I’m kind of used to Bubba being under-owned (in my head anyway). Can’t say that this week. That’s a very very strong showing for the #1 salary guy in a weak field.

Matt Kuchar (23% GPP, 37% Cash) – So last week didn’t do anything to Kuchar’s reputation as “Mr. Cash Game” apparently. The price point and reputation made him an idea cash building block this week. I don’t know if I want to say it’s reassuring that everyone didn’t bail on Kuchar after one bad performance, or if I want to say it’s cutting into my perceived profitability! All-in on Kuchar this week, wish me luck.

Chad Campbell (11% GPP, 33% Cash) – I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to feature my boy Chad Campbell, making a rare appearance near the top of the cash game ownerships. I suppose it was an easy call to pivot from that for GPP if he was a known lynch-pin … but really I think 11% in GPP is lower than you’d ever expect from somebody so high-owned in cash, and I doubt anyone will be complaining about that 11% if they chose to ride him in GPP this week! This guy can play if he can avoid shooting himself in the foot.

Good luck everyone!