PGA Ownership Report: U.S. Open

Here’s the data for this week’s Millionaire Maker at the U.S. Open!

Name Ownership
Louis Oosthuizen 25%
Adam Scott 25%
Matt Kucher 22%
Kevin Kisner 21%
Dustin Johnson 21%

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

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Finally! We have our second major of the season, with so many storylines coming in, and all of the hype about the setup, the course, and the potential scoring. Let’s see who everyone took! We’ll be focusing on the Millionaire Maker this week since that’s where all the eyes are going to be.

The first thing I notice is that nobody was over 25% owned this week, which shows a tendency for people to spread their money around in these REALLY high variance contests. It also is indicative of the fact that there’s SO many “name” golfers and people we’re familiar with and like, for good salaries, in this tournament – it’s just natural to want to play them all, rather than fixating on a few names that stand out in the crowd. Finally, I think a lot of people are playing a lot of multiple lineups, and when that happens people tend to spread it around more. It’s easier to play $40 in lineups and have all ten lineups feature the same guy but a lot of fans don’t want to risk $300 on a single guy and if they’re playing 10 lineups might spread it around. Just a few hunches!

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Louis Oosthuizen (25% Milly, 49% Cash) – So, wow, do things ever go full circle in PGA DFS! Louis Oosthuizen has a reputation for a ridiculous cuts-made streak at this point, and has been playing very well lately – a far cry from his reputation when DFS golf was breaking through in popularity a couple of years ago. He was almost a laughing stock. He had a reputation for playing well in big events, but more of a reputation for not playing at all! Largely due to injuries and a withdrawal bug that usually puts a sting in the arse of a DFS player that doesn’t quickly go away…time heals all wounds though, and while we see his cash game ownership not QUITE as prolific, the sun came up today, the contests locked, and LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN was our highest owned player. I’m in with you guys, so, wish us luck.

Adam Scott (25% Milly, 63% Cash) – A more familiar and reliable name is that of Adam Scott. Somebody who we all know can compete at the very very highest levels of the game, but is sporting quite the discounted salary – he was hard to avoid in a high-upside roster construction. I fancied Paul Casey just as much in the same type of setup – pairing Scott with an “elite” guy and picking from the plethora of value plays; it’s a strategy that makes a lot of sense!

Matt Kuchar (22% Milly, 53% Cash) – Ole Mister consistency, Matt Kuchar still has a good performance at the Masters on everyone’s mind, and that probably calmed any concerns about this course being too long for him. He’s a really comfortable feeling golfer, which is hard to come by in a sport wrought with disasters and heartache and a lack of consistency all around. The price tag, again, made him hard to avoid, especially in cash games, as people know he can compete on a $10,000 level and also seemingly has a “high floor”.

Kevin Kisner (21% Milly, 40% Cash) – I personally though Kisner would come out highest owned, possibly in cash as well, and almost avoided him for it! I’m glad I didn’t, as I think it’s always best to be contrarian in other positions where you aren’t giving away as much value – but that’s a conversation for another time! He ended up not far from the top ownership-wise, and has really played well recently – buoyed by some really strong putting, but that’s more of a consistent asset for him at this point in his career than some kind of fluke. We’ll see how it fares for him at this beast of a course!

Dustin Johnson (21% Milly, 22% Cash) – DJ! I honestly thought he’d be quite a bit more popular. His actual PROLIFIC run is actually more than two months removed, and he did miss a cut, but hasn’t really done HORRIBLY. His performance last time out was due to atrocious putting, and we haven’t seen that from him in quite a while. I personally expected him to rebound, but there was so much value on the board, it didn’t feel necessary to pay up for his top-salary in more than a portion of my lineups. I feel like the field did the same! Everybody wanted SOME DJ, but not as many people went ALL DJ as they did in past weeks!

Well, our cards are all out on the table. Time for fate to take its course, and see if one of us can bring him a million dollars! Good luck everyone! See you next week, and enjoy the show this weekend.

About the Author

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Sean O'Donnell (hokie2009)

Sean O’Donnell is a proud Hokie (Virginia Tech class of 2009, electrical engineering) as well as a Grateful Dead enthusiast. A fantasy baseball player since age 12, he has flirted with DFS in the past, but only this season stumbled onto the dearth of information that exists pertaining to daily fantasy golf and made a commitment to analyzing PGA tournament data on a weekly basis. When he’s not scouring the web for obscure PGA data, he works as a consultant for small businesses involved in research grants with the federal government.