PGA Ownership Report: Wells Fargo Championship
Here’s the data for the $3 Birdie for this week’s Wells Fargo Championship!
| Name | Ownership |
| Rory McIlroy | 30.2% |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 27.6% |
| Charles Howell III | 25.9% |
| J.B. Holmes | 23.6% |
| Adam Scott | 20.7% |
Full field ownerships (for the $3, cash games, and more) 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 Drive the Green:
Alright I’m really excited about this week, because it’s back to big boy golf! We’ve got plenty of studs to choose from for the first time since the Masters, and a beefy middle class … so let’s dig in and see who went where and maybe try to figure out why!
Rory McIlroy (30% GPP, 22% Cash) – It honestly shocked me to see how high this actually went. I mean it’s not a dissimilar situation from many “top dog” set ups, but 30% in GPP is still pretty steep. 35% in the $33 GPP, too. I have to think that even the people who rostered him were hoping for, a big chunk less than that? Anyway, his fate will now likely tell a big part of the story of this tournament!
Hideki Matsuyama (27.6% GPP, 47.7% Cash) – This is what I get for not reading around enough earlier in the week, I suppose. I like the Hideki play but if I knew everyone was back on him, I would have lowered my exposure in GPP for sure. Just sloppy on my part! Anyway these things still pan out when they shouldn’t and vice versa all the time. About 10 months ago Hideki was about as good as he is now and stayed $8500 forever it seemed and he was the most “obvious” cash game play ever. About 4-6 months ago Hideki was a nightmare who couldn’t putt and was liable to bomb out of any round no matter how good he was doing. Golf is a funny game!
Jim Furyk (3.5% GPP, 1.2% Cash) – So I understand not wanting to take a risk in cash games, but I was absolutely thrilled with this ownership in the GPP. Especially for something like the $3. What is a $3 GPP good for if you don’t take a risk on something? I mean what is the definition of upside if it isn’t a guy who is about $2,000 cheaper than he “should” be if he were 100%. He’s not 100%. But … I dunno. I felt like there was a middle ground there, to me you have a guy who even with an injury is very likely to make the cut and hold serve scoring-wise, and who knows, if he has a good week? He’s got the skills to make a splash. I don’t know. I know all the counter-arguments already. I’m just saying at that price tag, at reduced ownership … I don’t know what else you’re spending you’re three dollars on if isn’t the CHANCE that Furyk is feeling better coming off his surgery than expected?
Dustin Johnson and Smylie Kaufman – About 1.5% of the people in the $3 Birdie and about 1% of the people in the $5 double-up drafted these guys. That’s $4,000+ in the $3 Birdie of dead lineups for all intents and purposes. Not insignificant!
Good luck everyone!