Rocket Mortgage Classic: DraftKings + FanDuel PGA DFS Projections
For the fourth week in a row, we have a Millionaire Maker on DraftKings. While this tournament might not be in the best interest of your bankroll, where else do you get the chance to win a million dollars playing fantasy golf? They are also offering a $200 single-entry buy-in (my favorite tournament of the week) that could fill a full day before the event starts. There is also a $5 Drive the Green and a $555 Signature Hole with big payouts to first. FanDuel is running back their $9 eagle, which awards $100,000 to first. They are also offering a $555 buy-in offering the same first place prize. With so much money up for grabs, let’s take a look at some of the top DraftKings and FanDuel projections for the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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2020 Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA DFS Preview
In 2019, the Rocket Mortgage Classic was a new event added to the schedule. As such, it was the first time golfers played the Detroit Golf Club in a professional setting. As a Par 72 that measures nearly 7,400 yards, we all thought it would be a bomber’s paradise. While golfers ended up hitting a ton of drivers, the leaderboard was littered with golfers that gained strokes on approach and gained strokes putting. Course officials say that the rough is up this year and with a more stacked field than a year ago, I expect off the tee play to have a bigger impact this week. Basically, I’m looking to target good ball strikers that aren’t terrible on poa/bentgrass greens.
DraftKings + FanDuel PGA DFS Projections for the Rocket Mortgage Classic
Rory Sabbatini
DK: $8,800 — Proj: 76.3
FD: $9,900 — Proj: 82.4
The natural reaction is to load up on Bryson DeChambeau after posting six straight top eight finishes on tour. He’s the clear betting favorite and offers a very high floor/ceiling combination. This will naturally lead to lower ownership for the other golfers priced above $8,600 on DraftKings. Our projections love Sabbatini this week if you want to take more of a balanced approach with your lineup. He’s played in two events since the break, posting finishes of T21 and T14 in stacked fields. He now gets to face a much weaker field on a Donald Ross designed course. If you want to play that angle, Sabbatini is first in this field in strokes gained total on Ross designs. He finished third here last season, gaining five strokes ball striking and five strokes putting.
Doc Redman
DK: $8,500 — Proj: 73.5
FD: $10,000 — Proj: 78.9
I try to avoid golfers that are both over-priced and highly owned. I can usually back golfers that are over-priced and low owned or golfers that are under-priced and high owned. The decision on Redman this week is a difficult one, as he’s routinely priced in the $6,000 range on DraftKings. Thanks to good form and a second place finish here last season, Redman is $8,500 on DraftKings and expected to be popular. Luckily, he still grades out as a strong play in our projections. He’s one of the best ball strikers in this field, ranking seventh in strokes gained off the tee and first in strokes gained approach. In his last two events, he’s gained 10.0 and 9.5 strokes with his ball striking. if that continues this week, he could find himself in contention once again in Detroit.
Lucas Glover
DK: $8,400 — Proj: 74.8
FD: $9,800 — Proj: 80.5
Glover is one of those golfers that I like to be underweight on when he’s popular and overweight on when he’s low owned. We currently have his ownership projection around 15%, but I hope that number comes down to the 10-12% mark before lineups lock. He hasn’t been great on Donald Ross courses and he didn’t play here last year, so I think that will scare a few people off of him. He’s clearly in great form, posting three top 25 finishes in the three events since the break. Keep in mind that those were three of the most stacked fields we’ve had this season and many of the big names decided to take this week off. Glover tends to play easy courses well and poa is his best putting surface. He seems like a safe play with upside.
Brian Stuard
DK: $7,400 — Proj: 71.6
FD: $8,900 — Proj: 75.7
Stuard seems to pop in our projections every single week. He was the number one point-per-dollar play in our model last week and he easily paid off his salary with a top 20 finish. He’s now made the cut in all three of the events since the break, which is better than most of the superstars that have teed it up in all three of those events. If this week’s event plays similar to last year, Stuard should be in good shape. His strong suit is hitting fairways, gaining strokes with his irons, and gaining strokes on the greens. Despite losing over three strokes off the tee here last season, he still finished in a tie for fifth thanks to gaining 10.5 strokes putting.
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