Justin Rose Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Since the restart, Rose has posted finishes of T3, T14, and a missed cut. He ditched his Honma irons during the break and it's clearly done wonders for his game -- currently third in strokes gained tee to green (per round) since the restart. He tends to play well on difficult courses and he's certainly played well at Muirfield Village in the past. Check out his finishes the last six times he's played here -- T8, T6, T2, MC, T8, and T8. His game is trending in the right direction and he should feel rejuvenated after taking last week off.

I was skeptical of Rose heading into last week’s tournament, as his 2019-2020 form had been nothing to write home about for a player that commands a healthy DFS salary tag. He went out and proved the doubters wrong, finishing in a tie for third just one stroke outside of the playoff. It is probably not a coincidence that his return to form came immediately after his much talked about split with equipment maker Honma. Rose can now go back to focusing on sharpening his golf game, and he did just that at Colonial. There is no doubt that his statistical profile this year is ugly, but I am willing to put that aside given the recent changes, the long layoff, and the fact that he has not played in a lot of events this season. His all around game was fantastic last week, and this might be one of the final chances to get him at low-ish ownership marks.

I’m not the biggest fan of Rose when it comes to DFS. He seems like a great person on and off the course, but I’ve always held a grudge after he cost me the Fantasy Golf World Championship two years ago. All he needed to do was make the cut after not missing a cut in more than a calendar year. I’m not bitter, you are bitter. Kidding aside, I can’t overlook this price point. I know he missed the cut his last time out at the Farmers Insurance Open, but he was the defending champion and was coming off of a layoff. Do you know the last time he missed back-to-back cuts on the PGA Tour? Back in 2015 when he missed three cuts in four events. He doesn’t play this event every season, but has never missed a cut here and has four top 16 finishes here in his last five tries. He doesn’t have a weakness in his game, he loves playing in California, and he’s just too cheap across the industry.

Rose wasn’t great at the BMW Championship, but I’m not overly concerned. He lost five strokes putting for the tournament and he lost four strokes on approach in a single hole. If you take out the two water balls and say that he gained one stroke on the greens (which is more typical of Rose), he ends up at 14-under par which would have put him in the top 10. He’s been a top 10 machine all season and he’s actually a better putter on bermuda than on any other surface. The real reason to like him this week is his price point — he’s $6,900 on DraftKings and $9,000 on FanDuel. I’ll take a class golfer at this price no matter how many strokes he’s behind to start the tournament.

Rose has always been a golfer that we could rely on to gain strokes in all facets of his game. He's long and straight off the tee, he's solid with his irons, he rarely loses strokes around the greens, and he's an above-average putter. He hasn't been a name on the collective DFS radar even though he's posted four straight top 20 finishes. Most of his wins on tour have come on bentgrass and he's one of a handful of golfers that played Liberty National in both in 2013 (T2) and in 2009 (T41). I really can't find a knock on Rose this week and I love his price across the industry.