Keegan Bradley Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

The term of DFS fan favorite and the player known as Keegan Bradley are not usually put into the same sentence. Bradley is a player that many in the industry typically avoid. Currently projected to have a sub 10% ownership for the week Bradley is a player you could consider as a leverage golfer for the week. TPC River Highlands is a course that has suited Bradley's game well in the past. Bradley is nine for nine in cuts made at this event with five top 30 or better finishes. If you are not sold on the idea of adding Bradley to your full week rosters, then his solid course history could provide enough evidence for roster consideration on showdown slates. In 36 career rounds at TPC River Highlands Bradley has seven rounds of 66 or better while only shooting over par six times. In his last five opening rounds of The Travelers Championship, Bradley has a scoring average of 66.2 highlighted by a 64 in 2016 and a 65 to start last year's tournament.

The trend of lower rounds on The North Course continued to take place during the first round of The Farmers Insurance Open. With a scoring average of 70.7, the North course played almost 3 shots easier than the South course on Thursday. In terms of DFS Showdown scoring the spread was much larger. Round one scoring average in DFS showdown points for the North course came in at an average of 35.5 while the South course finished at 24.6. It's worth pointing out that this trend is not going without notice., as there was not one player on the South course that yielded an ownership level higher than 10% in showdown slates yesterday. With ownership weighing heavily on players from the North course we saw a large number of lineups with condensed ownership on players like Rory McIlroy and John Rahm. Both players were over 50% in ownership yesterday. The top five golfers in terms of price who start on the South course today all have work to do if they want to make the cut. It will be interesting to see if a strong course ownership bais plays out again in round 2. In the last five years from a scoring perspective, the North Course yields an average of 16 more rounds of 70 or better during round 2.

Short memories are needed to be profitable in DFS golf. For the longest time, Keegan Bradley was a player only reserved for deep sleepers in GPP's. This former major champion really struggled to adjust to the new putter rules put into place a few years ago. Always a good ball striker, Bradley has finally found the confidence with the putter again and has now emerged as one of the more consistent players on tour. Bradley has not missed a cut since June of last season and has flashed his upside with 6 top 25 or better finishes including a win. If you have played DFS golf for any length of time it's still hard to trust Bradley, but it appears we have enough data to trust the player we are seeing today. The price is right on Bradley making him a player you can consider in all formats.

It's a brand new year and the PGA Tour is back in action this week after a month layoff. The tour will start with two events in Hawaii before moving to its famed west coast swing, and this week we get a small field of 34 players to springboard the golf season. Many of the premium golf offerings are free this week including our projections model. Sitting near the top of the projections model in terms of Pt/$/K is everyone's favorite golfer Keegan Bradley. If you have played DFS golf for an extended period of time you know the frustrations of rostering a player like Bradley. However, the 2018 season was a different one for Bradley. For starters, this PGA Tour veteran played well enough to make it back to his first Tournament of Champions in the last six years. The normally erratic Bradley found answers with his putter leading to a season in which he made 23 of 27 cuts including a win and 7 top 25 or better finishes. Priced down due to the strong quality of players in this week's field, Bradley stands out as strong play in our model for the week. If you are one of those players late to jump on the Keegan bandwagon due to the fear of a missed cut, this no-cut event makes for a great spot to sprinkle in Bradley into your lineups to start of the season.