Patrick Rodgers Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

With ten minutes until rosters lock there is no major news to report this morning. Good luck this week grinders, ResultsDB will be up and running a few minutes after rosters lock.

Coming out of college Patrick Rodgers was a player that many expected to make an impact on tour. While his five years on tour have not exactly been a failure, Rodgers has yet to finish inside the top 70 in the final FedEx cup standings. Entering this week on back to back strong showings ( 9th and 16th) Rodgers will look to keep the momentum going as he prepares to play in his 3rd ATT Pro-Am. In his last two starts, Rodgers ownership failed to break the 2% threshold and our early numbers this week once again have him trending towards a low number. Rodgers has gained 15 shots tee to green in his last two starts. Had a few more putts dropped last week there is a good chance Rodgers would have improved on his T16 at The WMPO. Heading into the final round last week Rodgers was near the top of the field in GIR for the week but was also dead last in putts per GIR. With great form in his tee to green game, Rodgers is only a hot week of putting away from contending towards his first-ever PGA Tour victory. At what once gain appears to be low ownership, Rodgers has appeal as high upside value pick this week.

In what has been an overall hectic week in terms of players withdrawals, it appears to be very quiet in terms of news this morning. All of the players tagged in this update are no longer in the field, so if you set your lineups early in the week please remove these players. Good luck this week grinders, as always if any late news breaks we will provide the updates needed. coming soon.

For the third straight year, the FedEx St. Jude Classic will have to deal with multiple early week withdrawals. Headling the names of players who decided to take a pass at this week's event is Adam Scott. As expected, Scott took a pass on the week after qualifying for the U.S. Open. Please remove the players tagged in this alert from your lineups as they are no longer in the field. Unlike some of the other early week withdrawals, this new wave of players really affects DFS strategy for the week since all five players were potentially in play this week.

Formally known as the Puerto Rico Open, this week's Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship will feature players not normally known for having the spotlight in terms of DFS pricing. With players such as Neal Lancaster and Brett Wetterich gaining entry via withdrawals, it's easy to see why this field is a bit weaker than your normal PGA Tour event. Even though the field is a bit weak, DFS pricing demands that the best players in the field receive the highest prices. Coming off his second top ten finish of the year at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, Patrick Rodgers finds himself in the unusual position of being the fifth highest priced player in the DraftKings pricing pool this week. While often regarded as a very talented player, the 25-year-old Rodgers is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory. In a normal week, Rodgers would usually rank in the sub 8k price range, but due to the lack of talent in this week's field, the price increase has done very little to impact his projected ownership. Currently projected to be one of the more popular golfers on the week, the decision on whether to roster Rodgers or not offers up an interesting dilemma. While an argument could be made that Rodgers is a talented player who should perform well on this course, his lack of ability to close and win tournaments makes him a viable fade at projected high ownership. Using projected ownership levels is a great way to start thinking about game theory, and the quality of players in this week's field makes for an even better spot to take a risk on potentially fading a high owned unproven player. While a Rodgers win would certainly not surprise anyone who follows the PGA tour, a top 35 or even a missed cut are still very viable options in his range of outcomes for the week. Forced into both a high price and a growing ownership number, the idea of fading a player like Rodgers is something worth exploring for this week's event.