Ryan Moore Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

When he is going right, Moore hits a ton of fairways and greens and rarely makes mistakes. He’s also proven capable of contending in a shootout, as he showed a few years ago at the John Deere Classic when he won with a score of 22-under par. Moore also has a history of success on Donald Ross designs, which helps boost him up a bit in this field. He hit 88% of fairways last week (including 14-for-14 on Sunday) and nearly 80% of greens in regulation. He’s healthy and thriving again, and I will happily continue to buy in with Moore as a solid high-end play in GPP formats.

Moore is my wildcard play of the week. His form has been a big issue during the swing season. In the two Asian events that he played, he finished in the bottom 20. He followed it up with an uninspiring T36 at the Shriners last week. Despite the form, I’m willing to play Moore this week, especially if he comes in at low ownership. He’s always better on short courses because his strong suit is peppering fairways and gaining strokes with his irons. In fact, he’s third in this field in strokes gained on approaches and tenth in birdie or better percentage. He has played here two times in the last five years, posting finishes of T23 and T6.

Moore would be my first pick for cash games this week, as his steady nature works well at this course. The poa greens should also help his putting get back on track after he really struggled in that department over the summer. His tee-to-green game is always steady, and he’s an obvious top play in this field if he can just putt the ball at field average. Moore’s first two trips to Silverado have both yielded top 20 finishes, and he’s the safest of the high-end options. The dip in salary on all sites from Cantlay to Moore also might help you round out your roster a little better, making Moore a fine play in both cash games and GPP formats.

Moore is my pick to win this week. We’ve had a rocky relationship so far this season, but hopefully we can reconcile and get back on the right path. He’s never been a terrible putter throughout his career, but he hasn’t gotten anything to fall this season. The good news is that his tee to green game has been impeccable. He has gained at least six strokes tee to green in six of his last ten events. He’s basically one good putting week away from breaking through. He’s always had the talent and he’s always fared well on these shorter courses where distance isn’t required to play well. He clearly has an eye for the course with three straight made cuts, highlighted by a T10 back in 2015.

I was debating between Moore and Webb Simpson for this spot. While Simpson has the better form and the better odds to win the tournament, I’m giving the edge to Moore for one simple reason — he didn’t play in last week’s U.S. Open. He is the only golfer priced above $8,500 (DK pricing) that didn’t play in the grueling test. While I’m not discounting golfers that played in the U.S. Open, it’s certainly a boost to Moore, who should be well rested after his T13 at the Memorial. Moore tends to play the same courses well time and time again and he certainly has a soft spot for TPC River Highlands. He has made seven straight cuts here with four top seven finishes during that stretch. He tends to play his best on shorter tracks where he can pepper the fairways and use his strong wedge game to his advantage.