Drew Mathews's Articles

The Olympics is here and both main DFS sites has loads of good contests for us to play. This is a weird event from a tournament standpoint with only 59 players, and legitimately only 25 of those players have a chance to podium. We aren’t as concerned with “podiuming,” we want top 10 finishes from […]

Welcome back, everyone. This week we get to experience an extreme drop in field strength as the PGA Tour heads to Minnesota for the 3M Open. This event was played for the first time in 2019, and Matthew Wolff take down Bryson DeChambeau on the final hole to secure his first win. This field is […]

Welcome back everyone to the year’s final golf major of the year. The Open Championship, aka The British Open (let’s not get into proper title, we know what we’re talking about), is a rotational event each year where each courses is seen only every 7-10 years. This year we visit Royal St. George’s in Kent, […]

As we head into this week’s John Deere Classic, just a quick note that I’m off this week and out of town, so I can’t offer my usual full tournament preview. I did want to drop my core plays, though. As usual, they’re below, ranked in terms of overall value in their tier. I’ll be […]

This week we have the Bryson Invitational, otherwise known as the Rocket Mortgage Classic, previously known as the Rickie Fowler Invitational. Jokes, I know, Fowler isn’t completely irrelevant, yet…but Bryson DeChambeau definitely has his name pre-stamped on this trophy for 2021 after winning last year’s event at 23-under. I think Bryson is a strong favorite […]

Welcome back, everyone. I hope you enjoyed the phenomenal U.S. Open finish as much as I did. Who couldn’t see Jon Rahm winning after the Memorial COVID-19 debacle? It just was too perfect of a storyline. Nevertheless, we had some great success at FTN last week with at least two five-figure wins and multiple four […]

We made it to the U.S. Open. DraftKings and even FanDuel are pumping out some huge contests, namely three Milly Makers on DraftKings from $10, $100 and $4,444. Even aside from those name-brand contests, there are huge $3 and $5 tournaments, 20-max and single-entry to suit anyone’s risk tolerance and bankroll. Torrey Pines (South Course) […]

It is now the week before the U.S. Open, and this week brings us the Palmetto Championship at Congaree. I prefer to just think that the U.S. Open is just next week and how exciting diving into pricing will be for Torrey Pines, but Congaree brings a unique course, a first-time venue to boot, and […]

Welcome back, everyone!  Sorry for the delay in getting this article posted. I will do my best to keep this concise, explaining some of my takeaways from last year and 2019, as well as a quick snapshot of my top plays. Last week was a fantastic week, with a strong run through Sunday afternoon, only […]

Welcome back everyone. This week, we return to a PGA Tour staple after a fantastic PGA Championship that saw Phil Mickelson become the oldest Major winner of all time. While overall the scoring conditions at the Charles Schwab Challenge will be very similar to last week, this golf course actually plays significantly different from tee […]

Welcome back to the PGA Tour’s second major of the year. Kiawah Island will be hosting the PGA Championship, and we are sure to see a dramatic finish this year, as opposed to 2012. Kiawah is showing a scorecard length of 7,876 yards, but we know that this is tipped out on each hole and […]

Welcome back everyone to another solid week playing PGA DFS. This week the PGA Tour heads to TPC Craig Ranch for the first time ever. This course has played host to prior Korn Ferry Tour Championships and second stage of Q-School (the qualifying tournament for Korn Ferry Tour status). This course will play slightly different […]

This week the PGA Tour, heads into the final few weeks before the PGA Championship, so we will see a very strong field as players prepare for their second shot at glory. Quail Hollow will play host to the Wells Fargo Championship, and it’s one of the most demanding golf courses the Tour plays all […]

This week, the PGA Tour circles back to Florida for the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course. Copperhead is a unique style course as it is actually pretty lengthy, but due to the course design, nearly every tee shot is constrained a fair bit. Because of this, players are forced to club down off […]

Hey everybody! Welcome back to another PGA DFS preview. This week, the majority of the Masters field treks a short distance to Harbour Town Golf Links to compete in the RBC Heritage. A PGA Tour staple for many years, this course has largely remained unchanged, despite drastic increases in driving distance over the past two decades. […]

Welcome back, everyone. The Masters is finally upon us… well for the second time in less than 10 months. Still, it feels great to head back to Augusta, and the DFS sites never let us down with some huge prize pools, including three different Milly Makers on DraftKings. Of course, most of you will be […]

Well it is finally here…the event before The Masters Tournament! I am not going to be playing this event really light, but I am playing only a few lineups. Right now I have a single-entry lineup and plan to build two other GPPs on DK. I have two lineups reserved on FanDuel that will mostly be fillers […]

This is a big week for the PGA Tour players and a big week for DFS, with multiple Milly Makers up for grabs as we head into The Players Championship. This is certainly one of my favorite events every year to watch. Although there are some aspects of this course I would like to see […]

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is certainly one of my top-three favorite PGA events outside of the Majors every year. While this year seems to have a slightly less star-studded field, I am still excited to watch the event. Unfortunately, I won’t be making my way up to Orlando to be there in person, but if […]

Welcome back “Noise Faders” to another week of PGA DFS! I am actually pretty excited to watch this week’s event at Pebble Beach, unlike years in the past where rounds took upwards of six-to-seven hours. Quite incredible to be completely honest. But with the pandemic, we have some silver linings that players will be playing […]

This week at the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open, as opposed to last week, birdie making is not really the priority, but I am looking at birdie/bogey ratios to help get a clearer picture in each range. You will see guys at the top of this leaderboard in the past usually at the top of birdies, […]

Welcome back, everyone! What a fantastic Masters we were able to watch last week … and the best news is it will be April in only five months and we get to watch it all unfold again. FTN Bets did fantastic with multiple Dustin Johnson picks for the week. The most surprising bet I hit […]

Welcome back, everyone. This week’s podcast filled in the majority of my thoughts on the golf course and the strategy to take down a DFS Millionaire Maker contest at the Masters. As promised, here are my remaining thoughts on players under $8k and some really fun sleepers if you want to get creative. Remember, to […]

At FTN, we pride ourselves on the tools we offer and the coaching we do with each one of our members to make them better all-around DFS players. Whether it is contest selection or possible game theory in GPPs (or even cash games), we always look to find edges where the majority of DFS players […]

Welcome back to another final round showdown slate for the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship. So far, Sherwood has given up an absurd number of birdies with everyone in the top 10 racking up at least 16 birdies through only three rounds. Currently, Justin Thomas holds a one-shot lead over a charging Jon Rahm. The way […]

This week is an exciting change of pace on the PGA Tour as we have a nice limited field heading to famed Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. You may recall the CJ Cup being played at Nine Bridges in the past, but with COVID-19 travel issues they are going to keep it in the U.S. […]

We have once again made it to a high point in the fall swing of the 2021 PGA Tour season, as some big names head to the tour favorite: Shriners Hospital Open. This is a fun event in Las Vegas and although the field never garners the largest names in golf, we have a nice […]

Welcome back to a thrilling Korn Ferry PGA Tour event after the U.S. Open at Winged Foot proved to us once again: people get very tilted when Bryson DeChambeau wins. But I will save that rant for another day. While we are in the beginning of the 2020-2021 season, we only have a handful of […]

It’s the first week of the season! No, I’m not talking about NFL, although FTN has that covered too, my focus after a long two-day off-season is the Safeway Open, which will be the first event of the 2020-2021 PGA Tour season being played in Napa, California. While we have certainly been spoiled with some […]

Welcome back to another week of PGA DFS with FTN! The Tour Championship event completes the FedEx Cup Playoffs and one PGA Tour player will take home $10 Million! Not only are the stakes high, but the format is very unique to this one specific event each year where players begin with various scores (based […]

This week, The Northern Trust marks the start of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, a three-week playoff series as each week the field is shrunk to an ultimate 30-man finale at the Tour Championship. This event is a staple in the playoffs but playing a rotation of courses, so prior history is limited. For […]

The PGA Tour moves to the Wyndham Championship this week, giving us a new source for our top picks. The focus for Thursday’s article will be around a site called “PrizePicks,” a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy point production. The format is simple. You pick two, three or four players […]