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It’s a multi-event week around golf, with the Barbasol Championship taking place stateside while the feature event, the Scottish Open, takes place across the pond.  I’m going to focus on the main event here for DFS but will certainly share some thoughts on the Barbasol, as well. Check out Discord for that, but now let’s […]

I hope you’re not tired of birdies in bunches, because the summer PGA Tour stretch continues, with another event played on a course with birdies readily available in this week’s John Deere Classic.  Great drivers were able to feast last week in Detroit while it’s more of a second-shot test this week in the Quad […]

Imagine all of the birdies from TPC River Highlands but without the big numbers. That is what we will see this week in Detroit at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Tony Finau has already tossed out the idea that 30-under is in play this week.  We can take a look at easy-course performance and performance on […]

From LACC to TPC River Highlands.  It’s a long flight across the country, and we are in for quite the shakeup in terms of style of golf required. We saw distance and a high ball flight was very advantageous last week at LACC, but TPC River Highlands is one of the rare courses that has […]

It’s a big week on the PGA Tour with the U.S. Open on the schedule. It’s the third major of the season and will certainly have plenty of drama considering the recent PGA-LIV merger news.    It’s also a rare trip out West for a major. Despite the move westward, this course will feature bermudagrass […]

The world of golf has been turned on its head this week with the “merging” of the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour.  Will that be a distraction for some in the field for this week’s RBC Canadian Open? It’s possible but without the ability to pinpoint that impact, it’s best to even […]

It’s time for milkshake mania at Muirfield Village, a yearly traditional.  The shakes go down easy, but the course for the Memorial Tournament is not so easy. Muirfield Village presents one of the toughest non-major scoring tests of the season. Long par 4s, thick rough and lots of water hazards. Big numbers can pile up […]

Heading to Fort Worth this week, we see much warmer weather compared to last week. Wind is usually a big factor at this event (the Charles Schwab Challenge) but looks to be only a small factor this week, around 8 to 14 MPH for most of the week.    This week’s event has a small […]

It’s time for the season’s second major, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club.  Before we get into the core plays, there are a few things to note.  First, we will see a cutline of top 70 and ties instead of the usual top 65. It’s a minor change but worth noting that 6-of-6 […]

If we’re grading PGA DFS slates on paper, this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson might be a ‘D’ or a ‘3’ depending on the scale who choose to use. What makes it so ugly?  We have a weak field playing the week before a major championship with sloppy weather in the forecast. When you have storms […]

Last week’s course-fit model in Mexico had a limited sample but it still matched up perfectly by week’s end. This week we head to Quail Hollow Club where we have decades of data to tell us how to play the course. The tweaks to the course over the years have inched it more and more […]

Another week without a designated event means a weak field is showing up in Mexico.   There are a few exceptions with the defending champ, Jon Rahm, and Tony Finau making the trip. That two-man tier at the top of the board makes things interesting when building out lineups this week. They are the cream […]

You may be feeling a Masters hangover, but we push on with another designated PGA Tour event this week at the RBC Heritage.    The stars are showing up this week to an event they normally skip. Some skip it for scheduling reasons while others don’t like what the course demands. It takes away the […]

Golf’s first major of the season is upon this week at Augusta National. That means huge prize pools and lots of casual players hopping over to try their hand at golf.  While it tempting to get cute to avoid rostership bubbles, this is also a course that punishes sloppy golf. We don’t need to travel […]

We have one final PGA tune-up before the Masters. It’s shaping up to be a very tough test with winds whipping for the entirety of the event.  When winds pick up, I like to lean on wind splits and scrambling. Here are some notables I’m targeting this week.    Core Targets Brendon Todd The straight […]

While many of the stars are skipping this week’s Valero Texas Open (thanks designated events), there are still a handful of juicy names in the field looking to get one final prep for the Masters or play their way into the Masters via a win.    Let’s dig into the course to see what it […]

Match play is off and running in the PGA this week, but there is still a stroke-play event for those wanting a true cut sweat. Something more familiar, with the Corales Puntacana Championnship.  The field strength is weak, but there are still DFS dollars to be won, so let’s dive right in for this week’s […]

It’s match play week in the PGA, and with a different format, so we need to change our approach when building lineups. There is no cutline to worry about, but there are groups and regions.    Golfers will play three matches in their opening group so getting all six of your golfers to advance out […]

If your NCAA brackets are busted, then fear not, it’s time to fill out another bracket this week for the WGC-Match Play.    This is the last planned edition of this event, at least for now, so enjoy it while you can. The host course is unique, opening the door for many upsets year after […]

The PGA Tour’s Florida swing rolls on for one more week as we ready for the Valspar at Innisbrook.    Despite its spot on the schedule, this event does draw some notable names each year as it provides a tough scoring environment which many find valuable as decent prep for the Masters.   The top of […]

After a boom-or-bust week at TPC Sawgrass, we head to the Tampa Bay area for the Valspar. The event is hosted by the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort. Known for the Snake Pit.    This classical, tree-lined course doesn’t yield many big numbers, unlike last week at TPC Sawgrass. It also doesn’t yield many birdies […]

After a windy week at Bay Hill, we head to PGA Tour HQ for the fifth major this week, The Players Championship.   Staying in Florida, we’re not escaping the weather just yet.  As we saw last week, even with an open-shut case of wave advantage there was only 0.71 stroke differential between the two […]

It’s time for the fifth major as we ready for this week’s PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. As the PGA TOUR’s flagship event, it makes perfect sense they emphasis the event with capital letters, as they love to do.    One of the strongest fields of the year from top to bottom, combined with water […]

It’s another big PGA event this week, with Arnie’s Invite having designated status, which means another huge purse just like Kapalua, Phoenix and Riv.    The first thing that stands out about this week is the weather. Let’s have a peek at the wind forecast:  Friday looks brutal. It won’t be a cakewalk in the […]

The Florida Swing pushes on this week, heading to Bay Hill Club and Lodge in the Orlando area for this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.    This invitation-only event has elevated status this year which means a huge purse and strong field. The cutline will be Low 65 and ties as usual. Considering the small 120-man […]

The PGA Tour’s Florida swing kicks off this week at PGA National, and longtime golf fans know that Florida golf typically means windy conditions and lots of water hazards.    The forecast looks relatively calm as of now, but the wind models are not all in agreement which tells us it’s possible the wind does […]

The PGA TOUR goes from west to east to kick off the Florida Swing this week. They will return to PGA National, which was also the host of the 2020 DFS Open.   The course is quite different from most of what we’ve seen over the last month out west, so we can use those […]

We have another loaded field this week at Riviera for the Genesis Invitational. We are a bit spoiled with back-to-back elevated events to end the West Coast Swing. After this, we’ll head to Florida where the fields will be hit-or-miss as many balance their prep ahead of the Masters.    The course this week is […]

From a party in the desert to Tiger’s Show, it’s time to move on to The Genesis Invitational, which is played at The Riviera Country Club just outside of LA.   This is an historic event played on an historic course. We know exactly what it demands, and it usually gives up a great-looking leaderboard. […]

With multi-course PGA events out of the way, it’s time to party. What better way to celebrate than the Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale.  Last week was a mess, weather-wise, but we see much more predictable weather this week, as you’d expect. There is a hint of wind before the cut but nothing extreme.    […]

The Greenest Show on Grass takes place this week in Phoenix. It’s not the Super Bowl I’m talking about, but the WM Phoenix Open. What a wild week for the city, as the Phoenix Open is the largest attended sporting event outside of the Olympics, and the Super Bowl attracts a few viewers, itself.    […]

This week’s PGA event presents some interesting challenges in terms of projecting output. The Pebble Beach Pro-Am is a full field (156 golfers) with a 54-hole cutline. However, the cut rules are Low 60 and ties which makes it the toughest cut to make in terms of raw percentages (60 divided by 156 is just […]