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It’s the Crosby Clambake this week on the California coast, or as the suits call it these days, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.    Sticking with the recent theme, we’ll see a trio of courses used this week before a 54-hole cut of just Low 60 and ties. The result is one of the lowest […]

It’s time for Torrey Pines week, which means another multi-course event. Golfers will see one North Course round and one South.    We have a Wednesday start this week, so make sure to fill out your builds early. There is some serious wind in the forecast Thursday. The field will use split tees on two […]

Heading to San Diego this week, it’s the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.  We have another multi-course event with golfers seeing the North Course once and the South Course (host) once before a 36-hole cut is made.    The North Course is an easy track and would fit in well with last week’s course […]

The PGA Tour heads to the Coachella Valley for this week’s American Express. It’s an event played alongside amateur pro-am partners and a 54-hole cut. That will likely lead to more people taking a Stars & Scrubs approach. I still prefer a relatively balanced build with one $10k star, another in the tier below, and […]

Love it or hate it, we are now kicking off the multi-course portion of the schedule. It starts this week at PGA WEST for The American Express (previously known as the Desert Classic, CareerBuilder, Humana or Bob Hope).  Golfers will rotate between three courses before a 54-hole cut, and those remaining will head back out […]

We have the first full-field PGA event of the new year this week in Honolulu. It’s the Sony Open, played at Waialae Country Club, the longtime host.  So, we have a lot of history to lean on when it comes to course history and the application of course-fit models. Let’s dive right in and talk […]

The PGA TOUR stays in Hawaii for another week and hops islands from Maui to Oahu.  While getting reps last week is great in terms of knocking off the competitive rust, the courses are vastly different, so let’s hop in to discuss this week’s host venue.    Course Notes – Waialae Country Club Off the […]

The PGA Tour is back in action this week in Hawaii. I thought we’d get a nice laidback week to restart the golf season, but Xander Schauffele had other plans, withdrawing from the pro-am to provide another wrinkle to open the year.  With a small field of just 39 golfers, I’m focusing more on leverage […]

After a nice holiday break, the PGA TOUR returns this week!  The lid-lifting event for the 2023 schedule will be the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which includes all of last year’s winners in addition to anyone that played their way to East Lake.   There are always question marks when you have an event where […]

A tiny field of talented golfers heads to The Bahamas for a little post-Thanksgiving hit and giggle this week. It’s the Hero World Challenge, an event hosted by Tiger Woods, although he was forced to WD earlier in the week. The show still goes on.    The first thing that stands out this week is […]

The PGA TOUR has shut it down for the holidays, but Tiger Woods has his annual event in the Bahamas, the Hero World Challenge. The event is a limited field (20 golfers) and does not reward any FedExCup points (it does give OWGR points).    With just 20 golfers in the field, it doesn’t give […]

The PGA Tour caps off the fall schedule with a trip to Sea Island.  These courses look pretty similar to what we saw before last week’s mash-it course in Houston. Most of the other fall events are played on courses that somewhat suit the shorter hitters and this one would fall in that bucket. Don’t […]

The fall portion of the PGA TOUR schedule comes to an end this week at The RSM Classic.  It’s hosted by Sea Island Resort, which uses a two-course rota before the cut to allow for a full field to play with limited daylight. It’s been played here since 2010, so there is plenty of data […]

The PGA TOUR heads to Texas this week, so wind can never be ruled out. As of now, it looks like the heavy winds will hold off until the weekend, which removes it from the equation for me. We can stick to other course-fit angles.    Let’s dive right in to discuss some of my […]

The PGA TOUR heads to Memorial Park for the Cadence Bank Houston Open. The course was designed in the 1930s but got a major overhaul by Tom Doak in 2019 in anticipation of hosting this event.  We’ve seen it host the last two editions, so what did we see during those two events?    Course […]

It’s another coastal event this week at the Mayakoba with more potential rain in the forecast. They got pretty lucky last week in Bermuda to avoid most of the weather so hopefully we can skirt those problems again.    The early wind forecast calls for steady winds in the 8 to 15 MPH most of […]

The PGA TOUR heads to El Camaleon for what is supposedly the last time (thanks, Greg Norman). As you might notice from the field list, this is one of the more popular fall stops. There are plenty of big names in the field after getting a weak, weak field last week in Bermuda.   Course […]

The PGA field is weak at this week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, and Mother Nature is applying some pressure. If you were looking for a week to skip DFS or to tread lightly, this event checks a lot of the boxes.    I don’t take weeks off, though, so I will break things down how I […]

Looking at the field, you could easily mistake this week’s field for a Korn Ferry Tour event, but it’s actually the Bermuda Championship, a full-status, full-FedExCup PGA TOUR event.    Here is what we know about the host course… Course Notes – Port Royal Off the Tee: This is about as short as a PGA […]

The CJ Cup heads to South Carolina this week to take on Congaree Golf Club, a venue we’ve seen just once in the past (2021 Palmetto).    For DFS purposes, it’s important to remember it’s a no-cut event with a limited field size. We need to find as many names with top-10 upside as we […]

The PGA TOUR heads to South Carolina for this week’s CJ CUP, an event that was originally played in Asia.   Instead, they’ll head back to Congaree Golf Club, which hosted the 2021 Palmetto and saw Garrick Higgo pop as a surprise winner. Let’s dive in to discuss what we saw that week.  Course Notes […]

The PGA TOUR heads to the land of double greens at the ZOZO Championship.  The host course is Narashino Country Club, which had to skip a year of hosting due to COVID-19, but we’ve still seen it twice. Tiger Woods won the first time, and Hideki Matsuyama won in front of the home crowd last […]

The PGA Tour takes on a familiar TPC Summerlin layout this week for the Shriners Children’s Open.    The course is generous and often leads to a birdiefest while the winner usually eclipses the 20-under mark. The makeup of the field strength has led me to a very top-heavy build approach this week, so let’s […]

The PGA TOUR heads back toward the Left Coast as they ready for The Shriners in Las Vegas.  This course, and area in general, has become a hot bed for young TOUR stars. There are plenty of local-knowledge narratives to lean on if you’re into that sort of angle, but for now let’s focus on […]

On day one I talked about cold morning temperatures leading to a rare p.m. lean for me. The afternoon starters ended up averaging 0.78 strokes better than the morning wave. Will we see the same thing on Friday?    It’s still a bit chilly for the earliest starters tomorrow but they’ll see less wind so […]

The PGA Tour heads back to Mississippi this week for another edition of the Sanderson Farms Chicken Championship. OK, the “Chicken” part is not in the tournament title, but probably should be.    Let’s dive right in and talk about opening-round action as we build out showdown rosters.  Starting with the weather, we can see […]

Leaves are changing colors on the trees outside, which means it is football season and apple-orchard season. It also means the fall portion of the PGA Tour schedule is here, which presents us with a lot of money-making opportunities as DFS gamers focus on football.    Let’s see if we can take advantage of a […]

The PGA TOUR is back in action after a team event last week. The event is the Sanderson Farms Championship with a familiar host course, the Country Club of Jackson.  Let’s dive into the past results and quotes from golfers in order to reveal the recipe for success in the South.    Course Notes – […]

The PGA Tour’s Presidents Cup takes center stage this week, and DraftKings has popped out some DFS contests for the event.  The format is Captain Mode, with scoring that puts an emphasis on volume. We should make it a priority to find as many potential matches played in our lineups.    This week’s format also […]

We get a break from the PGA Tour’s regular stroke-play routine this week as the Presidents Cup returns. It’s the 14th edition of the team competition, which pits the United States against the International Team (though there are no Europeans on the team, since they play in the Ryder Cup).    For fantasy purposes, we […]

Cam Smith successfully played the role of chaser on day two of LIV Golf Chicago and now he’ll have a bullseye on his back for the final round.    There are seven golfers within five shots of his lead so he certainly can’t waltz to the finish line, he’ll have to earn this win.  As […]

The cream is (mostly) rising to the top again at this week’s LIV event. For as much variance as there is in one-round golf, and 54 holes versus 72, they have to be pleased about the recent leaderboards that are heavily littered with big names.    Will the cream continue to rise? That is to […]