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(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down […]

With birdie opportunities to be had all around TPC Deere Run, this is one of the weeks that I’m comfortable taking some chances down the leaderboard. In lower-scoring tournaments, the finish position points make up a larger percentage of Round 4 Showdown scoring, but with golfers regularly hitting 65 and better here, I don’t think […]

With the leading score already pushing down to 13-under through 36 holes, we could be in for some fireworks over the weekend. No, not the fireworks that your jackass neighbor is still setting off on July 9 (Yes, I’m talking about you Michael.). There were four 63s and six 64s on Friday. My assumption is that […]

Sebastian Munoz and Chesson Hadley are tied atop the leaderboard heading into round two. With 101 golfers under par, TPC Deere Run hasn’t exactly shown any teeth. That’s no surprise, though, as the historical winning score can push into 20-under territory here.    Seamus Power ($8,900) and Daniel Berger ($10,500) came into the week high […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down […]

We’re coming up against golf’s final major of the year, but the tour is making a pit stop at TPC Deere Run before that happens for this week’s John Deere Classic. I’m more of a macro guy when it comes to picking golfers for PGA DFS. If you’re looking for an in-depth course breakdown, look […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down […]

We’re back for the final round of the PGA’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, which has shown to be one of the easiest courses the field will see all year. When you’re thinking about your Round 4 DFS showdown teams, typically you’ll consider the finish position potential of a golfer because of the scoring bonuses. I think, […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down […]

We’re back again this week chasing some upside with the PGA DFS volatility report, this time for this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic. It’s incredibly important to find guys that are more likely to hit their ceiling. Targeting more volatile golfers, especially those from the lower end of the salary spectrum, is a good way to […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline, and it breaks off and affects things down […]

We have a tie atop the leaderboard of this weekend’s Travelers Championship heading into Sunday, with Bubba Watson and Kramer Hickok entering Sunday at 10-under. There are 14 golfers within three strokes of the lead, so we could see plenty of movement down the stretch during the final round. We’ll start by looking at those […]

As we head into the weekend, we have a leaderboard that’s…shall we say…interesting? We came into the week with a reasonably strong field, and the leaderboard, while it has some familiar names, isn’t exactly star-studded. We’ll start out by looking at the golfers at T20 and better heading into the weekend.  Ryan Armour ($6,600) and […]

Kramer Hickok and Satoshi Kodaira opened up the Travelers Championship with 7-under rounds. They’re each in the top three of SG: Putting. Hickok and Kodaira are 18th and third, respectively in SG: Approach. The course didn’t show much teeth today with 75 golfers shooting under par.  We’re working our way down the leaderboard and starting […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down […]

It’s going to be hard to top the drama of a come-from-behind win at a major, but that’s what the Travelers Championship is tasked with this week. Despite this tourney kicking off just four days after a major championship, we’re still being treated to a reasonably strong field. We’ll start with the golfers that were […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down […]

There’s a trio tied atop the leaderboard U.S. Open heading into Sunday that not many people would’ve predicted. Mackenzie Hughes, Louis Oosthuizen and Russell Henley are all tied for first place at 5-under. The next two golfers, tied at 3-under, are a bit more familiar to the average golf fan — Rory McIlroy and Bryson […]

We’re through two rounds of the U.S. Open with some interesting names at the top of the board. Since it’s a major with a different data feed, we don’t have the full model results heading into Saturday. We can still take a peek at some of the strokes gained data, and see who we can […]

If you’re playing best ball fantasy football, stacking is a topic that’s hard to avoid. Best ball — especially the large-field tournaments — has a lot of DFS running through its DNA. Volatility in best ball is something that we should target and embrace. Stacking is one way to embrace that volatility. Once you make […]

If you’re playing best ball fantasy football, stacking is a topic that’s hard to avoid. Best ball — especially the large-field tournaments — has a lot of DFS running through its DNA. Volatility in best ball is something we should target and embrace. Stacking is one way to embrace that volatility. Once you make it […]

If you’re playing best ball fantasy football, stacking is a topic that’s hard to avoid. Best ball — especially the large-field tournaments — has a lot of DFS running through its DNA. Volatility in best ball is something we should target and embrace. Stacking is one way to embrace that volatility. Once you make it […]

There’s nothing quite like major week around the PGA. We’re heading to Torrey Pines for the U.S. Open this year. It’s a familiar course and we should have a pretty good idea of what works — and what doesn’t — here. For those unfamiliar, Torrey Pines South is a beast of a par 71. The […]

If you’re playing best ball fantasy football, stacking is a topic that’s hard to avoid. Best ball — especially the large-field tournaments — has a lot of DFS running through its DNA. Volatility in best ball is something we should target and embrace. Stacking is one way to embrace that volatility. Once you make it […]

We are a few strokes away from the third round concluding of this weekend’s Palmetto Championship, as play was suspended late Saturday. There are four golfers who haven’t completed their rounds. Chesson Hadley is four strokes clear of Harris English at 14-under. Nobody outside of the closest chaser is within six strokes, so we should […]

Chesson Hadley started his week 65-66 to take the 36-hole lead at the Palmetto Championship. He’s two strokes clear of Dustin Johnson, four strokes clear of Tain Lee and five strokes clear of a five-way tie for fourth place.  Garrick Higgo ($9,200) continues to strike it well all over the course. Until he gets up […]

After the morning tee times concluded, many were positing that Dustin Johnson might take this thing wire to wire. Doc Redman and Wes Roach had other ideas. Redman tied Johnson in the morning and Roach one-upped that pair, taking the 18-hole lead.  There are the prototypical plays in Garrick Higgo ($9,000), Tyrrell Hatton ($10,200) and Brooks […]

It’s been a weird week so far with all of the delays and play suspensions. Now, we have a leader by six strokes in Jon Rahm getting a positive test mid-tournament and being forced to withdraw. It’s a weird time we’re living in, and it’s obviously a bummer for Rahm to miss out on maybe […]

Jordan Spieth is ahead of the field by a stroke down at the Charles Schwab Challenge as we head into Sunday. Jason Kokrak is the closest chaser, but nobody else is within four strokes of the final group. I decided to focus on only value plays today. This is by no means a reflection of […]

Jordan Spieth continues to run hot in Texas. He sits atop the leaderboard for this weekend’s Charles Schwab Challenge after 36 holes. Spieth went bogey-free Friday to take the lead. Quite honestly, he could’ve extended his lead even further. There was a stretch where he missed four birdie putts by a total of 33 inches. […]

After the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge, Sergio Garcia and Jordan Spieth are tied for the top spot. Spieth, as we would’ve expected, did more of his damage on the greens while Garcia was superb tee-to-green. The two of them have shown in the past that they can sustain and stay hot across […]

Phil Mickelson heads into the final round of the PGA Championship with a one-stroke lead. As with Friday night, we’re going to take a look at the model through the lens of the leaderboard. That’s even more appropriate as we head into the final round because we get a finish position bonus when the dust […]