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2022 Travelers Championship Betting Preview
The PGA Tour returns to familiar stomping grounds as they head to Connecticut for the Travelers Championship, played at TPC River Highlands. Harris English the defending champion, having defeated Kramer Hickok in a playoff and fending off Marc Leishman, Abraham Ancer and Brooks Koepka.   Last year’s leaderboard was dominated by superb driving and putting; […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Course Fit and Stats: 2022 Travelers Championship
Golf is the only sport in which the “arena” in which the game is played changes dramatically from one event to another. Consequently, each tournament, like this week’s Travelers Championship, provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with the strokes […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
Course Notes and Quotes: TPC River Highlands
Welcome to this week’s edition of Notes and Quotes!  The idea of this article will be to highlight the important course details without all of the fluff. The goal is to get the ideas flowing and the research started down the right path. Then, later in the week, I will return to highlight where my […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS
2022 U.S. Open Round 4 Picks & Strategy
Round 4 showdown is challenging because it changes on a weekly basis based on the course and the number of players in contention. Before we dive into the importance of finishing position bonuses, let’s revisit what we know about the course. From yesterday’s showdown article:       What We’ve Learned About the Course The […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
2022 U.S. Open Round 3 Showdown Picks & Strategy
Round 3 Showdown is where the edge should really begin to kick in, as we now have two full rounds of data to work with in regards to The Country Club. In fact, it’s enough to build a CF Model:      What We’ve Learned About the Course     The model is decently strong […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
2022 U.S. Open Round 2 Showdown Picks and Strategy
Day one was not kind to LIV defectors but worked out well for the showdown core of Xander, Wise, and Homa that I laid out yesterday. Let’s keep that momentum rolling on Friday.    Starting with the weather again, let’s take a look:  The early starters on Friday don’t catch a break with winds looking […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS
2022 U.S. Open Round 1 Showdown Picks and Strategy
The weeklong sweat is great for DFS golf, but sometimes you want instant results. That is where showdown comes into play.    Kicking things off on day one of the 2022 U.S. Open at Brookline, we need to take a glance at the weather.  It’s always good to get multiple sources on weather, and two […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS
8 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2022 U.S. Open
Every week a crucial part of success in PGA DFS GPPs will be hitting on lower-rostered/lower-priced golfers. Golf is a unique DFS sport in that all the golfers have the same opportunity to score. There are no starters, bench players, role players, third-down backs, etc. The golfer who is $6,000 is guaranteed to play at […]
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Kyle Murray
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2022 U.S. Open
U.S. Open week is a favorite of mine, in large part because the course fit model is a strong one. Of course, it’s possible, even likely, that The Country Club won’t play exactly like all other U.S. Opens, but we can use that uncertainty to our advantage. Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2022 U.S. Open
As we ramp up to the third major of the current PGA season, there are lots of distractions with LIV Golf, but let’s push that aside to focus on the task at hand. It’s a huge week for DFS golf with the U.S. Open and also my first week at FTN. Let’s eat.    The […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS
PGA PrizePicks for the U.S. Open
PrizePicks offers a different way to play fantasy sports than simply building a lineup of different golfers on a salary. There are different categories of props and matchups which are not often offered anywhere else. I’m going to go through a few different angles on how to play during the U.S. Open.    Prize Picks […]
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Bryan DeCorte
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Course Fit and Stats: 2022 U.S. Open
Well friends, we’re going to do things a little differently this week. For my standard introduction on what the PGA course fit model is, how it’s achieved, and how it helps us separate from the rest of the industry, I encourage you to revisit any of my past articles, including the course fit article for The […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA Bets
2022 U.S. Open Betting Preview
Golf’s second major of the year, the U.S. Open, is taking place this weekend in Brookline, Mass., at The Country Club. The USGA is in charge of running the U.S. Open, and typically they have gone about setting up their courses to “protect par.” In the past, this has meant long and thick rough combined […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS
Course Notes and Quotes: 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club
Welcome to the inaugural Notes and Quotes!  The idea of this article will be to highlight the important course details without all of the fluff. The goal is to get the ideas flowing and the research started down the right path. Then, later in the week, I will return to highlight where my research led […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS
2022 RBC Canadian Open Round 4 Showdown Picks and Strategy
Tony Finau and Rory McIlroy are tied for the lead two strokes ahead of a quartet at T3. The afternoon wave had an easier go at the course today. It was worth about 0.37 strokes/round.  That isn’t adjusted for skill, though, so it was likely a bit closer than that.    It appears that there […]
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Matt Jones
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PGA DFS
2022 RBC Canadian Open Round 3 Showdown Picks and Strategy
Wyndham Clark will take a one-stroke lead into the weekend over an interesting quintet. On the one hand, you have Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick. Two high pedigree golfers. On the other hand, you have Alex Smalley, Keith Mitchell, and Jim Knous.      The wind largely looks like a non-issue tomorrow. There are some […]
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Matt Jones
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PGA DFS
2022 RBC Canadian Open Round 2 Showdown Picks and Strategy
RBC Canadian Open Round 2 Showdown Picks and Strategy Round two showdown for the RBC Canadian Open allows us to have a peak into how the course is playing and if any adjustments need to be made to what we thought prior to the tournament starting but over corrections could be detrimental.   Before I […]
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Bryan DeCorte
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2022 RBC Canadian Open
Unfortunately, The RBC Canadian Open is being played at St. George’s Golf Club, a course that we don’t have sufficient data for in order to build the course fit model. The lack of a course fit model isn’t the end of the world, though. Not only do we have strong baseline projections, but we have […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
7 under $7,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2022 RBC Canadian Open
Every week, a crucial part of success in PGA DFS GPPs will be hitting on lower-owned/lower-salary golfers. Golf is a unique DFS sport in that all the golfers have the same opportunity to score. There are no starters, bench players, role players, third-down backs, etc. The golfer who is $6,000 is guaranteed to play at […]
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Kyle Murray
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PGA DFS
2022 RBC Canadian Open Round 1 Showdown Picks and Strategy
Round 1 DFS showdown is a great way to kick off any golf week, and there are many angles we can take to gain an edge on the competition, even at this week’s RBC Canadian Open.   First, be sure to check out the FTN PGA Optimizer for our showdown projections. The projections are a great tool […]
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Bryan DeCorte
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PGA Bets
Longshot PGA Betting Picks for the 2022 RBC Canadian Open
One of the most fun aspects of betting on golf is the weekly opportunity to find edges all the way down the odds boards trying to pick winners.   Each week, I’m picking out some of my favorite longshot bets for that week’s event. PGA Betting Picks at the RBC Canadian Open This Week Below, […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Bets
2022 RBC Canadian Open Betting Preview
After two years off due to the pandemic, the PGA Tour is finally returning to Canada for this week’s RBC Canadian Open, which will be played at St. George’s Golf & Country Club for the first time since 2010. Carl Pettersson was the winner of that event, and the OWGR No. 1 golfer in the […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS
2022 Memorial Tournament Round 4 Showdown Picks and Strategy
We’re heading into the final round with three rounds of data to take a lot at how the course has been playing thus far.  We can make any adjustments we find necessary if we find it playing much differently compared to our pre-tournament thoughts.     The leaders will get some of the heaviest winds […]
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Matt Jones
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PGA DFS
2022 Memorial Tournament Round 3 Showdown Picks and Strategy
Memorial Tournament Round 3 Showdown Picks and Strategy We have reached the weekend at the Memorial Tournament with the top 65 (and ties) having made the cut.  We also have two rounds of data to take a lot at how the course has been playing and we can make any adjustments we find necessary if […]
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Bryan DeCorte
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PGA DFS
2022 Memorial Tournament Round 2 Showdown Picks and Strategy
Memorial Tournament Round 2 Showdown Picks and Strategy Round two showdown for the Memorial Tournament allows us to have a peak into how the course is playing and if any adjustments need to be made to what we thought prior to the tournament starting but over corrections could be detrimental.   Before I dive into […]
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Bryan DeCorte
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2022 Memorial Tournament
The Memorial and Muirfield Village go hand in hand, giving us a strong, unique Course Fit Model in PGA DFS this week. We won’t have to stray far from the model to get spicy this week. Regardless of the event, PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
7 under $7,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2022 Memorial Tournament
Every week a crucial part of success in PGA DFS GPPs will be hitting on lower-used/lower-salary golfers. Golf is a unique DFS sport in that all the golfers have the same opportunity to score. There are no starters, bench players, role players, third-down backs, etc. The golfer who is $6,000 is guaranteed to play at […]
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Kyle Murray
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS volatility report: 2022 Memorial Tournament
The PGA Tour is turning its attention to Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, for the Memorial Tournament. It’s a long par 72 measuring over 7,500 yards. The course features 68 bunkers and there are a whopping 13 holes where water comes into play.   Our goal in this piece here is to highlight […]
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Matt Jones
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PGA DFS
2022 Memorial Tournament Round 1 Showdown Picks and Strategy
Round 1 DFS showdown is a great way to kick off any golf week, and there are many angles we can take to gain an edge on the competition, even at this week’s Memorial Tournament.Bottom of Form   First, be sure to check out the FTN PGA Optimizer to check out our showdown projections. The […]
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Bryan DeCorte
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PGA Bets
2022 Memorial Tournament Betting Preview
This week the PGA Tour heads north to Ohio for The Memorial Tournament, which takes place at Muirfield Village. Jon Rahm leads the market, returning to the scene of his post-Round 3 withdraw due to COVID-19, surrendering a six-shot lead. Patrick Cantlay earned the victory after Rahm’s departure, his second Memorial trophy, holding off Collin […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Course Fit and Stats: 2022 Memorial
Golf is the only sport in which the “arena” in which the game is played changes dramatically from one event to another. Consequently, each tournament, like the Memorial Tournament this week, provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
2022 Charles Schwab Challenge Round 4 Showdown Picks and Strategy
We came into today with a logjam towards the top of the leaderboard. Scottie Scheffler, as has been the trademark of 2022, decided to pull away from the field a bit in Round 3. He only managed a 2-under round but it was good enough to separate himself from the field by two strokes.    […]
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Matt Jones