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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Open Championship
The final major of the 2023 PGA campaign will take place this week at Royal Liverpool, also known as Hoylake.  This Open Championship is known for weather draws, so we will touch on that in the notes section. We will also take a look at the salary changes made by DraftKings for the event.    […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA Betting Outrights: 2023 Open Championship
Collin Morikawa in 2021, Cam Smith last year. Can we make it three consecutive outrights at The Open Championship?? Zoom out for a second. It’s Monday Night Football in October and you just hit your second 10-1 “first touchdown” bet of the season. You’re ecstatic! This is what makes golf outright betting so unique — […]
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FTN Staff
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2023 Open Championship Betting Preview
The Open Championship is known for its iconic courses and wacky weather.  When setting up the golf courses for The Open, the R&A does not artificially toughen the tracks, like we see with some of the other majors. Instead, they let Mother Nature dictate whether it will be a 3-under winner or a 20-under winner. […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Betting Course Fit and Stats: The 2023 Open Championship
The final Major Championship of the year! The Open has always been a favorite of mine because of the unique experience of watching golf throughout the early hours of the night/morning, but Collin Morikawa’s win a few years ago took it to another level.    It was the first year I used the strategy of […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Course Fit and Stats: The 2023 Open Championship
The final Major Championship of the year! The Open has always been a favorite of mine because of the unique experience of watching golf throughout the early hours of the night/morning, but Collin Morikawa’s win a few years ago took it to another level.    It was the first year I used the strategy of […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2023 Genesis Scottish Open
What an exciting part of the PGA schedule. The Tour makes its fair share of questionable decisions, but strengthening this field and event was one of its best. Let’s make it as successful of a week as it is fun. PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to […]
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Alex Blickle
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Genesis Scottish Open
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 […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS
8 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2023 Genesis Scottish Open
PGA DFS is often won or lost under $8k. At the top of the price range, especially in strong fields, any player can win in any given week. This isn’t true below $8k — some of the cheaper players have much better distributions of potential outcomes than others. Our job is to identify them. As […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA Bets
PGA Betting Outrights: 2023 Scottish Open
Zoom out for a second. It’s Monday Night Football in October and you just hit your second 10-1 “first touchdown” bet of the season. You’re ecstatic! This is what makes golf outright betting so unique — the favorites in any given tournament would qualify as extreme long-shot bets in any other sport.    One consequence […]
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FTN Staff
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2023 Scottish Open Betting Preview
Heading across the pond for a few weeks, the PGA Tour joins forces with the DP World Tour for a co-sanctioned event this week in Scotland, ramping up to next week’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.    The host course this week is the Renaissance Club, which has played that role each of the last […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2023 John Deere Classic
As we all wait for the golf world to head across the Atlantic Ocean, we’re left with one more weak-field birdie-fest at this week’s John Deere Classic. However, this is also one more chance to boost the bankroll before we get to some extremely exciting events.   PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks […]
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Alex Blickle
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8 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2023 John Deere Classic
PGA DFS is often won or lost under $8k. At the top of the price range, especially in strong fields, any player can win in any given week. This isn’t true below $8k — some of the cheaper players have much better distributions of potential outcomes than others. Our job is to identify them. As […]
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Alex Blickle
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 John Deere Classic
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 […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA Bets
PGA Betting Outrights: 2023 John Deere Classic
Zoom out for a second. It’s Monday Night Football in October, and you just hit your second 10-1 “first touchdown” bet of the season. You’re ecstatic! This is what makes golf outright betting so unique — the favorites in any given tournament would qualify as extreme long-shot bets in any other sport.    One consequence […]
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FTN Staff
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2023 John Deere Classic Betting Preview
Turning our PGA betting attention toward TPC Deere Run and the John Deere Classic this week, we have another short course with loads of birdies readily available for the entire field.  My betting process always begins with an evaluation of the course and what skills are most likely to translate into success, so let’s start […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Betting Course Fit and Stats: The 2023 John Deere Classic
It’s easy to faze out the PGA Tour a bit in this stretch of the season. From one birdiefest to another, one weak field to another, one thing doesn’t change – the money we can win is every bit as real as it is during elevated events or Majors. The John Deere Classic is far […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA Betting Course Fit and Stats: The 2023 John Deere Classic
It’s easy to faze out the PGA Tour a bit in this stretch of the season. From one birdiefest to another, one weak field to another, one thing doesn’t change – the money we can win is every bit as real as it is during elevated events or Majors. The John Deere Classic is far […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic
The Keegan Bradley/Corey Conners PGA DFS core worked to perfection last week. Am I feeling more and more pressure each week to continue the dominance of the first hot take? You bet, but that just makes it more fun. 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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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic
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 […]
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Josh Culp
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8 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic
PGA DFS is often won or lost under $8k. At the top of the price range, especially in strong fields, any player can win in any given week. This isn’t true below $8k — some of the cheaper players have much better distributions of potential outcomes than others. Our job is to identify them. This […]
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Alex Blickle
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2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic Betting Preview
Thank you, Keegan Bradley! Another outright winner takes us over the 200-unit mark in PGA for the year. There’s nothing better than a community hit.   Betting in golf is its own animal, its own test week in and week out. In no other sport do we have to evaluate how well a player fits […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Betting Course Fit and Stats: 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic
Keegan Bradley! Fresh off the outright hit (now up over 200 units on the season), we head to a golf course that emphasizes off the tee performance above all else. I like our chances to stay hot!   A brief reminder of the thought process behind and execution of the course fit model: Golf is the […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS Course Fit and Stats: 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic
Keegan Bradley! Fresh off the outright hit (now up over 200 units on the season), we head to a golf course that emphasizes off the tee performance above all else. I like our chances to stay hot!   A brief reminder of the thought process behind and execution of the course fit model: Golf is the […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2023 Travelers Championship
I’ll keep saying it — I love returning from a major championship to a loaded PGA field with a strong course fit model.  PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their ownership projections. Often, you have to feel like you’re on an island when it comes to your […]
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Alex Blickle
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Travelers Championship
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 […]
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Josh Culp
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8 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2023 Travelers Championship
PGA DFS is often won or lost under $8k. At the top of the price range, especially in strong fields, any player can win in any given week. This isn’t true below $8k — some of the cheaper players have much better distributions of potential outcomes than others. Our job is to identify them. We […]
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Alex Blickle
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2023 Travelers Championship Betting Preview
Betting in golf is its own animal, its own test week in a week out. In no other sport do we have to evaluate how well a player fits the environment (course, field, court, etc.) in addition to how good he simply is. We are also typically working with longer odds — at least I […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Betting Course Fit and Stats: The 2023 Travelers Championship
Consider me a big fan of the elevated events immediately following majors. As exciting as they are, it’s wonderful to get right back to a strong field on a course with a strong, known, course-fit model.   A brief reminder of the thought process behind and execution of the course fit model: Golf is the […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA DFS Course Fit and Stats: The 2023 Travelers Championship
Consider me a big fan of the elevated events immediately following majors. As exciting as they are, it’s wonderful to get right back to a strong field on a course with a strong, known, course-fit model.   A brief reminder of the thought process behind and execution of the course fit model: Golf is the […]
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Alex Blickle
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 U.S. Open
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 […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2023 U.S. Open
The nation’s championship! No week is as conducive to PGA hot takes as U.S. Open week, as the difficult conditions often create carnage and chaos that allow contrarian builds to flourish.  PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their ownership projections. Often, you have to feel like […]
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Alex Blickle
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PGA DFS
8 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2023 U.S. Open
PGA DFS is often won or lost under $8k. At the top of the price range, especially in strong fields, any player can win in any given week. This isn’t true below $8k — some of the cheaper players have much better distributions of potential outcomes than others. Our job is to identify them. These […]
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Alex Blickle