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2023 Hero World Championship Betting Preview
The PGA Tour season has concluded, but there are still betting opportunities with this week’s Hero World Challenge. This event attracts 20 high-level golfers to play a no-cut event in the Bahamas just days after scarfing down some Thanksgiving turkey. Run by Tiger Woods, he is also the main attraction this week, as he returns […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Joburg Open
The DP World Tour is kicking off their new season with two events. The Australian PGA Championship has the stronger of the DFS fields this week, but DraftKings chose the Joburg Open, so I will follow the DFS trail of money and break down that weak-field event at Houghton Golf Club.    Core Targets Thriston […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 Joburg Open Betting Preview
The PGA Tour is resting after putting a lid on their 2023 season, but the DP World Tour is firing right back up this week with a pair of tournaments to kick off a new season.  There will be action in Australia and South Africa, providing a lot of playing opportunities right out of the […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 RSM Classic
The PGA Tour wraps up their 2023 campaign this week with a trip to Sea Island Golf Club. It’s the RSM Classic and it’s attracted a relatively strong field, at least compared to last week. It’s still lacking star power, but there are a lot of “semi stars” in the field this week, just no […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 RSM Classic Betting Preview
The PGA Tour season comes to an end this week with the RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club. There is still Tiger’s event next week and a few DP World Tour events to keep us busy over the holidays, but this is the last official Tour event, so let’s go out in style.    […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship
The flood of pre-tournament WDs has subsided, so it’s time for us to dive into this week’s field at the Bermuda Championship. There are two more PGA DFS slates after this week before the December break. Let’s finish in style. Most golfers are fighting for their 2024 playing status in one way or another with […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Betting Preview
The FedEx Fall pushes on this week as the PGA Tour heads to Port Royal Golf Course for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.  We’ve already seen more than 10 pre-tourney WDs since the initial field list was released last Friday. It makes me wonder about the course conditions, maybe word got around on how it’s looking […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship
The FedEx Fall has three more events to go, with many golfers still fighting for their 2024 playing status. Let’s finish in style starting with this week’s World Wide Technology Championship at El Cardonal, a Tiger Woods design.    Core Targets J.J. Spaun There is a clear top three this week with Ludvig Aberg, Cam […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 World Wide Technology Championship Betting Preview
The PGA Tour is back in action this week as they head to Mexico for the World Wide Technology Championship.  We have a new host course for the event, El Cardonal at Diamante. Greg Norman stole the previous host venue, El Camaleon, for LIV Golf. Lining up very well with the political state of golf […]
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2023 Qatar Masters Betting Preview
The PGA Tour has the week off so the DP World Tour will fill in the void with the Qatar Masters.  The field strength is relatively weak, but the course is a familiar one, so let’s dive in to see what kind of bets might catch our eye.    Course Fit The host venue this […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Zozo Championship
The PGA Tour travels to Asia this week for the Zozo Championship in Japan.  For DFS purposes, we need to note that it’s a limited field of just 78 golfers, and all of them will be guaranteed four rounds of action unless they withdraw. Does that mean we need to punt the last spot or […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 Zozo Championship Betting Preview
The PGA Tour heads to Japan this week for the Zozo Championship at Narashino Country Club.  We’ve seen this course host three times in the past, with the winners being Tiger Woods, Hideki Matsuyama and Keegan Bradley. Not too shabby. The latter two will be teeing it up again this week in hopes of collecting […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open
It’s time to put on a funny hat and head to Vegas for this week’s Shriners Children’s Open.  The host course is TPC Summerlin, which has hosted here for more than a decade. So there is plenty of history to lean on, but we also want to sift through the baseline and course-fit stats to […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 Shriners Children’s Open Betting Preview
The FedEx Fall pushes on this week as the PGA Tour heads to Las Vegas for the Shriners Children’s Open. In theory, all of the Tour events contribute to local charities but this one and the St. Jude tug at the heartstrings a bit more.  Let’s dive into the course, look at the odds board, […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship
The PGA Tour returns to action this week, and while many are focused on football, this is prime earning time for DFS golf.  This week’s event is the Sanderson Farms Championship, at the Country Club of Jackson. The field is headlined by Ludvig Aberg who is working off his Ryder Cup hangover by staying true […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 Sanderson Farms Championship Betting Preview
The PGA Tour is back in action this week for the Sanderson Farms Championship.  This is the second event of the FedEx Cup Fall Series, and it’s a good indicator of what kind of fields we should be expecting over the next six weeks. Let’s dive in and discuss what players might pop at the […]
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PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2023 Ryder Cup
PGA DFS is all about weighing the risks and rewards of players in relation to their rostership projections. Often, you have to feel like you’re on an island when it comes to your viewpoint of a play in order to be in the highest EV position. Enter: Hot takes.    The Ryder Cup is a […]
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Alex Blickle
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Ryder Cup
The United States will do battle with Europe, in Rome, at this week’s Ryder Cup. If you’ve read any previews for the event, you’re probably aware of Team USA’s poor record on foreign soil.  Will it be more of the same or will the new era of U.S. team golf have something else to say […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 Ryder Cup Betting Preview
There is no stroke-play action this week in the world of golf, but we get something even better. It’s the biennial Ryder Cup which is taking place in Rome at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club.  It’s Team USA versus Team Europe, so let’s dive right in to see who has the advantage this week.  […]
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2023 Open de France Betting Preview
The big names in the world of golf are prepping for next week’s Ryder Cup. That leaves us with a dead spot on the PGA Tour schedule, but there is overseas action at the Open de France.  There are a dozen or so notable names in the field but not many household names. Let’s run […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Fortinet Championship
The DP World Tour has kept us busy over the last few weeks, but it’s great to get some golf in the States again.  It’s a strange schedule spot with just this one event in Napa before a week off and then the Ryder Cup. Without much form to look at, I want to lean […]
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Josh Culp
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2023 Fortinet Championship Betting Preview
The PGA Tour returns this week with the inaugural FedEx Fall series starting this week in Napa. It’s the Fortinet Championship at Silverado Resort. While the incentives for playing in the fall are different this year, not much has changed with this week’s event. The host course has been used for roughly a decade and […]
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2023 Irish Open Betting Preview
The 2023 Ryder Cup is just around the corner, so it’s fitting for the DP World Tour to head to The K Club this week for the Irish Open, a former Ryder Cup venue.    This inland, parkland track hosted the 2006 Ryder Cup, which ended in a European landslide, winning 18.5-9.5 that week.  The […]
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2023 Omega European Masters Betting Preview
The DP World Tour gets a big boost in eyeballs this week with the PGA Tour taking a break before the fall series.  This week’s tournament is the Omega European Masters, hosted by Crans-sur-Sierre in the Swiss Alps. Let’s dig into the event to see what kind of bets pop off the page.    Course […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 Tour Championship
The PGA Tour’s playoff finale is taking place this week in Atlanta with a small field of 30 golfers teeing it up at East Lake Golf Club for the Tour Championship.  This event has unique scoring with golfers assigned starting strokes according to their FedEx Cup standings. For DFS, that plays a key role as […]
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Josh Culp
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PGA DFS Hot Takes for the 2023 Tour Championship
The final hot takes of the 2023 PGA season! Let’s see if we can find one final gem or two. 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 viewpoint of […]
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Alex Blickle
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4 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2023 Tour 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. This […]
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2023 Tour Championship Betting Preview
This weeks Tour Championship is the final event of the 2023 PGA Tour campaign. It should be a huge deal, but the tournament usually goes off with a whimper thanks to the format.  With just 30 golfers remaining, match play would be the ideal format for viewing, but they’ve opted for a handicapped stroke-play format.  […]
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PGA Betting Outrights: 2023 Tour Championship
Welcome to the most difficult week in all of golf betting! We lack a course fit model, and the staggered starting scores create a riddle that’s far more difficult to solve than most weeks.   Let’s start with the course fit model — the goal of the model is to explain variation in historical performance […]
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The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2023 BMW Championship
The PGA Tour heads to Chicago to take on Olympia Fields Country Club. We last saw the course at the 2020 BMW Championship.  Only five golfers finished under-par that week as the wind whipped and the course was playing extremely firm and fast. We should expect softer conditions this week, but it should still be […]
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Josh Culp
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8 under $8,000: Cheap DFS plays for the 2023 BMW Championship
This week’s BMW Championship features a limited field of just 50 golfers. They are the top-50 golfers this season, though, so all are capable of contending. Combine that with stretched-out pricing from DraftKings, and there needs to be a lot of focus on the salary cellar.  While I said anyone in the field is capable […]
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PGA Betting Outrights: 2023 BMW Championship
Apologies for the late release of this week’s outrights article! I’m playing in the Pennsylvania Open, so I’m trying to get another outright win of my own! Come Sunday, however, I will be right back to rooting for the outright from my couch.   Golf outrights are unlike anything else in betting. In no other […]
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