Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. In order to score well at Waialae Country Club, players will need to be accurate off the tee and few do it better than Im. Scottie Scheffler is officially No. So you better be crunching the right data to gain an edge in whatever contests youre entering. 6. Doc Redman's elite ball-striking numbersplus some great finishes to end 2020have the attention of our experts. 13 in the , he was comfortably inside the top 10 entering the final round before falling into a five-way tie for 21st with a Sunday 73. Farmers: Jason Day. I like Adam this week for numerous reasons. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated. Sepp Straka: The Diet Coke King is kind of hard to predict, and he wasn't great in his two DP World Tour stops, but he was solid last week at Riviera. Its wild to think about this, but if you put Henleys statistical profile next to Justin Thomas, they look very similar, aside from JTs elite off-the-tee game. Listen to Golf Digest's weekly betting podcast, "The Loop" (above), where we interview the industry's leading experts (and sometimes tour pros) to help you make your bets and pick your fantasy lineups. Thats some great early-season value on a top-tier all-around golfer whose performance is grounded in elite data. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. 2 Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm. Hes reeled off four straight Top 25 finishes in this event and is one of the only players in the world who seems to have the ability to be the best or worst player in any field with his irons round-to-round. Last week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, McClure included Jon Rahm among his top PGA DFS picks on FanDuel and DraftKings. For the The American Express 2023, Holliman is backing a massive sleeper for Fantasy rosters who is priced at $7,000 at DraftKings and has triple-digit odds to win at Caesars. Of course, DFS golf is more popular than ever, which means its more competitive than ever, too. The likes of Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay and Will Zalatoris also are part of The American Express 2023 field that is among the best in the tournament's 63 years. Sentry TOC: Cameron Young. He makes cuts, in spades. The 29-year-old has finished in the top 10 three times in five events this season, but only one was in the top five. Follow him on Twitter: @gdula13. You can find out who it is, and check out all of Holliman's PGA picks, only at SportsLine. Theres a reason he can be in play for a first-round leader, for FanDuel value, top-10s and even outrights, particularly on Bermuda courses. Now, were finally catching fire again, with Gdula cashing another winner at the WM Phoenix Open (Scottie Scheffler, 13-1) and Rick Gehman correctly predicting Jon Rahms Genesis Invitational victory at +750. Lack: JT Poston (-110) over Adam Svensson (DraftKings) Svensson is coming off a ninth-place finish at the Genesis and JT Poston is coming off a MC on the number, but results can be deceiving. RSM Classic: Brian Harman. Andy Lack, RickRunGood.com and Inside Golf podcast: Aaron Wise (25-1, FanDuel) While Aaron Wise was a popular breakout candidate pick at the start of the season, its undeniable that he has not gotten off to the start that many were hoping for. AT&T Pebble Beach: Maverick McNealy. Now he enters a tournament where his iron play is the class of the field, ranking ninth in this field in SG/approach over his last 36 rounds. He also top-10d here a year ago, so he is no stranger to this course. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Kevin Streelman (+900, Bet365) The off-the-tee and approach numbers are top 15 in this field over the past 24 rounds, per Fantasy National, so Streelman should give. managing editor: Denny McCarthy (28-1, DraftKings) Dennys been playing some great golfcontending at Pebble Beach (fourth-place) and playing well last week at the Genesis (T-14)and I think hes finally ready to break through for a victory. If his game travels at all this week, he should be a solid option in most formats. McClure is a DFS pro with over $2 million in career winnings, and he's been red-hot on his PGA Tour picks this season. The Northern Irishman was actually down by 10 through two holes Sunday but stormed back to claim the title. Sanderson Farms Championship: J.T. Picks like these could be the difference between winning your PGA DFS contests or going home with nothing. The 30-year-old. Poston. With a 16th-place finish at TPC Twin Cities and a 13th-place finish at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, its clear that he does his best work on water-logged courses that place an emphasis on keeping the ball in play off the tee and middle-iron play, and I expect him to be firmly in the mix come Sunday afternoon at PGA National. NeSmith has 98 rounds on the PGA Tour, via FantasyNational, and in those, hes gained strokes tee to green in 50.7 percent of them, as well 62.7 percent of his rounds from approach play, the most important stat of them all. 1. They're a must-see for any PGA DFS player. Poston is coming off a respectable showing at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, securing a T-21 finish in Hawaii. You can see who else to back this week at SportsLine. Gdula: Brandon Wu (95-1, FanDuel) Wu is pretty accurate with the driver and tends to gain strokes off-the-tee. Dating back to the start of the 2021 season, hes the best putter on tour and Bermudagrass is his best surface. Put your knowledge to the test. Powers: Chris Kirk The Florida Swing is when Chris Kirk eats and youd have to think this would be his best chance to finally break his win drought against a weak field. The result marks Kirk's third top-three finish to begin the 2023 season. Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2021 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and was a finalist for three FSWA Awards in 2023 (Best Podcast, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). We've now cashed outright winners the past two weeks, so jump on board and scroll down to read our best bets for the 2023 Honda Classic. Mayo: Aaron Rai (60-1, DraftKings) Many have noted that PGA National has a track record of crossover with Open Championship and links success. From Pat Mayo, Mayo Media Network, DraftKings and Fantasy National analyst: Based on the amount of times he contended in 2020, its rather shocking Scheffler didnt break through and win. The putter, however, was just abysmal. Before you lock in your PGA DFS picks for the 2023 Sony Open, you'll want to see the latest daily Fantasy golf picks, advice and player pool from SportsLine's Mike McClure. Each week hosts Christopher Powers, Alex Myers, and Steve Hennessey, along with special guests from across the sports and entertainment worlds, will touch on what's going in the game . Powers, Golf Digest: Matt Kuchar (30-1, DraftKings) Really nice finish last week for Kuch, but lets pump the brakes here. Pat Mayo, DraftKings/Fantasy National,Mayo Media Network analyst: Jhonattan Vegas (35-1, DraftKings) So far in 2023, Vegas has top-25 finishes at Farmers and Phoenix and made the cut at Riviera. Leaderboard Watch News FedExCup Schedule Players Stats Golfbet More PGA TOUR PGA TOUR Champions Korn Ferry Tour PGA TOUR Canada PGA TOUR Latinoamrica LPGA TOUR DP World Tour PGA TOUR University. Hence the extra consideration for SG: Around The Green. The former American Express winner has a proven track record of delivering at water-intensive golf courses that place an emphasis on middle-iron play, with a runner-up and a 16th at TPC Twin Cities, a 22nd at TPC Sawgrass, a 24th at TPC Southwind, and a 27th here at PGA National. "He just keeps hanging around," Holliman says, "but he's rarely a true threat." Rahm is the favorite, priced at 7-1 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by McIlroy and Scheffler, both at 10-1. He is 58 under par over the past three years in La Quinta. Farmers: Taylor Montgomery. Figuring out which PGA Tour golfer is the best in the world right now isn't easy. Ballengee lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family. Ancer continues to show up in big events, and theres no reason to think that will end in 2021. Hes made each of his past six cuts at the Honda Classic and gained putting three of the past four years. Bermuda: Russell Knox. Poston has now finished inside the top-25 in eight of his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour. In his past six starts, hes gained over six strokes on approach and lost over six in separator starts. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. DraftKings operates pursuant to an Operating Agreement with iGaming Ontario. All Rights Reserved. Before the COVID-19 hiatus, there were only a handful of players better tee to green than Bubba. I dont bring this up to dub Henley the next JT but rather to magnify how good Henley has been over a large sample. He is 131st in driving accuracy, and while he ranks seventh in greens in regulation, he is 120th in proximity to the hole. Anybody that included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable weekend. This mitigates the advantage of the premier drivers in the world, aka most of the elite players, and combined with a lack of elite golfers at the top end in this event, it has opened the door for long-shot winners. Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. For more fantasy, check out Qualifiers and Reshuffle. I worry that he will be exposed on these Bermudagrass greens, but the recent form and price is too appealing to pass up. When youre researching the statistics keep this in mind as half the rounds golfers have played historically at this event are not weighted in the Strokes Gained metrics. "He has a lot of ground to make up," Holliman said, "but he is the most well-rounded player in this field, so if anyone can do it, he can." 6-keys: media/spln/golf/reg/free/stories, at Thankfully at Golf Digest, we listen well. Hes among only 10 players to rank in the 75th percentile or better in all three tee-to-green stats over his past 100 rounds and at least the 50th percentile in putting. Redman is proving to be one of the more talented ball-strikers on tour, finishing 11th in strokes gained/approach for the 2020 seasonand he has already improved his putting, lifting him to two top-four finishes in six starts in the new season. Schauffele's accuracy could spell trouble on Riviera's tight fairways. Mayakoba: Viktor Hovland. Scheffler is the defending champion of this event, and he's finished T-12 or . Here are our 2023 The Honda Classic rankings and expert picks, as we do each week of the PGA Tour season. If he isn't locked in, he could find some trouble. Scroll down to see who we like this week at the 2023 Honda Classic. Holliman has been a writer and editor for nearly 25 years and has been playing and following the game closely for more than three decades. The Honda Classic Top PGA DFS Picks, Values and Sleepers for Large-Field GPPs on DraftKings GOLF Zach Thompson Feb 22, 2023 Article PGA DFS: Top Cash Game Picks for The Honda Classic GOLF Landon Silinsky Feb 22, 2023 Article Honda Classic PGA DFS Stats Preview: Course Fits, GPP Picks, and Values GOLF Matthew Vincenzi Feb 21, 2023 Article All Rights Reserved. Top-10 results from the Genesis Invitational: Mayo: 1 for 1 (Max Homa +220); Gdula: 1 for 1 (Patrick Cantlay +220); Lack: 1 for 1 (Patrick Cantlay +220); Powers: 1 for 1 (Collin Morikawa +210); Caddie: 0 for 1; Gehman: 0 for 1; Hennessey: 0 for 1, Top-10 results from this season: Gdula: 7 for 16 (up 18.6 units); Gehman: 5 for 16 (up 10.55 units); Lack: 3 for 7 (up 3.9 units); Mayo: 5 for 15 (up 3.1 units); Hennessey: 3 for 16 (down 0.45 units); Powers: 2 for 16 (down 7.9 units); Caddie: 2 for 16 (down 7.95 units), RELATED: Want to become a better golf bettor? Green sizes at Pebble Beach at just 3,500 square feet. Fortunately, the same variance which makes him hilariously untrustworthy keeps his price from ever rising too high. Void in ONT. Sanderson Farms Championship: Denny McCarthy. Gdula: Jhonattan Vegas (+320, FanDuel) Overall, Vegas has played well at PGA National, and were seeing phenomenal ball-striking from him lately. The Sony Open in Hawaii The Honda Classic, once an event that tracked tons of top pros including Tiger Woods, has its weakest field in recent memory, with not a single player inside the top 17 in the world rankings teeing it up at PGA National this week. Sungjae Im: His ballstriking should carry him a long way this week, but the South Korean has also been on a strong run of late. Just hope this is the week it all click for him. He was in the bottom 10-percentile in strokes gained/putting and was 237th of 280 players in SG/around the greens. "It's a matter of when (not if) he gets his first on the PGA Tour," Holliman said of Kim. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated. Gehman: Aaron Wise (22-1, DraftKings) Ive probably spent more money on Aaron Wise than anyone on the planet and not even I can get there this week. Anonymous Caddie Picker of the week: Adam Svensson (33-1, BetMGM) This week feels like it could be anyone's game in terms of holding the trophy on Sunday. Gehman: Joseph Bramlett (50-1, DraftKings) Bramlett enters the week having made seven straight cuts and earning a T-13 in La Jolla and T-7 in Pebble Beach over his last two. Their names? Thats all thats standing in the way of him and another multi-win season. His tee-to-green game has been elite and he supplements that with a stellar short-game. Mayo: Adrian Meronk (+105) over Cameron Davis (Bet365) Meronk is legit, just unknown. All Rights Reserved. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. While never great with the flat stick, that was his worse run since 2009. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Please play responsibly. Andy Lack is a PGA Tour writer and podcaster from New York City who now resides in Los Angeles. WMPO: Sungjae Im. Eligibility restrictions apply. He's also missed the cut just once in his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour, consistently providing value for those who roster him in their PGA DFS lineups. This is the first tournament of the year with a full complement of Poa Annua greens. RELATED: Golf One-and-Done 2020-'21 Guide: 9 tips for winning these popular yearlong contests. Abraham Ancer played in the final group of the Masters in November, but he's still looking for his first PGA Tour victory. Poston in its best bets to win the 2022 John Deere. The 24-year-old's problems have been in majors and on . How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Mayakoba: Thomas Detry. He also became the first international winner at of this event since Vijay Singh in 2004. Ball-strikers who can putt at even a field-average baseline can have value week in and week out. But his play on and around the greens is bound to regress to his typical level. Shriners: Emiliano Grillo. Golfers I'm Definitely Playing Jon Rahm ($11,500 DraftKings | $12,200 FanDuel) Rahm is the best player in the world until further notice. After that top end, it quickly drops into defending champ Tom Hoge, Seamus Power, Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Joel Dahmen, Mav McNealy, and Kevin Kisner. Here are our. RELATED: Want to become a better golf bettor? Chris Kirk: Kirk missed the cut at Phoenix in somewhat surprising fashion, but I expect a bounceback. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Adam Scott (+490, FanDuel) A course history play for me on Adam Scott, who finished T-4 here last year, won here in 2020 and boasts the best SG/total numbers at. This golfer is on a roll lately, finishing in the top 15 in three straight tournaments. Poston at $7,700 on DraftKings and $9,300 on FanDuel. Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. Course history has been strong at Pebble Beach. January 10, 2022 DFS Golf Picks Digest the data, predictions, and insights from this article to help with your fantasy golf picks for the Sony Open in Hawaii, and check out our PGA Lineup Optimizer to make more informed player selections for your DFS lineups. Rick Gehman, data scientist and RickRunGood.com founder: Denny McCarthy (28-1, DraftKings) McCarthy has missed just one cut (Phoenix) in his last nine starts and has threatened the top of the board in Bermuda (T-6), Pebble Beach (T-4) and Genesis (T-14). 1, but Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm can make an argument for being the best. You can see it at SportsLine. Normally, great drivers have a glaring weakness somewhere tee to green that limits their upside, but Scheffler has been above average greenside (68th SG/around the green) and remained 81st in SG/approach despite an underwhelming swing season. He is in the top 35 in every strokes gained category, including 13th around the green and 21st putting. Combine that with Sean O'Hair and Fritelli being extremely inconsistent, this is my whale play of the week. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated. With the $20 million purse on the line . Here are the stats you should be paying attention to. Yes, he did gain an unsustainable amount of strokes with the putter, but he did make noticeable progress off-the-tee and on approach from WMPO to the Genesis. Plus, he has two top-10's in four outings at Riviera. Short-iron specialists, regardless of distance, consistently perform the best on an annual basis at all three courses. 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). You can only see his fantasy. That at least gives me hope for a few outlier weeks on the putting surfaces. Dustin Johnson and J.B. Holmes are the only two players to hit more than 100 drives over 300 yards at Pebble Golf Links during this event. Byeong Hun An (+550 = Top 20) After slotting at No. In fact, the 24-year-old enters this week's event ranked inside the top-25 in strokes gained: tee-to-green (1.079), strokes gained: off-the-tee (.824) and driving accuracy percentage (66.96%). Sony Open: Matt Kuchar. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Although the distance is non-existent, the Brit has been the most accurate driver in the field over the past 24 rounds per Fantasy National. Shane Lowry: Lowry is hopefully getting on the right track again after a T-14 finish at Riviera. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Rais results have gotten progressively better the past three weeks, and he was sitting T-5 after one round here last year in his debut. The Honda Classic is this week, and the PGA Tour moves to Florida for a standard week at PGA National. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Will Gordon (66-1, BetMGM) Im surprised were getting such a good number on Gordon, one of the most talented players in the field. Sign up for DraftKings and experience the game inside the game. The two straight missed cuts have his win odds longer than they should be. Tournament match-ups are often released by Tuesday at many top sportsbooks along with expert picks from PGA Tour staff and Golf Digest panel among other leading handicappers and analysts.
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