Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – Charles Schwab Challenge
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – Charles Schwab Challenge Chris will be bringing you weekly PGA picks, analysis, and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FanDuel. As every week in DFS PGA changes with the course setup, field of players and weather, Chris will be providing a range of different picks for cash games as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments section, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9). Chris is also providing his DFS PGA Weekly cheatsheet where he provides stats, course history, current form, fantasy points, and much more. Grab your copy today and edge out the competition. Charles Schwab Challenge It was a dominating performance from Brooks Koepka at Bethpage where he won back to back PGA Championships and his fourth major in his last eight attempts(US Open-2, PGA Champ-2). We now shift our focus on the U.S. Open which takes place in a month at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Links. Before we get there, we have a three-event run at some tremendous courses so let's get started. This week the PGA Tour heads to the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas for the Charles Schwab Challenge. You may not recognize the name as it has had many before it including the Fort WorthInvitational, Dean & Deluca Invitational, and the Crowne Plaza Invitational. One thing that hasn't changed is the course as Colonial Country Club has hosted this event since 1946. Despite the event coming a week after the new PGA Championship date in May, the field is strong headlined by five of the Top 10(Rose, Molinari, DeChambeau, Schauffele, Fowler) and 18 of the Top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings. From a stats standpoint, we completely switch directions from the bombers mentality at Bethpage as accuracy and precision off the tee is key here at Colonial. The most important stat to focus on the is week is Strokes Gained: Approach as it has proven to be the area where players separate themselves from the field year after year(pic below courtesy of FantasyNational.com). When breaking down those approach stats I will be looking at Proximity from 150-175 yards as that is where the highest number of approaches come from at Colonial. On average, 60% of all birdies at this event come from the 12 par 4 holes and no more than five of these holes have played under par for the week. This combined with the approach shots mentioned above is where players will separate so I...
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – PGA Championship
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – PGA Championship Chris will be bringing you weekly PGA picks, analysis, and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FanDuel. As every week in DFS PGA changes with the course setup, field of players and weather, Chris will be providing a range of different picks for cash games as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments section, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9). Chris is also providing his DFS PGA Weekly cheatsheet where he provides stats, course history, current form, fantasy points, and much more. Grab your copy today and edge out the competition. PGA Championship It's time to get jacked up for the second major championship of 2019 and it's hard to argue with the new scheduling as it has only been a month since Tiger Woods won the Masters. That's right, the PGA Championship has been moved from it's regular August date to May to fit right in the middle of the Masters and US Open to hopefully generate a steady buzz for the sport throughout the summer months. Unlike the Masters, this is a full 156-man field with a regular cut of Top 70 and tie. There are many ways to get into this major and a couple of note that we should discuss for fantasy are the 20 PGA Professionals in the field along with former champions. I mention these two groups as both can be crossed off the list as it is rare for either to make the cut. Outside of those players, the field is absolutely loaded with every one of the Top 100 in the OWGR teeing it up for a chance to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy. Like the U.S. Open and Open Championship, this major rotates course annually and this year will be hosted by Bethpage State Park(Black Course). This will be the third major held here and first PGA Championship as it also hosted the 2009(Lucas Glover) and 2002(Tiger Woods) U.S. Open. More recently, Bethpage also hosted the 2012 and 2016 Barclays as a part of the PGA Tour Playoff schedule. Bethpage Black is one of the hardest courses in America due to its length in comparison to it being just a Par 70. Three of the four Par 3's exceed 200 yards with seven of the 12 Par 4's exceeding 450 yards and three exceeding 500 yards. Not only will players need length off the tee but like any major championship, hitting fairways is also at a premium...
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – AT&T Byron Nelson
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – AT&T Byron Nelson Chris will be bringing you weekly PGA picks, analysis, and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FanDuel. As every week in DFS PGA changes with the course setup, field of players and weather, Chris will be providing a range of different picks for cash games as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments section, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9). Chris is also providing his DFS PGA Weekly cheatsheet where he provides stats, course history, current form, fantasy points, and much more. Grab your copy today and edge out the competition. AT&T Byron Nelson This week the PGA Tour heads back to Trinity Forest Golf Club as it will host the AT&T Byron Nelson for the second time. Aaron Wise returns as the defending champion as he posted a -23 winning score, three strokes better than Marc Leishman. With this year's event a week before the PGA Championship, the field is once again fairly week but lead by World #3, Brooks Koepka and Trinity Forest member, Jordan Spieth. The course is a Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore design and is a Links Style setup in every facet besides location as it resides inland. Even with very generous fairways(75%+ driving accuracy last year), this course forces players to really use their brains and in some regards play the holes backward from green to tee. The greens are very undulated putting an emphasis on approach shots and when breaking down Strokes Gained: Approach, I will be looking closely at Proximity stats. With all the undulation I will also be looking at players who rank high in three-putt avoidance. The course played very firm last year and that will be the biggest difference as Dallas has received lots of rain lately and looking at the early forecast, it is supposed to rain right up until late Wednesday night. This will have the course playing softer which, in my opinion, gives more advantage to the bombers who will fly it farther while last year the shorter hitters were benefited by the firm rollout fairway conditions. Not that shorter hitters can't succeed but when targeting them make sure they are trending with their long iron play. It also makes sense to take a look at golfers who are successful in playing Links-Style golf. For this info, I turn to the Fantasy Golfanac who looks at strokes gained information from all Links events worldwide going back to the start of the 2014...
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – Wells Fargo Championship
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – Wells Fargo Championship Chris will be bringing you weekly PGA picks, analysis, and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FanDuel. As every week in DFS PGA changes with the course setup, field of players and weather, Chris will be providing a range of different picks for cash games as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments section, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9). Chris is also providing his DFS PGA Weekly cheatsheet where he provides stats, course history, current form, fantasy points, and much more. Grab your copy today and edge out the competition. Wells Fargo Championship After a week off from the regular stroke-play events, we are back to break down the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship. The field is strong at the top once again, led by three of the World's Top 10 golfers in Justin Rose(#2), Rory McIlroy(#4), and Rickie Fowler(#10). When analyzing course history this week, there are some things to keep in mind. First of all, you will see on my sheet that I have five years history but left out 2017. That is because Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Championship while Eagle Point was the one year host of this event. I have included the 2017 PGA leaderboard on my sheet for reference as well. The other big thing to note is that the course was reconstructed and went from a Par 72(pre-2017) to a Par 71. With the changes, the course played as one of the hardest courses on Tour a year ago, the first Wells Fargo Championship since the reconstruction. Check out the changes in the video below. As you will see in the course breakdown below, nine of the 11 Par 4 holes are listed at 449 yards or longer with five of them exceeding 475 yards in length. This puts a ton of emphasis on bombers this week and/or players who are on point with their long irons. I will also be weighing Par 4 scoring over Par 5 scoring this week and looking at the results from last year help paint the picture. All but one player who finished Top 10 in Strokes Gained: Par 4 finished the tournament Top 10 including the winner Jason Day. While the Top 3 players in Par 5 scoring all finished Top 10 including Jason Day, there were only four overall with four finishing outside the Top 20 and one missing the cut. The trends can be found going back to...
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – RBC Heritage
Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – RBC Heritage Chris will be bringing you weekly PGA picks, analysis, and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FanDuel. As every week in DFS PGA changes with the course setup, field of players and weather, Chris will be providing a range of different picks for cash games as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments section, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9). Chris is also providing his DFS PGA Weekly cheatsheet where he provides stats, course history, current form, fantasy points, and much more. Grab your copy today and edge out the competition. RBC Heritage Anyone else have a Masters hangover? What an amazing event we just witnessed with a jam-packed leaderboard all four days capped off by 15th major Championship win(5th Masters) by Tiger Woods. Miss it? Here is a look at his final round highlights. Enjoy! This week, we go from the Green Jacket to the Plaid Jacket as the PGA Tour heads to Harbour Town Golf Links for the RBC Heritage. While you would think the event following the Masters would suffer, that is not the case this year as four of the Top 10(Dustin Johnson, Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele) and 24 of the Top golfers in the World are teeing it up this week. There are also almost 40 players in the field who played last week at the Masters. Harbour Town is a Pete Dye-designed Par 71 that is just shy of 7,100 yards in length. If you click the course scorecard below and link to the PGA Tour Course Preview, you will quickly see that the driver will not be the key club this week. The fairways are narrow and tree-lined and like all Pete Dye designs, placement off the tee due to the angles is key. Because of this, we will see a lot of golfers clubbing down and using irons or fairway woods. Accuracy is what I am looking at when breaking down the Off the Tee stats this week. The most important stat to me this week is Strokes Gained: Approach as the greens are very small and tough to hit meaning those players on point for four days will separate themselves from the pack. It also makes sense to look at and weigh Strokes Gained: Around the Green/Scrambling as well with a high percentage of the field missing greens almost half the time. If accuracy is off on the approach, you can still save the...
Bonus PGA Podcast Episode – The Masters DFS and Betting Angles 4/9/19
Bonus PGA Podcast Episode - The Masters DFS and Betting Angles 4/9/19 DFSR’s PGA expert Chris Durell joins Doug Norrie to discuss this week’s Master’s Tournament. Chris breaks down some of the history with Augusta, how the course plays and what specific stats he’s targeting in his DFS and Betting PGA models this week. It’s obviously a popular week for both in golf with the major and you’ll need to wade through some of the top names. Listen to "Bonus PGA Episode - The Masters DFS and Betting Angles" on Spreaker. He discusses Rory McIlroy as the clear favorite but also looks at some of the other popular names like Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey and more as either buy low or sell high golfers going into this week. There’s a ton to discuss as Chris breaks down this week’s Masters tournament. Subscribe to this Podcast on iTunesSubscribe to this Podcast on Spotify Subscribe to this Podcast on...