Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – The 148th OPEN 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. The 148th OPEN Championship The final major of the 2018-19 season has finally arrived as the top players in the world head to Royal Portrush Golf Club for the 148th OPEN Championship, and for the first time since 1951. While we have no course history at this event to pull from, the European Tour did play the Irish Open at Portrush in 2012. There won't be much to draw from that when breaking down stats as there are two brand new holes(#7, #8) which replace the old 17th and 18th holes. Those are not the only changes to the course as there are five new greens, eight new tee boxes(to help add some length and strategy), and 10 new bunkers. Even with the those added bunkers it is still the lowest bunker count(58) of any OPEN venue but don't think it will be out of the player's heads. From looking at images and hearing what players are saying, the difficulty level will be elevated if you find yourself in one of these bunkers. Like any "true" Links course, the biggest defense is always the weather and no tournament is more important to pay attention to this narrative right up to(or close to) lock. The fairways are slightly wider than PGA Tour average taking away the need for accuracy a bit the other factor besides wind that can change that is the thicker than normal rough we see at the OPEN. Early reports are showing players using a "less than driver" strategy to ensure fairway hit and shot at the greens. As of now, I am simply looking at Strokes Gained: Off the Tee, especially in the short-term coming into this week. Looking at the projected approach shot distances, it looks like golfers will see plenty of mid-iron approach with six of the Par 4's falling between 400 and 450 yards mixed with...

Special Episode: DFS PGA talk for The 147th Open Championship - 7/17/18  DFSR’s Chris Durell and Doug Norrie are on the podcast breaking down the 147th Open Championship for DraftKings and FanDuel. It’s a major so that means we get a Milly Maker on DraftKings plus a loaded field of golfers descending on Carnoustie for the weekend. Chris breaks down the course, the hole makeup, how the conditions should have it playing and what are the key stats to hone in on for success. They discuss a ton of golfers including #1-ranked Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Justin Rose and Brooks Koepka and how their games line up for the course. They also look at the middle and lower tiers to try to find some value. Tony Finau, Zach Johnson, Charles Howell, Emiliano Grillo and Andy Sullivan all stand out as coming very cheap on DraftKings. All of this and more for the 147th Open Championship. Be sure to subscribe...