Daily Fantasy PGA Picks for DraftKings & FantasyAces  - CareerBuilder Challenge DFSR is proud to bring you, Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly PGA picks, analysis, and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FantasyAces. 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(head to heads/double ups) as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions for Chris prior to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments sections, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9).   CareerBuilder Challenge   **If you are looking for a rundown of last week's tournament head over to my BLOG where I take a look at ownership and DraftKings points to try and find some trends to exploit moving forward.**   PGA West TPC Stadium Course Par 72 - 7,300 Yards   PGA West Tournament Course Par 72 - 7,204 Yards   La Quinta Country Club Par 72 - 7,060 Yards   It's a new week and the PGA Tour has made its way back to the mainland for the CareerBuilder Challenge from La Quinta, California.  This event is a bit different than other tour events as it has a three-course rotation and 54 hole cut. The first three days of the tournament are also played as a Pro-Am event so expect a ton of celebrities on the broadcast. I will be sticking to shot tracker myself. If you are playing cash games you will want to target more upside in your lineups this week as the 54 hole cut somewhat downplays the ability of cut making and increases the importance of birdies and eagles. The average winning score over the last five years has been -25 and this course lead the tour in eagles last season(per Pat Mayo Hour). With three different courses, it makes it really tough to nail down specific stats so I will be rolling with a fairly straightforward model this week on my cheatsheet. I will be weighing Birdie or Better % as the most important with Par 5 Scoring right behind. For the Strokes Gained metrics, I will be relying on a combination of "Off the Tee" and "Approach". I am leaving SG: Around the Green out of the equation this week as I feel if you are scrambling consistently there is no way you will score -20 or better. It's really that simple this week. Roster guys who have form and make tons of birdies. One thing to note is that if you are looking at the cheatsheet I...

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks for DraftKings & FantasyAces  - Sony Open in Hawaii DFSR is proud to bring you, Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly PGA picks, analysis, and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FantasyAces. 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(head to heads/double ups) as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions for Chris prior to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments sections, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9).   Sony Open in Hawaii Waialae Country Club - Honolulu, Hawaii Par 70 - 7,044 Yards Week one of the 2017 season(calendar year) is in the books and we were treated to another excellent event in Kapalua with the SBS Tournament of Champions. It was young star Justin Thomas picking up his second win of the new season after his title defense at the CIMB Classic back at the end of October. It, at times, looked like it was going to be a runaway win on Sunday until the back nine that brought him and Matsuyama close but not close enough. Let's take a look at the final round highlights. From a DFS perspective, there were some definite values that showed up by the time things worked themselves out. Even in a 30 man field, there were players who came in ranked in the lower half in ownership and near the top in final DraftKings points. Looking closer, you will also notice that two of the Top 3 and four of the Top 10 in DK points were in last weeks article. Let's keep up the early season momentum. From a tournament players point of view, ownership is going to be much more important on a full field event like the Sony Open this weekend. The first place I go to get a feel for this on a weekly basis is www.FanShareSports.com. They tally each player's tag count(mentions) on social media as well start/sit recommendations and sentiment rating. Bookmark it!   Now let's jump into week two of the daily fantasy 2017 season where most of the ToC field and about 120 others will meet for the Sony Open in Hawaii. The Waialae Country Club is a Par 70 setup which means just two par 5's this week, both of which close out a nine-hole stretch(Hole 9 & 18). For a complete hole by hole breakdown, check out this LINK. While golfers could pretty much just grip and rip last week with the huge fairways, that won't be the case Waialae....

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks for DraftKings & FantasyAces  - SBS Tournament of Champions DFSR is proud to bring you, Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly PGA picks, analysis and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FantasyAces. 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(head to heads/double ups) as well as upside plays for tournaments. If you have any questions for Chris prior to lineup lock you can reach him a variety of ways. Leave your question/comment below in the comments sections, find him in the DFSR Chat room or hit him up on Twitter(@Jager_Bombs9).   SBS Tournament of Champions Plantation Course at Kapalua - Kapalua, Maui Par 73 - 7,452 Yards Okay, before we get started I have been spending a ton of time on YouTube this winter reviewing last year and wanted to share this video in case you haven't seen it 100 times like me.   The short three-week winter break is now over and I couldn't be more excited to get back into the PGA DFS weekly grind. This week is a bit of a tease as the SBS Tournaments of Champions consists of only winners from the 2016 season. There were 38 players who qualified for this event in Kapalua but six (Rory, McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett) have withdrawn, leaving the field pretty thin with 32 players. As a 2016 winner, you sure get rewarded by getting to start your 2017 season with a trip to Kapalua and a crack at the Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designed Plantation course.  It is one of the easiest courses on tour and the only Par 73 that golfers will see all season meaning a ton of birdies. The wind can definitely play a factor but even with the wind filled 2013 tournament, Dustin Johnson won with a -13 final score. The average winning score over the last five years has been -22 with last years winner Jordan Spieth coming close to setting the record with his -30 winning score. Another thing to note about the tournament is that there will be no cut so all 32 golfers will get four rounds of competition, that is if no one withdraws. From a statistical point of view, I will be weighing Birdie or Better % and Par 5 Scoring right near the top as they correlate very closely to DraftKings scoring which will be very high this week. Distance off the tee isn't essential but if there is any wind at all it will be very advantageous to the longer hitters so I often weigh...

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks for DraftKings & FantasyAces  - RSM Classic DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly PGA picks, analysis and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FantasyAces.    RSM Classic Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside) Par 70 - 7,005 Yards Sea Island Golf Club (Plantation Course) Par 72 - 7,033   The RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort marks the final FedEx Cup point paying event of the 2016 portion of the season.  For us daily fantasy golf fans it is a short break as DraftKings most other sites run contests during the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in two weeks. Then after the Franklin Templeton Shootout  the tour takes a break until January where the 15'/16' winners will meet at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. This week's tournament will be played on two different 18 hole courses for the first two days. Players will all play one 18 hole round on the Seaside Course and one 18 hole round on the Plantation Course and those who make the cut will play the remaining 36 holes on the Seaside Course. It is a 7,005 Yard, Par 70 that plays as a traditional coastal Links style course.  When playing on Links courses the biggest defense is always going to be the wind. Here is a look at the forecast as of Tuesday morning: Thursday and Friday look excellent while the wind should pick up through the weekend. Off the tee golfers are going to be faced with, what I consider, smaller than average fairways for a Links course with marsh, sand, water and native areas which can be very penal. Because of this Driving Accuracy will be an important stat as will Greens in Regulation as almost ever green is protected by multiple bunkers and/or water and marshland. It will also be important to not only look at GIR but Proximity to the Hole as the Greens are larger than average with some having different levels throughout the green.  Hitting every green is impossible and will become even harder on the weekend if the wind picks up so rostering golfers who are good out of the sand and good overall scramblers is a plus. With any Par 70 course Par 4 Scoring becomes a key stat as there are 12 of them with just two Par 5's. To see a closer hole by hole look at the course visit the following LINK. If you have any questions leading up to lineup lock Thursday morning you can reach me in a variety of ways. Leave a Q below in the comment section and I will get you an answer. You can hit me up in the new...

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks for DraftKings & FantasyAces  - OHL Classic at Mayakoba DFSR is proud to bring you Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly PGA picks, analysis and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings and FantasyAces.    OHL Classic El Camaleon Golf Club - Playa Del Carmen, Mexico Par 71 - 6,987 Yards This week the PGA Tour heads to Mexico for the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. The course, El Camaleon GC, is a Greg Norman design is very unique as players pass through three different landscapes(jungle, forest, beach). For a hole by hole view of the course click HERE. You can also see a flyover of each hole by clicking the link below each hole. It becomes clear right away that Driving Accuracy is going to be important with many different obstacles off the tee including trees, sand, water, and native areas. Not to mention the multiple dog legs which will require pinpoint accuracy to give yourself a shot at hitting the green and making birdie. Along with accuracy I will be weighting Good Drive % very high this week as it correlated very high the last two years in which I ran data, which included two different weather conditions entirely. As always I will be weighting Birdie or Better % and Bogey Avoidance high. Looking at some of the lower end value it I think there are many ways to construct a cash game lineup this week and have a few players that can help get to the promise land in GPP's.   If you have any questions leading up to lineup lock Thursday morning you can reach me in a variety of ways. Leave a Q below in the comment section and I will get you an answer. You can hit me up in the new chatroom here at DFSR(It's crazy busy with NFL talk so try and private message me for specific PGA Q's). I am also always available on Twitter(@jager_bombs9). Good luck this week!     High End Targets ($9,000+) Emiliano Grillo World Golf Ranking  (26) Vegas Odds (21/1) Draftkings ($11,200) FantasyAces ($) With Knox nearly touching the $12K barrier and my projection that many people will be on the Rahm train, I will settle right in the middle with Grillo. I rode him a lot last year and he quickly became one of my favorite golfers(the list includes any golfer who has helped me win DFS and Tiger Woods).  He finished last season with a win(FRYS.com Open), three top 10's and made 22 of 25 cuts which is flipping amazing for a rookie on tour. He picked up a T8 in golf's return to the Olympics and finished the year strong with a Top 10 at the...