PGA Daily Fantasy Picks – Northern Trust Open
PGA Daily Fantasy Picks Northern Trust Open DFSR is proud to bring you our newest contributor Chris Durell. He'll be bringing weekly PGA picks, analysis and breakdowns to help you cash on DraftKings. If you are new to DraftKings PGA DFS be sure to click on the banner below. In looking back at last week, I've made some adjustments to my projections going forward that will incorporate some larger sample sizes. I have added a variety of additional stat rankings to my spreadsheet this week to help find the best players for this course. I am thrilled to see the multi-course events and pro-am events come to a close. Let the best part of the PGA season begin and like Bill Belichick would say “We are on to the Northern Trust.” Northern Trust Open Course Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California – 7349 Yards, Par 71 This week the PGA makes its last stop on the West Coast before heading to Florida. Riviera Country Club has been a part of the PGA tour since 1926 when it was the LA Open. The course is a challenging one with smaller greens and some longer par 5’s. When analyzing past leaderboards of this tournament you will notice long hitters who hit greens frequent the leaderboard. Those players who aren’t the longest drivers are good scramblers and putters. To select my targets for this week I will be looking at Recent Form, Course History, and these key stats: Driving Distance GIR Proximity to Hole Par 5 Performance Strokes Gained: Tee to Green Strokes Gained: Putting Tier 1 Targets (DK Price $9000-Max) Tier 1 is my favorite tier for this tournament. I like the bombers at the top in DJ and Bubba but both have been inconsistent here so I will reserve them for GPP’s. I also like Garcia and Schwartzel in their first trips to the USA this season. The two guys I decided to write about this week both have good track records here, bomb their drivers, hit greens and can putt. Jimmy Walker - $12300 (Vegas Odds – 17/1) I had other guys pegged as my top pick this week but in seeing Walker’s price drop over $5000 from the previous week has me slotting him as my #1. Jimmy is about as consistent as you can get on tour. He finished 21st last week at Pebble, which was his worst finish so far this year after posting 3 straight top 10’s to start the year. Jimmy has a nice course history here as well (20th-2014, 16th-2013, and a pair of 4th place finishes in 2012 and 2011). As for Walker’s stats, he is top 50...