Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – The Zozo 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 Zozo Championship This week the PGA Tour's Asian Swing continues with a brand new event, the Zozo Championship, hosted at the Acocrdia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan. This will be another small-field, no-cut event headlined by Rory McIlroy(#2), Justin Thomas(#4), Xander Schauffele(#8), and Tiger Woods(#10) who all rank inside the Top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings. They are also joined by 27 other players ranked inside the Top 50 OWGR bringing us the strongest field(average 81 OWGR) since the Tour Championship. Not only is this a new event on a new course to almost all the players, but it is also a very unique setup. In terms of length, the Par 70 course is pretty standard at 7,041 yards but breaking it down there are five Par 3's and three Par 5's which does throw a bit of a twist into things(I love twists!). After studying the course with the help of the awesome flyovers on the ZozoChampionship website, players will face smaller than average fairways which will have some players using a "less than driver" strategy but that only goes so far as five of the Par 4's on this course come in over 480 yards. Ball striking is at a premium this week with the edge going to the approach and especially in the long iron department. The most interesting thing about this course is that every hole has two greens(only one used per round obviously) which gives the setup team a ton of combinations for pin locations each day. The other big thing to track this week is the weather which could greatly affect the winning score and overall difficulty of this course. Using Windfinder, we see that winds are projected to get up Thursday afternoon and then climb even higher on Friday after(see forecast below). If this forecast stays relatively close to what we...

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – The C.J. Cup @ Nine Bridges 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 C.J. Cup @ Nine Bridges This week the PGA Tour travels to Jeju Island, South Korea for the CJ Cup. This is an invitational, no-cut event that will see all players(outside of any who WD) play four rounds on the beautiful Club at Nine Bridges course. The field is led by two Top 5 players in the World in Brooks Koepka(#1) and Justin Thomas(#5) who also happen to be the only two winners at this event as it makes its third appearance on the schedule. The Club @ Nine Bridges is a shorter Par 72 setup that comes in just under 7,200 yards. The biggest thing to point out when looking at the course is that it played much different in each event and that can be directly correlated to the wind. It was strong for most of the week in 2017 when Justin Thomas won with a score of -9 and last year it was calm throughout the event as Brooks rolled to a convincing four-stroke victory with a winning score of -21. Early forecasts are showing 8-12 mph winds pretty much all weekend so it is likely we see a score closer to last year in the -15 to -20 range. Off the tee, golfers will see average-sized fairways that are protected by a ton of bunkers(101 in total on course), some water(11 hazards), and some thick rough(listed at 3.25 inches). These challenges off the tee plus the distance boost due to elevation will have a ton of players using a "Less than Driver" strategy and it shows as the average fairways hit has been over 70% both years. This also shifts a ton of weight to the approach shot this week and especially Proximity as the greens are huge(7,800 sq ft on average). The other thing that comes into play with huge greens is avoiding three-putts....

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – Houston Open 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. Houston Open After a Kevin Na playoff win over Patrick Cantlay at the Shriners Open, the PGA Tour fall season continues with a trip to Humble, Texas for the Houston Open. It is an event making its Fall debut and was normally played in late March/early April and was a favorite stop of many were preparing for the Masters the following week. With the scheduling change, there are a few changes overall with the biggest being the field and lack of depth at the top as none of the Top 35 players and just two of the Top 50 in the World are teeing it up this week. The Golf Club of Houston is a Par 72 setup that stretches out to a listed 7,441 yards on the scorecard(from last event). The fairways widths here are about average and looking at the last five events here, the average driving accuracy was slightly over 60% for the field and closer to 65% for the cut makers. There are definitely some challenges on some of the holes with bunkers in key landing areas and like Hole #1, on both sides of the fairway. With this course annually set up to somewhat resemble Augusta the rough was always low and could be grown out a bit more this year but should still offer easier than average approaches if a golfer should miss the fairway. This puts more weight on Strokes Gained: Approach for me when breaking down the Ball Striking stats this week. Speaking of those approach shots, the greens here at GC of Houston are much larger than average(7,500 sq ft) and many of them are multi-tiered and this brings in the importance of not just hitting the green(70%+ GIR annually) but getting it close to the pin(Proximity). When it comes to difficulty, the course has ranked outside the Top 23 in each of the last...

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open 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. Shriners Hospitals for Children Open This week the PGA Tour travels to TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. World #1 golfer, Brooks Koepka, headlines the strongest field of the fall season and the last two winners of this event, Patrick Cantlay(#7 OWGR) and Bryson DeChambeau(#10 OWGR) will also be teeing it up this week. TPC Summerlin is a Par 71 setup that stretches just over 7,250 yards. As you can tell by the previous winning scores, this turns into a birdie fest quite fast if the wind stays down. It has ranked outside the Top 30 in difficulty in five of the last six years with the one outlier being two years ago where Patrick Cantlay won with a -9 in a very windy event. I will be tracking the weather forecast closely leading up to lineup lock but the early forecast from Windfinder is showing a slight advantage to the early Friday tee times with winds expected to climb up to 15 mph in the afternoon with gusts of up to 20 mph. Looking at the last five years stats and results and taking out the 2017 outlier(high winds) the average driving accuracy has been about average(55%-60%) which makes sense as the fairways are slightly wider than average on most holes. Like most modern designs, the fairways do tighten up after the 300-yard mark but with average rough length that won't hinder players a whole lot, the bombers will have no fear of taking it deep even if it means hitting their approach shot from the rough. This puts most of my ball striking weight this week towards Strokes Gained: Approach and with larger than average green sizes(7,570 square feet), I will also be looking closely at Proximity especially in the mid-distance ranges(125-150 and 150-175 yards). With a high chance we see a winning...

Daily Fantasy PGA Picks and Betting Guide for DraftKings & FanDuel – Safeway Open 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. Safeway Open The Fall season continues this week with the Safeway Open. Through three events, this is easily the best field we have seen and is led by three Top 10 players(Official World Golf Ranking) in Justin Thomas(#6), Patrick Cantlay(#7), and Francesco Molinari(#9). For the last five years(back to 2014-15 season), this event has been hosted at Silverado Resort & Spa in Napa, California. It is a Par 72 course on the shorter side of things listed at 7,166 yards, has seen an average winning score of -15, and has ranked outside the Top 20 in difficulty in all five years as well. Off the tee, golfers see fairly tough fairways to hit averaging in the mid 50% range in terms of accuracy over the last five years. What makes this more of a second shot course is the fact the rough is not very penal with max length in the second cut around 2.5" in length. Looking at the past Strokes Gained data also backs this up as Strokes Gained: Approach has been about twice as correlated to finish position than Strokes Gained: Off the Tee. The four Par 5's are the easiest holes on the course and for this reason and I will be weighing Par 4 scoring over Par 5 scoring as this is where golfers can separate themselves from the pack and this also shows when looking at the correlations. To cap off the key stats, Birdie or Better % is always key and the most correlated stat in terms of fantasy scoring. With this, I love digging a bit deeper using Fantasy National Golf Club and looking not only at Birdie or Better but Opportunities Gained to find some golfers trending in the right direction. Let's now look at the course, previous winners, and key stats list then dive into the picks. The Course Silverado Resort & Spa -...