Their names? From Mayo: Three top-10s (including at the Masters) over his final four starts in 2020 showcases what eventually could be for the Canadian if he could make a few more seven-foot putts in 2021. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and do not constitute a representation that any particular strategy will guarantee success. Sanderson Farms Championship: Sam Burns. Our job is to pick the guys who wont be made to look like fools at PGA National's Champion course this week. Fantasy Insider Sleeper Picks: WM Phoenix Open Taylor Montgomery (+180 for a Top 20) Yeah, yeah, the. Fortunately, putting tends to have massive swings to the positive and negative each week, so if Conners can continue to strike the ball as well as he did in 2020, its just going to take an average putting performance or two to find his second tour win. Gambling problem? Sungjae Im: His ballstriking should carry him a long way this week, but the South Korean has also been on a strong run of late. Cole ranks top five in the field in scrambling and sand saves for the year and has done his best work over his short PGA career on shorter courses. Hes among a handful of players on tour who could say that. Holliman has been a writer and editor for nearly 25 years and has been playing and following the game closely for more than three decades. Hello, Aaron Rai. AT&T Pebble Beach: Maverick McNealy. You can see who else to back this week at SportsLine. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (CO/IL/IN/LA/MD/MI/NJ/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), or 1-888-532-3500(VA). All three courses are incredibly short and limit the advantage of driving distance. He just split ways with his caddie that he has pretty much had since getting his PGA Tour card, and any caddie knows that a player will usually ball out the first week with a new caddie. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. He finished T-3 at this event two years ago and now hes ready to seal the deal. After that top end, it quickly drops into defending champ Tom Hoge, Seamus Power, Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Joel Dahmen, Mav McNealy, and Kevin Kisner. USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. Leaderboard Watch News FedExCup Schedule Players Stats Golfbet More PGA TOUR PGA TOUR Champions Korn Ferry Tour PGA TOUR Canada PGA TOUR Latinoamrica LPGA TOUR DP World Tour PGA TOUR University. He is a scratch golfersometimes. He's also missed the cut just once in his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour, consistently providing value for those who roster him in their PGA DFS lineups. You can play our free fantasy game and see how you measure up against our experts below. Poston at $7,700 on DraftKings and $9,300 on FanDuel. Anyone who has followed Holliman's predictions is way up on their golf picks. The golf expert has been on a roll on his picks since last season. section: | slug: 2023-american-express-fantasy-golf-picks-lineups-advice-rankings-top-golf-expert-says-fade-jon-rahm | sport: golf | route: article_single.us | Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. About; Careers . Pebble Beach is annually the course with the shortest average drive on TOUR (264 yards vs. 283 yards) and the one with the fewest amount of drives over 300 yards (nine percent). Hoge was tied with Hossler and Putnam last year, Berger was T2, one stroke behind Spieth in 2021, and Phil Mickelson was three back of Paul Casey entering the final round in 2019. Call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ/WV/PA/IL) or 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN only) or 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA only) or 1-800-522-4700 (CO Only) or TN REDLINE: 800-889-9789. 7. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated. 2023 The Honda Classic one and done picks. BECOME A GNN MEMBER: Access a winning PGA Tour model, unique tools and in-depth analysis for just $50/year before the price doubles on March 1! RELATED: Golf One-and-Done 2020-'21 Guide: 9 tips for winning these popular yearlong contests. The 2023 The Honda Classic is here, and we're back with our PGA Tour expert picks and betting tips for the PGA Tour event at PGA Natonal's Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Every week, we share our PGA Tour player rankings, and they are agnostic of competition. Routinely, they will point us to players who are undervaluedbased on their betting odds and fantasy salary prices. Watson lost strokes putting in 11 of his final 14 events. Adding to the challenge is that every golfer can be used only three times per each of four Segments. In his free time, Andy can likely be found on a golf course. And last week, bargain pick Matt Kuchar ($7,900) posted a top-10 finish and two more picks were in the top 15. Anyone who has followed Holliman's predictions is way up on their golf picks. NeSmith has 98 rounds on the PGA Tour, via FantasyNational, and in those, hes gained strokes tee to green in 50.7 percent of them, as well 62.7 percent of his rounds from approach play, the most important stat of them all. Rick Gehman, data scientist and RickRunGood.com founder: Denny McCarthy (28-1, DraftKings) McCarthy has missed just one cut (Phoenix) in his last nine starts and has threatened the top of the board in Bermuda (T-6), Pebble Beach (T-4) and Genesis (T-14). Now, Holliman has ranked his top golfers from the 2023 Genesis Invitational field. The Florida-based writer knows what it takes to win on the PGA Tour and how the players' games fit the courses. Listen to Golf Digest's weekly betting podcast, "The Loop" (above), where we interview the industry's leading experts (and sometimes tour pros) to help you make your bets and pick your fantasy lineups. Perhaps hes close to putting it altogether at Honda, where hes finished 17th and 12th in his last two appearances. 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We've entered golf's '+1' era, Pat McAfee dished some juicy details about his recent golf trip with the Mannings to (maybe???) It turned out to be at Sedgefield, where the 20-year-old won by five strokes. Caddie: Lee Hodges (+450, DraftKings) Lee is coming off a great performance at Riviera and like I mentioned earlier, these two courses are very similar in the ball-striking department. Genesis: Justin Thomas. Head to SportsLine now to see his top daily Fantasy golf picks for the Sony Open 2023. But, Pebble has been a happy spot for him over the years. Eligibility restrictions apply. But since hes struggled in his return from injury were getting a nice discount on the Ryder Cupper off a 12th-place finish at Riviera. Shane Lowry: Lowry is hopefully getting on the right track again after a T-14 finish at Riviera. Poston. Fantasy Golf Picks 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Picks, Predictions, Rankings and Sleepers, Full schedule, bracket for 2023 WAC Conference Tournament, Full tee times for Round 3 of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Fantasy Basketball Picks: Top DraftKings NBA DFS Targets, Values for March 4, 2023 NFL Combine: Tracking Zay Flowers measurements, drill times, more, Donovan Mitchell, Trae Young, Khris Middleton headline NBA injury report for Saturday, March 4, John Battaglia Memorial Stakes 2023: Post time, live stream, TV channel, horses, odds for Kentucky Derby prep race, Highlight: Hoge was the Round 1 leader after shooting 63, Highlight: Berger moved the wrong way on moving day with a 72, but was seven shots better on Sunday, The Top-11 finishers all gained Driving Distance on the field, The Top-13 finishers all gained with the putter, Highlight: Taylor was the Round 1 leader (by three strokes) after shooting a 63, The Top-10 finishers all gained with the putter (Taylor was the second best putter for the week), Highlight: Mickelson bookended the tournament with 65s and led the field in approach, The top-9 finishers all gained in Good Drives (only four gained in distance), Highlight: Potter fired a 62 on Saturday (best round of the weekend, no one else had a round better than 64), Highlight: Spieth was inside the Top 5 in Good Drives and GIRs for the week, 3 of the Top 9 finishers gained over 50 strokes of distance BUT lost fairways to the field, Highlight: Progressively got better 70-68-67-65, Taylor won despite losing almost a stroke with the putter (the other Top 15 finishers all gained with the flat stick Taylor picked up 10.2 strokes T2G, 2.8 better than anyone else), 6 players scored 105+ DK points Hoge was the only mid-tier option (3 were $7,500 or less and the other 3 were over $9,000 including the two highest priced players), 3 of the Top 4 scorers cost at least $9,700, 4 of the 5 highest priced golfers finished outside the Top 15 in DK scoring, More stars and scrubs each of the Top 6 scorers was priced under $7,500 or over $9,000, Here are the DK price rankings of the Top 3 scorers for the week. So we asked these experts to dig through those numbers to give us their predictions for players who are likely to routinely deliver on their odds and fantasy prices for 2021and help put more money in your pockets. His putter has been lethal during the swing and into the new year, averaging almost +1.5 SG: PUTT over his past 20 rounds. Augusta National, Danielle Kang moonlights as a putter maker(! PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. Up until the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Griffin had made nine consecutive cuts with four top-30 finishes. Meanwhile, the other two in the group haven't been able to find their footing multiple weeks in a row. The tournament tees off Thursday across three courses in La Quinta, Calif., and the average winning score over the past 10 years is 24-under par. With the $20 million purse on the line . For Ancer, he proved to be one of the most valuable golfers of 2020. When youre researching the statistics keep this in mind as half the rounds golfers have played historically at this event are not weighted in the Strokes Gained metrics. Sepp Straka: The Diet Coke King is kind of hard to predict, and he wasn't great in his two DP World Tour stops, but he was solid last week at Riviera. Not only did he top 10 here a year ago, this years field has lost some of its star power compared to recent years, so look for Lee to be in the mix on Sunday. Harold Varner III hasn't converted on his first PGA Tour victory yetbut you can make money betting on him in the first round. Anonymous Caddie Picker of the week: Adam Svensson (33-1, BetMGM) This week feels like it could be anyone's game in terms of holding the trophy on Sunday. He was in the bottom 10-percentile in strokes gained/putting and was 237th of 280 players in SG/around the greens. A lack of red flags in any area has helped get him six top-20 finishes since August. Of his four top-five finishes in 2020, one of them was at a major and two others were in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The two straight missed cuts have his win odds longer than they should be. For years, we have offered weekly PGA Tour one-and-done golf picks, taking. Green sizes at Pebble Beach at just 3,500 square feet. I dont bring this up to dub Henley the next JT but rather to magnify how good Henley has been over a large sample. Poston in its best bets to win the 2022 John Deere. He missed the cut at the Honda Classic last year but finished T-8 in 2021 and won in 2020. Sony Open: Matt Kuchar. Hell see a reprieve in this weaker field and he should be brimming with confidence. Bay Hill Club & Lodge will be the host in Orlando this week as we are readying for another PGA Tour designated event at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. In 34 starts since the beginning of the 2018-19 season, Scheffler has lost strokes off the tee to the field only one time. Here are our 2023 The Honda Classic rankings and expert picks, as we do each week of the PGA Tour season. Five of the top seven golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking are scheduled to compete, led by world No. Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. He is coming off a top-10 last week at Riv, which plays very similarly to here with the ball-strikers finishing on top. Hes in great company as the others are Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay. While never great with the flat stick, that was his worse run since 2009. Will Gordon: Will hasn't played in a few weeks, since WD'ing from Pebble. His tee-to-green game has been elite and he supplements that with a stellar short-game. Hes third in SG/off the tee numbers in this field over the past 36 rounds (per RickRunGood.com), and though hes been struggling in his first few events of 2023, Im banking on a Keith Mitchell 2019 type of a week, where Mitchells results were bad coming in, but he caught fire here. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Min Woo Lee (25-1, BetMGM) Our caddie makes great points on Min Woos form in the U.S. Itd be a great story to see him win, but its a tough ask at these odds. 1. This guy seems to tear it up overseas on the DP World tour, but hasnt been able to catch his footing over here in the states. There are key metrics that serve as early indicators for when tour pros appear on the verge of a breakout season. Matsuyama is the defending champion of this event and he's won eight times on the PGA Tour. Anybody that included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable weekend. Visit SportsLine now to get Jim Holliman's Fantasy golf rankings for the 2023 Genesis Invitational, all from the fantasy expert with his finger on the pulse of the game, and find out. GOLF DIGEST MAY EARN A PORTION OF SALES FROM PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR SITE AS PART OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RETAILERS. Tiger Woods also will be teeing up Thursday at Riviera, alongside the likes of Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. He was as good as Bryson, Rahm and Rory with the driver and experienced one of his best iron runs of his career. Theres a reason he can be in play for a first-round leader, for FanDuel value, top-10s and even outrights, particularly on Bermuda courses. Gdula: Harris English (34-1, FanDuel) Englishs odds shortened up a lot after a T-12 at the Genesis, but almost all of that was from putting. While I am dubious on the 35-year-olds chances to raise the trophy, I expect him to find his way into contention this week in Palm Beach Gardens. RELATED: Legal gambling on pro golf has surged in recent yearsand there's much more to come. Ancer continues to show up in big events, and theres no reason to think that will end in 2021. Dating back to the start of the 2021 season, hes the best putter on tour and Bermudagrass is his best surface. He has not had a top-10 in 20 events, so this is clearly the "new caddie, new spark" feeling I got here. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Denny McCarthy (-122) over Min Woo Lee (FanDuel) My pick to win over my pick to fade plain and simply. Here are our. Bermuda: Mark Hubbard. He's been hanging around 30th place in his last four starts. He just cant find ways to make putts. All Rights Reserved. From Gdula: This might be a name unfamiliar to some casual fans. WMPO: Scottie Scheffler. Plus, he has two top-10's in four outings at Riviera. From Brandon Gdula, FanDuel/numberFire managing editor: This ones not that bold, but Wolff is one of just six golfers over the final 100 rounds on the PGA Tour last season who ranked in the 75th percentile or better in strokes gained/off the tee, approach and putting, plus driving distance and birdie-or-better rate, according to data from FantasyNational.com. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Lack: JT Poston (-110) over Adam Svensson (DraftKings) Svensson is coming off a ninth-place finish at the Genesis and JT Poston is coming off a MC on the number, but results can be deceiving. His 27 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are second-most all-time. He also sits second in GIR rate, especially important when the field is hovering around 60 percent in Palm Beach Gardens. "He has a lot of ground to make up," Holliman said, "but he is the most well-rounded player in this field, so if anyone can do it, he can." Andy Lack, RickRunGood.com and Inside Golf podcast: Aaron Wise (25-1, FanDuel) While Aaron Wise was a popular breakout candidate pick at the start of the season, its undeniable that he has not gotten off to the start that many were hoping for. Sure, he didnt play great on the west coast, which actually improves his value here. RELATED: The 9 bets you should make right now for 2021. Ballengee can be reached by email at ryan[at]thegolfnewsnet.com. At last week's Phoenix Open, four of the expert's top eight picks finished in the top 10, a group that included winner Scheffler. Over the past two years, Varner trails only Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy in the number of times his name has been on top of the leader board after 18 holes. Picks like these could be the difference between winning your PGA DFS contests or going home with nothing. Especially at this course, one he hasnt turned up at since 2011, likely for the same reasons as all the other big-time players - its impossibly hard, theres water everywhere and it makes the worlds best look like us. He finished fourth here in 2021, so this place fits his eye. Kisner and Dahmen are making their first starts of 2023. Here's who else is playing PGA Tour Watch tour pro. But hey, if youre here, youre a diehard sicko golf fan like us, and you can still find the beauty in a week like this one. Hes been on a heater with back-to-back top-three finishes before the MC in Phoenix. Mayo has been recognized across multiple sports (Football, Baseball & Golf), mediums (Video, Writing & Podcasting), genre (Humor), and game formats (Sports Betting, Daily Fantasy, and Traditional Season Long Fantasy). Three of the sharpest data scientists in golf, Brandon Gdula of numberFire/FanDuel; Rick Gehman of RickRunGood.com; and Pat Mayo of Mayo Media Network, DraftKings and Fantasy National, contribute their picks every week to our Golf Digest weekly experts picks column. Shot Link data is only available for Pebble Beach GL. Zozo: Sungjae Im. Schauffele (19-1), Zalatoris (19-1) and Tom Kim (20-1) are among the other notable contenders in The American Express 2023 field. Now, he gets to tee it up against a beatable field at a course hes finished inside the top five at twice since 2018. The PGA TOUR Experts league is once again open to the public. Houston Open: Jason Day. Mayo: Eric Cole (+900, DraftKings) A veteran of the Florida Minor League Golf system, Coles gained on approach in six of his last seven starts, and now returns to familiar Bermudagrass on the greens. "He has a lot of ground to make up," Holliman said, "but he is the most well-rounded player in this field, so if anyone can do it, he can." Ball-strikers who can putt at even a field-average baseline can have value week in and week out. There is no value in picking a guy who hasn't played a PGA Tour event since last summer and missed the cut. McClure's optimal PGA DFS strategy also includes rostering Sungjae Im at $10,300 on DraftKings and $11,800 on FanDuel. Holliman has one stunning prediction for this week: Fantasy players should fade Rahm and look for better value. Gdula: Jhonattan Vegas (+320, FanDuel) Overall, Vegas has played well at PGA National, and were seeing phenomenal ball-striking from him lately. 10. Now he enters a tournament where his iron play is the class of the field, ranking ninth in this field in SG/approach over his last 36 rounds. Dustin Johnson has hit 127 total drives over 300 yards at Pebble Beach Golf Links during this event. Three-Putt Avoidance Birdies or Better Gained Without further ado, let's dig into my outright picks for the Scottish Open. But that was on different grass. Schauffele's accuracy could spell trouble on Riviera's tight fairways. At Pebble Beach, six of Holliman's picks finished in the top 15, including champion Justin Rose and top-five finishers Denny McCarthy and Keith Mitchell. To go along with four made cuts in five appearances at PGA National, Poston also possesses a strong resume on courses with lots of water that emphasize middle irons, with high finishes at TPC Twin Cities, TPC Sawgrass and TPC Southwind. CJ Cup: Sungjae Im. Yes, he did gain an unsustainable amount of strokes with the putter, but he did make noticeable progress off-the-tee and on approach from WMPO to the Genesis. This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend. 9. Poston is coming off a respectable showing at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, securing a T-21 finish in Hawaii. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | Here are the stats you should be paying attention to. Just hope this is the week it all click for him. Listen to Golf Digest's weekly betting podcast, "The Loop" (above), where we interview the industry's leading experts (and sometimes tour pros) to help you make your bets and pick your. Three of the sharpest data scientists in golf, Brandon Gdula of numberFire/FanDuel; Rick Gehman of RickRunGood.com; and Pat Mayo of Mayo Media. Mayo: Aaron Wise (22-1, DraftKings) Maybe hes actually priced properly, but even with the weak field, I cant bet him at a shorter price than I laid with Homa last week. It looked like the rest was needed based on the downtrend. Scheffler finished the year ranked fifth in strokes gained/off the tee and 13th in SG/tee-to-green. McClure is also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every tournament 10,000 times, taking factors like statistical trends, past results and current form into account. Visit SportsLine now to see the complete PGA DFS player pool for FanDuel and DraftKings, all from the expert who's made over $2 million in daily Fantasy sports, and find out. CJ Cup: Matt Fitzpatrick. The result: Rahm finished on top of the leaderboard, securing his eighth PGA Tour title after shooting 27-under par. Caddie: Davis Riley (80-1, BetMGM) With so many options in terms of longshots, this is a shot in the dark. In fact, the model is up over $9,500 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament. Bet $5, Get $200 Guaranteed when betting on the PGA with FanDuel Scottish Open Picks and Predictions - Outright Winner Jon Rahm (12/1) (Bet $100 to Win $1200) *Odds available at BetMGM at time of publishing. Thats all thats standing in the way of him and another multi-win season. But one of these weeks will be spectacular. He hosts Inside Golf, a twice weekly podcast focused on the PGA Tour, betting, daily fantasy, golf course architecture, and interviews, as part of the BlueWire podcast network. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. PGA Tour Fantasy Golf Select your lineup of 4 starters and two bench players to enter. That at least gives me hope for a few outlier weeks on the putting surfaces. On the other hand, Xander Schauffele has weaknesses that could prove costly at Riviera, so the expert is fading him. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Holliman also was behind Will Zalatoris (28-1) at the St. Jude and was on the money at the Wyndham Championship, with Tom Kim (35-1) among his selections. Investing in Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama is a great way to guarantee production, but each player comes with a hefty price tag on both sites. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | He also became the first international winner at of this event since Vijay Singh in 2004. With a few solid finishes early in 2021, he would improve his World Ranking enough to earn exemptions in World Golf Championship events, making him viable in both fantasy and One & Done formats all year long. Byeong Hun An (+550 = Top 20) After slotting at No. You can only see his fantasy golf rankings and Genesis Invitational picks at SportsLine. In his last seven starts on Bermudagrass, he has made every cut and is averaging a 29th-place finish. For the 2022 BMW Championship, Gates is touting a massive sleeper for fantasy rosters who is priced at less than $7,000 at DraftKings . Andy Lack is a PGA Tour writer and podcaster from New York City who now resides in Los Angeles. McClure's model included J.T. The putter is roughly average, but thats a lot different than terrible. Mayo: Aaron Rai (60-1, DraftKings) Many have noted that PGA National has a track record of crossover with Open Championship and links success. By Pat Mayo May 1, 2022, 3:41pm PDT Bermuda: Russell Knox. Spieth, meanwhile, is one of the most experienced players in the 2023 Sony Open field and he's coming off a T-13 finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Thomas Detry: Why rate Detry so high this week? Recently, weve seen the irons get hot at certain times, too. The golf expert has been on a roll on his picks since last season. Hes made each of his past six cuts at the Honda Classic and gained putting three of the past four years. His recent performance backs that up, as he has four victories and seven top-five finishes in his past nine worldwide events. The RSM Classic winner is coming off a deceiving ninth-place finish at the Genesis Invitational, where he lost strokes in both ball-striking categories, while gaining a whopping 11 strokes putting and around the green. Put your knowledge to the test. While he had been struggling to find form earlier in the year, the 27-year-old has proven his ball-striking upside by gaining 2.1 strokes on approach in a world-class field last week at Riviera. Its quite strange, too, considering hed gained in seven of eight starts previous to the awful run. Thats normally his bread and butter so to see him struggle there is raising massive red flags. 1, but Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm can make an argument for being the best. Houston Open: Aaron Wise. This mitigates the advantage of the premier drivers in the world, aka most of the elite players, and combined with a lack of elite golfers at the top end in this event, it has opened the door for long-shot winners. From Rick Gehman, data scientist and RickRunGood.com founder: In DFS formats, making money is all about finding value. Thats the amount of fantasy points returned per dollar spent. Sentry TOC: Cameron Young. How to set your 2022 Tour Championship Fantasy golf rankings. Fading Hideki Matsuyama was also the right move, as the defending champ barely cracked the top 50. Im secured a T-13 finish at last week's Sentry Tournament of Champions and he'll enter this week's event confident he can have another strong showing in Hawaii. Thats some great early-season value on a top-tier all-around golfer whose performance is grounded in elite data. The cold putter is nothing new, but he has experienced a modicum of success on the PGA National greens in his career. Gdula also co-hosts the DFS Heat Check podcast. Visit SportsLine now to get Jim Holliman's Fantasy golf picks, all from the Fantasy expert who has been on fire with his picks, and find out. Brandon Gdula, managing editor and analyst for NumberFire, a FanDuel daily-fantasy analysis company, recently won the 2018 FSWA Golf Writer of the Year. Last season, he nailed the Tour Championship, saying Rory McIlroy was the only player capable of making up a six-stroke deficit to get past Scheffler. This is the first tournament of the year with a full complement of Poa Annua greens. And theres still 140 players after that.