VEGAS BABY! The PGA Tour fall schedule heads to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. You know these players love a chance to throw some cash at the tables but also play golf on one of the best courses in the country.
The tournament is played at TPC Summerlin which was designed by Bobby Weed and consulted on by Fuzzy Zoeller. Summerlin was named by Golf Digest as one of "America's Best" golf courses and ranks as one of the "Top 100 Modern Golf Courses in the United States."
The course itself stretches out 7,223 yards and is a Par 71. Now, that length is deceiving because of the thin air in Las Vegas, it plays a lot shorter than the actual distance. The 280 hitters hit it 300, the 300 hitters can stretch it to 320 and so on. Smylie Kaufman is the defending champion and he finished at 16 under par last year. Players have got to finish 3-5 under par each day to even have a shot at finishing in the Top 20. Putting is a vital stat every single week but on a birdie making course like this one, a little less stock is put into it. In this tournament, the greens in regulation for even the worst golfers are very high. When you look at last year's leaderboard, it was filled with stroked gained:tee-to-green (SG:TG) players and the winner Kaufman finished 84th in that category last season.In honor of the NBA kicking off, here is our girl Paige with two of the biggest names in the game, Blake Griffin and LeBron James.
It should be a fun week in the desert for these players and hopefully we all can bring home big cash in DFS. Good luck!
DFS PGA PLAYBOOK:
| PLAYER | ACES | DRAFTKINGS | BREAKDOWN |
| Ryan Moore | $5,900 | $11,000 | Won here in 2012 and T9 in 2013. He's playing just great golf right now and he's coming home to play. |
| Chris Kirk | $5,400 | $10,300 | T2 at Sanderson Farms (3rd Rd Leader). Finished 5th in Proximity & 3rd in SG:Putting last week. T10 & T8 last 2 starts |
| Jon Rahm | $5,500 | $9,800 | 7/8 Cuts Made since Turning Pro. He has finished T2, T3, & 3 Top 25s. T15 at the Safeway Open - 3 weeks ago |
| Scott Piercy | $5,400 | $9,700 | Local Guy … 3 Top 10s and another 2 Top 25s in this tournament since 2009. T3 in Napa & T10 in Malaysia |
| Kevin Na | $5,350 | $9,500 | 6 Top 25s in 10 Trips. Won the event in 2011 and finished 2nd last year. Finished 7th at Silverado |
| Grayson Murray | $4,900 | $8,900 | T8 last week at Sanderson Farms (Led the field in Distance of All Drives, SG:Off the Tee & par-5 scoring |
| Brendan Steele | $5,200 | $8,800 | Win at Silverado and T26 in Malaysia. 6th straight trip to TPC Summerlin with a scoring average of 68.8. |
| Tony Finau | $5,150 | $8,600 | Length is an obvious advantage here along with T7 & T16 finishes the past two seasons. Scoring average of 68 here. |
| Cody Gribble | $4,850 | $8,400 | Break-through win last week & finished T5 & T8 in previous two events. This dude is HOT, go ahead and ride it (GPP) |
| Kevin Streelman | $4,900 | $8,000 | VERY STREAKY! T18 at Sanderson (1st Rd Leader). Never finished lower than T22 in last 5 Trips here (2nd in 2014) |
| Johnson Wagner | $4,800 | $7,700 | 3 Top 5 Finishes in his last 5 Starts. T3 at the Safeway (Finished T7 in GIR & 4th in SG:Putting). |
| Ryo Ishikawa | $4,750 | $7,600 | T2 in his debut here in 2013. 5 Straight Top 10s with a WIN in Japan. T10 at the CIMB |
| Ben Martin | $4,850 | $7,600 | 2014 Winner here & T25 last year. 67.3 Scoring average in those 8 rounds. Finished T18 last week |
| Cameron Smith | $4,600 | $7,500 | Very quite since his T4 at 2015 U.S. Open but back on Tour after a great Web.com season. T11 last week at Sanderson |
| Jamie Lovemark | $4,800 | $7,400 | T13 in his Debut here & 6 Consecutive Cuts Made with 2 Top 25 finishes. 5 Top 10 Finishes in 27 starts last year |
| Harris English | $4,750 | $7,200 | 3/3 Cuts Made at TPC Summerlin with a T15 two years ago. He's made the cut in his last 12 starts. |
| Michael Kim | $4,500 | $7,200 | T3 at Silverado (Finished T16 in Greens hit, 5th in Proximity, & 7th in SG:Putting). 5/5 in the Fall (T16 here) last year |
| Chad Campbell | $4,300 | $7,000 | 7/8 in Cuts Made (P2, T3 & T8) at TPC Summerlin. Don't expect him to be on the leaderboard but he'll make the cut |
| Ryan Blaum | $4,500 | $6,800 | PGA Tour rookie started T26 & T11 in 1st two weeks. Web.com last year 6th in Putts per GIR & 10th in Scoring Average |
| Jason Bohn | $4,500 | $6,200 | Similar to Petterson, good course history and his tee-to-green play fits this course well. Throw him in a GPP |
| Carl Pettersson | $3,700 | $6,000 | Good course history and a solid tee-to-green player, nice safe value play this weekend (T35 last week) |
DRAFT KINGS OPTIMALS:
| DRAFT KINGS CASH | PRICE |
| Ryan Moore | $11,000 |
| Kevin Na | $9,500 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | $7,600 |
| Ben Martin | $7,600 |
| Harris English | $7,200 |
| Chad Campbell | $7,000 |
| DRAFT KINGS GPP | PRICE |
| Scott Piercy | $9,700 |
| Brendan Steele | $8,800 |
| Tony Finau | $8,600 |
| Kevin Streelman | $8,000 |
| Jamie Lovemark | $7,400 |
| Harris English | $7,200 |
FANTASY ACES OPTIMALS:
| ACES CASH | PRICE |
| Scott Piercy | $5,400 |
| Kevin Na | $5,350 |
| Tony Finau | $5,150 |
| Kevin Streelman | $4,900 |
| Harris English | $4,750 |
| Chad Campbell | $4,300 |
| ACES GPP | PRICE |
| Ryan Moore | $5,900 |
| Scott Piercy | $5,400 |
| Kevin Na | $5,350 |
| Brendan Steele | $5,200 |
| Chad Campbell | $4,300 |
| Carl Pettersson | $3,700 |