***Update*** Weekend-only GPP lineup has been added below
When you correctly pick a successful Webb Simpson week, you know it was a good week for the playbook. Hopefully, your screens were green especially if once again you used my Cash Optimals. Congrats to Xander Schauffele on a terrific Sunday 67 to claim victory at the Greenbrier, glad to see him take that next step after a fantastic showing at the U.S. Open. Even though this week’s tournament sucks, let’s keep the good times rolling into the John Deere Classic.
All the top ranked players in the world are preparing for The Open Championship coming up next weekend. Because of that, we’ve got the likes of Daniel Berger as the top priced player on the board on both DraftKings and FanDuel. We can hope that with a field like this, more experienced and studied DFS Golf players will have more of an edge. Time to take a quick look at the course.
TPC Deere Run is a Par 71 that stretches out 7,268 yards. You will see even this weak field of golfers tear this course up and the winner come in around 20 under par. That means golfers will have to shoot around 67 every day to get themselves on the leaderboard. Scorers that can go low will be at a premium this weekend. When you look at the course history, you’ll see that hitting the fairway is not as important as hitting the greens. Players who have had success on this track hit the fairways 56 percent of the time while they hit the greens at 72 percent. This is a second shot golf course, meaning that these guys are firing at pins on these large greens. Zach Johnson, Steve Stricker, Jerry Kelly, Tim Clark, Ryan Moore, Jordan Spieth and Brian Harman, these players have all had success at TPC Deere Run and all have great proximity numbers. They are all also excellent putters and good All Around games.
You’ll see a bunch of good cheap value options in this week’s playbook because most any player can win on this track. Just like the Greenbrier, almost anyone in this field could catch fire and take home this title.
On a personal note, the timing on the golf calendar could not be any worse but my very pregnant wife is likely to be induced with our first child early next week. Obviously, I’ll be a little tied up and unable to do the playbook for the Open Championship. Special shout and thanks to Fantasy Alarm senior writer Steve Pimental for agreeing to step up and produce the playbook for me. He was Fantasy Alarm’s first DFS Golf writer and I know he’ll do a great job.
Good Luck this weekend!
Post-Cut GPP Lineup:
Daniel Berger $9900
Kyle Stanley $9100
Chez Reavie $8400
William McGirt $7500
Scott Brown $7500
Richy Werenski $7100
Pre-Cut DFS PGA PLAYBOOK:
| PLAYER | DRAFT KINGS | FANDUEL | BREAKDOWN |
| Brian Harman | $10,900 | $8,700 | Close call at the U.S. Open & Won here in 2014. He's 8th on TOUR in SG:Putting & 17th in Birdie or Better % |
| Danny Lee | $10,200 | $9,200 | 7 Straight Cuts Made with 4 Top 10 Finishes (T9 at Greenbrier). He finished T13 at TPC Deere Run in 2015 |
| Charley Hoffman | $9,700 | $8,900 | 8th at the U.S. Open & T3 at the Travelers are just 2 of his 5 Top 10s in 2017. He has the game to punish this course |
| Kyle Stanley | $9,600 | $8,400 | Quicken Loans Win had to feel good after a lot of impressive showings this season. 4 Top 25s in 7 Trips to the John Deere |
| Ryan Moore | $9,200 | $9,400 | Defending Champ has been off for 5 Weeks with a Strained Tendon. Last 20 Rounds has a Scoring Average of 67.20 |
| Charles Howell III | $9,000 | $7,700 | Playoff loss at the Quicken followed by a T45 at the Greenbrier. He finished T5 here in 2011 |
| Kevin Streelman | $8,800 | $6,800 | T29 at the Greenbrier was his first finish outside the Top 20 in 5 Starts, ON FIRE! 2 8th Place Finishes at the John Deere. |
| Daniel Summerhays | $8,600 | $6,800 | LOVES Bentgrass with a T10 at Memorial & T17 at Quicken. He finished T4-T13-T8 here between 2013-2015. |
| Chez Reavie | $8,400 | $6,500 | 7/8 Cuts Made since New Orleans with a T4 in Memphis & T16 at the U.S. Open. 4/4 Cuts Made Here with a T5 & T15. |
| Kevin Na | $8,000 | $7,700 | Not much success this season but love him as a flier this week with a T8 here last year & T13 in his trip before in 2014. |
| Matt Jones | $7,700 | $6,100 | 3 Top 10 Finishes at the John Deere (09, 10, 13). He's made 8 of his last 9 starts with a STRONG Short Game right now. |
| Chad Campbell | $7,600 | $6,600 | 9/9 Cuts Made at the John Deere with 4 Top 15s. T9 at the Greenbrier finished 9th in SG:Putting. LEADS THE TOUR in Scrambling |
| Johnson Wagner | $7,500 | $5,600 | Finished T7, T5, & T5 in the last 3 years at the John Deere. He has 11 sub-70 rounds at TPC Deere Run. WILL BE POPULAR |
| Rory Sabbatini | $7,400 | $5,000 | 3/4 at TPC Deere Run coming off a T14 at the Greenbrier last week which ended an 0-for-7 Cut Making Slump |
| Chris Luck | $7,100 | $6,000 | T5 at Quicken & T20 at Greenbrier, been real good since turning pro in April. He's got NOTHING to use, Love that in a GPP Flier |
| Scott Brown | $7,000 | $6,200 | Hoping the MC at the Greenbrier will scare people away from his 2 Top 10s & 2 Top 25s since 2012 at TPC Deere Run. |
| Trey Mullinax | $7,000 | $6,200 | Finished T18 at St Jude & Top 10 at U.S. Open recently. Improved his GIR numbers with T16 at Southwind, 2nd at Erin Hills & T14 at Old White TPC. |
| Scott Stallings | $6,900 | $5,800 | Trying to earn his Tour Card, needs a good finish! T16 last year (10th in SG:TG & T8 in GIR). Like a Guy with a lot to play for |
| Sebastian Munoz | $6,800 | $5,600 | Nearly went Wire-to-Wire at the Greenbrier. 4 Straight Cuts Made and can definitely score! Worth a GPP Flier |
DRAFTKINGS OPTIMALS:
| DRAFT KINGS CASH | PRICE |
| Danny Lee | $10,200 |
| Kyle Stanley | $9,600 |
| Daniel Summerhays | $8,600 |
| Chad Campbell | $7,600 |
| Scott Brown | $7,000 |
| Scott Stallings | $6,900 |
| DRAFT KINGS GPP | PRICE |
| Kyle Stanley | $9,600 |
| Kevin Streelman | $8,800 |
| Chez Reavie | $8,400 |
| Kevin Na | $8,000 |
| Johnson Wagner | $7,500 |
| Rory Sabbatini | $7,400 |
FANDUEL OPTIMALS:
| FANDUEL CASH | PRICE |
| Danny Lee | $9,200 |
| Brian Harman | $8,700 |
| Kyle Stanley | $8,400 |
| Charles Howell III | $7,700 |
| Daniel Summerhays | $6,800 |
| Chad Campbell | $6,600 |
| Scott Brown | $6,200 |
| Johnson Wagner | $5,600 |
| FANDUEL GPP | PRICE |
| Danny Lee | $9,200 |
| Charley Hoffman | $8,900 |
| Kyle Stanley | $8,400 |
| Kevin Na | $7,700 |
| Kevin Streelman | $6,800 |
| Daniel Summerhays | $6,800 |
| Chez Reavie | $6,500 |
| Rory Sabbatini | $5,000 |
ONE & DONE PLAY:
| ONE AND DONE PLAY | FINISH |
| SBS - Jimmy Walker | T9 |
| Sony - Charles Howell III | T8 |
| Career - Bill Haas | T17 |
| Farmers - Brandt Snedeker | T9 |
| Waste - Brendan Steele | T16 |
| Pebble - Phil Mickelson | 65th |
| Genesis - J.B Holmes | T34 |
| Honda - Graeme McDowell | T14 |
| Mexico - Alexander Noren | T55 |
| Valspar - Ryan Moore | T18 |
| Palmer - Zach Johnson | T66 |
| Match - Sergio Garcia | Out of Sweet 16 |
| Puerto - David Hearn | T17 |
| Shell - Lee Westwood | MC |
| Masters - Justin Rose | 2nd |
| RBC - Kevin Kisner | T11 |
| Valero - Charley Hoffman | T40 |
| Wells Fargo - Adam Scott | T36 |
| Players - Martin Kaymer | T69 |
| Nelson - Dustin Johnson | T13 |
| D & D - Pat Perez | MC |
| Memorial - Emiliano Grillo | T40 |
| St. Jude - Russell Henley | MC |
| U.S. Open - Jason Day | MC |
| Travelers - Kyle Stanley | T57 |
| Quicken - Justin Thomas | MC |
| Greenbrier - Webb Simpson | T14 |
| John Deere - Johnson Wagner | ??? |