DFS PGA PLAYBOOK - DELL TECHNOLOGIES CHAMPIONSHIP
Published: Sep 03, 2017
UPDATED WEEKEND OPTIMALS AT 12:45AM ET
WOW! What a way to kick off the FedEx Cup playoffs, it does not get any better than two of the best players in the world battling it out for 19 holes. If you can’t enjoy golf after watching those Sunday performances, then this just isn’t for you. Now, we’d just like something like this to happen in a major that people actually care about.
The FedEx Cup heads to Beantown for the Dell Technologies Championship which had been known as the Deutsche Bank Championship since 2003. This tournament is special because it will start on Friday morning and end on Labor Day Monday, so you get an extra day to set those lineups. This field will feature the Top 100 players in the FedEx Cup rankings. We haven’t seen any major names get eliminated as of yet but next week the field shrinks to 70 for the BMW Championship which means players like Branden Grace (99), J.B. Holmes (88), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (80), Emiliano Grillo (77), Adam Scott (73), and Bubba Watson (72) would be out. Brandt Snedeker (68), Ryan Moore (61), and Phil Mickelson (58) are all dancing on that fine line as well.
This will be the 15th straight year that TPC Boston will play host since the tournament’s inception on the Tour in 2003. It is a Par 71 that measures out 7214 yards. There are three Par 5's on this course and two of them are reachable with a driver and wedge for these pros. The third one is 600 yards but the big bombers can still reach it in two. These guys must take advantage and if they aren't coming out six under or better, you're playing from behind.
Players need to get themselves into birdie making opportunities and you do that with good Shots Gained: Tee-to-Green (SGTG) numbers. You'll notice a trend throughout my playbook. We want ball strikers that will target pins throughout the weekend. I generally lean more towards course history when making my selections but I feel like I've pushed myself more to an even 50/50 split when it comes to recent play.
Again, another warning that this tournament starts on Friday, September 1st and runs through Labor Day Monday. After 36 holes, the low 70 players including ties will make the last cut of the 2016-17 season.
DFS PGA PLAYBOOK:
WEEKEND OPITMALS
Hello everyone, I apologize for the delay, the Saturday weekend lineups through off my routine. Here are the Optimals
GPP #1
Dustin Johnson $10000
Rickie Fowler $9100
Patrick Reed $8500
Branden Grace $7700
Scott Brown $7400
Kevin Na $7200
GPP #2
Justin Thomas $9200
Jon Rahm $9000
Patrick Reed $8500
Justin Rose $7900
Russell Henley $7600
Rafa Cabrera Bello $7500
| PLAYER | DRAFT KINGS | FANDUEL | BREAKDOWN |
| Dustin Johnson | $12,000 | $10,200 | Won in dramatic fashion last week. 1st on TOUR in SG:TG. 5th in Par-5 Scoring. 3 Top 10s at TPC Boston |
| Rory McIlory | $9,800 | $9,500 | 2 Time Winner (Last Year) & All-Time Earnings Leader at TPC Boston. Scoring Average of 68.5. 1st on TOUR in SG:Off-The-Tee |
| Rickie Fowler | $9,700 | $9,000 | Winner here in 2015. 5 Top 10s & Another 2 Top 25s in his last 7 Starts Worldwide. 2nd in Adjusted Scoring. |
| Jason Day | $9,500 | $9,400 | T6 Last Week, best finished his his Playoff Loss at the Byron Nelson. 3 Top 10s & 7 Top 20s in last 10 Trips to TPC Boston |
| Louis Oosthuizen | $9,100 | $8,100 | Strong Putting has led to T10 last week & T2 at the PGA Champ. 2nd in 2012, T12 in 2015 & T8 in 2016 at TPC Boston |
| Paul Casey | $8,900 | $9,000 | 5th at Glen Oaks (3rd 5th Place since Travelers - T11 & T13 in Other 2 Events). Sunday Leader in 2016 at TPC Boston |
| Patrick Reed | $8,500 | $8,300 | 2nd at the PGA & T10 at Northern Trust. Top 5s in his last 2 trips to TPC Boston with a 68.75 scoring average over that time |
| Sergio Garcia | $8,400 | $8,900 | Huge year for Sergio, on and off the course. 6/6 at TPC Boston with 2 Top 10s and 2 more Top 25s. T24 last year |
| Adam Scott | $7,900 | $8,600 | 4 Top 10s and a T16 in his last 6 Trips to TPC Boston with a 68.3 scoring average. 14th in Adjusted Scoring. (Child Birth Bump) |
| Russell Henley | $7,600 | $5,800 | T2 in 2014 was his personal best at TPC Boston & survived 7 cuts here as well. T25 last week & 1st Round Leader. |
| Charl Schwartzel | $7,500 | $6,800 | 5/5 Cuts Made at TPC Boston for Charl & is always a GREAT complimentary piece to any DFS lineup especially at this price |
| Jason Kokrak | $7,400 | $4,800 | T8 last year (T16 in 2014) at TPC Boston kept his dreams alive of making the Tour Championship. Back to back Top 25s. |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello | $7,200 | $6,900 | Huge Talent with a LOT to play for this week. 19th Best Player in the World on the verge of being eliminated from the Playoffs |
| Patrick Cantlay | $7,200 | $6,600 | Showed VERY WELL in his Playoffs Debut last week with a T10. He led the field in Greens Hit & 3rd in SG:TG |
| Jhonattan Vegas | $7,000 | $5,500 | Won in Canada, T17 at the WGC, Missed Cut at the PGA & a T3 last week. He's always a BOOM or BUST play in DFS Golf |
| Xander Schauffele | $6,900 | $6,100 | T5 at the US Open turned heads & then finished T17 last week (6th Top 20 in 8 starts). 23rd in GIR & 32nd in SG:Putting |
| Harold Varner | $6,800 | $5,000 | A SURVIVOR! Got into the Playoffs with a T10 at Wyndham, then a T20 last week put him in the field this week. Can he keep it going? |
| Chad Campbell | $6,700 | $5,500 | 9/10 Cuts Made at TPC Boston with 5 Top 25s. 13th in GIR, 4th in Scrambling, & 50th in Adjusted Scoring. T21 last year |
DRAFT KINGS OPTIMALS:
| DRAFT KINGS CASH | PRICE |
| Rory McIlory | $9,800 |
| Jason Day | $9,500 |
| Sergio Garcia | $8,400 |
| Adam Scott | $7,900 |
| Charl Schwartzel | $7,500 |
| Chad Campbell | $6,700 |
| DRAFT KINGS GPP | PRICE |
| Rory McIlory | $9,800 |
| Rickie Fowler | $9,700 |
| Jason Day | $9,500 |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | $7,200 |
| Xander Schauffele | $6,900 |
| Harold Varner | $6,800 |
FANDUEL OPTIMALS:
| FANDUEL CASH | PRICE |
| Rory McIlory | $9,500 |
| Paul Casey | $9,000 |
| Sergio Garcia | $8,900 |
| Adam Scott | $8,600 |
| Charl Schwartzel | $6,800 |
| Russell Henley | $5,800 |
| Chad Campbell | $5,500 |
| Jason Kokrak | $4,800 |
| FANDUEL GPP | PRICE |
| Dustin Johnson | $10,200 |
| Rory McIlory | $9,500 |
| Rickie Fowler | $9,000 |
| Paul Casey | $9,000 |
| Xander Schauffele | $6,100 |
| Russell Henley | $5,800 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | $5,500 |
| Jason Kokrak | $4,800 |
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 | MC |
| Open Champ - Brooks Koepka | T6 |
| RBC Canadian - Adam Hadwin | MC |
| Bridgestone - Kevin Chappell | T13 |
| PGA CHAMP - Rickie Fowler | T5 |
| Wyndham - Bud Cauley | T42 |
| Northern - Jon Rahm | T3 |
| DELL - Rory McIlory | ??? |