Guys… there’s no tournament this week.
Let’s try and power through the sadness and put a bow on last week’s Deutsche Bank Championship…
We were treated to a little orange power on Labor Day as Rickie Fowler defeated Henrik Stenson in what turned out to be a two-man show (U. S. A! U. S. A! U. S. A!). Fowler was kind of the forgotten man in DFS. He was only on 10% of Drive the Green rosters despite having legitimate tournament-winning upside, and he helped golfskv1 take home $145,000 in the DTG.
Rickie Fowler (10.0%) $8,900 – 129.5
Charley Hoffman (4.0%) $7,100 – 105
Matt Kuchar (13.1%) $8,500 – 78
Patrick Reed (7.5%) $7,800 – 92
Henrik Stenson (21.2%) $10,500 – 115
Daniel Summerhays (4.6%) $7,200 – 81
That’s 600.5 points on the full $50,000 spent. Lots of name brand talent at 13% owned or lower with Fowler, Hoffman, Kuchar, and Reed. golfskv1 entered this lineup three times in the DTG and took down the top three places. GG rest of the field.
The DTG-winning lineup came within a mere 20.5 points of the optimal lineup; which looked like this:
Charley Hoffman $ 7,100 – 105
Henrik Stenson $ 10,500 – 115
Jim Furyk $ 9,000 – 85.5
Matt Jones $ 6,700 – 94
Patrick Reed $ 7,800 – 92
Rickie Fowler $ 8,900 – 129.5
Any time you get that close to optimal, you know you had a great lineup and week.
The Expert Consensus put forth a sub-par effort (and not in the good, golf sense).
Highly Touted
A+ – Henrik Stenson
B – Jason Day
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
F – Brooks Koepka
Recommended
C – Bubba Watson
C – Justin Thomas
D – Chesson Hadley
F – Jason Bohn
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Tony Finau
Suggested
A – Hideki Matsuyama
A – Jim Furyk
B – Chris Kirk
B – Danny Lee
D – Phil Mickelson
F – Justin Rose
More Ds and Fs than As and Bs. Yuck.
As an aside, how low-owned is Spieth going to be in two weeks? Unless DK drastically reduces his price, the #1 golfer in the world is going to come in at around 10-15%. That’s going to be such a great opportunity.
The Consensus might have struggled, but a couple of experts had outstanding weeks. My choice for best of the week is Zachary Thompson of fansided.com. He didn’t have the highest composite score, but he correctly identified all six golfers found in this week’s optimal lineup. I’m not sure that’s been done so far.
Zachary Thompson – fansided.com
A+ – Charley Hoffman
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A+ – Matt Jones
A+ – Rickie Fowler
A – Jim Furyk
A – Kevin Kisner
A – Matt Kuchar
A – Patrick Reed
B – Carlos Ortiz
B – Chris Kirk
B – Danny Lee
B – Jason Day
B – Pat Perez
B – Scott Pickney
B – Zach Johnson
C – Bubba Watson
C – Carl Pettersson
C – Dustin Johnson
C – Justin Thomas
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
C – Sang-Moon Bae
D – Chesson Hadley
D – Kevin Streelman
D – Morgan Hoffmann
D – Phil Mickelson
D – Ryan Palmer
D – Webb Simpson
D – Zac Blair
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Bryce Molder
F – Jason Bohn
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Justin Rose
F – Steven Bowditch
F – Tony Finau
The best score for the week goes to Jason Sobel of espn.com. Since being added to the expert list, he has been consistently great; turning in one solid week after the next. He was one of the few experts on Rickie Fowler, and only one of his six plays missed the cut. You might want to consider an ESPN Insider subscription solely to gain access to his picks. Discountmags.com routinely offers two years of ESPN The Magazine for less than $10, and you get Insider access with your subscription. Just FYI.
Jason Sobel – espn.com
A+ – Rickie Fowler
B – Brendan Steele
B – Hudson Swafford
B – Jason Day
B – Jason Dufner
F – Chad Campbell
You can find the rest of the grades below.
Chris Durell – dailyfantasysportsrankings.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A – Jim Furyk
A – Matt Kuchar
C – Robert Streb
D – Ryan Palmer
D – Webb Simpson
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Scott Piercy
F – Tony Finau
oreojenkins – dailyoverlay.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A – Hideki Matsuyama
A – Keegan Bradley
B – Brendan Steele
B – Chris Kirk
B – Jason Day
C – Boo Weekley
C – Bubba Watson
C – Justin Thomas
C – Robert Streb
D – Webb Simpson
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Justin Rose
Daniel Dobish – dailyroto.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
C – Brandt Snedeker
F – Bryce Molder
F – Jason Bohn
F – Jim Herman
F – Jordan Spieth
Jon Kelly – dfsreport.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A – Daniel Berger
B – Danny Lee
C – Rory McIlroy
D – Phil Mickelson
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Russell Henley
Josh DeMaio – DraftKings Playbook
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A – Daniel Summerhays
A – Rory Sabbatini
B – J.B. Holmes
B – Jason Day
C – Cameron Tringale
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Tony Finau
Drew Phelps – fantasyalarm.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A – Hideki Matsuyama
A – Jim Furyk
B – Camilo Villegas
B – Chris Kirk
B – Danny Lee
B – Jason Day
C – Bubba Watson
C – Robert Streb
D – Billy Horschel
D – Phil Mickelson
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Jim Herman
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Justin Rose
F – Paul Casey
F – Steven Bowditch
F – Tony Finau
Lance Ringler – golfweek.com
B – Jason Day
B – Pat Perez
B – Zach Johnson
F – Bryce Molder
F – Jason Bohn
F – Paul Casey
Jim McCabe – golfweek.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
C – Cameron Tringale
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
D – Chesson Hadley
F – Tony Finau
Jeff Babineau – golfweek.com
A+ Charley Hoffman
A John Senden
B Jason Day
C Rory McIlroy
D Chesson Hadley
F Scott Piercy
Adam Schupak – golfweek.com
A – Hideki Matsuyama
B – Jason Day
C – Justin Thomas
D – Chesson Hadley
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Scott Piercy
Brentley Romine – golfweek.com
A – Hideki Matsuyama
C – Justin Thomas
C – Rory McIlroy
D – Chesson Hadley
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Jason Bohn
Alex Miceli – golfweek.com
A – Keegan Bradley
A – Louis Oosthuizen
D – Billy Horschel
D – Zac Blair
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Russell Henley
Andy Zunz – golfweek.com
B – Camilo Villegas
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
D – Chesson Hadley
F – Justin Rose
F – Russell Henley
Seth Finkelstein – rotoballer.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
B – Jason Day
B – Shawn Stefani
C – Bubba Watson
C – Justin Thomas
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Bryce Molder
F – James Hahn
F – Jason Bohn
F – Jim Herman
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Justin Rose
F – Russell Henley
Pat Mayo – rotoexperts.com
A – Harris English
A – Hideki Matsuyama
A – Jim Furyk
B – Brendan Steele
B – Camilo Villegas
B – Jason Dufner
C – Bubba Watson
C – Dustin Johnson
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
D – Phil Mickelson
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Jason Bohn
F – Tony Finau
stlcardinals84 – rotogrinders.com (Daily Fantasy Foursome)
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A – Keegan Bradley
C – Justin Thomas
F – Jason Bohn
Michael Riek – rotowire.com
A+ – Henrik Stenson
A+ – Rickie Fowler
A – Kevin Kisner
A – Louis Oosthuizen
B – Carlos Ortiz
B – Chris Kirk
B – Danny Lee
B – Jason Day
B – Pat Perez
C – Bubba Watson
C – Dustin Johnson
C – Robert Streb
C – Rory McIlroy
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Jason Bohn
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Tony Finau
jlvaughan21 – sportsdegens.com
A – Harris English
A – Hideki Matsuyama
A – Keegan Bradley
A – Matt Kuchar
B – Brendan Steele
B – J.B. Holmes
B – Shawn Stefani
C – Bubba Watson
C – Justin Thomas
C – Rory McIlroy
D – Webb Simpson
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Jason Bohn
F – Justin Rose
F – Tony Finau
thefantasygolf.com
B – Bill Haas
B – Brendan Steele
B – Carlos Ortiz
B – Jason Day
B – Jason Dufner
B – Pat Perez
B – Shawn Stefani
C – Boo Weekley
C – Brandt Snedeker
C – Justin Thomas
C – Rory McIlroy
D – Billy Horschel
D – Chesson Hadley
D – Kevin Na
F – Brooks Koepka
F – Bryce Molder
F – Chad Campbell
F – David Hearn
F – David Lingmerth
F – Jason Bohn
F – Jim Herman
F – Jordan Spieth
F – Justin Rose
F – Paul Casey
F – Steven Bowditch
What to do with all this free time… I’m going to use the week off to focus on NFL, and I imagine most of you will be doing the same. Here’s to hoping one of us can get rich in Week 1! I’ll be back next week with everything you need to get ready for the BMW Championship. Until then…
oreo
Given fansided guessed more than 1/3 of the field it’s not that impressive.
I tend to agree with you. It’s a double-edged sword, as it’s hard to be really good or really bad when you make that many selections. I picked him as best for the week given he had a top-6 composite score, was one of only three with Fowler, and the only one with all six optimal plays. There are a few sites out there that make 30+ picks a week, but they still don’t hit on the top guys at high clip.
I’m reluctant to give top honors to experts who make less than five or more than 25 picks, but this was a unique situation.
Appreciate the feedback.