(Subscribe for video or audio). Its actually incredible how Conners stacks up in the ball-striking department against the worlds elite. Abraham Ancer played in the final group of the Masters in November, but he's still looking for his first PGA Tour victory. For the The American Express 2023, Holliman is backing a massive sleeper for Fantasy rosters who is priced at $7,000 at DraftKings and has triple-digit odds to win at Caesars. 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. Previous weeks: Fortinet Championship: Sahith Theegala. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. While his irons let him down at the South Course during the Farmers, his putter certainly did not, and Pebble is a totally different layout for approaches. The issue comes on and around the green for Conners. The golf expert has been on a roll on his picks since last season. Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Russell Henley, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama and Xander Schauffele. 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. Andy Lack is a PGA Tour writer and podcaster from New York City who now resides in Los Angeles. The Spaniard was impressive in the final round at the Sentry and has won three of his past five tournaments. Genesis: Justin Thomas. "He just keeps hanging around," Holliman says, "but he's rarely a true threat." Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. AT&T Pebble Beach: Maverick McNealy. Now, McClure has set his sights on the 2023 Sony Open and revealed his optimal PGA DFS advice, strategy and player pool. He is 131st in driving accuracy, and while he ranks seventh in greens in regulation, he is 120th in proximity to the hole. NeSmiths more of a daily fantasy target on FanDuel than someone who is knocking at the door for a victory, but all of the underlying data is there to believe in a strong season. AT&T Pebble Beach: Maverick McNealy. Tournament match-ups are often released by Tuesday at many top sportsbooks along with expert picks from PGA Tour staff and Golf Digest panel among other leading handicappers and analysts. His tee-to-green game has been elite and he supplements that with a stellar short-game. Now, Holliman has ranked his top golfers from the 2023 Genesis Invitational field. Picks like these could be the difference between winning your PGA DFS contests or going home with nothing. 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). 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. Ancer continues to show up in big events, and theres no reason to think that will end in 2021. Poston at . Last week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, McClure included Jon Rahm among his top PGA DFS picks on FanDuel and DraftKings. And which undervalued golfer is a must-roster? Chris Kirk: Kirk missed the cut at Phoenix in somewhat surprising fashion, but I expect a bounceback. Figuring out which PGA Tour golfer is the best in the world right now isn't easy. 6. 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. Follow him on Twitter: @gdula13. Sony Open: Matt Kuchar. This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend. Our job is to pick the guys who wont be made to look like fools at PGA National's Champion course this week. On top of that, he lives in West Palm Beach, so this is a home game for him. Davis, on the other hand, has MCd three straight times and seems to be a bit lost with every club but the driver right now. 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 last eight starts on the DP World Tour have all yielded top-13 finishes with five top-fours during that run. Three of the sharpest data scientists in golf, Brandon Gdula of numberFire/FanDuel; Rick Gehman of RickRunGood.com; and Pat Mayo of Mayo Media. Before setting your fantasy golf rankings or making any 2023 Genesis Invitational picks, you need to see the fantasy golf projections and lineup advice from SportsLine fantasy expert Jim Holliman. Theres still plenty to be excited about, most notably the golf course itself, which makes the top players in the world look like those of us who chop it around and shoot 86 on the weekends. The tournament, once known as the Bob Hope Desert Classic, features a pro-am format and a 54-hole cut. Its tough trusting Merritt on a weekly basis since he tends to lose one facet of his game every start. The Northern Irishman was actually down by 10 through two holes Sunday but stormed back to claim the title. He was as good as Bryson, Rahm and Rory with the driver and experienced one of his best iron runs of his career. Augusta National, Danielle Kang moonlights as a putter maker(! Mayo helped create the golf stats and research website Fantasy National along with the Race for the Mayo Cup One and Done contest. Powers, Golf Digest: Ben Griffin (+100) over Cameron Davis (DraftKings) Sneaky bullish this week on Ben Griffin, a North Carolina man through and through who does well on Bermuda and is a machine on approach. You can see it at SportsLine. 6-keys: media/spln/golf/reg/free/stories, at 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. The PGA TOUR Experts league is once again open to the public. (Subscribe for video or audio).Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2021 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and was a finalist for three FSWA Awards in 2023 (Best Podcast, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). The 30-year-old. Gdula: Brandon Wu (95-1, FanDuel) Wu is pretty accurate with the driver and tends to gain strokes off-the-tee. 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. Min Woo Lee: MWL is making the rare US start, so it will be interesting to see if his great DP World Tour form carries over this week. So what are the top PGA DFS picks for the 2023 Sony Open? For 2020, he ranked eighth in strokes gained/off the tee, one spot behind Bubba Watson and one spot ahead of Xander Schauffele. Seriously. The result marks Kirk's third top-three finish to begin the 2023 season. Thomas Detry: Why rate Detry so high this week? Farmers: Will Zalatoris. Stephen Hennessey, Golf Digest dep. Caddie: Davis Riley (80-1, BetMGM) With so many options in terms of longshots, this is a shot in the dark. WMPO: Collin Morikawa. All Rights Reserved. Gordons just as long as Mitchell (averages over 307 yards off the tee), so I think hes worth the flier. Poston at $7,700 on DraftKings and $9,300 on FanDuel. He has not had a top-10 in 20 events, so this is clearly the "new caddie, new spark" feeling I got here. Out of those players listed, Wolffs odds have the best valueyou can find Wolff to win the PGA Championship at 50-1 odds. Five of the top seven golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking are scheduled to compete, led by world No. For more fantasy, check out Qualifiers and Reshuffle. Hence the extra consideration for SG: Around The Green. The golf expert has been on a roll on his picks since last season. Brandon Gdula, managing editor and analyst for NumberFire, a FanDuel daily-fantasy analysis company, recently won the 2018 FSWA Golf Writer of the Year. 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. Im is the best player in the field and its not particularly close. 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The ball-striking has been really good lately, and he can scramble and putt as well as anyone here, which can be clutch given how difficult of a test this can be. 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. Gdula also co-hosts the DFS Heat Check podcast. Bermuda: Russell Knox. Scroll down to see who we like this week at the 2023 Honda Classic. Gehman: Min Woo Lee (-110) over Matt Kuchar (Bet365) Golf is a global game and Min Woo Lee is crushing it right now. 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. In fact, the model is up over $9,500 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament. Hes been on a heater with back-to-back top-three finishes before the MC in Phoenix. 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. Probably not, but were all going to have to hold our nose and swallow on a few bad numbers this week. Who wins the 2023 Sony Open, and who are the top players to target for your Fantasy picks? Hennessey, Golf Digest: Denny McCarthy (-122) over Min Woo Lee (FanDuel) My pick to win over my pick to fade plain and simply. Fading Hideki. American Express: Brian Harman. Of course, DFS golf is more popular than ever, which means its more competitive than ever, too. Odds and lines subject to change. Top-10 results from the Genesis Invitational: Mayo: 1 for 1 (Max Homa +220); Gdula: 1 for 1 (Patrick Cantlay +220); Lack: 1 for 1 (Patrick Cantlay +220); Powers: 1 for 1 (Collin Morikawa +210); Caddie: 0 for 1; Gehman: 0 for 1; Hennessey: 0 for 1, Top-10 results from this season: Gdula: 7 for 16 (up 18.6 units); Gehman: 5 for 16 (up 10.55 units); Lack: 3 for 7 (up 3.9 units); Mayo: 5 for 15 (up 3.1 units); Hennessey: 3 for 16 (down 0.45 units); Powers: 2 for 16 (down 7.9 units); Caddie: 2 for 16 (down 7.95 units), RELATED: Want to become a better golf bettor? 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. 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. 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. He has been writing and broadcasting about golf for nearly 20 years. Its wild to think about this, but if you put Henleys statistical profile next to Justin Thomas, they look very similar, aside from JTs elite off-the-tee game. Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Adam Scott (+490, FanDuel) A course history play for me on Adam Scott, who finished T-4 here last year, won here in 2020 and boasts the best SG/total numbers at. Before the COVID-19 hiatus, there were only a handful of players better tee to green than Bubba. And last week, bargain pick Matt Kuchar ($7,900) posted a top-10 finish and two more picks were in the top 15. Pat Mayo and Geoff Fienberg preview the course and run through the odds while making their 2023 Pebble Beach Picks. Three of the past six winners Potter, Nick Taylor and Vaughn Taylor all went off at triple digits. Dustin Johnson has hit 127 total drives over 300 yards at Pebble Beach Golf Links during this event. Being an Alabama alum, he is no stranger to golf in the south either. GOLF DIGEST MAY EARN A PORTION OF SALES FROM PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR SITE AS PART OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RETAILERS. Anyone who has followed Holliman's predictions is way up on their golf picks. He was in the bottom 10-percentile in strokes gained/putting and was 237th of 280 players in SG/around the greens. Several of the world's top golfers come into this week's PGA Tour event in top form, and they should have little trouble scoring low in The American Express 2023. Caddie: Min Woo Lee (25-1, BetMGM) As the fifth-highest odds this week, DK believes this guy has a chance to make some noise. Anyone who has followed Holliman's predictions is way up on their golf picks. Gehman: Aaron Wise (22-1, DraftKings) Ive probably spent more money on Aaron Wise than anyone on the planet and not even I can get there this week. Hes stumbled from tee-to-green recently, losing strokes to the field in four of his last seven measured events. 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. Thats all thats standing in the way of him and another multi-win season. His five top-10 finishes since July arent fluky: They stem from top-tier iron play and overall tee-to-green performance. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Kevin Streelman (+900, Bet365) The off-the-tee and approach numbers are top 15 in this field over the past 24 rounds, per Fantasy National, so Streelman should give. He also sits second in GIR rate, especially important when the field is hovering around 60 percent in Palm Beach Gardens. 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. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. 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. 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic Fantasy golf expert picks One player Gates isn't hesitating to back this week is Cantlay, who doesn't bring great value but will help you win. 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. 1, but Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm can make an argument for being the best. You can see who else to back this week at SportsLine. It . Each week hosts Christopher Powers, Alex Myers, and Steve Hennessey, along with special guests from across the sports and entertainment worlds, will touch on what's going in the game . Yes, thats an arbitrary cutoff, but the point is that Munoz can get himself in contention through any facet of the game and make cuts when one part of his game isnt clicking. We've entered golf's '+1' era, Pat McAfee dished some juicy details about his recent golf trip with the Mannings to (maybe???) 4. Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. I would expect that to regress massively, especially on Bermudagrass, a surface that has historically been Svenssons worst over the years. Im confident that changes this week in Palm Beach. Genesis: Collin Morikawa. Sanderson Farms Championship: J.T. Anybody that included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable weekend. 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. cashed outright winners the past two weeks, most accurate driver in the field over the past 24 rounds per Fantasy National, create the golf stats and research website Fantasy National. All winners this millennium had previously made a cut at Pebble Beach in their career before winning, and most had a top 10 finish on their resume. 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 | 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. Follow him on Twitter: @adplacksports. From Gehman: As golf wagering becomes more mature, you will be presented with many different optionsand the first-round leader market is incredibly fun but also have more strategy involved than you might think. He's been able to consistently find himself in the mix thanks to his impeccable accuracy. How to set your 2022 Tour Championship Fantasy golf rankings. 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. Harold Varner III hasn't converted on his first PGA Tour victory yetbut you can make money betting on him in the first round. This allows him to find the best PGA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. Meanwhile, the other two in the group haven't been able to find their footing multiple weeks in a row. In fact, his last three tournaments in the states were on the Korn ferry Tour where he missed two cuts and didnt finish in the top 25 in the other. 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 | Previous weeks: Fortinet Championship: Cam Davis. 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. 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. Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. The result: Rahm finished on top of the leaderboard, securing his eighth PGA Tour title after shooting 27-under par. Responsibly put your life savings on this matchupresponsibly. All Rights Reserved. Thats some great early-season value on a top-tier all-around golfer whose performance is grounded in elite data. Golf DFS Fantasy Golf Picks 2022 Wells Fargo Championship Picks, Predictions, Rankings and Sleepers Pat Mayo makes his 2022 Wells Fargo Championship Picks while breaking down the field and rankings for the event and previewing the course and key stats. 10. January 10, 2022 DFS Golf Picks Digest the data, predictions, and insights from this article to help with your fantasy golf picks for the Sony Open in Hawaii, and check out our PGA Lineup Optimizer to make more informed player selections for your DFS lineups. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information. Munoz is also 14th on tour over the past 100 rounds in Opportunities Gained, a FantasyNational stat that indicates birdie chances. May as well take another ride on the Kirk train, which will undoubtedly end like it always doeswith him ball-striking his way into contention and then failing to make anything inside of 10 feet on Sunday when he needs to. Gdula: Jhonattan Vegas (+320, FanDuel) Overall, Vegas has played well at PGA National, and were seeing phenomenal ball-striking from him lately. Monterey Peninsula has the largest greens in the rotation at 6,000 square feet, which is still slightly below TOUR average. They'll eat up a large portion of your PGA DFS budget, so making the right call on the value of PGA DFS picks will be critical when locking in your 2023 Sony Open PGA DFS strategy. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. 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. McClure is a DFS pro with over $2 million in career winnings, and he's been red-hot on his PGA Tour picks this season. 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. World Golf Rankings 2022 Players Championship one and done picks, fantasy golf predictions, PGA betting advice from DFS expert Mike McClure has locked in his PGA one and done picks and. 2023 The Honda Classic: Field | Tournament Model | Rankings| Betting Odds and First Looks | Course History & Current Form | DFS Picks | First-Round Leader Picks | One and Done | Past Results | Cheat Sheet | PGA Tour Event History | Recent Form | Finish Database | Discord. Just hope this is the week it all click for him. Who wins the 2023 Genesis Invitational? Hennessey, Golf Digest: Chris Kirk (+330, DraftKings) The former Georgia Bulldog drives it so dang straight, which is an absolute weapon at PGA National.
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