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Welcome back to my PGA DFS lineup picks for the Open Championship on DraftKings ! Many golfers barely miss out on being mentioned here by a fraction of a percent, so if you have any questions about a particular player from a PGA DFS or PGA betting perspective, you can contact me on Twitter @Teeoffsports .
Once you are done reading the article, please check out my weekly spreadsheet in the link below to get started on your research. There you will be able to weigh the categories however you see fit once you make a copy.
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We have a special treat for all you RotoBallers and golf enthusiasts. In addition to this article, be sure to also check out Spencer's PGA DFS Rankings Wizard - a powerful and interactive data spreadsheet that allows user inputs to create custom rankings and models for golf. If you want to create your own spreadsheet, you will need to make a copy under "file." We hope you enjoy!
7,305 Yards - Par 72 - Greens Fescue
Like any links-style venue, the weather will be the ultimate decider on how difficult of a test we should expect for the week, but the Old Course at St. Andrews has universally been regarded as one of the more straightforward Open tracks in the rotation in calm conditions.
Listed at 7,305 yards, St. Andrews is a Par 72 on the scorecard but plays nothing like a typical track under those settings. Fourteen par-fours, with half stretching between 350-400 yards, give us this unique skill set that amplifies short iron proximity from under 100 yards, but even the danger on the other holes might be reduced thanks to the firm and fast fairways that allow golfers with distance to carry all of the old hazards that might have presented issues for the field.
With all that being said, I do not believe this test plays quite as simple as most pundits since the R&A knows the only proper defense of the property will come from their ability to speed up and bake out some of these surfaces as much as they can if wind doesn't come into play, but it is still hard to envision a winning score that doesn't leak out past the 15-under or greater range. Three-putt avoidance will be necessary with massive greens, but there is still only so much you can do with the putting complex since it contains mainly Fescue grass. That is a surface that will always roll on the slower side of the equation, which means my model will look heavily into short iron proximity and then try to add in every other factor marginally to that mix. I will talk about that in a more in-depth fashion below, but it is a venue where some experience is important since golfers do have options off the tee on almost every hole.
Let's quickly run through how I built my model.
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***There are six players priced above $10,000. Please remember that my DFS article is always a first look at the field. Opinions might shift as the week goes on, and I am more than happy to discuss anyone further on Twitter.
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The list removes all players outside the top-65 in overall and upside + negative totals against both their DraftKings price and ownership. We will break this list down more as ownership continues to trickle in over the next few days, but Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Tiger Woods and Paul Casey lead the list of golfers with positive ranks in all areas that also are inside the top-25 overall.
All the players below were inside the top-65 in one of the two iterations and also positive during either the differential against DraftKings price or ownership. You can use my model to get a complete breakdown of the field, but this condensed things down nicely as a first run. It was surprising to see Phil Mickelson grade as the best leverage option on the board at $6,600.
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