The PGA TOUR has the Sony Open up next. Matt Vincenzi already did the heavy lifting on what metrics he thinks matters most, so we can dive right in.
There are many variables when it comes to DFS, so I tend to take a minimalistic approach to how I approach this game, no matter what sport I am playing. I recently made the jump as a cash game grinder for the last six years to strictly playing GPP only.
Similar to my approach for NFL DFS — I stick to small-field single-entry tournaments — I make one team every week that I enter into every tournament. (I’ll still throw my lineup into some large-field tournaments because I have FOMO.)
There are a lot more losing weeks when you play with just one lineup and are a GPP only player, but the spike weeks make it worth it. Honestly, I enjoy the max variance.
Anyway, this article will focus on the three golfers I plan to build my lineup around for the upcoming week.
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This analysis may reference Strokes Gained, a set of proprietary metrics generated by the PGA TOUR using millions of data points to calculate how many shots on average it takes a player to get the ball in the hole from every distance and situation.
Strokes Gained is now available in the FantasyLabs PGA Models.
Sungjae Im ($10,300 DraftKings)
There are a few strong options in the $9,000+ range, but I’m going to start my single entry teams with Sungjae Im.
Im currently rates out third in my Bailey Model (available in our Pro Models), just behind Cam Smith, Webb Simpson, and Corey Conners. He’s hard not to like this week as he’s one of the best birdie-makers on TOUR, averaging 15.7 birdies per tournament over the last 75 weeks.
More importantly, Im is one of the best tee-to-green players in this field. Over his last 50 rounds, he ranks second in this field in Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green.
Im currently has the third-highest projection in our models.
