Listen to Golf Digest's weekly betting podcast, "The Loop" (above), where we interview the industry's leading experts (and sometimes tour pros) to help you make your bets and pick your. On the other hand, Xander Schauffele has weaknesses that could prove costly at Riviera, so the expert is fading him. Golfers I'm Definitely Playing Jon Rahm ($11,500 DraftKings | $12,200 FanDuel) Rahm is the best player in the world until further notice. Here are the players they like for this year. Powers, Golf Digest: Matt Kuchar (30-1, DraftKings) Really nice finish last week for Kuch, but lets pump the brakes here. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. 3M Open 2022 Fantasy golf picks, advice, rankings: Golf expert says He has played nine non-major PGA Tour/KFT events in the last year and has made the cut in one of those. Spieth, meanwhile, is one of the most experienced players in the 2023 Sony Open field and he's coming off a T-13 finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. For the Genesis Invitational 2023, Holliman is backing several longshots, including one priced around 30-1. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. By Pat Mayo May 1, 2022, 3:41pm PDT Hes reeled off four straight Top 25 finishes in this event and is one of the only players in the world who seems to have the ability to be the best or worst player in any field with his irons round-to-round. Bermuda: Denny McCarthy. You can see it at SportsLine. If his game travels at all this week, he should be a solid option in most formats. Shriners: Sungjae Im. 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. On average, Ancer cost $8,279 on DraftKings and returned an average of 62.79 DraftKings points per start. Byeong Hun An (+550 = Top 20) After slotting at No. 2023 The Honda Classic one and done picks. Sanderson Farms Championship: Sam Burns. The 28-year-old leads the tour in scoring average and strokes gained total. Holliman also was behind Will Zalatoris (28-1) at the St. Jude and was on the money at the Wyndham Championship, with Tom Kim (35-1) among his selections. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Sanderson Farms Championship: Denny McCarthy. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns. Rahm is the favorite, priced at 7-1 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by McIlroy and Scheffler, both at 10-1. Hes cashed this bet in 6.25 percent of his starts since January 2019and while that is a small percentage of the time, you'll reap the benefits (usually with odds of 50-1 or greater) when it happens again. Ballengee can be reached by email at ryan[at]thegolfnewsnet.com. The PGA TOUR Experts league is once again open to the public. You can see who else to back this week at SportsLine. For more fantasy, check out Qualifiers and Reshuffle. The golf expert has been on a roll on his picks since last season. His putter has been lethal during the swing and into the new year, averaging almost +1.5 SG: PUTT over his past 20 rounds. And the irons were just as good, finishing eight among all tour players. Monterey Peninsula has the largest greens in the rotation at 6,000 square feet, which is still slightly below TOUR average. (Subscribe for video or audio). All three courses are incredibly short and limit the advantage of driving distance. 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. American Express: Cameron Young. And could Woods (120-1) be worth a flier? Bermuda: Russell Knox. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Chris Kirk (+330, DraftKings) The former Georgia Bulldog drives it so dang straight, which is an absolute weapon at PGA National. The Honda Classic is this week, and the PGA Tour moves to Florida for a standard week at PGA National. Previous weeks: Fortinet Championship: Cam Davis. 12:31 pm ET, you need to see the Fantasy golf projections and lineup advice from SportsLine Fantasy expert Jim Holliman, You can see who else to back this week at SportsLine, See who it is, along with the rest of Holliman's picks, at SportsLine, Visit SportsLine now to get Jim Holliman's Fantasy golf picks, all from the Fantasy expert who has been on fire with his picks, How to watch 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational, Spieth among many chasing at Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tiger Woods opts to not play Players Championship, WATCH: Viktor Hovland drains ace at Arnold Palmer, Report: Pebble Beach will be designated event in 2024, Rahm leads (again) at Bay Hill after Round 1, The American Express 2023 Fantasy golf picks, lineups, Tiger Woods opts to skip 2023 Players Championship, Report: PGA Tour to reduce fields of designated events, Kirk breaks 8-year drought with emotional Honda win, Davis Love III enthused about golf's young stars. From Rick Gehman, data scientist and RickRunGood.com founder: In DFS formats, making money is all about finding value. Thats the amount of fantasy points returned per dollar spent. Fantasy Insider Sleeper Picks: WM Phoenix Open Taylor Montgomery (+180 for a Top 20) Yeah, yeah, the. Poston has now finished inside the top-25 in eight of his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour. Cole ranks top five in the field in scrambling and sand saves for the year and has done his best work over his short PGA career on shorter courses. Matthew Wolff tees off at last year's Sentry Tournament of Champions in Maui. From Gdula: This might be a name unfamiliar to some casual fans. 3. 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 secured a T-13 finish at last week's Sentry Tournament of Champions and he'll enter this week's event confident he can have another strong showing in Hawaii. Three of the past six winners Potter, Nick Taylor and Vaughn Taylor all went off at triple digits. 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. That at least gives me hope for a few outlier weeks on the putting surfaces. Responsibly put your life savings on this matchupresponsibly. Leaderboard Watch News FedExCup Schedule Players Stats Golfbet More PGA TOUR PGA TOUR Champions Korn Ferry Tour PGA TOUR Canada PGA TOUR Latinoamrica LPGA TOUR DP World Tour PGA TOUR University. All Rights Reserved. He has not had a top-10 in 20 events, so this is clearly the "new caddie, new spark" feeling I got here. Cantlay was in the top 40 in every strokes gained category last season, and he leads the tour in greens in regulation so far in this campaign. Ben is an up-and-coming rookie who has played great this year including getting into contention a couple times. Head to SportsLine now to see his top daily Fantasy golf picks for the Sony Open 2023. Augusta National, Danielle Kang moonlights as a putter maker(! Plus, he has two top-10's in four outings at Riviera. DraftKings PGA DFS Lineup Picks - The Arnold Palmer Invitational Golf 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. 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. The 30-year-old. Thats some great early-season value on a top-tier all-around golfer whose performance is grounded in elite data. Best of luck this week! Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. All Rights Reserved. Sign up for DraftKings and experience the game inside the game. 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. Hes a good tee-to-green golfer with the ability to pick up distance whenever possible, and the putter can get hot. Investing in Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama is a great way to guarantee production, but each player comes with a hefty price tag on both sites. Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. Here are the stats you should be paying attention to. I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user (my username is ThePME) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Rais results have gotten progressively better the past three weeks, and he was sitting T-5 after one round here last year in his debut. See who else to back right here. The result: Rahm finished on top of the leaderboard, securing his eighth PGA Tour title after shooting 27-under par. Routinely, they will point us to players who are undervaluedbased on their betting odds and fantasy salary prices. Hes been in the green on approach in five of the last six, and that pesky putter has shown brief glimpses of brilliance at the Sony Open and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. 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. Now, McClure has set his sights on the 2023 Sony Open and revealed his optimal PGA DFS advice, strategy and player pool. 2023 Sony Open DFS: Top DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy golf picks In order to score well at Waialae Country Club, players will need to be accurate off the tee and few do it better than Im. All Rights Reserved. It looked like the rest was needed based on the downtrend. Scottie Scheffler could be among the top daily Fantasy golf picks this week for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Hes got three top-10s to his name on tour since July without great form surrounding them. 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. That means there is a lot to consider when making your 2023 Genesis Invitational fantasy golf picks. He finished fourth here in 2021, so this place fits his eye. Pat Mayo breaks down the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, making his picks and rankings for the event while previewing the course and key stats. This is The Loop, a refreshing mix of everything you love to talk about around golf, with the only rule that you don't take yourself or the game too seriously. Now he enters a tournament where his iron play is the class of the field, ranking ninth in this field in SG/approach over his last 36 rounds. Munoz is also 14th on tour over the past 100 rounds in Opportunities Gained, a FantasyNational stat that indicates birdie chances. Adding to the challenge is that every golfer can be used only three times per each of four Segments. I like Adam this week for numerous reasons. Powers, Golf Digest: Byeong-Hun An (55-1, BetMGM) Boy does it feel good to type Bennys name in this space again. 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. 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 | He is in the top 35 in every strokes gained category, including 13th around the green and 21st putting. 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. But victories arent always the only barometer of success. And last week, bargain pick Matt Kuchar ($7,900) posted a top-10 finish and two more picks were in the top 15. The putter, however, was just abysmal. 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. Scheffler is the defending champion of this event, and he's finished T-12 or . Previous weeks: Fortinet Championship: Emiliano Grillo. fantasy picks | GolfDigest.com He is 58 under par over the past three years in La Quinta. 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 | Ryan occasionally links to merchants of his choosing, and GNN may earn a commission from sales generated by those links. Farmers: Taylor Montgomery. PGA Tour Fantasy Golf Select your lineup of 4 starters and two bench players to enter. Mayakoba: Thomas Detry. Now, Holliman has ranked his top golfers from the 2023 Genesis Invitational field. 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. Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. Mayakoba picks 2022: Morikawa or Finau? Our experts are torn Last year, Hoge became the outlier opening 65/1 in the betting market. Thomas Detry: Why rate Detry so high this week? In addition, McClure's model is up over $9,500 on its best bets since June 2020, nailing tournament after tournament. He gains 0.66 strokes putting on this surface each round, per the RickRunGood.com golf database the best mark in the field. 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. Both stats combine to form the cumulative strokes gained/ball-striking, putting Conners third on tour. The Northern Irishman was actually down by 10 through two holes Sunday but stormed back to claim the title. There are key metrics that serve as early indicators for when tour pros appear on the verge of a breakout season. 15 DFS Golf Picks for the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic Listen to Golf Digest's weekly betting podcast, "The Loop," where we interview the industry's leading experts (and sometimes tour pros) to help you make your bets and pick your fantasy. And be sure to subscribe to "The Loop" wherever you get your podcasts! Houston Open: Jason Day. All customers should use their own skill and judgment in building lineups. DraftKings operates pursuant to an Operating Agreement with iGaming Ontario. He was as good as Bryson, Rahm and Rory with the driver and experienced one of his best iron runs of his career. 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. Recently, weve seen the irons get hot at certain times, too. It turned out to be at Sedgefield, where the 20-year-old won by five strokes. Six first-round leaders have gone on to win at Pebble Beach since 2000, as Nick Taylor became the sixth in 2020. Fading Hideki Matsuyama was also the right move, as the defending champ barely cracked the top 50. 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). 2022: The winner checked in at $8,500 and scored 25.5 more DK points than anyone else, 2021: The winner checked in at $10,100 and scored 21 more DK points than anyone else, 2020: The winner checked in at $7,000 and scored 23.5 more DK points than anyone else, 2019: The winner checked in at $9,600 and scored 19.5 more DK points than anyone else, 2018: The winner checked in at $7,100 and scored 20 more DK points than anyone else. Three of the sharpest data scientists in golf, Brandon Gdula of numberFire/FanDuel; Rick Gehman of RickRunGood.com; and Pat Mayo of Mayo Media. Gehman is co-host of the First Cut Podcast and appears regularly on the Pat Mayo Experience golf podcasts. Combine that with Sean O'Hair and Fritelli being extremely inconsistent, this is my whale play of the week. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (CO/IL/IN/LA/MD/MI/NJ/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), or 1-888-532-3500(VA). 2023 American Express Fantasy golf picks, lineups, advice, rankings We've entered golf's '+1' era, Pat McAfee dished some juicy details about his recent golf trip with the Mannings to (maybe???) The putter is roughly average, but thats a lot different than terrible. 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Russell Henley, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama and Xander Schauffele. Theres analysis you wont find anywhere else. Normally, great drivers have a glaring weakness somewhere tee to green that limits their upside, but Scheffler has been above average greenside (68th SG/around the green) and remained 81st in SG/approach despite an underwhelming swing season. But as a caddie, I can see Davis playing well for one reason. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated. Figuring out which PGA Tour golfer is the best in the world right now isn't easy. Brandon Gdula, managing editor and analyst for NumberFire, a FanDuel daily-fantasy analysis company, recently won the 2018 FSWA Golf Writer of the Year. 6-keys: media/spln/golf/reg/free/stories, at Hennessey, Golf Digest: Min Woo Lee (25-1, BetMGM) Our caddie makes great points on Min Woos form in the U.S. Itd be a great story to see him win, but its a tough ask at these odds. Christopher Powers, Golf Digest staff writer: Chris Kirk (30-1, DraftKings) Is this a number we want to bet Chris Kirk at, or think he can realistically win at? The Florida-based writer knows what it takes to win on the PGA Tour and how the players' games fit the courses. In fact, the 24-year-old enters this week's event ranked inside the top-25 in strokes gained: tee-to-green (1.079), strokes gained: off-the-tee (.824) and driving accuracy percentage (66.96%). Expert Picks: Rocket Mortgage Classic - PGATour 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. RSM Classic: Davis Riley. Hes stumbled from tee-to-green recently, losing strokes to the field in four of his last seven measured events. His five top-10 finishes since July arent fluky: They stem from top-tier iron play and overall tee-to-green performance. 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. On the other hand, the expert says Cantlay has just the kind of well-rounded game that he needs to succeed in The American Express. But, Pebble has been a happy spot for him over the years. CJ Cup: Matt Fitzpatrick. Arnold Palmer Invitational picks 2023: Our red-hot experts make a Thankfully at Golf Digest, we listen well. The golf expert has been on a roll on his picks since last season. But that was on different grass. Hes been on a heater with back-to-back top-three finishes before the MC in Phoenix. Here are our. Mayakoba: Viktor Hovland. 8:11 pm ET, see the fantasy golf projections and lineup advice from SportsLine fantasy expert Jim Holliman, see his fantasy golf rankings and Genesis Invitational picks at SportsLine, You can see who else to back this week at SportsLine, You can find out who it is, and check out all of Holliman's PGA picks, only at SportsLine, Visit SportsLine now to get Jim Holliman's Fantasy golf rankings for the 2023 Genesis Invitational, How to watch 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational, Spieth among many chasing at Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tiger Woods opts to not play Players Championship, WATCH: Viktor Hovland drains ace at Arnold Palmer, Report: Pebble Beach will be designated event in 2024, Rahm leads (again) at Bay Hill after Round 1, Genesis Invitational fantasy golf rankings, picks, Tiger Woods opts to skip 2023 Players Championship, Report: PGA Tour to reduce fields of designated events, Kirk breaks 8-year drought with emotional Honda win, Davis Love III enthused about golf's young stars.