For years, we have offered weekly PGA Tour one-and-done golf picks, taking. His tee-to-green game has been elite and he supplements that with a stellar short-game. Despite missing the cut in Phoenix, Wise still gained 0.3 strokes off-the-tee and one stroke on approach, improving in both ball-striking categories from another disappointing MC at the American Express. Mayo has been recognized across multiple sports (Football, Baseball & Golf), mediums (Video, Writing & Podcasting), genre (Humor), and game formats (Sports Betting, Daily Fantasy, and Traditional Season Long Fantasy). Call 1-800-GAMBLER (PA/OH) or 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY). CJ Cup: Tyrrell Hatton. 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. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. 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. Powers, Golf Digest: Byeong-Hun An (55-1, BetMGM) Boy does it feel good to type Bennys name in this space again. If his game travels at all this week, he should be a solid option in most formats. Hell see a reprieve in this weaker field and he should be brimming with confidence. Sentry TOC: Patrick Cantlay. The 28-year-old leads the tour in scoring average and strokes gained total. You can play our free fantasy game and see how you measure up against our experts below. 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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. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated. My guy Joe Idone (@TourPicks on Twitter, go follow him if you dont already) is the king of the Honda Classic, and Denny is his guy hes picking Denny Dirt to break through this week, and Im completely on board. Hes among only 10 players to rank in the 75th percentile or better in all three tee-to-green stats over his past 100 rounds and at least the 50th percentile in putting. This mitigates the advantage of the premier drivers in the world, aka most of the elite players, and combined with a lack of elite golfers at the top end in this event, it has opened the door for long-shot winners. Follow him on Twitter: @adplacksports. 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. 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. Before setting your Fantasy golf rankings or making any 2023 American Express picks, you need to see the Fantasy golf projections and lineup advice from SportsLine Fantasy expert Jim Holliman. The 28-year-old is one of the best on the planet, but he was 143rd in strokes gained around the green last season, and his putter can be streaky. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Matthew Wolff tees off at last year's Sentry Tournament of Champions in Maui. Ancer continues to show up in big events, and theres no reason to think that will end in 2021. 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. Thankfully at Golf Digest, we listen well. Hennessey, Golf Digest: Chris Kirk (+330, DraftKings) The former Georgia Bulldog drives it so dang straight, which is an absolute weapon at PGA National. 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. Head to SportsLine now to see his top daily Fantasy golf picks for the Sony Open 2023. 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. 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. 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. Sign up for DraftKings and experience the game inside the game. It . Best of luck this week! Over the past two years, Varner trails only Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy in the number of times his name has been on top of the leader board after 18 holes. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. McClure's optimal PGA DFS strategy also includes rostering Sungjae Im at $10,300 on DraftKings and $11,800 on FanDuel. 1, but Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm can make an argument for being the best. 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. Gehman: Joseph Bramlett (50-1, DraftKings) Bramlett enters the week having made seven straight cuts and earning a T-13 in La Jolla and T-7 in Pebble Beach over his last two. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information. 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. All Rights Reserved. (Subscribe for video or audio). Poston has now finished inside the top-25 in eight of his last 11 starts on the PGA Tour. He makes cuts, in spades. Houston Open: Aaron Wise. Gambling problem? Holliman has one stunning prediction for this week: Fantasy players should fade Rahm and look for better value. Its quite strange, too, considering hed gained in seven of eight starts previous to the awful run. "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. Hello, Aaron Rai. 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. "He has a lot of ground to make up," Holliman said, "but he is the most well-rounded player in this field, so if anyone can do it, he can." He got his first PGA Tour win five tournaments ago on a course with Bermuda greens as well. As well as contributing to Golf Digest, Andy is also a data analyst and writer for RickRunGood.com, where he covers PGA Tour betting and daily fantasy. Lack: Adam Svensson (33-1, BetMGM) I had no problem with bettors grabbing the 60-1s on Adam Svensson on Monday morning, but I do believe he's over-valued at his current number. Now, the Genesis result wasnt pretty, but a deeper dive into his numbers shows an excellent ball-striking week submarined by weak chipping and outright disastrous putting. Here's who else is playing PGA Tour Watch tour pro. This golfer "finally showed some spark" last week in Scottsdale and appears to be trending upward. The result marks Kirk's third top-three finish to begin the 2023 season. And could Woods (120-1) be worth a flier? THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Golf Betting and Fantasy Picks: 10 players who will make you money in 2021, make informed decisions regarding betting on golf tournaments and daily fantasy golf competitions. Hes one of the longest hitters off-the-tee and is showing improvements both on and around the putting surfaces. While I am dubious on the 35-year-olds chances to raise the trophy, I expect him to find his way into contention this week in Palm Beach Gardens. But victories arent always the only barometer of success. Poston at $7,700 on DraftKings and $9,300 on FanDuel. Golfers I'm Definitely Playing Jon Rahm ($11,500 DraftKings | $12,200 FanDuel) Rahm is the best player in the world until further notice. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. 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. Three of the past six winners Potter, Nick Taylor and Vaughn Taylor all went off at triple digits. And theres still 140 players after that. Dustin Johnson and J.B. Holmes are the only two players to hit more than 100 drives over 300 yards at Pebble Golf Links during this event. 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. Powers: Chris Kirk The Florida Swing is when Chris Kirk eats and youd have to think this would be his best chance to finally break his win drought against a weak field. All three courses are incredibly short and limit the advantage of driving distance. 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. PGA Tour one-and-done is a popular fantasy golf game, with private one-and-done leagues and public PGA Tour games. And be sure to subscribe to "The Loop" wherever you get your podcasts! Picks like these could be the difference between winning your PGA DFS contests or going home with nothing. 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. Varner was a first-round leader twice in 2020, joining Collin Morikawa, Russell Knox and Sebastian Munoz as the only golfers to accomplish that feat more than once last year. Here are the players they like for this year. You can only see his fantasy. He was in the top 10 in every one. 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. Past results: Golf Digest's betting panel caught fire at the end of the summer, correctly predicting the winner in five of the final six events of the season. He is in the top 35 in every strokes gained category, including 13th around the green and 21st putting. 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. But, Pebble has been a happy spot for him over the years. Hell likely do well at Bay Hill, at the Players and at Harbour Town, but all of those will have stacked fields as elevated events and Im not so sure Kirk can beat a field like that. 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. The 2023 The Honda Classic is here, and we're back with our PGA Tour expert picks and betting tips for the PGA Tour event at PGA Natonal's Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Every week, we share our PGA Tour player rankings, and they are agnostic of competition. 8. Powers, Golf Digest: Harris English (+400, DraftKings) If this were 2021, theres a decent chance Harris English would be among the three or four favorites in this field. By Pat Mayo May 1, 2022, 3:41pm PDT Whether you're betting on golf, playing in a fantasy golf leagues or competing in a DFS (DraftKings, FanDuel) event, our picks highlight the top players to watch this week. He is 58 under par over the past three years in La Quinta. How to set your 2022 Tour Championship Fantasy golf rankings. Gdula: Cameron Davis (-110) over Sepp Straka (FOXBet) Davis holds a massive tee-to-green advantage over Straka, who goes as his putter goes. The Northern Irishman was actually down by 10 through two holes Sunday but stormed back to claim the title. 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. Gehman: Sungjae Im This is seemingly a no-brainer. But that was on different grass. (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). Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. 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. In his free time, Andy can likely be found on a golf course. Abraham Ancer played in the final group of the Masters in November, but he's still looking for his first PGA Tour victory. 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. Matt Kuchar: Kinda hard to ignore Kuchar at the moment, who has been in the top 10 in two of his last four starts. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. If he isn't locked in, he could find some trouble. Lack: Lee Hodges (50-1, DraftKings) Lee Hodges came through for me last week in a big way on DraftKings and the top-20 market, and I see no reason to hop off now that we are traveling to a course that he finished ninth at last year, gaining strokes in all four major categories. Anyone who has followed Holliman's predictions is way up on their golf picks. The Rocket Mortgage Classic Follow him on Twitter: @RickRunGood. How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. He's been able to consistently find himself in the mix thanks to his impeccable accuracy. 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. The golf expert has been on a roll on his picks since last season. 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. Chris Kirk captured his first PGA Tour title since 2015, outlasting 34-year-old rookie Eric Cole in a sudden-death playoff. Monterey Peninsula has the largest greens in the rotation at 6,000 square feet, which is still slightly below TOUR average. Looking at it another way, Blixt, Suh, Blair, Kuchar, William McGirt, JB Holmes, Taylor Moore, Denny McCarthy, Troy Merritt, and McNealy are the only players in this field gaining against the field in over 70% of rounds on Poa putting surfaces over that stretch. Matchup Results from the Genesis Invitational: Caddie: 1 for 1 (Hovland (-130) over Im); Gdula: 1 for 1 (Hovland (-110) over Burns); Hennessey: 1 for 1 (Cantlay (-111) over Morikawa); Gehman: PUSH (Hovland (-120) over Young); Mayo: 0 for 1; Powers: 0 for 1; Lack: 0 for 1, Matchup Results from this season (Wins-Losses-Pushes): Hennessey: 11-5-0 (up 5.1 units); Gehman: 9-5-2 (up 3.01 units); Lack: 4-3-0 (up 0.7 units); Powers: 8-8-0 (down 0.37 units); Mayo: 7-8-0 (down 1.56 units); Caddie: 7-9-0 (down 2.46 units); Gdula: 5-10-1 (down 5.42 units), RELATED: Here are the odds for every player in the field at the 2023 Honda Classic. He hosts Inside Golf, a twice weekly podcast focused on the PGA Tour, betting, daily fantasy, golf course architecture, and interviews, as part of the BlueWire podcast network. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Gdula: Brandon Wu (95-1, FanDuel) Wu is pretty accurate with the driver and tends to gain strokes off-the-tee. Scottie Scheffler could be among the top daily Fantasy golf picks this week for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Fading Hideki Matsuyama was also the right move, as the defending champ barely cracked the top 50. 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. Aside from the experts below, Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the field at this year's The American Express in this week's edition of the. He also became the first international winner at of this event since Vijay Singh in 2004. He hasn't finished higher than 13th in the past four years at Riviera. Thats some great early-season value on a top-tier all-around golfer whose performance is grounded in elite data. 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. In addition, McClure's model is up over $9,500 on its best bets since June 2020, nailing tournament after tournament. 6. He finished fourth here in 2021, so this place fits his eye. 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. This golfer is on a roll lately, finishing in the top 15 in three straight tournaments. Aside from the experts below, Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the field at this year's The American Express in this week's edition of the Power Rankings. Hes a name to watch. Pat Mayo, DraftKings/Fantasy National,Mayo Media Network analyst: Jhonattan Vegas (35-1, DraftKings) So far in 2023, Vegas has top-25 finishes at Farmers and Phoenix and made the cut at Riviera. "It's a matter of when (not if) he gets his first on the PGA Tour," Holliman said of Kim. . Gehman: Kevin Tway (+1000, DraftKings) Tways game is rounding into form right now. Bermuda: Denny McCarthy. Will Gordon: Will hasn't played in a few weeks, since WD'ing from Pebble. Overall, the last six winners have all been either 30/1 or below (Spieth, Mickelson and Berger) or 100/1 or longer. Fortunately, the same variance which makes him hilariously untrustworthy keeps his price from ever rising too high. Best of luck this week! The 29-year-old has finished in the top 10 three times in five events this season, but only one was in the top five. Gdula: Harris English (34-1, FanDuel) Englishs odds shortened up a lot after a T-12 at the Genesis, but almost all of that was from putting. Here are the stats you should be paying attention to. Void in ONT. In the measured events on the circuit, hes been stout from tee-to-green and hasnt lost strokes putting since last summer. 3. Just hope this is the week it all click for him. McClure is also targeting an undervalued player who's primed to play extremely well, giving you a huge return on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Put your knowledge to the test. 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? Sungjae Im: His ballstriking should carry him a long way this week, but the South Korean has also been on a strong run of late. 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 | In his 50 most recent rounds, hes gained strokes in 72 percent of them with his irons and 76 percent from his ball-striking. Now, Holliman has ranked his top golfers from the 2023 Genesis Invitational field. He came to Golf Digests betting panel after previously writing for Golf.com, the Score and GolfWRX. Head to SportsLine now to see his top daily Fantasy golf picks for the Sony Open 2023. Sure, he didnt play great on the west coast, which actually improves his value here. Ben is an up-and-coming rookie who has played great this year including getting into contention a couple times. Hes got three top-10s to his name on tour since July without great form surrounding them. He has played nine non-major PGA Tour/KFT events in the last year and has made the cut in one of those. This is the first tournament of the year with a full complement of Poa Annua greens. 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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. Pat Mayo and Geoff Fienberg preview the course and run through the odds while making their 2023 Pebble Beach Picks. The cold putter is nothing new, but he has experienced a modicum of success on the PGA National greens in his career. And which undervalued golfer is a must-roster? He's gaining a staggering 3.25 strokes per round over his. 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. That at least gives me hope for a few outlier weeks on the putting surfaces. He just cant find ways to make putts. Here are our 2023 The Honda Classic rankings and expert picks, as we do each week of the PGA Tour season. But as a caddie, I can see Davis playing well for one reason. Dustin Johnson has hit 127 total drives over 300 yards at Pebble Beach Golf Links during this event. 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. After a pair of marquee, or should we say, elevated weeks on the PGA Tour, things have gotten decidedly bleak as we kick off the Florida Swing. See who else to back right here. He's been hanging around 30th place in his last four starts. The former American Express winner has a proven track record of delivering at water-intensive golf courses that place an emphasis on middle-iron play, with a runner-up and a 16th at TPC Twin Cities, a 22nd at TPC Sawgrass, a 24th at TPC Southwind, and a 27th here at PGA National. And the irons were just as good, finishing eight among all tour players. You can find out who it is, and check out all of Holliman's PGA picks, only at SportsLine. Mayo helped create the golf stats and research website Fantasy National along with the Race for the Mayo Cup One and Done contest. 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. The result: Rahm finished on top of the leaderboard, securing his eighth PGA Tour title after shooting 27-under par. managing editor: Denny McCarthy (28-1, DraftKings) Dennys been playing some great golfcontending at Pebble Beach (fourth-place) and playing well last week at the Genesis (T-14)and I think hes finally ready to break through for a victory.