Fantasy Golf: The Charles Schwab Challenge Preview

There's a reason why I would have never cut it as a scientist. Actually there are many reasons but the one that applies to my disastrous PGA Championship picks is the fact that I always exclude at least one critical part of my analysis which ends-up being the difference between success and tragic failure. Think of it like the time when those two young go-getters Gary and Wyatt tried to create another Kelly LeBrock but forgot to hook-up the doll and ended-up with a nuclear missile instead of a super model. (If you don't get that reference but would like to, click here).

Last week I broke down the Rory v. Scottie matchup and came down on the Rory side because his success at Quail Hollow gave him the edge when comparing their "A" games. The forgotten doll in that analysis was the fact that Scottie was obviously going to be way more motivated to bring his "A" game which he had just put on full display two weeks earlier. In other words, I chose fat and happy over hungry and, as we know with all other things being roughly equal, hungry is winning that matchup every time. 

The bottom line is that I've been forgetting to hook-up the doll all year so I've got nuclear missiles popping-up all over the damn place. In an effort to rectify the problem, we've made a note of it and placed it with all of our other forgotten notes.     

GOLF ANALYSIS

I don't think Scottie is going back-to-back again like he did after winning his second Masters but I wouldn't put it past him, especially since his last three finishes here are T2, T3 and 2nd so hedge accordingly. My alternates are 2020 winner Daniel Berger along with Davises Thompson and Riley. The latter is the defending champion so I'm leaning towards the former based on the unlikelihood of a repeat. (Remember that I've been 180 degrees wrong about almost everything this year).

The rest of the picks are your usual Tom Hoge, Bud Cauley Beau Hossler blah blah blah but the odds on Akshay Bhatia are attractive. The bespectacled splinter has been slumping but he's still one of the 30-40 best players in the world so we expect him to muscle his way out of it any week now. 

Place	Player	Odds
Winner	Daniel Berger	+2200
Top 5	Davis Thompson	+850
Top 10	Akshay Bhatia	+450
Top 10	Davis Riley	+400
Top 20	Beau Hossler	+400

One and Done Pick: Davis Thompson

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this site went and got all woke.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Davis Riley

Sleeper Pick: Beau Hossler

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Scottie Scheffler	$13,700
Daniel Berger	$9,900
Maverick McNealy	$9,500
Davis Thompson	$8,800
Davis Riley	$8,600
Akshay Bhatia	$8,000
Bud Cauley	$7,800
Tom Hoge	$7,400
Ricky Castillo	$6,900
Beau Hossler	$6,700

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Before he went on to greater fame in classics like Tombstone, Twisters and Apollo 13, Bill Paxton stole the show as Chet during which he gave us one of the most sinister movie quotes of the mid 80's. . . 

A NICE GREASY HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 

CHART SERVED IN A DIRTY ASHTRAY

Others worth noting below include Brian Harman, Lucas Glover and 2023 champion Emiliano Grillo who's about as reliable as a flight out of Newark. 

	DK Price	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Scottie Scheffler	$13,700	T2	T3	2nd	MC	T55
Tommy Fleetwood	$10,000	DNP	MC	T35	DNP	DNP
Daniel Berger	$9,900	T45	DNP	T23	T20	1st
Jordan Spieth	$9,800	T37	MC	T7	2nd	T10
Hideki Matsuyama	$9,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$9,500	T17	T52	MC	T20	T32
J.T. Poston	$9,400	T12	MC	MC	MC	T10
Robert Macintyre	$9,300	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Harris English	$9,200	MC	T12	DNP	DNP	MC
Aaron Rai	$9,100	T32	T12	68th	DNP	DNP
Keith Mitchell	$9,000	T37	DNP	DNP	MC	T64
Si Woo Kim	$8,900	T56	T29	DNP	W/D	MC
Davis Thompson	$8,800	T17	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$8,700	MC	T52	DNP	DNP	DNP
Davis Riley	$8,600	1st	MC	T4	DNP	DNP
Brian Harman	$8,500	T24	T29	MC	T8	T23
J.J. Spaun	$8,400	MC	T63	W/D	DNP	DNP
Michael Kim	$8,300	MC	T6	DNP	DNP	DNP
Andrew Novak	$8,200	MC	T40	DNP	DNP	DNP
Lucas Glover	$8,100	T12	DNP	T40	T8	T23
Akshay Bhatia	$8,000	MC	56th	DNP	DNP	DNP
Harry Hall	$8,000	MC	T3	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ryan Gerard	$7,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Mackenzie Hughes	$7,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC	MC
Bud Cauley	$7,800	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T29
Alex Smalley	$7,700	W/D	T40	T27	DNP	DNP
Thor Olesen	$7,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tom Kim	$7,600	T24	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Kurt Kitayama	$7,600	DNP	T29	T40	DNP	DNP
Max Greyserman	$7,600	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
C. Bezuidenhout	$7,500	T17	T21	T15	DNP	MC
Taylor Moore	$7,500	MC	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Sam Stevens	$7,500	MC	T29	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tom Hoge	$7,400	T17	T52	MC	MC	MC
Kevin Yu	$7,400	T61	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Emiliano Grillo	$7,400	64th	1st	T63	T8	MC
Jacob Bridgeman	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Rickie Fowler	$7,300	T37	T6	T57	DNP	MC
Lee Hodges	$7,300	T12	T29	T35	DNP	DNP
Eric Cole	$7,300	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Gary Woodland	$7,300	T45	DNP	MC	T14	9th
Jake Knapp	$7,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chris Kirk	$7,200	MC	MC	T15	T69	T60
Cam Davis	$7,200	T56	MC	T7	T45	MC
Matt McCarty	$7,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Pierceson Coody	$7,200	T5	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jhonatten Vegas	$7,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	T69	T60
Austin Eckroat	$7,100	MC	T16	DNP	DNP	DNP
Patrick Rodgers	$7,100	T45	T57	T35	MC	T14
Ryo Hisatune	$7,100	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Alejandro Tosti	$7,100	T17	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Doug Ghim	$7,100	T50	DNP	MC	T14	MC
Mark Hubbard	$7,000	T65	T9	T52	T69	T43
Joe Highsmith	$7,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Seamus Power	$7,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nico Echavarria	$7,000	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Charley Hoffman	$6,900	T50	DNP	66th	T3	MC
Neil Shipley	$6,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ricky Castillo	$6,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matt Kuchar	$6,800	T17	DNP	DNP	T50	MC
Mac Meissner	$6,800	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sam Ryder	$6,800	MC	MC	MC	MC	MC
Beau Hossler	$6,700	MC	T70	T21	DNP	MC
Andrew Putnam	$6,700	MC	T29	T15	MC	MC
Erik Van Rooyen	$6,700	DNP	MC	DNP	MC	MC
Joel Dahmen	$6,600	T56	T68	T63	MC	T19
Adam Schenk	$6,500	W/D	2nd	MC	T65	T43
Ben Silverman	$6,500	T32	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Robby Shelton	$6,300	T9	T29	DNP	T59	DNP