Fantasy Golf: The Valspar Championship Preview

The golf pick situation has now become so dire that we may just start publishing pro-Palestine propaganda so the government does us a favor and shuts this thing down. Though I guess at this point pro-French or pro-Prius propaganda would work just as well. Vive la Nissan Leaf!!! 

I hated the Wyndham Clark pick from the moment it left my fingertips and we all knew it was doomed when he was -2 on his 16th hole and proceeded to three-putt for bogey from six feet. He opened the second round with a front nine 40 and by then we had all had enough so he mercifully withdrew after 27 holes. Not even my prediction that I would hate myself on Sunday was right because he delivered the inevitable misery two days early.      

GOLF ANALYSIS

The picks last week weren't actually that bad, I just needed an excuse to use the pro-Prius propaganda line (we are indeed living in strange times). Of the five recommendations, two of them hit with Corey Conners finishing top ten (+400) and Tom Hoge finishing top twenty (+600) so, if my math is right (and it always is), you should've almost doubled your money with the FGR. 

We're going to keep rolling with Conners who should be a good fit for the Copperhead course despite only playing it once in the last five years. The majority of our faith will, however, be in Tommy Fleetwood who brings the positive converging trends of: (a) being due for his first PGA win, and (b) competing in an event that he's played twice with finishes of T3 and T16. Unfortunately, he's only +1000 to win and it would take a cult level faith that we do not have to put money behind that. 

Frankly all of the picks feel very solid, especially Michael Kim and Ben Griffin. Take that for what it's worth based on our recent track record but even blind squirrels occasionally find a nut. I mean they're far more likely to fall out of a tree or get run over by a car but you get my point.   

Place	Player	Odds
Winner	Corey Conners	+3000
Top 5	Michael Kim	+500
Top 10	Taylor Moore	+500
Top 10	Ben Griffin	+550
Top 20	Adam Schenk	+350

One and Done Pick: Tommy Fleetwood

Jesus, I need a win.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Corey Conners

Sleeper Pick: Adam Schenk

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Tommy Fleetwood	$10,300
Sepp Straka	$10,000
Corey Conners	$9,600
Michael Kim	$8,900
Taylor Moore	$8,600
Byeong Hun An	$8,200
Ben Griffin	$7,900
Andrew Novak	$7,400
Adam Hadwin	$7,200
Adam Schenk	$6,900

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This week we honor one of the best sportswriters of our generation who passed away last week. I was going to write more about John Feinstein here but it was becoming a multi-paragraph affair so I'm going to give it the separate post it deserves. At least that's what I'm telling myself. 

                                     THE JOHN FEINSTEIN MEMORIAL 

                                  HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

There was a time in the not too distant past (like last year) when I wouldn't have considered anyone but Sam Burns here for the obvious reasons identified in this week's chart. However, Sam has been scuffling a bit lately so we're going in another direction. Remember what I've said about players who are mentioned here but not picked. 

	DK Price	2024	2023	2022	2021	2019
Justin Thomas	$10,800	T64	T10	T3	T13	DNP
Xander Schauffele	$10,500	T5	DNP	T12	DNP	DNP
Tommy Fleetwood	$10,300	DNP	T3	T16	DNP	DNP
Sepp Straka	$10,000	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	T46
Sam Burns	$9,800	MC	6th	1st	1st	T30
Corey Conners	$9,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	T21	DNP
Akshay Bhatia (O)	$9,500	T17	MC	DNP	DNP	MC
Shane Lowry	$9,400	DNP	DNP	T12	DNP	DNP
Will Zalatoris	$9,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tom Kim	$9,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jordan Spieth	$9,100	MC	T3	DNP	DNP	DNP
Alex Smalley	$9,000	MC	T27	MC	DNP	DNP
Michael Kim	$8,900	T33	T45	DNP	MC	MC
Lucas Glover	$8,800	11th	T36	DNP	T48	T13
J.T. Poston	$8,700	DNP	T10	MC	T54	MC
Taylor Moore	$8,600	T12	1st	MC	DNP	DNP
Luke Clanton	$8,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Viktor Hovland	$8,400	DNP	DNP	T33	T3	DNP
Adam Scott	$8,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Byeong Hun An	$8,200	DNP	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jake Knapp	$8,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Cameron Young	$8,000	2nd	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$7,900	T17	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP
Stephan Jaeger	$7,900	DNP	T27	MC	DNP	MC
Keith Mitchell	$7,800	T17	DNP	DNP	69th	DNP
Sahith Theegala	$7,800	DNP	DNP	T7	DNP	DNP
Rasmus Peterson	$7,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Thomas Detry	$7,700	T17	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Bud Cauley	$7,600	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC
C. Bezuidenhout	$7,600	T9	DNP	T62	DNP	DNP
Kurt Kitayama	$7,600	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Rasmus Hojgaard	$7,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Ryan Gerard	$7,500	DNP	T71	DNP	DNP	DNP
Andrew Novak	$7,400	T17	T27	MC	DNP	DNP
Billy Horschel	$7,400	T12	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jacob Bridgeman	$7,400	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Niklas Moller	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Doug Ghim	$7,300	T67	T27	DNP	MC	DNP
Harry Hall	$7,300	T67	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Joe Highsmith	$7,300	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nicolai Hojgarrd	$7,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Samuel Stevens	$7,300	T64	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Hadwin	$7,200	T5	MC	T7	MC	MC
Beau Hossler	$7,200	MC	MC	DNP	T39	MC
Jhonattan Vegas	$7,200	MC	MC	T27	T48	DNP
Kevin Yu	$7,200	MC	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Matt Wallace	$7,200	T17	T7	MC	DNP	DNP
Max McGreevy	$7,200	DNP	MC	T48	DNP	DNP
Kevin Roy	$7,100	T12	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sam Ryder	$7,100	T33	T19	MC	MC	MC
Seamus Power	$7,100	T26	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC
Charley Hoffman	$7,000	MC	MC	MC	T18	T18
Joel Dahmen	$7,000	T49	T61	T39	DNP	T30
Mackenzie Hughes	$7,000	T5	DNP	MC	MC	T13
Ryan Fox	$7,000	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Thor Olesen	$7,000	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Schenk	$6,900	T33	2nd	MC	T18	MC
Andrew Putnam	$6,900	MC	DNP	MC	MC	DNP
Cam Davis	$6,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC	MC
Danny Walker	$6,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Erik Van Rooyen	$6,900	DNP	T10	DNP	MC	DNP
Gary Woodland	$6,900	MC	T45	T21	MC	MC
Eric Cole	$6,800	T33	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Victor Perez	$6,800	MC	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP
Davis Riley	$6,800	MC	T19	2nd	DNP	DNP
Chandler Phillips	$6,700	T3	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Kohles	$6,600	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ryo Hisatune	$6,600	T33	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Webb Simpson	$6,500	T54	T7	T48	DNP	MC
Zach Johnson	$6,400	MC	MC	MC	T29	T24
Mark Hubbard	$6,400	DNP	MC	DNP	MC	DNP
K.H. Lee	$6,200	T9	T19	DNP	T29	W/D