Edging closer and closer to success as last week the FGR delivered J.J. Spaun (T3), Richy Werenski (T3), Harold Varner (T6), Emiliano Grillo (15th), Rickie Fowler (T16) and Abraham Ancer (T21). Maybe even more valuable than those recommendations was my explicit instruction to stay away from Jordan Spieth who missed the cut so he could spend the weekend chilling in Mexico while making people wonder if he gives a shit anymore. On the other hand I also felt supremely confident in Charles Howell, III who also missed the cut on a course where he had finished top ten three of the last five years. He is now dead to me and I will miss calling him Chucky Triple Sticks.
Moving on to this week we're seeing a lot of love for Webb Simpson and I mean A LOT of love like he's Steve Stricker getting ready to tee it up at the 2012 John Deere Classic (he had won it three times in a row at that point and I knew that fact without having to look it up because my brain is filled with important things). I gotta pull a Tom Hanks in Big on this one and say I don't get it. Yes Simpson is playing the best golf of his career but his highest finish at Sea Island was a runner-up in 2011 and he's only had one other top ten. When this much hype lands on a guy who makes you think "hey, isn't he just a guy?" It's time to look elsewhere.
I think you take Georgia Bulldog Kevin Kisner every time on this track until he goes on a sustained run of failure which, as you will see below, is certainly not the case now. Forget the fact that he just played like crap in Mexico. He's a classic week to week guy who can turn it on anytime and especially when he's playing a course he digs. Same thing with Russell Henley. And J.J. Spaun is currently tied with Abraham Ancer at the top of the FGR's random guy most ready to win list (it's one of over a thousand lists I keep in my head like the lists of people I hate and people who hate me).
As for the low budget picks, last week I practically begged you to take Richy Werenski at the bargain price of $6,400 and look how that worked-out. I don't feel quite as passionately about Jonathan Byrd this week but, as with Richy, the value is right and I'm feeling at least a top forty finish. Everyone else from the lower price range is a bit of a gut pick, especially Henrik Norlander who has been nothing but an above-average Web.com player lately but also made it into a playoff here two years ago. Just feels right (you mean like picking the Bengals over the Saints?). Different sport. I only claim to be an expert at this.
One and Done Pick: Kevin Kisner
Other Guy I'd Pick: J.J. Spaun
Mid-Range Pick: Bud Cauley
Sleeper Pick: Henrik Norlander
Super Sleeper: Jonathan Byrd
Player to Avoid: Chesson Hadley
Thirty Guys to Consider and Ten to Bet
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Moving on to this week we're seeing a lot of love for Webb Simpson and I mean A LOT of love like he's Steve Stricker getting ready to tee it up at the 2012 John Deere Classic (he had won it three times in a row at that point and I knew that fact without having to look it up because my brain is filled with important things). I gotta pull a Tom Hanks in Big on this one and say I don't get it. Yes Simpson is playing the best golf of his career but his highest finish at Sea Island was a runner-up in 2011 and he's only had one other top ten. When this much hype lands on a guy who makes you think "hey, isn't he just a guy?" It's time to look elsewhere.
I think you take Georgia Bulldog Kevin Kisner every time on this track until he goes on a sustained run of failure which, as you will see below, is certainly not the case now. Forget the fact that he just played like crap in Mexico. He's a classic week to week guy who can turn it on anytime and especially when he's playing a course he digs. Same thing with Russell Henley. And J.J. Spaun is currently tied with Abraham Ancer at the top of the FGR's random guy most ready to win list (it's one of over a thousand lists I keep in my head like the lists of people I hate and people who hate me).
As for the low budget picks, last week I practically begged you to take Richy Werenski at the bargain price of $6,400 and look how that worked-out. I don't feel quite as passionately about Jonathan Byrd this week but, as with Richy, the value is right and I'm feeling at least a top forty finish. Everyone else from the lower price range is a bit of a gut pick, especially Henrik Norlander who has been nothing but an above-average Web.com player lately but also made it into a playoff here two years ago. Just feels right (you mean like picking the Bengals over the Saints?). Different sport. I only claim to be an expert at this.
One and Done Pick: Kevin KisnerOther Guy I'd Pick: J.J. Spaun
Mid-Range Pick: Bud Cauley
Sleeper Pick: Henrik Norlander
Super Sleeper: Jonathan Byrd
Player to Avoid: Chesson Hadley
Thirty Guys to Consider and Ten to Bet
DK Price
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
|
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Webb Simpson
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$11,800
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W/D
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T36
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DNP
|
T41
|
T7
|
Cameron Champ
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$10,900
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
J.J. Spaun
|
$10,400
|
2nd
|
T57
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Chesson Hadley
|
$10,100
|
T37
|
T45
|
MC
|
T32
|
MC
|
Lucas Glover
|
$9,900
|
DNP
|
T36
|
T9
|
T73
|
T40
|
C.T. Pan
|
$9,700
|
T13
|
T6
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Russell Henley
|
$9,500
|
DNP
|
T10
|
T6
|
T4
|
T65
|
Austin Cook
|
$9,400
|
1st
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Kevin Kisner
|
$9,300
|
T4
|
MC
|
1st
|
T4
|
T20
|
Luke List
|
$9,200
|
DNP
|
T13
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Charles Howell
|
$9,100
|
MC
|
T13
|
T9
|
T73
|
T27
|
Zach Johnson
|
$9,000
|
T8
|
MC
|
T75
|
MC
|
T16
|
Harold Varner
|
$8,800
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
T68
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Denny McCarthy
|
$8,700
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Chris Kirk
|
$8,500
|
T4
|
MC
|
T18
|
T4
|
1st
|
Whee Kim
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$8,400
|
MC
|
T27
|
DNP
|
T86
|
DNP
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Jim Furyk
|
$8,200
|
DNP
|
T6
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Brian Harman
|
$8,000
|
T4
|
MC
|
MC
|
T41
|
T10
|
Bud Cauley
|
$7,900
|
T8
|
MC
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Patrick Rodgers
|
$7,900
|
MC
|
T10
|
T44
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Bill Haas
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$7,800
|
MC
|
T13
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T33
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T22
|
DNP
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Richy Werenski
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$7,800
|
MC
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Stewart Cink
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$7,700
|
T25
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T10
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T63
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T32
|
MC
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Brian Gay
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$7,500
|
3rd
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
T4
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Andrew Landry
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$7,200
|
T4
|
DNP
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Henrik Norlander
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$7,000
|
T54
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T2
|
MC
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DNP
|
DNP
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Hudson Swafford
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$7,000
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T29
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T36
|
MC
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T12
|
MC
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Kevin Streelman
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$7,000
|
T17
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T36
|
MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Ted Potter, Jr.
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$6,900
|
T13
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
T36
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Jonathan Byrd
|
$6,400
|
MC
|
T21
|
T44
|
MC
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T55
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