Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Fantasy Golf: Tournament of Champions Preview

Golf is back and just in time to give me something easy to write about as I try to manufacture the rest of my ill-fated 2020 year in review which turned-out to be pretty thin about halfway into April. It'll get done. It may take until the middle of this April but it'll get it done. Probably. (Maybe).

We actually have a banner weekend of sports coming-up between the golf, NFL playoffs and the NCAA FBS BCS STFU LMFAO National Championship game. Some of you kids out there might be interested to know that there was a time when more than four different teams actually had a chance of winning this thing. Even Notre Dame. No really. 

TWEET OF THE WEEK

From your lips to God's ears Counting Crows . . . 

VERY ASTUTE GOLF ANALYSIS

The primary question this week is which "no fucks to give" version of Dustin Johnson are we going to get. Is it going to be the "I don't give a fuck how I play and I'm fine finishing tied for 8th" version or is it going to be the "fuck it I can beat this field by three shots if I want to so I'm going to go ahead and beat them by five." I'm banking on the latter. Now D.J. has had a taste of lion he's thinking "you know what, lion tastes good."   

"Let's go get some more lion!"
As for the other favorites, you have to pick Xander Schauffle. It's a rule. And because 2020 is clearly dragging its stink into 2021, we're going with Patrick Reed. I had a strong temptation to give Bryson a spot because he should be able to bomb it around this place with impunity but I don't want to hate myself that much this week. 

This would appear to be Hideki Matsuyama's favorite course outside of Arizona as he's finished top five the last three times he's played it. And Colin Morikawa barely gets the nod over Tony Finau and Daniel Berger on a hunch. Same with Sungjae Im over Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann. 

More on the value guys in the Historical Performance Chart preamble because I had nothing else to write there.

One and Done Pick: Dustin Johnson
Blogger now leaves this 
giant space for me to fill
so I'm using a picture of 
this stupid $2,300 driver.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Xander Schauffele

Sleeper Pick: Lanto Griffin

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Dustin Johnson

$11,000

Xander Schauffele

$10,000

Patrick Reed

$9,600

Hideki Matsuyama

$9,000

Collin Morikawa

$8,800

Sungjae Im

$8,200

Cameron Champ

$7,900

Marc Leishman

$7,400

Lanto Griffin

$6,900

Martin Laird

$6,400


                                       THE DIABOLICALLY MUTATING
                                  HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

Not a ton of information to glean from this week's chart but definitely worth noting are Marc Leishman's recent T4 and T7 along with Cameron Champ and Lanto Griffin's respectable outings. The course would seem to suit both of those guys. We'll go with Martin Laird as our bargain guy based on his tie for 4th at Kapalua . . . in 2010. 

 

DK PRICE

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Dustin Johnson

$11,000

T7

T4

1st

T6

T10

Justin Thomas

$10,700

1st

3rd

T22

1st

T21

Jon Rahm

$10,400

10th

T8

2nd

DNP

DNP

B. DeChambeau

$10,200

DNP

7th

26th

DNP

DNP

X. Schauffele

$10,000

T2

1st

T22

DNP

DNP

Patrick Cantlay

$9,800

4th

DNP

T15

DNP

DNP

Patrick Reed

$9,600

T2

T25

DNP

T6

2nd

Webb Simpson

$9,400

DNP

T8

DNP

DNP

DNP

Viktor Hovland

$9,200

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Hideki Matsuyama

$9,000

DNP

DNP

T4

2nd

DNP

Tony Finau

$8,900

DNP

DNP

DNP

T9

DNP

Collin Morikawa

$8,800

T7

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Harris English

$8,700

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Daniel Berger

$8,600

DNP

DNP

T11

T14

DNP

Scottie Scheffler

$8,500

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Cameron Smith

$8,400

DNP

DNP

T17

DNP

DNP

Joaquin Niemann

$8,300

T5

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Sungjae Im

$8,200

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Adam Scott

$8,100

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Abraham Ancer

$8,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Cameron Champ

$7,900

T14

T11

DNP

DNP

DNP

Kevin Kisner

$7,800

T14

DNP

T17

9th

DNP

Sergio Garcia

$7,700

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Billy Horschel

$7,600

DNP

T25

DNP

DNP

DNP

Sebastian Munoz

$7,500

T17

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Marc Leishman

$7,400

DNP

T4

T7

DNP

DNP

Jason Kokrak

$7,300

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Brendon Todd

$7,200

29th

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Lanto Griffin

$6,900

13th

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Mackenzie Hughes

$6,800

DNP

DNP

DNP

T25

DNP

Kevin Na

$6,700

T32

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Stewart Cink

$6,600

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Michael Thompson

$6,500

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Martin Laird

$6,400

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Andrew Landry

$6,300

DNP

T22

DNP

DNP

DNP

Nick Taylor

$6,200

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Hudson Swafford

$6,100

DNP

DNP

T27

DNP

DNP

Richie Werenski

$6,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Robert Streb

$6,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

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