Fantasy Golf: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Preview

Kind of a good news/bad news situation this week. The good news is that this year's tournament will be played without amateurs. Thus we will be spared two hours of complete yo-yo time on Saturday with golf commentators making fools of themselves trying to be some kind of cross between red carpet sycophants and peripheral posse members of "B" level celebrities. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's character in Boogie Nights carried himself with more dignity.  

The bad news is that the Saturday of this tournament is one of my favorite hate-tweeting days. And with this not being an election year, I have no idea what I'm going to get to be all riled-up up about. I'm sure my fellow citizens of Earth will help me come up with something. They always do.

TWEET OF THE WEEK

Not a week goes by when I don't put on one of my seersucker suits, see a mouse run across the floor and exclaim . . . 

BE A GOLDFISH GOLF ANALYSIS

I'm going to heed the advice of Ted Lasso and pretend that I have the ten second memory of a goldfish instead of the actual fifteen second memory of an attention deficient middle aged guy. That should help erase any recollection of last week's ill-fated Daniel "Dead to Me" Berger pick. Though if I hadn't picked him, it would have been Justin Thomas or Webb Simpson, both of whom went backwards on Sunday so there is always a bright side (sometimes). 

Dustin Johnson was a late scratch which means that we have zero players ranked in the top ten and only three of the top forty (Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey and "Dead to Me" Berger). It is still, however, an intriguing field. Is Jordan Spieth's resurgence for real? Will Phil Mickelson discover the magic here like he so often does? Will we get teflon Jason Day or bag of potato chips Jason Day?

The last question is critical as I am going to take my annual pilgrimage into the risky abyss that is picking Mr. Day. His track record at this tournament is simply too impeccable to ignore. I'd say the same of Phil but he's turning erratic into a brand these days and I'm not buying. Oh and you should always consider Cantlay in California. It's like buying oranges or some shit like that.

The rest of this week's picks are an assortment of random guys who've played well on the coast before (Maverick McNealy, Nick Taylor and Brian Gay), young hopefuls (Will Zalatoris, Max Homa, Matthew NeSmith and Harry Higgs) and FGR favorite Joel Dahmen who once during the pandemic tweeted that he was looking for a game on Saturday and followed through on accepting the invitation. Above all else, we do love ourselves a true everyman.   

One and Done Pick: Jason Day 

You must watch this show. Has the
FGR ever steered you wrong? (Wait).
Just watch it. Trust me. (This time).

Other Guy I'd Pick: Patrick Cantlay 

Sleeper Pick: Brian Gay

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Patrick Cantlay	$11,300
Will Zalatoris	$9,900
Jason Day	$9,500
Max Homa	$8,800
Matthew NeSmith	$8,000
Maverick McNealy	$7,600
Nick Taylor	$7,600
Joel Dahmen	$7,400
Harry Higgs	$7,200
Brian Gay	$6,600

I'll probably regret not picking Kevin Streelman but it was either him or Max Homa and, with all due respect to Streelman, no one is picking him over Max for anything other than chaperoning a 7th grade field trip. And even then the kids will be pissed that you didn't pick Homa.

                                       THE HAL HOLBROOK MEMORIAL*

                                     HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART 

	DK Price	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Patrick Cantlay	$11,300	T11	DNP	T35	T48	DNP
Paul Casey	$10,400	T64	2nd	T8	DNP	DNP
Daniel Berger	$10,100	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Will Zalatoris	$9,900	DNP	DNP	T68	DNP	DNP
Jordan Spieth	$9,700	T9	T45	T20	1st	T21
Jason Day	$9,500	4th	T4	T2	T5	T11
Si Woo Kim	$9,400	MC	T4	DNP	MC	T35
Francesco Molinari	$9,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Rickie Fowler	$9,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sam Burns	$9,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Cameron Davis	$9,000	T38	T59	MC	DNP	DNP
Kevin Streelman	$8,900	2nd	T7	6th	T14	T17
Max Homa	$8,800	T14	T10	DNP	MC	DNP
Henrik Norlander	$8,700	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	T70
Phil Mickelson	$8,600	3rd	1st	T2	65th	2nd
Cameron Tringale	$8,500	T64	T53	T47	MC	DNP
Brendan Steele	$8,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Alex Noren	$8,300	T32	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brian Harman	$8,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matt Jones	$8,100	T5	T53	MC	T23	T11
James Hahn	$8,000	MC	MC	T26	T58	MC
Matthew NeSmith	$8,000	T11	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chris Kirk	$7,900	MC	DNP	MC	T39	DNP
Brandt Snedeker	$7,800	MC	MC	T20	4th	T35
Peter Malnati	$7,800	T11	MC	T35	MC	T66
Russell Knox	$7,800	MC	T14	T15	MC	DNP
Harold Varner, III	$7,700	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Rafa Cabrera-Bello	$7,700	MC	T22	T26	DNP	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$7,600	T5	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Nick Taylor	$7,600	1st	T28	MC	T10	T30
Patton Kizzire	$7,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chez Reavie	$7,500	T25	T38	T2	MC	T26
Doug Ghim	$7,500	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Scott Stallings	$7,500	MC	3rd	7th	T14	MC
Andrew Putnam	$7,400	DNP	T38	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jim Furyk	$7,400	MC	T14	DNP	T66	DNP
Joel Dahmen	$7,400	T14	DNP	T55	T48	DNP
Kyle Stanley	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T41
Adam Long	$7,300	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Charley Hoffman	$7,300	MC	T61	W/D	MC	DNP
Branden Grace	$7,200	MC	T28	T20	DNP	DNP
Harry Higgs	$7,200	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Stewart Cink	$7,200	T38	DNP	MC	T55	T21
Nate Lashley	$7,100	W/D	T45	MC	DNP	DNP
Pat Perez	$7,100	MC	MC	T35	T14	T41
Scott Piercy	$7,100	T18	T10	T20	T55	DNP
Austin Cook	$7,000	MC	T61	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brian Stuard	$7,000	MC	T45	MC	MC	MC
Vaughn Taylor	$7,000	MC	MC	T55	MC	1ST
Keith Mitchell	$6,900	T32	MC	T47	DNP	DNP
Patrick Rodgers	$6,900	MC	MC	T8	DNP	DNP
Troy Merritt	$6,900	T25	DNP	T8	DNP	MC
Kevin Chappell	$6,800	T25	DNP	T8	T48	MC
Ted Potter, Jr.	$6,800	MC	MC	1st	DNP	DNP
Beau Hossler	$6,700	T38	MC	T43	MC	DNP
Chesson Hadley	$6,700	T18	MC	T35	DNP	MC
K. Aphibarnrat	$6,700	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brian Gay	$6,600	T38	T7	T8	T66	T58
J.B. Holmes	$6,600	T14	MC	MC	T23	T11
Aaron Baddeley	$6,500	T25	MC	T55	T51	T51

Footnote

* We would be remiss if we did not pay homage to Lou Mannheim who sits in the upper echelon of the pantheon devoted to small part characters who made good movies great. 

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