Fantasy Golf: The Memorial Preview

Woe be the poor sucker who casually mentions Monday's NCAA lacrosse championship game to me with no appreciation for the rabbit hole that he/she has unwittingly decided to enter. You either watched it or you didn't and I will not judge because, despite the westward/southward expansion of the sport from its Maryland/New York roots, the final four of Duke, North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia was still more provincial than an Australian Rules Football game. 

But if you did watch it, holy shit did you witness what had to be one of the greatest title games of all-time in any sport. And suffice it to say that I have opinions. Especially since my team lost. I will not chase down every one of them here but . . . 

• I can't fathom why Bernhardt didn't have the ball in his stick more unless he was hurt.  
• The jawing between the coaches was sweet music for those of us who never hesitated to let another coach know that he was acting like a jackass. 
• Why didn't Maryland chuck the ball out of bounds and start the EMO with more time on the clock at the end? (I stole that one from a guy on Twitter). 
• Virginia shot the ball like the best gunslinger in the west and Maryland did not. That movie ends the same way every time.   

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Merging the lacrosse theme with this website's supposed theme we pay tribute to the Duke lacrosse moms who predictably ruined the quarterfinal viewing experience by shrieking directly into the telecast's on-field microphone for two straight hours (honorable mention to the dumbass who placed it within their range). The only thing Duke lacrosse moms like doing more than donning white jeans, drinking two glasses of Pinot Grigio and yelling sports gibberish at their kids is documenting and reporting homeowner's association violations. 

GOLF ANALYSIS FOR THOSE ACTUALLY STILL READING

The Memorial has arguably the most consistently impressive roster of champions since Roger "Hollow Leg" Maltbie won the first one in 1976. Tiger Woods, Jack Niclaus, Tom Watson, Hale Irwin and Greg Norman have each won it multiple times and we're currently on a run of Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau plus Collin Morikawa in a playoff over Justin Thomas if you count last year's Workday Charity Open (which I do). 

My gut tells me this year's winner is coming from the $7,500 - $8,500 range but for now I'm penciling-in Cantlay with Thomas as the alternate. I may, however, pull a bait and switch with Rickie Fowler or Matthew Wallace. That normally goes against every superstitious bone in my body (and by that I mean every bone in my body) but it worked at the PGA Championship where I swapped-out Rahm for Louis Oosthuizen and now I'm intrigued. Very intrigued. 

For the record I'm going to pick Talor Gooch every week until he wins. Even in the weeks he's not playing. The guy keeps making cuts and plays some of his best golf against tough fields as evidenced by a T5 at The Players (where I didn't recommend him) and a T12 at the Genesis Invitational. He's either going to breakthrough or break me. Only time will tell. 

One and Done Pick: Patrick Cantlay

That hand on your back belongs
to all of us. COME ON RICKIE!!!

Other Guy I'd Pick: Justin Thomas 

Sleeper Pick: Talor Gooch

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Justin Thomas	$10,200
Patrick Cantlay	$9,500
Matthew Fitzpatrick	$8,700
Billy Horschel	$8,100
Rickie Fowler	$8,000
Gary Woodland	$7,900
Kevin Streelman	$7,500
Matthew Wallace	$7,400
Brendon Todd	$7,200
Talor Gooch	$7,100

                 THE DUKE SUCKS HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART 

As alluded to above, they played back-to-back events at Muirfield last year so I've included the Workday Charity Open results. As also alluded to above, there are a lot of top tens in that mid-range group. Take notice and pay heed my friends.   

	DK Price	2020	WDAY	2019	2018	2017
Jordan Spieth	$11,300	T13	MC	T7	MC	T13
Jon Rahm	$11,100	1st	T27	DNP	DNP	MC
B. DeChambeau	$10,900	MC	DNP	T22	1st	DNP
Rory McIlroy	$10,600	T32	DNP	MC	T8	DNP
Collin Morikawa	$10,400	T48	1st	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Thomas	$10,200	T18	2nd	MC	T8	T4
Viktor Hovland	$9,900	T48	3rd	DNP	DNP	DNP
Xander Schauffele	$9,700	T13	T14	T14	MC	DNP
Patrick Cantlay	$9,500	T32	T7	1st	4th	T35
Hideki Matsuyama	$9,400	MC	T22	6th	T13	T45
Corey Conners	$9,300	T22	T39	T65	DNP	DNP
Tony Finau	$9,200	8th	DNP	MC	T13	T40
Patrick Reed	$9,100	T10	T39	DNP	T29	T57
Scottie Scheffler	$9,000	T22	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sam Burns	$8,900	DNP	T17	W/D	81st	DNP
Joaquin Niemann	$8,800	MC	T31	T27	T6	DNP
M. Fitzpatrick	$8,700	3rd	T27	T68	DNP	DNP
Cameron Smith	$8,600	T68	DNP	MC	MC	T65
Louis Oosthuizen	$8,500	T54	T65	T57	T13	DNP
Shane Lowry	$8,400	MC	T39	DNP	T52	T15
Charley Hoffman	$8,300	DNP	T7	MC	MC	T45
Sungjae Im	$8,200	MC	63rd	T57	DNP	DNP
Billy Horschel	$8,100	T13	T7	T9	MC	MC
Keegan Bradley	$8,000	T68	T39	MC	T23	MC
Rickie Fowler	$8,000	MC	T22	T14	T8	T2
Adam Scott	$7,900	DNP	DNP	2nd	T35	T31
Gary Woodland	$7,900	T22	T5	T52	T23	T49
Bubba Watson	$7,800	T32	MC	DNP	T44	T6
Marc Leishman	$7,800	T40	MC	5th	T62	T15
Emiliano Grillo	$7,700	MC	MC	T9	T23	T40
Jason Day	$7,700	T4	T7	MC	T44	T15
C. Bezuidenhout	$7,600	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Cameron Tringale	$7,600	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Kevin Streelman	$7,500	T54	T7	4th	T44	T13
Max Homa	$7,500	MC	MC	T37	DNP	DNP
Stewart Cink	$7,500	T62	T17	DNP	MC	T25
Charl Schwartzel	$7,400	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	T35
Matt Kuchar	$7,400	T32	T39	MC	T13	T4
Matt Wallace	$7,400	T4	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chris Kirk	$7,300	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP	MC
Patton Kizzire	$7,300	DNP	MC	MC	T74	MC
Brendon Todd	$7,200	T22	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Doug Ghim	$7,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Lucas Glover	$7,200	T38	DNP	T52	T52	T45
Russell Henley	$7,200	DNP	T7	DNP	T29	DNP
Harold Varner, III	$7,100	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	T19
Matt Jones	$7,100	DNP	T14	T41	DNP	DNP
Sebastian Munoz	$7,100	T48	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Talor Gooch	$7,100	MC	T17	MC	DNP	DNP
Aaron Wise	$7,000	DNP	MC	MC	MC	DNP
Cameron Davis	$7,000	DNP	MC	DNP	MC	DNP
Carlos Ortiz	$7,000	T48	T61	MC	DNP	DNP
Charles Howell, III	$7,000	T48	MC	MC	T65	DNP
K.H. Lee	$7,000	DNP	T35	T37	DNP	DNP
C.T. Pan	$6,900	T44	T48	DNP	DNP	T40
Harry Higgs	$6,900	MC	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Joel Dahmen	$6,900	74th	MC	T68	DNP	DNP
Troy Merritt	$6,900	MC	T22	T17	DNP	DNP
Alex Noren	$6,800	MC	DNP	T41	DNP	DNP
Branden Grace	$6,800	MC	DNP	MC	T52	DNP
Lanto Griffin	$6,800	T44	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Hadwin	$6,700	T54	T35	T52	T74	MC
Cameron Champ	$6,700	MC	67th	MC	DNP	DNP
Martn Laird	$6,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	T23	T52
Mackenzie Hughes	$6,600	T6	T48	DNP	MC	DNP
Brendan Steele	$6,500	T13	T52	T41	DNP	T57
Jason Dufner	$6,200	T44	T56	T7	MC	1st

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