Fantasy Golf: WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play

I had a long weekend and golf has provided me with a short week so we all know what that means . . . a very tight budget of thoughts and recommendations. After last week's Sam Burns debacle, that's definitely a good thing. 

TWEET OF THE WEEK

I kind of want to question who drinks AT the liquor store but who am I to judge? Especially when presented with such clever word play as this.

SUCCINCT GOLF ANALYSIS

The last five winners of this event were Billy Horschel, Kevin Kisner, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson and Jason Day. Players with multiple top fives during that same stretch include Johnson, Kisner, Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen and Alex Noren. Based on this cursory investigation, it would seem that the golf course evens-out some of the match-play advantage that good putters normally have over good ball strikers. 

We also know that non-Americans are better at match play than Americans. It's a widely accepted fact just like the one about Americans not being able to play a bump and run shot and the other one about people from Virginia having no concept how to drive. 

So with all of that and the unpredictability of this event in mind, we're playing it somewhat safe by picking Paul Casey who seems to fit all of the necessary stereotypes. The rest of the top ten is a bit of an international potpourri with an emphasis on past success. And we especially love Erik Van Rooyen as a longshot to make the final four because who wants to play a tempestuous South African James Bond villain? Well I would but I'm thinking that I don't represent the norm.  

One and Done Pick: Paul Casey

Add the menacing moustache,
and this becomes quite the
distracting matchup.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Dustin Johnson 

Sleeper Pick: Erik Van Rooyen 

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Dustin Johnson	$10,000
Paul Casey	$9,100
Louis Oosthuizen	$9,000
Joaquin Niemann	$8,600
Shane Lowry	$8,400
Russell Henley	$7,900
Alex Noren	$7,800
Marc Leishman	$7,500
Bubba Watson	$7,200
Erik Van Rooyen	$6,500

It's time to retire the "memorial" theme for the Historical Performance Chart. While we come-up with some new ideas, we'll pay tribute to the legend of "Boaty McBoatface" and if you are not familiar with it, I would encourage you to waste three minutes of your time by clicking on the link and changing that. 

                                HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

                         MCHISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART FACE

I believe it's worth noting that guys who've played here three or more times without making it to the final sixteen include Daniel Berger, Xander Schauffele, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Webb Simpson. So it has been noted.

	DK PRICE	2021	2019	2018	2017	2016
Jon Rahm	$11,300	T5	T24	T52	2nd	DNP
Scottie Scheffler	$11,000	2nd	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Thomas	$10,700	T42	T24	4th	T39	T61
Collin Morikawa	$10,500	T56	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Viktor Hovland	$10,300	T42	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Patrick Cantlay	$10,200	T18	T24	T17	DNP	DNP
Dustin Johnson	$10,000	T18	T40	T59	1st	T5
Daniel Berger	$9,800	T18	DNP	T59	T39	T61
Xander Schauffele	$9,600	T18	T24	T17	DNP	DNP
Brooks Koepka	$9,400	DNP	T56	DNP	T9	T5
Bryson DeChambeau	$9,300	T42	T40	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tyrell Hatton	$9,200	T56	T9	T9	T17	DNP
Paul Casey	$9,100	T28	T9	T17	T9	T61
Louis Oosthuizen	$9,000	T61	T5	T9	T17	2nd
Jordan Spieth	$8,900	T9	T24	T17	T30	T9
Billy Horschel	$8,800	1st	T24	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matthew Fitzpatrick	$8,700	T18	T61	T36	T17	T38
Joaquin Niemann	$8,600	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Will Zalatoris	$8,600	T28	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Shane Lowry	$8,400	T42	T24	DNP	T51	T51
Sergio Garcia	$8,300	T5	T5	T9	T30	T18
Sungjae Im	$8,200	T42	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Scott	$8,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T28
Tommy Fleetwood	$8,000	T5	T24	T17	T39	DNP
Abraham Ancer	$7,900	T18	T17	DNP	DNP	DNP
Russell Henley	$7,900	T28	DNP	T36	DNP	DNP
Alex Noren	$7,800	DNP	T17	3rd	T5	DNP
Tony Finau	$7,800	T28	T40	T17	DNP	DNP
Max Homa	$7,700	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Talor Gooch	$7,700	T56	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brian Harman	$7,600	T5	DNP	T9	DNP	DNP
Kevin Kisner	$7,600	T18	1st	2nd	T17	T38
Marc Leishman	$7,500	T28	T9	T52	T9	T51
Patrick Reed	$7,500	T28	T24	T9	T51	T9
Jason Kokrak	$7,400	T42	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Webb Simpson	$7,400	T28	T56	T29	T58	DNP
Corey Conners	$7,300	T61	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Robert Macintyre	$7,300	T9	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Bubba Watson	$7,200	T9	T40	1st	T9	T28
C Bezuidenhout	$7,200	T56	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Keith Mitchell	$7,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Si Woo Kim	$7,100	T56	T61	T9	T30	DNP
Cameron Young	$7,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sepp Straka	$7,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Rose	$6,900	DNP	T9	DNP	DNP	T28
Keegan Bradley	$6,900	DNP	55th	T36	DNP	DNP
Thomas Pieters	$6,800	DNP	DNP	T52	T30	T28
Tom Hoge	$6,800	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Harold Varner, III	$6,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Seamus Power	$6,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ian Poulter	$6,600	T9	T17	T5	DNP	T28
Kevin Na	$6,600	T42	T5	T52	T9	17th
Cameron Tringale	$6,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Erik Van Rooyen	$6,500	T9	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Luke List	$6,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Mackenzie Hughes	$6,400	T9	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sebastian Munoz	$6,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Lee Westwood	$6,300	T18	T56	DNP	T17	T38
Matthew Wolff	$6,200	T28	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$6,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Lucas Herbert	$6,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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