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

Let's start with an update on the FGR Top 100 Movies of All-Time list which has taken on a life of its own. I would encourage everyone to try this exercise, if for no other reason so that you too can wake-up at 3:45 a.m. in a cold sweat thinking "there's a Matt Dillon movie that I'm forgetting!" (It was The Flamingo Kid and then I was up for the next hour tossing and turning over whether I should consider To Die For and Drugstore Cowboy . . . and WILD THINGS?!?")

I currently have 141 movies under consideration and I don't feel like I can start breaking them down until I stop adding two new ones a day. At this point, I estimate that there at least 35 that I haven't thought of yet and I won't remember at least 15 of those until I publish it at which point I expect that people will send me very polity emails starting with "Dear Dumbass . . ." Eh. I've been called worse.

TWEET OF THE WEEK

This Rory clip and why I love it so are going to require a bit of setup. First, I have an unabashed crush on Rory (we know). Second, and more importantly, there has been a recent proliferation of vile scumbags in our everyday midst spurred on by the internet and media personalities who feast on the desire of some people to just be hot and bothered all day. These types of people range anywhere from your psychos who stalk members of the local school board because they haven't banned Charlotte's Web yet to the losers who write multi-paragraph comments on Facebook posts. They're bad enough. Obviously. 

But then you have another group of people who aren't satisfied if we just barely tolerate and attempt to ignore these loons. No they want us to be cordial and walk around with a perennially extended olive branch. Rise above our differences and find common ground so feelings don't get hurt and we can all just be comfortable. That's the guy asking the question in this clip.   

And Rory is like fuuuuuuuck that. Only he says it with nothing more than a look and a shrug that hopefully had that jackass crawling under his chair in shame. And while we're here, a special fuck you from me to everyone calling Rory self-righteous because he won't give the time of day to a complete subhuman who deserves zero respect. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to be practicing these faces in the mirror. 

HOWLING pic.twitter.com/78dDcVM2Be

— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) January 25, 2023

GOLF ANALYSIS

The FGR theory on Jordan Spieth until proven otherwise is that, if you truly believe in him, then you save him for the Masters or the British Open. If, however, you find yourself wavering, then use him at Pebble Beach where he has a runner-up and a T3 the last two years to go along with a win in 2017. My current faith is just strong enough to save him and see how the next few weeks go. Worst case, he's still a good fit at Harbour Town. 

Matthew Fitzpatrick drew very serious consideration this week but he's got a nice record on the Florida swing and very much has that Adam Scott/Webb Simpson one major + a Players title vibe. As for Viktor Hovland, he is absolutely contending in at least two majors this year if not winning as many so please don't take the bait and waste him here. 

With that, the pick this week came down to Seamus Power or Maverick McNealy. It was close but we're going with the heartwarming story of the local underdog Stanford grad and son of the guy who cofounded Sun Microsystems. We're just kind of sappy that way. 

The overall field is kind of low-grade dogfood but we actually feel pretty good about picks like Nick Taylor and Scott Stallings. And we love Jimmy Walker in the sleeper role. Yes he's 44 years old but but he finished T13 last week and Johnny "Yips" Miller walked out of the booth and won this thing when he was 46 for chrissakes. 

Currently sitting just outside
the top 100 but it's still very
early in the analytical process.

One and Done Pick: Maverick McNealy

Other Guy I'd Pick: Jordan Spieth 

Sleeper Pick: Jimmy Walker

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Jordan Spieth	$10,600
Maverick McNealy	$9,600
Denny McCarthy	$9,200
Joel Dahmen	$9,000
Taylor Moore	$8,300
Nick Taylor	$8,000
Scott Stallings	$7,900
Lanto Griffin	$7,600
Troy Merritt	$7,200
Jimmy Walker	$6,900

Speaking of The Flamingo Kid, let's go ahead and pay tribute to an actor who nailed two of the most iconic movie roles of the 80's. One minute he was offering you a Lowenbrau while running a low level con game at a Long Island beach club and the next minute he was warning Barney Fife to stop trying to catch a guy who's been trained "to eat things that would make a billy goat puke!" (Shit now I need to add that to the list).

                                       THE RICHARD FUCKING CRENNA

                                     HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

As noted above, this field ain't much to look at as evidenced by the fact that, based on past results, you may find yourself seriously considering Russell Knox, Nate Lashley and Ryan Moore this week. 

	DK Price	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Jordan Spieth	$10,600	2nd	T3	T9	T45	T20
Viktor Hovland	$10,300	DNP	DNP	T38	DNP	DNP
Matt Fitzpatrick	$10,100	T6	DNP	T60	MC	DNP
Tom Hoge	$10,000	1st	12th	T60	MC	MC
Seamus Power	$9,800	T9	MC	T38	DNP	MC
Andrew Putnam	$9,700	T6	T55	DNP	T38	DNP
"Maverick"	$9,600	T33	2nd	T5	DNP	MC
Justin Rose	$9,500	62nd	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Denny McCarthy	$9,200	T12	MC	DNP	DNP	T66
Keith Mitchell	$9,100	T12	MC	T32	MC	T47
Joel Dahmen	$9,000	T6	T60	T14	DNP	T55
Taylor Pendrith	$8,900	T49	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ty Detry	$8,800	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Alex Smalley	$8,700	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$8,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Kevin Kisner	$8,500	MC	DNP	T38	T28	MC
Dean Burmeister	$8,400	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Taylor Moore	$8,300	T16	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
David Lipsky	$8,200	T24	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Trey Mullinax	$8,100	T28	DNP	DNP	T22	T47
Nick Taylor	$8,000	T14	T39	1st	T28	MC
Erik Van Rooyen	$8,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brendon Todd	$7,900	T16	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Scott Stallings	$7,900	MC	T30	MC	3rd	7th
Davis Riley	$7,800	T49	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Robby Shelton	$7,800	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
S.H. Kim	$7,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nick Hardy	$7,700	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Webb Simpson	$7,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Lanto Griffin	$7,600	T16	DNP	T9	DNP	MC
Will Gordon	$7,600	T21	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Kurt Kitayama	$7,500	MC	DNP	T18	DNP	DNP
Russell Knox	$7,500	T33	T7	MC	T14	T15
Ryan Palmer	$7,500	MC	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Beau Hossler	$7,400	3rd	T47	T38	MC	T43
Ben An	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Josh Bramlett	$7,400	MC	T63	T18	DNP	DNP
Garrick Higgo	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Greyson Sigg	$7,300	T33	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matthew NeSmith	$7,300	MC	T16	T11	DNP	DNP
Nate Lashley	$7,300	T28	T5	W/D	T45	MC
Justin Suh	$7,300	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Adam Long	$7,200	DNP	MC	MC	MC	DNP
Scott Piercy	$7,200	MC	T50	T18	T10	T20
Troy Merritt	$7,200	T4	T16	T25	DNP	T8
Callum Tarren	$7,200	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Taylor	$7,200	T50	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Lower	$7,200	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Aaron Baddeley	$7,100	MC	MC	T25	MC	T55
Harry Higgs	$7,100	DNP	MC	T18	DNP	DNP
Kevin Streelman	$7,100	MC	13th	2nd	T7	6th
Danny Willett	$7,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brandon Wu	$7,100	MC	DNP	T38	DNP	DNP
Charley Hoffman	$7,000	W/D	T7	MC	T61	W/D
Dylan Frittelli	$7,000	T24	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Mark Hubbard	$7,000	T33	T55	MC	DNP	DNP
Austin Cook	$6,900	T42	MC	MC	T61	DNP
Doug Ghim	$6,900	DNP	T21	MC	MC	DNP
Jimmy Walker	$6,900	T33	MC	MC	MC	T8
Luke Donald	$6,900	T42	MC	T55	DNP	MC
Chesson Hadley	$6,800	MC	MC	T18	MC	T35
Doc Redman	$6,800	T33	DNP	T50	DNP	DNP
Lucas Glover	$6,800	MC	DNP	T50	T7	DNP
Peter Malnati	$6,800	T42	MC	T11	MC	T35
Satoshi Kodaira	$6,800	T33	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Andrew Landry	$6,700	MC	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Ryan Armour	$6,700	T28	T47	MC	MC	T20
Ryan Moore	$6,600	T42	T26	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sean O'Hair	$6,600	DNP	T16	T50	DNP	T73

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