Fantasy Golf: The Valspar Championship Preview

Well this season is now officially a disaster. Five of my ten picks have missed the cut and the two guys leading my league (who should clearly be writing this instead of me) just picked Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler the last two weeks. I now sit over $8M out of the lead and we're not even halfway through March. The one bright side is that Jon Rahm and Will Zalatoris are the only two top twenty players I've picked . . . which may be part of the problem (um you think?).   

Anyway, it's going to be a thin preview because my mojo is circling the drain. Maybe a semi sabbatical is what I need to get back on track. At least that's what I'm telling myself. 

TWEET OF THE WEEK

This tweet falls squarely into the category of "if you know . . . you know." 

Phone Call With Dad Just Watered-Down Version Of Phone Call With Mom https://t.co/fEKEytkthv pic.twitter.com/Ui5NJmcb4F

— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 12, 2023

GOLF ANALYSIS

Really what's there to say when you're only hitting on made cuts at a rate of 50%? There were about twenty players I would've picked ahead of Scheffler last week. Clearly this would be the week for prudence in the name of two time defending champion Sam Burns. But fuck all that. I'd rather go down in a blaze of recklessness. 

So with that being said, I'm taking Justin Suh. Why? Who cares? And my other guy is Denny McCarthy because he already screwed me with a missed cut and at the rate I'm going, he's going to double down on that with a win. Besides, my strategy this week is to only pick guys with "N's" in their names and Denny's got two of them. Like I said. Fuck all that.

One and Done Pick: Justin Suh

Welcome to the FGR kid.
It ain't for the faint of heart.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Denny McCarthy 

Sleeper Pick: Luke Donald 

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Justin Thomas	$10,900
Justin Rose	$9,600
Denny McCarthy	$9,300
Justin Suh	$8,900
Ben Griffin	$8,400
Byeong Hun An	$7,900
Nick Taylor	$7,600
Joel Dahmen	$7,500
Matthew NeSmith	$7,200
Luke Donald	$6,800

This week's chart honors the recently passed (and apparently dissed at the Oscars) Tom Sizemore who from 1993 through 2001 played key roles in six iconic films (True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Heat, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan and Bringing Out the Dead). Look we recognize the man had his battles that included credible and condemnable allegations of domestic abuse but it's hard to imagine those roles played by anyone else.  

                                          THE TOM SIZEMORE MEMORIAL

                                       HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

Not reflected in this week's chart is that fact that Jordan Spieth won this thing back in 2015. Also, Luke Donald had back to back T4's in 2013 and 2014. Just thought you should know. 

	DK Price	2022	2021	2019	2018	2017
Justin Thomas	$10,900	T3	T13	DNP	DNP	MC
Jordan Spieth	$10,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Sam Burns	$10,200	1st	1st	T30	T12	DNP
Matt Fitzpatrick	$10,000	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tommy Fleetwood	$9,800	T16	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Rose	$9,600	DNP	MC	DNP	T5	DNP
Keegan Bradley	$9,400	MC	2nd	MC	T31	T58
Denny McCarthy	$9,300	T48	T39	T9	DNP	DNP
Adam Hadwin	$9,200	T7	MC	MC	T12	1st
Brian Harman	$9,100	T5	DNP	MC	DNP	MC
Davis Riley	$9,000	2nd	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Suh	$8,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Wyndham Clark	$8,800	MC	DNP	DNP	T37	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$8,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Gary Woodland	$8,600	T21	MC	MC	DNP	T58
Brandon Wu	$8,500	T33	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$8,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Taylor Moore	$8,300	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Aaron Rai	$8,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
J.T. Poston	$8,100	MC	T54	MC	DNP	T14
K.H. Lee	$8,000	DNP	T29	W/D	DNP	DNP
Byeong Hun An	$7,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC	T49
Stephen Jaeger	$7,800	MC	DNP	MC	T49	DNP
Victor Perez	$7,800	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jhonattan Vegas	$7,700	T27	T48	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ludvig Aberg	$7,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Garrick Higgo	$7,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nick Taylor	$7,600	T70	MC	T24	MC	T62
Akshay Bhatia	$7,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Joel Dahmen	$7,500	T39	DNP	T30	DNP	DNP
Robby Shelton	$7,500	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Will Gordon	$7,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Alex Smalley	$7,400	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Beau Hossler	$7,400	DNP	T39	MC	MC	MC
Ben Martin	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	T46	T52
Erik Van Rooyen	$7,400	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Pierceson Coody	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
David Lingmerth	$7,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	T64	T27
Eric Cole	$7,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sam Ryder	$7,300	MC	MC	MC	T68	DNP
Tyler Duncan	$7,300	T25	T39	MC	MC	DNP
Webb Simpson	$7,300	T48	DNP	MC	T8	T41
Luke List	$7,200	DNP	MC	DNP	T16	T27
Matthew NeSmith	$7,200	T3	T21	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Schenk	$7,100	MC	T18	MC	T59	DNP
Lee Hodges	$7,100	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Martin Laird	$7,100	MC	MC	DNP	MC	MC
Kevin Kisner	$7,000	T33	MC	T24	DNP	DNP
Stewart Cink	$7,000	T7	DNP	MC	T31	T27
Charley Hoffman	$6,900	MC	T18	T18	MC	MC
Harry Higgs	$6,900	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Russell Knox	$6,900	T57	T21	T24	T16	MC
Luke Donald	$6,800	T16	T54	T9	T64	MC
Troy Merritt	$6,800	T27	T8	DNP	MC	MC
Zach Johnson	$6,800	MC	T29	T24	T16	DNP
Kevin Streelman	$6,700	T7	MC	MC	MC	T18
Lucas Glover	$6,700	DNP	T48	T13	T74	T18
Ryan Moore	$6,600	DNP	T39	MC	MC	T18
Doug Ghim	$6,500	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP

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