Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Fantasy Golf: The ZOZO Championship Preview

The boys in red, white and blue weren't the only ones who took a shellacking at the Ryder Cup as the FGR produced some of the wrongest predictions this side of Wrongtown. We coped by taking a few weeks off from prognosticating and going on a three day bender in Hilton Head, S.C. which included a front nine at Harbortown that was an homage to the Scottie Scheffler/Brooks Koepka alternate shot fiasco. Now we're back and ready to reestablish our winning ways. Or something.   

TWEET OF THE WEEK

I was riding high with Joel on this one . . . until Max went full Loudon Swain on him. 


GOLF ANALYSIS

I'm a sucker for a guy with a chip on his shoulder and Keegan Bradley should be carrying one as big as a toaster after being snubbed from the Ryder Cup team and then watching the listless Americans get obliterated. He's also the defending champ here so there's that.

Not a lot of science behind the other picks from whom I'm actually getting good vibes. Something about having five guys with repeating letters in their names feels a bit magical. Yes, this is what passes for "analysis" in October. 

One and Done Pick: Keegan Bradley
I mean it's not quite waving your
hat at the crowd like a bitch but
we probably could've used at
least some of this passion.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Sahith Theegala

Sleeper Pick: Hayden Buckley

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Sungjae Im

$10,200

Keegan Bradley

$9,200

Sahith Theegala

$9,000

Nicolai Hojgaard

$8,700

Vincent Norrman

$8,400

Adam Schenk

$8,000

Tom Hoge

$7,800

Taylor Moore

$7,500

Cameron Champ

$7,100

Hayden Buckley

$6,900


We've got a limited chart this week due to a limited field, a limited history and a limited writer. Fitting that it honors a man of few words who spoke them so eloquently.

                                   THE IVOR ROBSON MEMORIAL
                             HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

You may notice that there are three American Ryder Cup team members in the field and I picked none of them. There are no coincidences . 

 

DK PRICE

2022

2021

2019

Xander Schauffele

$11,100

T9

T28

T10

Collin Morikawa

$10,800

T45

T7

T22

Sungjae Im

$10,200

T29

DNP

T3

Rickie Fowler

$10,000

T2

T44

DNP

Hideki Matsuyama

$9,800

T40

1st

2nd

Cameron Davis

$9,500

T29

DNP

DNP

Adam Scott

$9,300

DNP

DNP

T33

Keegan Bradley

$9,200

1st

T7

T13

Min Woo Lee

$9,100

DNP

DNP

DNP

Sahith Theegala

$9,000

T5

DNP

DNP

Eric Cole

$8,900

DNP

DNP

DNP

Thomas Detry

$8,800

DNP

DNP

DNP

Nicolai Hojgaard

$8,700

DNP

DNP

DNP

Emiliano Grillo

$8,600

4th

73rd

T30

Beau Hossler

$8,500

T16

DNP

DNP

Vincent Norrman

$8,400

DNP

DNP

DNP

Keith Mitchell

$8,300

DNP

DNP

T27

Adam Svensson

$8,200

T59

DNP

DNP

Alex Noren

$8,100

DNP

T18

DNP

Aaron Rai

$8,000

T36

DNP

DNP

Adam Schenk

$8,000

T16

T28

T22

J.J. Spaun

$7,900

T25

DNP

DNP

Justin Suh

$7,900

DNP

DNP

DNP

Garrick Higgo

$7,800

DNP

T75

DNP

Tom Hoge

$7,800

T9

17th

DNP

Ben Griffin

$7,700

DNP

DNP

DNP

Matt Wallace

$7,700

T64

T4

DNP

Mark Hubbard

$7,600

66th

DNP

DNP

Michael Kim

$7,500

DNP

DNP

DNP

Nick Hardy

$7,500

DNP

DNP

DNP

Taylor Moore

$7,500

T12

DNP

DNP

Akshay Bhatia

$7,400

DNP

DNP

DNP

Kurt Kitayama

$7,400

T29

DNP

DNP

S.E. Kim

$7,400

DNP

DNP

DNP

Nick Taylor

$7,300

DNP

DNP

DNP

Joel Dahmen

$7,200

T16

DNP

76th

Cameron Champ

$7,100

8th

DNP

DNP

Taylor Montgomery

$7,100

DNP

DNP

DNP

Dylan Wu

$7,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

Sam Ryder

$7,000

T36

T7

DNP

Hayden Buckley

$6,900

T5

DNP

DNP

K.H. Lee

$6,900

T59

T18

DNP

Brandon Wu

$6,900

T29

DNP

DNP

Davis Riley

$6,800

T67

DNP

DNP

Matthew NeSmith

$6,800

T9

T48

DNP

Mackenzie Hughes

$6,700

T23

T4

DNP


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