Fantasy Golf: The Wyndham Championship Preview

Unfortunately, there will be no recap of last weekend's attempt to win the Senior Club Championship because there was no damn Senior Club Championship played due to overnight monsoons which meant carts couldn't go out and not everyone can walk so it wouldn't be fair . . . blah blah blah. Hey, the fair comes to town once a year and I guess it was last weekend.

Anyway, the cancelled golf allowed me the opportunity to watch Scottie Scheffler do exactly what I said he was going to do on Sunday because that's just what the man does. Say what you will about my aversion to picking the best player in the world to win golf tournaments but at least the two times I actually did pick him, he delivered. 

Now we get back to the closing stretch of the PGA Tour season and I'm currently sitting on $17,821,660 for the year which puts me a scant $51,676 out of the lead with three tournaments to play. To quote the great William H. Macey, I've got a blind date with destiny . . . and it looks like she's ordered the lobster. 

TWEET OF THE WEEK

My son asked me yesterday if I'd ever buy a Tesla and I couldn't have said "no" faster had he asked me if I ever wanted to go bird watching with Bryson DeChambeau. The net societal gain would be astronomical if someone could figure-out how to Pied-Piper those vehicles and their primary drivers into the ocean with a triple bonus if one of those drivers happened to be the owner of the company. With that being said, I do still enjoy the entertainment of his social media site thanks to posts like this from my tech namesake. 

Awful to hear about Elon Musk. Nothing has happened to him it's just fucking awful every time you have to hear his stupid name and see his stupid face.

— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) August 5, 2024

GOLF ANALYSIS

I wish I could say that I craftily saved Sungjae Im for this spot but this pick was meant to be Russell Henley who inexplicably isn't playing. Billy Horschel is appealing but I'm going with the guy who's played here five times, never finished worse than T24 and has a scoring average under 67. However, it's a close call . . . really fucking close.  

If I hadn't already picked him (the week he won . . . hey now), I'd strongly consider going with Davis Thompson who struggled overseas but has that look of a player who will light-up this track. I like his top five odds (+550) right behind top ten wagers on Taylor Moore (+500) and Patrick Fishburn (+750). 

And as has become a somewhat successful tradition of late, I've got one of the Bens in the sleeper spot. This week Kohles gets the nod over Silverman but you can't go wrong with either of them as they both roll-in playing some steady if not spectacular golf. I mean think about it. When has a guy named "Ben" ever let you down?

Sungjae on a roll is never a bad pick
and my man has been on a roll.

One and Done Pick: Sungjae Im

Other Guy I'd Pick: Davis Thompson

Sleeper Pick: Ben Kohles

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Sungjae Im	$10,700
Cameron Young	$9,700
Davis Thompson	$9,200
Cam Davis	$8,900
Thomas Detry	$8,400
Maverick McNealy	$8,100
J.T. Poston	$7,900
Taylor Moore	$7,500
Patrick Fishburn	$7,200
Ben Kohles	$6,900

I spent about ten minutes trying to come-up with a catchy name for this week's chart and that already feels like eight minutes too many so here you go.

                                      THE GODDAMN HISTORICAL

                                          PERFORMANCE CHART 

Si Woo Kim, Webb Simpson and Brendon Todd all warrant some attention based on their strong track records but none of them quite moved the needle for me this week as they lack the pure animal magnetism of a guy like J.T. Poston.

	DK Price	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Sungjae Im	$10,700	T14	T2	T24	T9	T6
Shane Lowry	$10,300	T51	T83	DNP	T23	DNP
Billy Horschel	$10,200	4th	T27	DNP	2nd	T6
Si Woo Kim	$10,000	T33	W/D	T2	T3	5th
Cameron Young	$9,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jordan Spieth	$9,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	T72	T78
Brian Harman	$9,300	DNP	T71	MC	T27	T6
Davis Thompson	$9,200	T22	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Akshay Bhatia	$9,100	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Min Woo Lee	$9,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Cam Davis	$8,900	T7	DNP	DNP	T15	T22
Aaron Rai	$8,800	MC	T71	DNP	DNP	DNP
C. Bezuidenhout	$8,700	T51	T47	DNP	T37	DNP
Luke Clanton	$8,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Keegan Bradley	$8,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Thomas Detry	$8,400	21st	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Robert Macintyre	$8,300	DNP	DNP	T65	DNP	DNP
Nicolai Hojgaard	$8,200	T14	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$8,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Harris English	$8,000	T33	MC	DNP	T23	T39
Jhonattan Vegas	$8,000	DNP	DNP	T15	MC	DNP
J.T. Poston	$7,900	T7	T21	MC	MC	1st
Kurt Kitayama	$7,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Erik Van Rooyen	$7,800	MC	DNP	T37	DNP	MC
Keith Mitchell	$7,800	DNP	T54	T55	MC	DNP
Eric Cole	$7,700	T14	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Justin Rose	$7,700	DNP	T54	T10	MC	MC
Will Zalatoris	$7,600	DNP	T21	T29	DNP	DNP
Max Greyserman	$7,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ryan Fox	$7,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Denny McCarthy	$7,500	MC	MC	T15	T9	T22
Taylor Moore	$7,500	T22	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP
Stephan Jaeger	$7,500	T14	T13	DNP	DNP	MC
Nick Dunlap	$7,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Patrick Rodgers	$7,400	MC	T36	MC	T66	T81
Adam Svensson	$7,400	T7	T78	DNP	DNP	T31
Lucas Glover	$7,400	1st	T54	MC	MC	T72
Mackenzie Hughes	$7,400	MC	MC	T37	DNP	T22
Matt Kuchar	$7,300	T38	DNP	T29	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$7,300	MC	4th	DNP	DNP	DNP
Doug Ghim	$7,300	T51	MC	MC	MC	DNP
Matt Wallace	$7,300	T45	MC	DNP	MC	DNP
Sam Stevens	$7,300	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Hadwin	$7,200	MC	DNP	T10	DNP	MC
J.J. Spaun	$7,200	T38	MC	MC	MC	T69
Patrick Fishburn	$7,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Alex Smalley	$7,100	MC	T13	T29	DNP	DNP
Mark Hubbard	$7,100	MC	T61	T51	T15	DNP
Webb Simpson	$7,100	T5	W/D	T7	T3	2nd
Austin Eckroat	$7,100	MC	DNP	T37	DNP	DNP
Andrew Novak	$7,100	T33	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Mac Meissner	$7,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Harry Hall	$7,100	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brendon Todd	$7,000	T7	T36	T10	MC	DNP
Andrew Putnam	$7,000	T27	T27	MC	DNP	DNP
K.H. Lee	$7,000	MC	T61	T24	MC	MC
C.T. Pan	$7,000	T64	W/D	T29	T69	DNP
Emiliano Grillo	$7,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jake Knapp	$7,000	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Beau Hossler	$6,900	MC	DNP	T65	MC	MC
Adam Schenk	$6,900	T64	MC	MC	T51	MC
Ben Kohles	$6,900	DNP	T54	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Silverman	$6,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC
Chesson Hadley	$6,800	T33	T8	T15	T51	T53
Daniel Berger	$6,800	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T39
Lee Hodges	$6,800	DNP	T47	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nick Taylor	$6,800	DNP	T81	T10	DNP	MC
Justin Suh	$6,700	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Cameron Champ	$6,700	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	MC
Matthew NeSmith	$6,700	T62	T36	DNP	T42	DNP
Charley Hoffman	$6,700	T12	T68	DNP	MC	MC
Gary Woodland	$6,600	T27	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Davis Riley	$6,600	MC	T13	DNP	DNP	DNP
Joel Dahmen	$6,600	T64	T81	MC	DNP	T53
Nick Hardy	$6,500	T27	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sam Ryder	$6,500	T38	T61	T35	MC	T60
Kevin Kisner	$6,300	DNP	W/D	1st	T3	DNP
Chez Reavie	$6,200	T27	T47	MC	MC	T48

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