Fantasy Golf: The Valero Texas Open Preview

I got nothing this week. No historically bad rounds. No work-related anecdotes. No bar fights. Just a pedestrian 76 on Saturday, a few strongly worded emails to dimwitted customers and the usual glares and F-bombs for those on the Baltimore beltway who think they possess left lane ambition but clearly don't. Listen-up people, the left lane is for criminals . . . the left lane is for deviants . . . the left lane is for vigilantes.  

Speaking of ambition, I need to find some for these golf picks. This is getting a bit out of control as I wasn't even in the vicinity of a winning pick last week. If good gambling advice was VIP parking, I was five miles away in Lot QQ waiting for a shuttle bus that broke down two hours ago.  

GOLF ANALYSIS

With that being said, I'm so confident that this is where Denny McCarthy gets his first win that I'm picking him to do that AND finish in the top five ("who's gonna tell him?"). TPC San Antonio is a silly golf course that rewards his style of play along with that of guys like Corey Conners and Charley Hoffman. It's basically a red carpet for "C" list players. 

I toyed with the idea of Jordan Spieth here and still am. He's back to the place where you should probably use him somewhere and this seems like as a good a place as any. I'm going to need to see more before he's back to being my British Open lock but frankly this season feels like a messy Jordan Spieth round so maybe it's meant to be. 

Place	Player	Odds
Winner	Denny McCarthy	+2800
Top 5	Denny McCarthy	+500
Top 10	Bud Cauley	+400
Top 10	Charley Hoffman	+500
Top 20	Chandler Phillips	+550

One and Done Pick: Denny McCarthy

A fitting pick as we enter a
new era of McCarthyism.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Corey Conners 

Sleeper Pick: Chandler Phillips 

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Corey Conners	$10,100
Jordan Spieth	$9,700
Denny McCarthy	$9,000
Si Woo Kim	$8,700
Bud Cauley	$8,300
Maverick McNealy	$8,100
Gary Woodland	$7,800
Charley Hoffman	$7,400
Beau Hossler	$7,200
Chandler Phillips	$6,600

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Say what you will about the unique career of Val Kilmer but there may not be another actor in history who could've pulled-off Doc Holiday, Jim Morrison AND Iceman (along with the iconic role referenced below). Throw in Heat and True Romance . . . holy shit what a great ride. In Vino Veritas!

                                   THE CHRIS KNIGHT MEMORIAL

                              HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART 

Not mentioned above but also worthy of consideration are Matt Kuchar, Adam Schenk and Ben Martin who have combined for seven top tens in the last five tournaments at this dog track. Please note, however, that they are longshots for a reason. 

	DK Price	2024	2023	2022	2021	2019
Ludvig Aberg	$10,800	T14	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Tommy Fleetwood	$10,700	T7	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Patrick Cantlay	$10,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Corey Conners	$10,100	T25	1st	T35	T14	1st
Hideki Matsuyama	$9,900	T7	T15	W/D	T30	DNP
Jordan Spieth	$9,700	T10	DNP	T35	1st	T30
Keegan Bradley	$9,500	DNP	DNP	T8	T23	DNP
Akshay Bhatia	$9,300	1st	T46	DNP	MC	DNP
Daniel Berger	$9,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC
Denny McCarthy	$9,000	2nd	DNP	T18	T34	MC
Keith Mitchell	$8,900	T14	DNP	DNP	T17	DNP
Tony Finau	$8,800	DNP	DNP	T29	MC	T61
Si Woo Kim	$8,700	DNP	T39	T13	T23	T4
Sam Burns	$8,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC	T23
J.T. Poston	$8,500	DNP	DNP	T41	T67	T67
Tom Kim	$8,400	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Bud Cauley	$8,300	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC
Jacob Bridgeman	$8,200	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$8,100	T58	DNP	T35	DNP	DNP
Sam Stevens	$8,000	T14	2nd	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$7,900	T39	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jake Knapp	$7,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matt Fitzpatrick	$7,800	T10	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Gary Woodland	$7,800	DNP	DNP	T8	T6	DNP
Rickie Fowler	$7,700	MC	T10	MC	T17	T17
Harry Hall	$7,700	T58	T28	DNP	DNP	DNP
Kurt Kitayama	$7,600	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ryan Gerard	$7,600	DNP	T56	DNP	DNP	DNP
Brian Harman	$7,500	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC
Lee Hodges	$7,500	MC	T6	MC	DNP	DNP
Andrew Novak	$7,500	T58	9th	MC	DNP	DNP
Ryan Fox	$7,500	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Patrick Rodgers	$7,400	W/D	5th	T58	MC	DNP
Charley Hoffman	$7,400	T69	T22	MC	2nd	2nd
Tom Hoge	$7,400	DNP	DNP	DNP	T12	MC
Matt Kuchar	$7,300	MC	T3	T2	T12	T7
Alex Smalley	$7,300	MC	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Justin Rose	$7,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Seamus Power	$7,300	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	MC
Eric Cole	$7,200	MC	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP
Beau Hossler	$7,200	T78	T46	T4	T69	T36
Andrew Putnam	$7,200	T14	T28	T41	MC	T36
Sam Ryder	$7,200	MC	T3	DNP	MC	T42
Thor Olesen	$7,200	T14	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jesper Svensson	$7,200	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Victor Perez	$7,100	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matt Wallace	$7,100	DNP	T28	MC	3rd	DNP
Mac Meissner	$7,100	T10	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Cameron Young	$7,100	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Max Homa	$7,000	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	T42
Doug Ghim	$7,000	MC	MC	MC	T44	DNP
Matti Schmid	$7,000	T69	T46	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chan Kim	$7,000	T14	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ryo Hisatune	$7,000	T78	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Max McGreavy	$7,000	DNP	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Emiliano Grillo	$6,900	DNP	T53	DNP	DNP	DNP
Joel Dahmen	$6,900	MC	DNP	DNP	74th	T69
Alejandro Tosti	$6,900	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Erik Van Rooyen	$6,800	MC	MC	DNP	T14	DNP
Adam Schenk	$6,700	T5	MC	MC	MC	T7
Ben Martin	$6,700	T7	T10	T63	T34	DNP
Mark Hubbard	$6,600	T25	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chandler Phillips	$6,600	MC	T64	DNP	DNP	DNP
Lanto Griffin	$6,500	T51	T15	T53	T34	DNP
Luke List	$6,500	DNP	T39	T53	T17	MC
Nate Lashley	$6,400	T39	MC	T18	MC	DNP