Fantasy Golf: The Zurich Classic Preview

I played a very "Rory on Sunday at Augusta" like of round of golf yesterday that ended with a tap-in birdie on 18 after which I retired to the bar and applied my modest winnings towards a bottle of the house's finest Pinot Grigio. Later in the evening, I attempted to write this post and was reminded for the umpteenth time that only certain people can put words to the page drunk and I am definitely not one of them. 

So instead of the meandering nonsensical three paragraphs that I wrote last night and promptly deleted this morning, you get whatever this is. It's somewhat fitting with the Tour in New Orleans . . . at least that's what I'm telling my editor. 

GOLF ANALYSIS

We had another positive showing at the RBC Heritage as our top ten picks of Daniel Berger and Brian Harman both finished T3. Even the overall pick, Sungjae Im, didn't completely embarrass me so that was a refreshing change from just about every other week this year. 

It's a two-man team competition this week so we've gone looking for guys who like both the course and the format. The best candidates appear to be Billy Horschel, Taylor Moore, Davis Riley, Chad Ramey and last week's "B" tournament winner, Garrick Higgo so they're all in the equation. 

We also like Bud Cauley despite the fact that he's playing with Kevin Tway (no offense). He is, however, having his best season in years and posted finishes of T5 and T11 in New Orleans back in 2017 and 2014. And yes, our research goes back that far because that's just how much we care.  

Place	Player	Odds
Winner	Nico Echavarria	+3500
Top 5	Tom Hoge	+225
Top 10	Garrick Higgo	+280
Top 10	Bud Cauley	+450
Top 20	Mark Hubbard	+360

One and Done Pick: Nico Echavarria

Tom Hoge was going to be the
pick but there are literally no
good pictures of Tom Hoge.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Tom Hoge

Sleeper Pick: Mark Hubbard 

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Robert Macintyre	$10,300
Taylor Moore	$9,500
Tom Hoge	$9,400
Nico Echavarria	$9,000
Garrick Higgo	$8,400
Sam Stevens	$7,800
Bud Cauley	$7,300
Davis Riley	$7,200
Zac Blair	$7,100
Mark Hubbard	$6,600

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I think the white wine hangover is a little more forgiving than the red win hangover but . . . 

MY HEAD KINDA FEELS LIKE I 

GOT HIT WITH A LAWN DART

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

Others worth noting below include Cashmere Keith Mitchell, Wyndham Clark (ew) and the Canadian combo who seem due for an off year. Look for them to bounce back next year when they're playing as proud patriotic Americans.      

	DK Price	2024	2023	2022	2021	2019
Rory McIlroy	$12,400	1st	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Shane Lowry	$12,400	1st	DNP	13th	DNP	MC
Colin Morikawa	$10,700	T23	MC	T29	MC	DNP
Kurt Kitayama	$10,700	T23	T19	T38	DNP	DNP
Robert Macintyre	$10,300	T8	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Thomas Detry	$10,300	T8	T13	DNP	DNP	DNP
J.T. Poston	$10,000	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP	T22
Keith Mitchell	$10,000	T28	6th	MC	T4	DNP
Andrew Novak	$9,700	T23	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Ben Griffin	$9,700	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Taylor Moore	$9,500	MC	T4	T4	DNP	DNP
Wyndham Clark	$9,500	DNP	3rd	T10	T17	MC
Billy Horschel	$9,400	MC	T11	2nd	T4	T13
Tom Hoge	$9,400	MC	T13	MC	MC	T34
Aaron Rai	$9,200	T23	T13	T4	DNP	DNP
Sahith Theegala	$9,200	MC	T23	MC	DNP	DNP
Nicolai Hojgaard	$9,100	MC	32nd	DNP	DNP	DNP
Rasmuss Hojgaard	$9,100	MC	DNP	DNP	MC	DNP
Max Greyserman	$9,000	T4	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Nico Echavarria	$9,000	T4	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Akshay Bhatia	$8,900	DNP	MC	DNP	MC	DNP
Carson Young	$8,900	MC	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Bryce Garnett	$8,800	T11	DNP	MC	T11	MC
Sepp Straka	$8,800	T11	DNP	MC	T29	MC
Matt Wallace	$8,700	36th	MC	T18	T23	DNP
Thor Olesen	$8,700	36th	32nd	DNP	DNP	DNP
Adam Hadwin	$8,600	10th	2nd	MC	DNP	T13
Nick Taylor	$8,600	10th	2nd	DNP	MC	T9
Jesper Svensson	$8,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Niklas Moller	$8,500	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Garrick Higgo	$8,400	T4	MC	T4	DNP	DNP
Ryan Fox	$8,400	T4	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Alex Fitzpatrick	$8,100	T11	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matt Fitzpatrick	$8,100	T11	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP
Max McGreavey	$7,800	DNP	MC	MC	DNP	DNP
Sam Stevens	$7,800	T4	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
C. Bezuidenhout	$7,700	DNP	MC	T32	DNP	DNP
Erik Van Rooyen	$7,700	DNP	T26	DNP	T17	DNP
Chandler Phillips	$7,600	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jacob Bridgeman	$7,600	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Andrew Putnam	$7,500	MC	DNP	DNP	MC	MC
Beau Hossler	$7,500	MC	3rd	MC	MC	DNP
Bud Cauley	$7,300	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Kevin Tway	$7,300	T11	MC	MC	MC	T13
Davis Riley	$7,200	T28	1st	T4	DNP	DNP
Nick Hardy	$7,200	T28	1st	T21	DNP	DNP
Chad Ramey	$7,100	2nd	T9	MC	DNP	DNP
Justin Lower	$7,100	T28	MC	T10	DNP	DNP
Patrick Fishburn	$7,100	T4	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Zac Blair	$7,100	T4	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Mark Hubbard	$6,600	3rd	MC	T14	MC	DNP
Ryan Brehm	$6,600	3rd	DNP	T14	DNP	DNP
Ryan Palmer	$6,600	T19	MC	T18	7th	1st
Zach Johnson	$6,600	T19	MC	DNP	DNP	DNP
Ben Kohles	$6,500	T28	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Patton Kizzire	$6,500	T28	T26	MC	DNP	MC