Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Fantasy Golf: The John Deere Classic Preview

I often tell people that, if I ever stop posting these previews, it's time to send help which is kind of a weird thing to put out there but here we are. So consider this post more a proof of life than a golf tournament preview because things are going fine unless you count the fact that corporate overlords are slowly trying to kill me by proving that every single movie and TV show that mocks them is accurate if not understated.   

Maybe if you merged the best of Succession, Office Space and Severance you could come close to doing it justice but you have to live it to truly appreciate the inherent disfunction in devising a system designed to obstruct process while charging those who work in it with the task of making progress. 

We have used the word "sysyphean" in this space before to describe situations akin to pushing a rock up a hill all day only to have it roll back down but this shit is next level. These corporate people celebrate the rock rolling back down the hill and say "GREAT JOB PUSHING THE ROCK TODAY EVERYBODY . . . SEE YOU ALL BRIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW!!!" 

GOLF ANALYSIS

We're going with Cashmere Keith this week because we might as well pick someone worth rooting for. If we actually decide to burn any of our own money on this thing, it will be with a Denny McCarthy top ten at +470 or top twenty at +220. We'll regroup and see you in Scotland next week. 

Place

Player

Odds

Winner

Keith Mitchell

+1850

Top 5

Chris Gotterup

+305

Top 10

Sungjae Im

+355

Top 10

Denny McCarthy

+470

Top 20

Carson Young

+440


One and Done Pick: Keith Mitchell 
When the right nickname 
lands on the perfect player.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Chris Gotterup 

Sleeper Pick: Matt Kuchar 

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Chris Gotterup

$10,700

Keith Mitchell

$10,000

J.T. Poston

$9,300

Sungjae Im

$8,400

Denny McCarthy

$8,200

Taylor Moore

$7,400

Emiliano Grillo

$7,300

Carson Young

$7,200

Matt Kuchar

$7,100

Mark Hubbard

$6,800


This week we honor the immortal role of Bill Lumbergh played to perfection by Gary Cole who has made a comedic career out of being that guy. And we thank him for it. 

THE HELLO PETER, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART 

We're going with an abbreviated chart this week as we continue our goal of aligning priorities in the pursuit of applying greater efficiencies to our work flows. 

Just fucking shoot me.  

 

DK Price

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

Chris Gotterup

$10,700

T21

MC

DNP

T4

DNP

Ben Griffin

$10,500

MC

T5

DNP

DNP

DNP

Keith Mitchell

$10,000

T44

T18

T42

DNP

MC

Jacob Bridgeman

$9,500

T5

MC

DNP

DNP

DNP

J.T. Poston

$9,300

MC

T30

T6

1st

MC

Jordan Spieth

$9,200

DNP

T26

DNP

DNP

DNP

Eric Cole

$9,100

T60

T7

T42

DNP

MC

M. Thorbjornsen

$9,000

T21

T2

T17

DNP

DNP

Rickie Fowler

$8,900

T18

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Pierceson Coody

$8,800

MC

T30

DNP

DNP

DNP

Tom Kim

$8,700

MC

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Doug Ghim

$8,600

T31

T34

T26

MC

T18

Sungjae Im

$8,400

MC

T12

DNP

DNP

T47

Denny McCarthy

$8,200

T11

T7

T6

T6

MC

Davis Thompson

$8,000

T18

1st

T31

DNP

DNP

Michael Kim

$7,700

MC

MC

MC

DNP

MC

Aldrich Potgieter

$7,500

W/D

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Max Homa

$7,400

T5

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Taylor Moore

$7,400

T33

DNP

MC

T24

DNP

Kevin Yu

$7,300

T21

T20

T6

DNP

DNP

Emiliano Grillo

$7,300

2nd

DNP

MC

T2

DNP

Beau Hossler

$7,300

T11

T61

T26

DNP

MC

Thor Olesen

$7,200

MC

T61

DNP

DNP

DNP

Carson Young

$7,200

T5

T5

MC

DNP

DNP

Andrew Putnam

$7,200

W/D

MC

DNP

T41

MC

Austin Eckroat

$7,100

T11

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Matt Kuchar

$7,100

T5

MC

67th

DNP

DNP

Kevin Roy

$7,000

T3

DNP

T31

DNP

DNP

Lee Hodges

$7,000

T21

77th

DNP

T43

DNP

Lucas Glover

$6,900

T5

T23

T6

MC

1st

Luke Clanton

$6,900

MC

T2

DNP

DNP

DNP

Mark Hubbard

$6,800

T33

T32

T6

T13

T41


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