Fantasy Golf: The 3M Open Preview

I thought about taking this week off as the 2026 golf season effectively ended when Ryan Fox's winning putt dropped but cranking this thing out at least once a week has turned into my own personal version of not letting the terrorists win. We are all soldiers in this ongoing war to save humanity and every little bit counts

Speaking of which, we saw some positive signs that the universe is on our side in this fight with both Bryson DeChambeau and Argentina losing on Sunday. One thing I've come to enjoy in my advancing years is watching horrible people who have dodged scrutiny with false personas inevitably reveal who they really are. Not that it changed anyone's mind in these days of people dying on hills for even the likes of Phil Mickelson. I mean if you didn't already recognize Bryson as a colossal douchebag, then his threat to call Donald Trump on the R&A probably seemed reasonable and I wish you all the best (not really).

As clownish as DeChambeau was, even if he had followed through on his threat to take his clubs and go home (which would have been awesome), he wouldn't have come close to the absolute buffoonery of the Argentinian soccer team. If you're playing for the honor of being considered the best team in the world, maybe you should employ a strategy that would lead to taking at least one shot in regulation. I get it's a tricky balance when the overriding strategy is to have your players rolling around on the ground for 90+ minutes but still. Who knows? Maybe I just lack a deeper understanding of the "beautiful game". 

GOLF ANALYSIS

Suffice it to say the golf analysis this week will not be in depth. When you're last five winners are Kurt Kitayama, Jhonatten Vegas, Lee Hodges, Tony Finau and Cameron Champ, you have to accept that we're in for a bit of a crapshoot. Scottie Scheffler's involvement changes that a bit in that he's probably going to win by at least five shots but we've gone ahead and suggested some guys who have been playing well lately. 

I'm throwing longshot bets down on Lucas Glover and Beh Kohles assuming the random nature of this tournament continues. Even Scottie hasn't been immune to such forces this year so maybe I can salvage a season I'd like to soon forget with $10 on Lucas Glover at +10,500. It certainly can't yield much less than most of my other bets this year. In fact it's mathematically impossible. 

Place	Player	Odds
Winner	Lucas Glover	+10500
Top 5	Ben Kohles	+1025
Top 10	Pierceson Coody	+365
Top 10	Emiliano Grillo	+620
Top 20	Zac Blair	+270

One and Done Pick: Lucas Glover

Might as well go with a guy who's 
not afraid to sweat and has proven
he knows how to hold a trophy.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Ben Kohles

Sleeper Pick: Zac Blair

DraftKings Top Ten Values

 

Scottie Scheffler	$14,900
Jake Knapp	$9,400
Pierceson Coody	$9,100
Sam Stevens	$8,400
Taylor Pendrith	$7,400
Emiliano Grillo	$7,300
Taylor Moore	$7,300
Ben Kohles	$7,300
Lucas Glover	$7,100
Zac Blair	$6,900

We've got no theme for the Historical Performance Chart this week. We thought about giving a nod to F.I.F.A. for paving the way to an unwatchable final but seriously, fuck those guys. 

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

This week's chart is limited to a select few who have a track record at TPC Twin Cities plus Scheffler and Corey Conners. Oh yeah, thanks for giving me a taste of what it feels like to smoke three packs a day Corey. I still sound like Mickey Rourke in Barfly. 

	DK Price	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Scottie Scheffler	$14,900	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Maverick McNealy	$9,900	MC	T3	DNP	T49	T16
Kurt Kitayama	$9,800	1st	T6	DNP	DNP	DNP
Hideki Matsuyama	$9,700	DNP	DNP	T30	W/D	DNP
Keith Mitchell	$9,500	MC	T46	T5	DNP	5th
Jake Knapp	$9,400	T3	W/D	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tom Kim	$9,300	T28	DNP	DNP	T26	DNP
Pierscon Coody	$9,100	T3	T72	DNP	DNP	DNP
Doug Ghim	$9,000	MC	T24	T27	T16	MC
Gary Woodland	$8,800	T20	T37	MC	DNP	T11
Corey Conners	$8,700	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Max Homa	$8,600	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sungjae Im	$8,500	MC	DNP	MC	T2	DNP
Sam Stevens	$8,400	2nd	T64	T10	DNP	DNP
Tony Finau	$8,200	MC	T12	T7	1st	T28
Mac Meissner	$8,100	T14	T59	DNP	DNP	DNP
C. Bezuidenhout	$7,900	T20	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
Max Greyserman	$7,700	MC	2nd	DNP	DNP	DNP
Davis Thompson	$7,600	MC	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
William Mouw	$7,500	T7	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Taylor Pendrith	$7,400	T68	5th	MC	DNP	DNP
Kevin Yu	$7,400	MC	T73	T37	DNP	DNP
Emiliano Grillo	$7,300	T20	T24	T10	T2	MC
Taylor Moore	$7,300	T14	T12	DNP	DNP	DNP
Beau Hossler	$7,300	MC	MC	T13	MC	T49
Lee Hodges	$7,200	MC	MC	1st	T16	DNP
Mackenzie Hughes	$7,200	T53	T19	T30	DNP	DNP
Thor Olesen	$7,100	T14	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Matti Schmid	$7,100	T61	T12	T20	DNP	DNP
Lucas Glover	$7,100	DNP	DNP	MC	MC	DNP
Patrick Rodgers	$7,000	MC	T37	T37	DNP	T39
Andrew Putnam	$7,000	MC	T19	DNP	T11	MC
Matt Kuchar	$7,000	DNP	T3	T43	DNP	MC
Austin Eckroat	$6,900	T39	MC	MC	DNP	T16
Tom Hoge	$6,900	MC	MC	T20	T4	MC
Garrick Higgo	$6,900	T39	MC	T13	MC	DNP
Kevin Roy	$6,800	T28	DNP	MC	DNP	DNP
David Lipsky	$6,700	T3	MC	T43	DNP	DNP

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