DFS PGA PLAYBOOK - GREENBRIER CLASSIC

UPDATED WITH WEEKEND OPTIMALS FOR DRAFT KINGS!

I was very happy about the results of last week’s Quicken Loans National except for believing that Justin Thomas would bounce back and be on the leaderboard Sunday.  I know my screens were green on Sunday and yours would have been too if you played my Cash Game Optimal on Draft Kings.  I’ve had two strong weeks in a row and I’m all about riding a hot streak. 

If you don’t remember, The Greenbrier was canceled last year due to terrible flooding in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia and it claimed the lives of 23 people.  The course has been reborn and is eager to show off its fresh look to the 156 players in the field.  It is as new as it was when it originally opened over 100 years ago. 

The Old White Course may have been updated and a few yards added, it still won’t play very difficult for these pros.  It measures out 7,286 yards and has been one of the hardest tournaments to predict over the past few years but that won’t stop me from trying.  This track is a Par 70 which means right away Par 4 Scoring is at a premium.  When you look over the stats of top performers on this course, you’ll noticed Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (SG:TG), All Around, Proximity and as always Putting.  This is a course that these top players can really score, so I’ll be putting a little more stock into recent form over course history.  Also, the average Greens in Regulation (GIR) for the week is around 70 percent which means that all these players will get on the greens in two and it will come down to who is rolling the ball the best.  That also means that getting the ball close to the hole on approach is vital as well which means proximity.  That’s about all you need to know about this course.

I’ll freely admit that I am not going hard this week being that this course has been so hard to predict over the past few years.  The scores will be low and just about anyone in the field could just catch fire and light this track on fire.  I’ve thrown out some interesting optimals and we will see how they shake out on Sunday night.  You can hear me chat about the playbook with Howard Bender on the Fantasy Alarm Show on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio at around 5:30pm ET on Wednesday afternoon.

Good Luck!

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