The next stop on the PGA Tour is the PGA Championship, held at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey. The field is very strong for this championship, and since it is the fourth of the four Major Championships for the PGA season, there will be many more people playing daily fantasy golf than usual this weekend. Before you draft your own team, be sure that you know what you’re up against and take a look at our analysis.
Jason Day: Day is once again the top ranked golfer in this field with a salary of $11,700. He is the defending PGA Championship winner from last year, and that carries a certain amount of prestige with it, but Day is severely overpriced for this particular tournament. He finished T14 last weekend in a weak field, but has done well at many other tournaments this season. He won the Players Championship, finished T8 at the U.S. Open, and T22 at the Open Championship. Day has great potential, and he’s likely going to finish in the top ten here, but a win is not the most likely scenario for Day. There are several other golfers who are likely to perform better, and each one of them is going to be cheaper than Day. He’s a safe choice, but you will be hurting in other aspects of your roster if you draft him.
Dustin Johnson: Johnson is the top performing fantasy golfer in this field. With his salary of $11,600, he’s only slightly cheaper than Day, but his stats are far stronger. His average fantasy point value per tournament is 91.8, more than 10 points higher than Day’s. He has a lower average stroke count per round with a 69.9, and has made 16 out of 16 cuts, with 11 top ten finishes. No one in the field has performed better overall than Johnson, making him an even safer choice than Day. The only drawback to Johnson is that he’s basically the same price. But he’s a higher value golfer, and that $100 difference is more than made up for by the fact that we should expect a better performance out of Johnson than we should Day.
Henrik Stenson: Stenson won the Open Championship a couple weeks ago, surprising a lot of people. His salary for this tournament is a bit lower than we expected it to be, but the $10,500 that DraftKings has priced him at is about right for him. For us, Stenson is a judgment call. He’s coming off of the best Majors Championship performance ever, but his fundamental stats are a bit low. His stroke count per round stands at 70.2, which is the highest of any of the top 6 ranked golfers in this field. Stenson has a decent average fantasy point contribution with his 82.2 per tourney, but there are a handful of others that have performed better. He’s made 14 out of 17 cuts, and has 8 top ten finishes. There’s no doubt that Stenson is good and an easy top ten threat for this field. There are better golfers out there, though. If you draft Stenson, you’re not getting much added value, but you have a safe, and accurately priced addition to your roster.
Adam Scott: If you are looking for a high value top ten threat, then Adam Scott is the golfer for you. He is priced at $9,600, and has made 14 out of 14 cuts this season. He only has 5 top ten finishes, which is a big notch against him, but he has a lot of stability on his side. He has averaged 81.7 fantasy points per tournament, and has an average stroke count of 69.7, one of the best in the field. He’s cheap for a top tier talent, and he’s very predictable. He will be a good addition to most rosters.
Rickie Fowler: Fowler might seem like a good value here because of the success that he showed last year, and at $9.200 that’s an easy mistake to make. However, Fowler has had a rough season, and was cut at the U.S. Open. He is a golfer that you should be avoiding in your roster, no matter how cheap he might seem for this one. Don’t be fooled.
