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DraftKings fantasy golf picks: Wells Fargo Championship 2017

By Cody Williams

Mar 26, 2017; Austin, TX, USA; Dustin Johnson of the United States plays against Hideto Tanihara of Japan during the final round of the World Golf Classic - Dell Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 26, 2017; Austin, TX, USA; Dustin Johnson of the United States plays against Hideto Tanihara of Japan during the final round of the World Golf Classic - Dell Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 8, 2017; Augusta, GA, USA; William McGirt hits his tee shot on the 7th hole during the third round of The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 8, 2017; Augusta, GA, USA; William McGirt hits his tee shot on the 7th hole during the third round of The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports /

$7,000-$8,000

Willie McGirt ($7,900)
McGirt is another player that has suffered a bit from the hot-and-cold bug this season, but he’s an exceptional value coming into the Wells Fargo. For starters, he’s playing well right now after a strong showing at The Masters (T22) followed by tying for third at the RBC Heritage. In good form, he’s also a reliable player that has been killing it in his approach game. That’s going to be massively important with the ball-striking and that could give him a leg up when he takes the course.

Hudson Swafford ($7,700)
This is my so-called grip-it-and-rip-it DraftKings fantasy golf pick this week. There are certainly reasons to not take Swafford in your lineup. The first starts with an abysmal showing at The Masters. Considering that many of the same keys at Augusta will be important here, that might not bode well. However, I just can’t get past how well he’s played relatively recently, and that includes his striking. His final two tournaments in March saw him finish T10 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and then go into the Shell Houston Open and finish sixth with three 67s and an outlier 75. I think he’s in a good spot to make a little noise.

J.T. Poston ($7,700)
Another somewhat flier pick here, but Poston has been playing nice golf in 2017, especially recently. He’s finished in the top 30 in five of his last six tournaments with top-17 outings in three of those. He has the ability to put really low numbers on the board and is a nice player tee-to-green with his striking ability on the ball. As stated, that’s important this week and he could be a nice value because of that.

Kevin Tway ($7,200)
Tway’s 2017 started out quite horribly to put it frankly as possible. His first five tournaments included him getting cut three times and failing to crack the top 40. Spoiler: that’s not good. Here’s the thing, though, he’s stepped that up in a massive way in his last three outings. He got over that top-40 threshold with a T32 finish at the Puerto Rico Open, followed that by tying for third at the Valero Texas Open, and then partnered with Kelly Kraft to tie for third again at the Zurich Classic last weekend (though not a DFS event). He’s playing great golf right now and is a nice momentum play.

Martin Laird ($7,100)
Laird hasn’t played his best golf as of late as three of his last four tournaments have seen him finish 49th or worse — including being cut once. The outlier, though, is his last outing when he tied for 18th at the Valero Texas Open. In 2017 as a whole, though, Laird has three top-10 finishes and has shown to be a veteran capable of handling a course like Eagle Point. That makes him likable at this price.