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PGA DFS Golf: 2018 Wyndham Championship DRAFT Rankings

By Chris Aliperto

GREENSBORO, NC - AUGUST 20: Henrik Stenson walks off the 17th hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 20, 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
GREENSBORO, NC - AUGUST 20: Henrik Stenson walks off the 17th hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 20, 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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ST LOUIS, MO – AUGUST 12: Rafa Cabrera Bello of Spain plays a shot from a bunker on the sixth hole during the final round of the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on August 12, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) DFS PGA /

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Welcome to this edition of PGA DFS Golf rankings for DRAFT.com from FantasyCPR, covering the 2018 Wyndham Championship. The DRAFT app can be downloaded to your mobile device through your app store, or you can access their desktop site here.   

I play quite a bit on DRAFT, and have always been a big fan of the snake draft format. On DRAFT, for PGA, you simply roster five golfers. They offer head-to-head, 3-man, 6-man and 8-man drafts that start upon filling. In the DRAFT lobby, you will find me in the six-man and eight-man contests, which payout to the top two spots.

My goal here will be to give you my targets in tiers, based upon their DRAFT projections. Followed by that, will be my top 40 overall rankings. The strategy of course here, is that 40 golfers will be drafted for 8-man contests, and these rankings will have you covered. After having completed my rankings for this week, let’s quickly look at last weeks WGC Bridgestone targets, and recap my picks before we move on to the targets.

Last Week:

As you can see from my tweet above, I was finally able to put it all together, and I cashed in six of eight entries. Fortunately, I never had higher than the third pick, and minimized my shares of McIlroy, while ending up with five shares of the eventual champion Brooks Koepka. Another player that carried my teams, and I had the most shares of was Zach Johnson. He just did exactly what he does every week and posted another top 20, finishing T-19th and finishing -7.

As far as my targets went, it was sort of a mixed bag again, as that will likely be the case most weeks. Like Baseball, so much of golf is mental, and if someone is mentally off of their game, it is highly unlikely they will be successful. Of course I did write up Koepka as a top target and he was  able to grab a victory. The other two high-projected targets kind of disappointed however. Tony Finau got off to rough start, but was able to bounce back and sneak inside the cut line. However, he never really got it going on the weekend, and finished T-42 at -3. The other was Dustin Johnson. While he did finish a respectable T-27 at -6, it was certainly a disappointment.

My mid-tier targets were Rory and ZJ. Safe to call that one a wash as well. I had high hopes for McIlroy, so that was disappointing of course. But I hit the nail on the head with Johnson, assuming he would just stay consistent and inside the top 20. Moving on to the low tier targets, both players Thorbjorn Olesen and Tommy Fleetwood made the cut, but neither were ever really in contention. Olesen finished at -1 in a tie for 56th, and Fleetwood finished T-35 at -4. Considering the size of field, it was a pretty successful weekend for myself, and hopefully for some of you. Let’s dive in to today’s targets and see if I can do it again!

Before we get to the targets though, one last thing I will add is that this article will no longer feature any info about the course or the event itself. I am currently writing a fanduel piece as well for this week, and any info you may need on past results of note and course history will be found here.

CROMWELL, CT – JUNE 22: Webb Simpson of the United States plays his shot from the ninth tee during the second round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 22, 2018 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images)
CROMWELL, CT – JUNE 22: Webb Simpson of the United States plays his shot from the ninth tee during the second round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 22, 2018 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images) /

DFS PGA Golf High Projected Targets: (Players with DRAFT Projections of 60-70)

Webb Simpson – (66.4)

The favorite in this event is Simpson, followed by Henrik Stenson, and Hideki Matsuyama. When you look at the way that all three of them have been playing as of late. Simpson should stick out as the clear favorite. However, Stenson has been hurt, and it is unknown exactly how much the elbow is bothering him. Matsuyama on the other hand is healthy at least, but he is not in player pool as he decided late. Joining him in this boat would be another projected target in Ollie Schneiderjans, who will also not be able to draft this week. Anyways, Simpson has excelled on this course in his career, and won this event in 2011. With the field we are looking at this week, Simpson is the top play, and I have yet to see him not get drafted first overall.

Brandt Snedeker – (63.8)

For the sake of my readers who read both of my articles, I am going to mix it up a bit. Russell Henley and Daniel Berger probably deserve this spot a little more as actual targets, but I am also very high on Sneds this week, and I wrote those guys up in my Fanduel article. Snedeker is one of the best putters on tour, and is very solid around the greens, which is what we are looking for here at Sedgefield. Snedeker followed up his top 10 at the RBC Canadian open with a T-42 finish at the PGA Championship.

As the tournament drew near last week, I was starting to warm up to him, and even grabbed a couple of shares. This week, in this field, he is a clear first round pick. I have seen him go as high as three overall, and as late as seven. You will see in my rankings I have him ranked fourth overall in this field, and he is a top target no doubt.

ST LOUIS, MO – AUGUST 12: Rafa Cabrera Bello of Spain plays a shot from a bunker on the sixth hole during the final round of the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on August 12, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
ST LOUIS, MO – AUGUST 12: Rafa Cabrera Bello of Spain plays a shot from a bunker on the sixth hole during the final round of the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on August 12, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) /

DFS PGA Golf Mid Projected Targets: (Players with DRAFT Projections of 50-60)

Rafael Cabrera-Bello – (58.9)

It is still early in the week, but I am not hearing much Rafa love out there yet. That isn’t getting past the drafters in the draft rooms however. Cabrera-Bello is a strong all-around player, and is actually one of the favorites in the field. His projection is simply too low here, as he is repeatedly a mid-to-late first round pick in every draft I have done. Let’s take the moment to point out here that I harp on these projections a LOT. That is because most noobs will look at them for what are meant to be for a new player. If there was ever a week to completely ignore the projections given by DRAFT, this is it.

Cabrera-Bello has made six straight cuts with three top 20’s in that span. He is coming off of a fantastic final round 64 at the PGA Championship to T-10th, and he is another player whose game fits here at Sedgefield. I will not hesitate to take him third overall this week, as I see him riding the momentum of the final round last weekend into Thursday. While Rafa and our next target are projected just a little too low, I like at least four players projected in the 30’s this week. Ignore those projections!

Shane Lowry – (54)

Lowry has been heating up since the end of July, posting three straight top 15’s, by shooting just one round over par out of the 12. He fired a 64 on Friday at the PGA Championship to put him in contention, but an even round of 70 left him in a T-12th. This is a guy that you play when he is playing well and fade when he is not. Although the weather looks to be OK, Lowry is also known to be a good player in windy conditions, should they arise.

Lowry is a great mid second round target, as his lower projection is actually helping me grab a few shares already at this point. I have comfortably taken him late second round, and was also able to grab him early third round in another. With a thin field, and a solid hot streak, Lowry ranks in as a top 10 play this week.

POTOMAC, MD – JUNE 30: Joaquin Niemann of Chile hits off the fourth tee during the third round of the Quicken Loans National at TPC Potomac on June 30, 2018 in Potomac, Maryland. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
POTOMAC, MD – JUNE 30: Joaquin Niemann of Chile hits off the fourth tee during the third round of the Quicken Loans National at TPC Potomac on June 30, 2018 in Potomac, Maryland. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

DFS PGA Golf Low Projected Targets: (Players with DRAFT Projections of 30-50)

Joaquin Niemann – (37.5)

Welcome back to DRAFT targets young Chilean! You have been replaced as of late in this spot by Tommy Fleetwood, but you make your triumphant return to the tour needing a win to secure a spot in the FedEx championship. This kid will be there plenty in the future as he is just 19-years-old, but there is no doubt he will bring his best here trying to get in. Niemann made his fifth straight cut at the PGA Championship, but was never able to get hot with the putter, and finished T-71. I am targeting him, but having no success drafting him as of yet. He is becoming a favorite quickly considering the field, and he is going late first round of all of my drafts. If you slot in at the end of the first, Niemann should be your go-to-guy!

Julian Suri – (36.6)

Suri is probably a guy you have never heard of, but I am going to try and find another Olesen this week. Pretty much nobody is on this guy around round four, and I am grabbing him pretty consistently. This actually might compare to my Zach Johnson shares I had last week, and if Suri can top 20 like ZJ did, that will work just fine for me. Suri has made six straight PGA cuts, with four top 30’s, and a respectable T-19th last week at the PGA Championship. I want cut makers at my last two picks. Suri will continue to be drafted by me in every draft, unless of course you read this, catch me drafting later, and snipe him from me.

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GREENSBORO, NC – AUGUST 20: K.J. Choi reacts after making his birdie putt on the ninth green during the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 20, 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

DFS PGA Golf DRAFT Rankings: Top 40

My rankings are pretty easy to follow. I have ranked the top 40 overall. Following each golfer is their DRAFT fantasy point projection in parenthesis.

1. Webb Simpson – (66.3) 

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2. Daniel Berger – (64.8)

3. Rafael Cabrera-Bello – (58.9)

4. Brandt Snedeker – (63.8)

5. Henrik Stenson – (65.5)

6. Joaquin Niemann – (37.5)

7. Russell Henley – (63.9)

8. Shane Lowry – (54)

9. Harold Varner – (52.8)

10. Ryan Moore – (58.6)

11. Steve Stricker – (60.7)

12. Chris Kirk – (55.5)

13. Brendan Steele – (64.8)

14. Jamie Lovemark – (61.8)

15. Julian Suri – (36.6)

16. Keith Mitchell – (36.7)

17. Jason Dufner – (61.8)

18. Kevin Tway – (58.8)

19. Jason Kokrak – (53.8)

20. Johnson Wagner – (45.5)

21. Cheng-Tsung Pan – (48.7)

22. Sam Ryder – (33.1)

23. David Lingmerth – (53.6)

24. Ryan Armour – (51.4)

25. Tyler Duncan – (32.6)

26. Si Woo Kim – (44.1)

27. Mackenzie Hughes – (50.6)

28. Chesson Hadley – (37.8)

29. Sergio Garcia – (62.4)

30. Bill Haas – (55)

31. Whee Kim – (47.5)

32. Billy Horschel – (50.4)

33. David Hearn – (47.3)

34. Hudson Swafford – (54.3)

35. John Huh – (52.1)

36. Danny Lee – (48.7)

37. Jhonattan Vegas – (55)

38. Norman Xiong – (26.6)

39. Abraham Ancer – (34.7)

40. John Oda – (31.3)

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That is all for this weeks PGA DFS Golf DRAFT rankings for the 2018 Wyndham Championship. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as i did writing. I more so hope I guided us all to some success on DRAFT! If you have any questions, give me a follow on Twitter at @JuanBondDFS. You can also leave a question right here in the comments, and I will do my best to respond before lock Thursday morning. Good luck this weekend, enjoy your golf, and happy drafting on DRAFT!