Daily Fantasy Golf: 2019 PGA AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am DRAFT Rankings (DRAFT.com)
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Welcome to this edition of Daily Fantasy Golf DRAFT rankings for DRAFT.com,from FantasyCPR, covering the 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. The DRAFT app can be downloaded to your mobile device through your app store, or you can access the 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 30 overall rankings. The strategy of course here, is that 30 golfers will be drafted for 6-man contests, and these rankings will have you covered.
After having completed my rankings for this week, and having completed a few 6-man drafts, let’s talk about the courses of the Pebble Beach Pro Am for a second before we move on to the targets.
About the Event:
Well we are back to the chaos of rotating courses for four days, and this time it is only made better by the presence of amateurs playing alongside the professionals. If you like 7 hour-long rounds of golf then this is the weekend for you, as the field of 156 pros and 156 amateurs equals 312 golfers on the three courses of Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which we will briefly touch on.
The main course of this event which is played once by each golfer through the first three rounds, then again on Sunday if they make the cut, is the Pebble Beach Golf Links, which is a Par 72 that plays at 6,816 yards.
Unlike the last the couple of weeks, this is not a tournament where the bombers off the tee thrive. Instead those more precise with their short-game and on the greens will have the most success.
Spyglass Hill Golf Course is another staple course for this event, and it also plays at Par 72, but is a little longer at 6,953 yards. With an ample amount of trees on the back nine, it is arguably the toughest course of the three.
The third course in the rotation is the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, which is a Par 71, and is also relatively short at just 6,958 yards. Again all three of these courses are relatively similar, so in a sense that does help a bit with projections.
The cut is after three days for this one, so everyone is guaranteed 54-holes. The top 60 plus ties will play on Sunday, along with the top 60 amateurs as well. It is a grueling event, and those that can stay focused between shots will obviously fare well. Therefore I believe those that have done well here in the past have a slightly better shot than normal. With that said, let’s get into this weeks picks and rankings.
Daily Fantasy Golf: PGA 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am– High Projected Targets (70+)
Tommy Fleetwood – (79.77)
With their respective projections, it is pretty clear that Dustin Johnson is one overall, and Jason Day is a close second. After that it starts to get pretty muddled, and a case can be made for a handful of solid golfers. If I get pick three however in my drafts, I will not hesitate to take Fleetwood this week.
Fleetwood carries plenty of risk, as he has yet to tee it up in this event, but he is a guy who plays well at seaside courses. It has been a while since he has played in the states as he has spent most of his time on the European Tour this winter, and he is coming off of a T-16 at the Dubai Desert Classic.
Patrick Cantlay – (75.62)
Alright so now you got pick four. Do you trust Phil Mickelson after last weeks debacle? Some people do, and I have also seen Jordan Spieth go fourth overall as well. I do not however, and even though Cantlay is also coming off of a missed cut, he basically grew up on this course.
Although he has not had great success in this event, he has made the cut the last couple years, and finished in the 40’s, and he did notch a top-10 in 2013. Before the missed cut at the Farmers Insurance Open however, Cantlay was one of the hottest golfers in the game. He had four straight top-10’s including a runner-up at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Paul Casey – (70.91)
Our first target that is slipping in drafts a bit, Casey is coming off of a missed cut at the Sony Open. The fact that he is falling into the late second and even early third round though on occasion just does not make sense to me.
I currently have Casey ranked ninth, so it isn’t like I am all in on him, but before that missed cut, he did rattle off four straight top-20’s through the Asian swing, and at the Sentry TOC. He notched a top-10 here at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am last year, shooting 10-under and finishing T-8th.
If he would have made some more putts he would have had a chance to win. I don’t necessarily want a ton of exposure to Casey, but I will take some shares relative to where I have seen him drafted thus far.
Daily Fantasy Golf: PGA 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Mid Projected Targets (60-70)
Jordan Spieth – (65.95)
I am not convinced he is back, but a lot of sharps are back on Spieth this week. The fact that he made the cut last week two weeks ago at the Farmers Insurance Open is promising, but two rounds of even par in rounds three and four and a T-35 finish just isn’t what I want from a top pick.
Regardless, if you end up with the fifth or sixth pick in a draft this week, it is hard to argue against Spieth considering what he has done in this event over the last few years.
It started with a T-4 in 2014, which was followed with a T-7 in 2015. He slipped a bit in 2016 with a T-21 finish, but finally took it downs in 2017. And even despite the poor form last year, he was able to follow up his win with yet another top-20.
I guess the thought is that if Spieth is ever going to break out, this is the place for him to do it. My expectations are curbed, but I will take him at the end of the first round if slotted there.
Chez Reavie – (66.31)
In case you stumbled upon this article for the first time this week. I want to stress that I do have another target ranked above Reavie here, but I already wrote about him in my other article for FanDuel plays.
I try to have as little overlap as possible between the two articles, but sometimes it is unavoidable. In this case, I do like Branden Grace a little more, but Reavie is right behind him ranked 12th in my rankings.
With the weather expected to be cold and possibly rainy, it is nice that we just had comparable weather on Sunday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, so we can see who played well in those conditions, and who struggled.
Reavie was one of few that played well, finishing 3-under on the day and 12-under for the tournament, good for a T-4 finish. He was solid here at Pebble Beach last year as well, as he was among the group of four that finished tied for second.
Brian Gay – (62.6)
Sticking with the trend of those that play well in tough weather. Gay is another golfer that played well on Sunday, as he was able to stay under par at 1-under. He has been fairly consistent as of late, and was able to grab a top-10 here at Pebble Beach last year.
Gay seems to be the one player projected in the lower sixties that is going a bit overlooked. I have him ranked 23rd and have found him available in the fifth round of most of my drafts up to this point.
Daily Fantasy Golf: PGA 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Low Projected Targets (Sub-60)
Shane Lowry – (51.71)
We are really loaded in the sub-60 projection range, and if you did happen to read that other article of mine I just mentioned, you can probably just skip ahead to the rankings, because all three are here on this page once again. See sometimes it is unavoidable! I will do my best to keep it a bit different, but all of these guys are not sneaky this week, so they need to be mentioned.
My first few drafts, I was able to land Lowry in the third round regardless of draft position. After landing him three straight times, I was in a spot where Paul Casey fell to the third round so I took him instead hoping Lowry would be there in the fourth. He was not. Once the run of the top plays are gone, I am 100% comfortable taking Lowry wherever he falls. I currently have him ranked 10th overall.
Matthew Fitzpatrick – (53.26)
Another European Tour player, the up-and-coming Fitzpatrick is making his first trip to Pebble Beach. With five professional wins on the European Tour at the age of 24, he is looking to build on the success he has had on this side of the pond in his his limited trips.
Fitzpatrick somewhat first burst on the scene at the 2016 Masters, when he grinded his way into the top-10 and finished T-7th. More recent, he tied for 12th last year at the U.S. Open. With solid finishes in majors here in the U.S., there is little doubt he could win here at some point in his career.
I thought he would sneak into the fifth round but that just hasn’t happened yet, and I have missed out on him for the first part in my early drafts. I have him ranked 13th, but have just found myself thinking he would be there later. From this point on however, I am definitely making it a point to grab him in the fourth when he is still available.
Russell Knox – (58.78)
Once pretty much forgotten, by me for DFS purposes anyways, Knox has now revived his career a bit, making five straight cuts, highlighted by his T-10th last week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Another low projection here, but once again another golfer not really sneaking through the cracks in my drafts.
It has been fantastic the couple of times he has fallen to me in the fifth round, but I have not quite been in a spot to grab him in the fourth yet. He was one of the better players in the bad conditions on Sunday, so he is once again another popular pick. I currently have him ranked 18th, and I think his mini hot streak continues this week at Pebble Beach.
Daily Fantasy Golf: 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – DRAFT Rankings: Top 30
My rankings are pretty easy to follow. I have ranked the top 30 overall. Following each golfer is their DRAFT fantasy point projection in parenthesis.
1. Dustin Johnson – (88.84)
2. Jason Day – (79.96)
3. Tommy Fleetwood – (79.77)
4. Patrick Cantlay – (75.62)
5. Jordan Spieth – (65.95)
6. Tony Finau – (78.12)
7. Rafael Cabrera-Bello – (76.38)
8. Paul Casey – (70.91)
9. Matt Kuchar – (74.13)
10. Shane Lowry – (51.71)
11. Branden Grace – (60.64)
12. Chez Reavie – (66.31)
13. Matthew Fitzpatrick – (53.26)
14. Brandt Snedeker – (63.84)
15. Patrick Reed – (71.19)
16. Phil Mickelson – (75.90)
17. Adam Scott – (67.43)
18. Russell Knox – (58.78)
19. Sungjae Im – (41.6)
20. Adam Hadwin – (66.87)
21. Beau Hossler – (64.69)
22. Ryan Palmer – (64.24)
23. Brian Gay – (62.6)
24. Scott Piercy – (60.92)
25. Trey Mullinax – (55.11)
26. Andrew Putnam – (64.36)
27. Nick Watney – (62.69)
28. Keith Mitchell – (63.37)
29. Cameron Champ – (41.44)
30. Austin Cook – (62.16)
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