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PGA FanDuel picks: The 2019 Greenbrier

By Chris Aliperto

CROMWELL, CT - JUNE 20: Viktor Hovland walks to the tee box on the sixth hole during the first round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 20, 2019 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)
CROMWELL, CT - JUNE 20: Viktor Hovland walks to the tee box on the sixth hole during the first round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 20, 2019 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) /
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA – APRIL 18: Marc Leishman of Australia plays his shot from the second tee during the first round of the 2019 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 18, 2019 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Lecka/Getty Images)
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA – APRIL 18: Marc Leishman of Australia plays his shot from the second tee during the first round of the 2019 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on April 18, 2019 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Lecka/Getty Images) /

PGA FanDuel Picks – Mid Tier Picks: ($10,000 – $11,000)

Marc Leishman – $10,900 – (Cash)

I am sure some of you had forgotten Leishman won during the fall swing last year at the CIMB Classic and were surprised to see him still hanging around the FedEx Cup playoffs long enough to make the finals. I did for a quick second, but then it sparked my memory that fall is officially Leishman SZN.

The 35-year-old Aussie has won four times on the PGA Tour in his career and has three top-five finishes in major championships, but over the last handful of years and especially last season he has excelled throughout the fall swing, and generally from August to January.

Leishman had a stretch from mid-February to mid-July last season where he mostly struggled, but a solo third place at the St. Jude Invitational seemed to have gotten him back on the right track. He did miss the cut at the Northern Trust and that does worry me a bit from a consistency point of view, but he followed it with a T-19 at the BMW Championship and a T-20 at the TOUR Championship.

Based on the fact that Leishman is the second highest-ranked player in the OWGR in this field, but the 7th highest priced golfer on FanDuel, the value looks too good to pass on. That right there should tell you how special Niemann,  Hovland, and Im are. I think Leish ends up the chalk here, but I will take Niemann over him 100% of the time.

***Also Consider: Byeong-Hun An $10,600 – Scottie Scheffler $10,200***

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