PGA FanDuel picks: The 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship
PGA FanDuel Picks – Low Tier Picks: ($9,000 – $10,000)
Nick Taylor – $9,700 – (GPP)
I really want to write up my guy Munoz again this week as he is my overall favorite play in this range, but remember I will always try my best to mix it up from week to week. It is bad enough we have Im and Niemann at the very top every week considering I write them up more than anyone else, but back-to-back weeks of Juan Sebastian Munoz might be too much repetition for all of us.
I’ll keep it simple, he was underpriced last week and he paid off with his T-7, and even though he did get the price bump up to where he should be this week, I will continue to ride that wave. Nick Taylor may end up the more popular cash play this week, but I love riding the hot hands.
Course history buffs will love the fact that Taylor won here at the Sanderson Farms Championship back in 2014, and he has added three finishes of T-26 or better since, but I am not sure if that will be strong enough to make him a cash play.
I hate the fact that he missed his last two cuts to end the season, but on the flip side of that, he did open the season with a solid T-24 at the Greenbrier last week. Taylor will likely be a more popular cash play than Munoz, but my guess is both will have their share of ownership.
Wyndham Clark – $9,200 – (GPP)
I am very cautious to put the cash game tag on Clark this week, but it worked for us quite a few times last year when he was a mid $8K range value play that you can just pretend it is there if you want to.
For the record, I have been pretty good when picking out where Clark has a chance to succeed regardless of how his form is coming in, and even though the course history is just OK, the C.C. of Jackson is a perfect course fit for a bomber like Clark.
In his Sanderson Farms Championship debut two years ago, Clark was solid with a T-17, but last year was not so kind as a rough weekend led to a T-54 finish. The 25-year-old has been streaky overall for the most part in his career, but he ended the season on a positive on a note, and I am hoping it will carry over into his season debut.
To give merit to the streakiness, Clark missed four cuts in a row in this year in a stretch that spanned all of May and into early June.
He turned things around with authority with a T-15 at the Travelers Championship as he ripped off three straight top-20’s, capped with his T-5 at the inaugural 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota. Then, Clark slipped back into a short funk with two straight MDF’s but was still able to sneak into the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Clark was able to right the ship once again just in time for the playoffs, and a T-18 at the Northern Trust was enough to get move him into the top-70 and into the BMW Championship. That is where his season would come to an end unfortunately though, as a T-31 was solid, but not enough for a spot in the TOUR Championship.
Again, his game fits well here, and considering he is in the top-20 golfers in the mix as far as odds are concerned at around 50/1, he seems like a real bargain at this price this week. I am playing him in cash as a value, but I could be the only one for all I know. I always trust my process, whether I feel like I can recommend it fully and how you digest it is always up to you of course.