The Insight Sheet gets you ready before lock for the Farmers Insurance Open. Inside is my personal player selection. Make sure to be on Discord tonight to get final questions asked and for help with lineup building. As always the sheet uses DraftKings pricing but the model is set up for overall play. Players can be used on all sites.
Players priced $10,000 and above
Rory McIlroy $11,600 (Model #1) – McIlroy stands out on his own in the model. Will be high owned but should come in with lower ownership than a few up tops.
Xander Schauffele $10,100 (Model #3) – Elite ball-striker who tends to play better with stiffer competition. Farmers Insurance Open is the first case of a tougher field.
Players priced between $9,900 and $9,000
Hideki Matsuyama $9,900 (Model #2) – Started out as a top owned candidate, but has tailed off as the week progressed. Good recent form and course history.
Gary Woodland $9,500 (Model #9) – 5th in the field in gaining strokes at Torrey Pines over the last five years. Two top 10s his last two tries out.
Tony Finau $9,300 (Model #14) – One of the top DK points scorers in the field with next-level ball-striking ability.
Patrick Reed $9,200 *Pivot* (Model #10) – I expect all three of the above golfers to be highly owned. Reed can provide both salary and ownership relief with the ability to contend with the rest at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Players priced between $8,900 and $8,000
Collin Morikawa $8,900 (Model #23) – Has yet to miss a cut. I will most likely play him every week until he wins.
Scottie Scheffler $8,800 (Model #39) – Has been on an absolute tear, expected ownership to be around 10%.
Joaquin Niemann $8,600 (Model #19) – Good ball-striker who had a better 2019. I hope he rounds back in form this week.
Billy Horschel $8,100 *GPP ONLY* (Model #77) – Good tournament history but coming off a couple of missed cuts. Herschel should have sub 5% ownership.
Players priced between $7,900 and $7,000
Russell Knox $7,600 (Model #7) – Knox has good form and course history. I don’t know why he gets overlooked but I’ll take his 10% ownership.
Byeong An $7,700 (Model #8) – He failed us last week, which really hurts after his hot start. Going back to the ball-striker with a bad short stick.
Bud Cauley $7,600 (Model #12) – Coming off a T4 at the American Express, Cauley is another low owned play. It could be a cash play with a T13 at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Jason Kokrak $7,700 (Model #13) – Like An, Kokrak was a disappointment last week. Unlike Byeong though he never had it together. Third in the field in ball striking.
Emiliano Grillo $7,800 *GPP ONLY* (Model #46) – Mr ball-striker himself, he has the biggest difference between T2G and TOT. If he could ever get hot with the putter, watch out!
Keegan Bradley $7,300 *GPP ONLY* (Model #36) – Essentially, Bradley is a better version of Grillo. The same thing applies to his game. Perhaps Torrey Pines is where he can put it all together.
Francesco Molinari $7,900 *GPP ONLY* (Model #27) – Clearly played much better last year than his recent performances. This is more of a bet on talent.
Players priced between $6,900 and $6,000
Kevin Streelman $6,700 *GPP ONLY* (Model #30) – Hasn’t been playing the greatest lately, but did make the cut three years from 2018-2016.
Sapp Straka $6,900 (Model #34) – Straka is coming off a T4. Probably the highest owned 6K player for the Farmers Insurance Open.
Brandon Wu $6,300 *GPP ONLY* (Model #50) – The forgotten rookie from the 2019 class. He has a chance to prove himself this week.
Trey Mullinax $6,000 *GPP PUNT ONLY (Model #17) – Had a T25 last here at Torrey Pines. I doubt he wins but perhaps this week’s Andrew Landry.
