The Northern Trust: Sunday Showdown

The Northern Trust: Sunday Showdown

The first three days of this tournament have been entertaining to say the least. Scottie Scheffler and Dustin Johnson went off on Friday going -12 and -11 respectively and I am expecting scores to remain low on Sunday (but probably not that low).

So how does the low scoring this week affect the Sunday Showdown slate? Typically, you want to favor the top of the leaderboard because you get bonus points for finishing position in the Sunday Showdown slates. However, with the ability for guys to go -8 and -9 I am prioritizing the top of the leaderboard a bit less this week for two reason,

1) You will probably need 6 golfers who go -6 or better and on this course and those -6’s/-7’s will likely come from 10-15 golfers. My guess would be a -3 with the 5th place bonus would not be enough for the winning lineup on Sunday.

2) It will be contrarian as ownership for golfers at the top of the leaderboard for Sunday’s Showdown slate is always high.

On Saturday we saw 11 golfers shoot -5 or better and 5 golfers shoot -6 or better (at the time of writing this article, DJ is still on the 16th hole so that might change).

The Northern Trust: Sunday Showdown Targets

Dustin Johnson ($10,500): Dustin has not only been striking the ball well but we have seen some of his best putting performances over the last few weeks. In addition to that he has shown up on Sunday’s averaging a score of 67.5 over the past 4 Sunday’s in which he has teed it up.

Rory Mcilroy ($10,000): On Saturday Rory was the worst player in the field ARG and he was terrible with his putter. However, he continues to strike the ball well, gaining 1.80 strokes on APP. Rory is just too good at golf to not get his short game corrected and I will be on him when that happens. Hopefully sooner than later!

Hideki Matsuyama ($8,400): Matsuyama shot -6 on Saturday and is striking the ball really well this week. I can see Hideki making a move up the leaderboard for a top 10 finish on Sunday.

Tyrell Hatton ($8,000): Tyrrell led the field on Saturday with a -8. He putted well but more impressively he led the field in SG APP +4.30. Tyrell is one of the best putters on tour so the putting is expected but he continues to strike the bell this well he can definately go -7 or -8 again on Sunday.

Justin Rose ($7,700): Rose has a solid course history here but he also ranks 4th in SG APP (+1.92) through the first three days of the tournament. If he sinks a few putts on Sunday he will be a sneaky non-leaderboard play that will help you cash in the Sunday Showdown.

Cameron Smith ($6,900): Similar to Rose, Smith also has a solid course history here and he ranks 2nd for week thus far in SG APP +2.05. Cameron will be one of my favorite plays on Sunday in this price range.

Matt Kuchar ($6,800): Kuchar is not someone who I typically play but he shot -5 on Saturday gaining 3.81 strokes on APP. At this price, it will be hard to not have some shares of Matt on Sunday.

If you have any questions, I will be on discord later tonight. Make sure to check out Win Daily Sports for more Golf content this week!