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US Open Final Ownership
Welcome to the USGA’s haunted house party otherwise known as the U.S. Open at Winged Foot and we’re here to give you the US Open Final Ownership. There are extremely narrow fairways with fearsome rough that offer tiny pathways to the greens. The greens are elevated and undulating, (think small hills on the green) and the USGA has been known to place a pin in the center of a downside green hill, kind of like putt-putt on the 18th when you have to hit an elevated shot 4 feet up into the clowns mouth to get a free game, only the best you can expect this week is a prayed for par or a bogie.
Mickelson once famously called it “circus golf.” This is the hardest and toughest test of the year for our players, forget -20 when +20 will probably place in the money, the expected winning score is +3 to +5………..for the champion. With birdies and eagles few and far between, this week the scoring that counts will be on placement, which means get as many towards the top ten as possible, a stars and scrubs approach, with an eye on ownership, is the pathway to cashing.
If you play all the middle players and they wind up 40th to 65th, you probably won’t be celebrating that first place win, especially in the Draftkings $10.00 entry, its The Empire State Special, that pays out a hefty $250,000 to the winner. Being contrarian in the main GPP can pay off like a slot machine. They also have the 100 dollar entry Fantasy Golf Millionaire that pays out $1,025.000, and a golden ticket to the DraftKings golf finals. Let’s get to those projections to help you construct a lineup that pays !
There are two golfers tied at the top right now. Xander Schauffele and surprise, Patrick Reed are knotted at 22%. I believe Reeds price (8500 DK) and his majors record are responsible. Right behind is Webb Simpson at 21.8%, followed by Terrell Hatton at 21%. Next is Jon Rahm at 19.7% Patrick “Sharps” Scott’s attempt at adopting Collin Morikawa has run into a snag, he’s still very popular at 17.2% ownership, next in line is Daniel Berger at 16.7%, D.J. Is at 16.1%, Justin Thomas is 15.6%, Tony Finau is 15.4% and Matthew Fitzpatrick, a Vegas favorite, is 15.2%. Harris English is sitting on 13.8%, Patrick Cantlay is 12.9%, Hideki Matsuyama is 12.2%, right behind him is Rory McILroy at 12.1%, Tommy Fleetwood has risen to 11.8%, and Matthew Wolff, one of my picks, is 11.6%. Adam Scott is in at 11.4%, a small drop to Paul Casey at 10.4%, Abraham Ancer is 10.3%, Gary Woodland comes in right at 10% ownership.
Louis Oosthuizen is 9.9%, Brendan Todd is 9.7%, Bryson DeChambeau is 9.6%, Victor Hovland and Chez Reavie are 9.1%, Jason Day is 8.8%, Tiger is 8.7%, Rickie Fowler is 8.6% and Sungjae IM is 8.1%. Corey Conners is 7.6%, Justin Rose is 7.2%, Kevin Streelman is 6.5%, Brian Harmon is 6.3%, Jason Kokrak is 6.2%, Martin Kaymer is 6%. Thomas Pieters, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, and Kevin Kisner are 5.7%. Shane Lowry & Matt Kuchar are 5.4%, Will Zalatoris is 5.3%, Joaquin Niemann and Billy Horschel are at 5% ownership.
Golfers under 5% ownership:
Sebastian Munoz and Si Woo Kim are at 4.9%, Kevin Na, Ian Poulter and Cameron Champ are at 4.3% ownership, Phil Mickelson is 4.2%, Sergio Garcia is 4.1%, Bubba Watson and B.An come in at 4%. Mackenzie Hughes is 3.9%, Ryan Palmer is 3.8%, Eric Van Rooyen is 3.7%, Lanto Griffin and Joel Dahmen are at 3.6%, Keegan Bradley and Alex Noren are 3.4%, Zach Johnson is 2.9%, Adam Hadwin is 2.7%, Matthias Schwab is 2.4%, Matt Wallace and Lee Westwood are 2.3%, Christian Bezuidenhout is 2.1%
Golfers under 2% ownership:
Rasmus Hojaard and Thomas Detry are 1.9%, Tyler Duncan is 1.8%, Romain Langasque is 1.6%, Adam Long and Brandon Wu are 1.5%, Lucas Glover,J.T. Poston, Mark Leishman and Cameron Smith are 1.3%, Andy Sullivan and Chesson Hadley are 1.2%, Victor Perez is at 1% ownership.
All other golfers, even Snedeker, are currently at less than 1% ownership.
Picks:
The only two at the top I’m considering are Rahm and Xander, you can pair them, just remember the more you pluck from the very top, the more likely you are to get plucked in the bottom.
The upper/mid range golfers I like are Hideki, Hatton, and Hovland.
The mid range golfers I like are English and Wolff.
The lower range golfers I’ll have are Corey Conners, Munoz and B.An.
My out in left field play this week is Will Zalatoris, he is hovering at 5% ownership, he’s 6700, and he is shredding the KF field almost every week.
My honorable mention is Thomas Pieters, he’s a big Dutchman that has excelled in Europe, and on some very tough courses, he’s 6800 and allows you to get one more cherry from up top.
Thank you for reading this article on US Open Final Ownership! Please remember to check in the Discord channel tonight for Sia’s Secret Weapon, this is the pick that every week has made it rain for months now. You do not want to miss his pick, it’s tonight, it’s on Discord, where I’ll be, and the other Win Daily Sports writers, as soon as our articles go up. We’ll be answering questions and offering suggestions on how to get you on that DraftKings leader board.
As always, I hope to be seeing you, in the money !
