The first week of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs will head to Paramus, New Jersey for the Northern Trust Open. The next four weeks will feature stacked fields, which is honestly a huge relief for any diehard PGA DFS players. No longer do we have to spend hours researching players that might not even be on the PGA Tour next season. Almost every player in this week’s field has seen their fair share of success in the 2018 season.
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Storylines
Obviously, it will center around the first week of the playoffs. After this week, the playoff field will slim down to the top 100 players rather than the top 125. Almost every big-name is here, except for Rory McIlroy, who is taking the week off to further work on his game. He is in no danger of not advancing to the next round of qualifying but obviously can’t improve his position in the standings either.
The Course
Ridgewood Country Club is the host venue this week and plays as a par 71. It stretches out to 7,385 yards and is a pretty straight-forward setup. Treelined fairways and thick rough surround the course but proper execution will allow lower scores. Off-the-tee play will be important here because the Par 4s are long, so if you are not executing and finding the fairway on a consistent basis, you will struggle to reach the green in two shots. The greens are bentgrass, which obviously favors some golfers more than others.
Key Stats
Strokes Gained: Approach
Par 4s Gained
Strokes Gained: Putting
Fairways Gained
Scrambling
Golfers to Target
Keegan Bradley $9,200
I love Keegan this week. His price tag is incredible given he has been one of the most consistent players on Tour this season. He hasn’t missed a cut since the U.S. Open and loves playing on courses in the Northeast.
Zach Johnson $9,900
Johnson has finished in the top 20 in his last six starts. I am going with recent form here.
Kevin Kisner $8,900
This price feels almost too good to be true. This is the equivalent of taking a heavy road favorite in the NFL against an inferior opponent. Trappy. But Kisner sets up really well here and possesses one of the best short games on Tour. He hits a ton of fairways too which is going to help a lot in terms of finding the green on his approach shot.
Tony Finau $10,600
Finau has been one of the best players on Tour all year and should have little difficulty navigating these long par 4s given his length off-the-tee. The rest of his game has been so money this season which is why he has ascended to 30th in the Official World Golf Rankings after ranking 62nd at this same time last season.
Brandt Snedeker $10,300
Sneds put on a show last week at the Wyndham and it was great to see his name atop the leaderboard. He is one of the ultimate ‘don’t let him get hot’ golfers on Tour so he was scorching last week. I will be riding him again this week given how dialed in he was in nearly every aspect of his game.
Hideki Matsuyama $10,900
One of the most well-rounded golfers on Tour, Hideki is one of the safest options to make the cut and has flashed strong recent form after carding a -11 closing weekend at the Wyndham. He’s also an excellent scrambler, ranking 19th in Strokes Gained: Around the Green in the 2018 season.
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