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RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - Safeway Open

Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud of our weekly PGA “One and Done” column. In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Josh Bennett will provide their weekly golf picks every Wednesday. The purpose of this article is to present you with alternative options to consider and hopefully make your selection a much easier process weekly. With that plan in mind, let's get started!

Well, that is all she wrote for this contest, as Xander Schauffele's real-life second-place finish resulted in a first-place total for Joe at the Tour Championship. Josh and I had our chances over the weekend with Rory McIlroy and Daniel Berger, but it was not to be this season for either of us.

We are still playing this up until the Masters, but I, for one, am tipping my cap to Joe on a fabulous year and will try to make this end result as respectable as possible at this point.

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One And Done Staff Picks Overview

Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud to announce the weekly PGA “One and Done” column will be back for a second season.

In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Josh Bennett will provide their weekly golf picks every Wednesday. The purpose of this article is to present you with alternative options to consider and hopefully make your selection a much easier process weekly. With that plan in mind, let's get started!

For an in-depth breakdown of the top DraftKings and FanDuel plays, check out Joe Nicely's weekly Horse For The Course that highlights the best fits for the week's course. And you can also find out who the smart money is on by checking out Spencer Aguiar's PGA DFS: Vegas Report every week. Be sure to also read all of our other top-notch weekly PGA DFS and betting articles to help you win big!

 

One and Done Selections - Safeway Open

Joe Nicely - Brendan Steele

Alternate - Harold Varner III

Let’s be honest, there aren’t a lot of great options available in this Safeway field. Most of the top names are either out of form (Sergio Garcia, Jordan Spieth) or past their prime (Phil Mickelson). That leaves us with established veterans and up-and-comers. While there are several of the youngsters that I consider fine plays, I ultimately decided to go with experience and a man that’s conquered this week’s Silverado layout two times already. Brendan Steele is never a player that we want to be counting on, but here we are...

Yearly Earnings - $7,288,255

Yearly Cuts Made - 20/24

 

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Spencer Aguiar - Harold Varner III

Alternate - Shane Lowry

I've been going slightly all over the place between mixing my selections for this contest and the big one held over at a different website, but I will try to make all my choices match when possible down the stretch with Joe already having this in the bag.

The Safeway Open is a shaky field on the surface, but we do have multiple major winners to go along with a slew of young players that will be vying to get their 2021 season off to a quick start. For me, there are a few routes that make logical sense, but I will be swinging for the fence with someone who I expect to be a popular choice in Napa Valley.

On both my betting model and DFS sheet, Harold Varner III is grading out to be my most likely winner, which stems from his top-five ranking compared to the field in both strokes gained off the tee and strokes gained tee to green. The American has provided three top-17s at this venue over his last four tries and is the safest person I have on the board. If you are in chase mode and need to make up ground, I do believe Shane Lowry makes for an interesting pivot option.

Yearly Earnings - $4,399,787

Yearly Cuts Made - 18/24

 

Josh Bennett - Sam Burns

Alternate - Brendan Steele

I’m not sure there’s a chance to catch Joe now, but I have to make a pick here that isn’t going to be as popular and hope he picks the obvious guy(s) and they fall off. It’s pretty obvious this is my fault that Joe has this big of a lead after all the smack talk from me earlier in the season, so, sorry for that Spence.

We’ve seen in the past that there are multiple ways you can get around this course and do well. Guys like Brandt and Chez who are short and straight have great histories, as do guys like Phil and Champ who are long but wild. In situations like that, I always tend to lean towards the bomber-type of players knowing that length is always an advantage. I’m going with Burns out of the handful of guys in that category for a couple reasons. He will be one of the top five longest in the field, but the others that will keep up with his distance are nowhere near his skill in the rest of the game.

Other than a poor performance at the Northern Trust, he hadn’t had a finish worse than 32nd in five straight events that all had much stronger fields than this one. He’s been on the edge of breaking through a handful of times in his career so far and he’ll have a great chance to do that in a weak field on a course he should thrive on after a couple of weeks of rest.

Yearly Earnings - $3,748,873

Yearly Cuts Made - 20/24

 

Running Totals

Joe Nicely Spencer Aguiar Josh Bennett
Sony Open Webb Simpson $455,400 Abraham Ancer $27,390 Webb Simpson $455,400
American Express Sungjae Im $162,475 Paul Casey $63,399 Sungjae Im $162,475
Farmers Insurance Tiger Woods $181,875 Hideki Matsuyama $22,950 Jon Rahm $817,500
Waste Management Jon Rahm $170,768 Webb Simpson $1,314,000 Hideki Matsuyama $97,212
Pebble Beach Jason Day $382,200 Patrick Cantlay $181,350 Jason Day $382,200
Genesis Invitational Bubba Watson $0 Dustin Johnson $234,825 Dustin Johnson $234,825
WGC Mexico Dustin Johnson $45,500 Justin Thomas $320,667 Tommy Fleetwood $125,500
Puerto Rico Open Alex Noren $0 Jhonattan Vegas $75,750 Alex Noren $0
Honda Classic Tommy Fleetwood $483,000 Tommy Fleetwood $483,000 Louis Oosthuizen $0
Arnold Palmer Invitational Rory McIlroy $330,731 Tony FInau $0 Xander Schauffele $72,424
Charles Schwab Rickie Fowler $0 Matt Kuchar $0 Patrick Reed $243,750
RBC Heritage Matt Kuchar $25,205 Justin Rose $129,575 Kevin Kisner $0
Travelers Championship Bryson DeChambeau $233,470 Sungjae Im $16,872 Bryson DeChambeau $233,470
Rocket Mortgage Viktor Hovland $131,875 Patrick Reed $0 Viktor Hovland $131,875
Workday Hideki Matsuyama $59,830 Rickie Fowler $59,830 Justin Rose $0
Memorial Patrick Cantlay $51,925 Xander Schauffele $171,585 Patrick Cantlay $51,925
3M Open Sam Burns $34,577 Bubba Watson $0 Tony Finau $250,800
WGC-St.Jude Daniel Berger $695,000 Collin Morikawa $106,200 Rory McIlroy $46,500
Barracuda Ryan Moore $69,475 Sam Burns $0 Denny McCarthy $20,883
PGA Championship Collin Morikawa $1,980,000 Daniel Berger $192,208 Brooks Koepka $69,500
Wyndham Championship Justin Rose $0 Billy Horschel $697,600 Paul Casey $37,440
Northern Trust Patrick Reed $23,169 Jason Day $0 Adam Scott $21,565
BMW Championship Scottie Scheffler $106,780 Tiger Woods $22,496 Collin Morikawa $106,780
Tour Championship Xander Schauffele $1,665,000 Rory McIlroy $280,090 Daniel Berger $186,850

 

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