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PGA DFS (DraftKings & FanDuel): Horse For The Course - Wyndham Championship
Big Bad Brooks. The "Big Game Hunter" must have decided that a WGC trophy was worthy of mounting on his wall, because Koepka showed up at the FedEx St. Jude Invitational with major-championship form and focus. Koepka entered the final round at TPC Southwind trailing Rory McIlroy by one shot and golf fans (myself included)... Read More
Patrick Cantlay An Elite DFS Option At WGC-FedEx
Patrick Cantlay disappointed his fantasy backers with an underwhelming T41 finish in last week's Open Championship. Despite his mediocre performance at Royal Portrush, Cantlay remains an elite DFS option in this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. The rising star stands first on the PGA Tour in scoring average at 69.18 and is one of the... Read More
Henrik Stenson A Good Fit At TPC Southwind
Henrik Stenson heads to Tennessee for this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational on the heels of a T20 at the Open Championship. Stenson suffered a mini-collapse Sunday at Royal Portrush and lost a lot of ground on the leaderboard with a final-round 76 in horrible weather. The Swede will look to regroup at a TPC... Read More
Tony Finau Brings Positive Momentum To Memphis
Tony Finau's play this season has been slightly inconsistent, but he brings tons of positive momentum with him to Memphis for this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Finau heads to Tennessee fresh off a beautiful third-place finish in the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. It was the young star's second top-five finish in a major... Read More
Matthew Wolff Set To Make WGC Debut
Matthew Wolff is in the field for this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. It will be Wolff's first start in a WGC event. The young star out of Oklahoma State won in just his third start as a pro at the 3M Open. Much has been made about Wolff's unorthodox swing, but the former NCAA... Read More
PGA DFS (DraftKings & FanDuel): Horse For The Course - WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational
Hi guys and welcome back to Horse For The Course! I hope everyone had a great Open Championship last week. Shane Lowry certainly did. The Irishman stormed to a runaway victory at Royal Portrush for the first major championship of his career. Lowry's victory was unexpected, but not shocking, as the 32-year-old has played very... Read More
Patrick Reed Looks To Continue Hot Play At TPC Southwind
Patrick Reed is in the field for this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Reed heads to Memphis fresh off a top-10 finish at the Open Championship. It was yet another strong outing for the 2018 Masters champion and his third-straight top-25 finish. Reed battled through a horrible slump earlier this year, but his game has... Read More
Hideki Matsuyama Looks To Rebound In Memphis
Hideki Matsuyama is in the field for the upcoming WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Matsuyama heads to Memphis on the heels of a missed cut at last week's Open Championship. The early exit was an unfamiliar feeling for the young Japanese star, as it marked his first missed cut of 2019. Matsuyama has played phenomenal golf... Read More
Which Brooks Koepka Will Show Up At WGC?
Brooks Koepka is in the field for the upcoming WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Koepka heads to Memphis on the heels of yet another strong performance in a major championship, as he logged a T4 at Royal Portrush. His talent is without question, but it is fair to wonder which version of Koepka will show up... Read More
Webb Simpson Brings Steady Form To Memphis
Webb Simpson is set to tee it up in this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Simpson has been rock-solid in 2019 and heads to Memphis on the heels of a top-30 outing at the Open Championship. The Wake Forest alum should feel very comfortable on the TPC Southwind layout on which he logged a T3... Read More
Tiger Woods Will Skip WGC; Likely Won't Tee It Up Until Playoffs
Tiger Woods won't be in the field at this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Woods has elected to skip the no-cut event after his disappointing performance at the Open Championship. We have seen the legend significantly scale back his schedule in 2019 and it appears that he won't tee it up again until the FedEx... Read More
Tony Finau Has Solid History At The Open
Tony Finau heads to Royal Portrush this week for the fourth Open Championship appearance of his career. Finau is a perfect three-for-three in his previous Open starts and will attempt to continue his sharp play in the game's oldest major. The rising star has underwhelmed a bit in 2019, but heads to Northern Ireland fresh... Read More
Tiger Woods Eyes Fourth Open Title
Three-time Open champion Tiger Woods is set to take aim at his fourth Claret Jug this week at Royal Portrush. Woods shocked the world with his miraculous win at the Masters earlier this year, but has been off the radar since then. This week's Open will be Tiger's first start since a T21 in last... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: 2019 Open Championship DFS Bible
Hello PGA DFS fans! Welcome to the 2019 Open Championship DFS Bible! It's honestly a bittersweet feeling to be writing about the Open, because it is the last major championship of this year. While I believe the revamped 2019 schedule is a huge improvement, it does feel like the majors have flown by this season.... Read More
RotoBaller PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - 2019 Open Championship
What's up guys? Y'all heard anything about a golf tournament overseas this week? We'll dive into the Open Championship in just a second, but I do want to recap the John Deere Classic just a bit. We knew going in that the JDC field was one of the weakest we've seen this season. Dylan Frittelli... Read More
Justin Rose Eyes Open Championship Breakthrough
Justin Rose heads to Royal Portrush with his eyes on a breakthrough at the Open Championship. Rose came oh-so-close to winning the Claret Jug at Carnoustie last year, but ultimately had to settle for a share of second place. The Englishman has had an underwhelming year by his lofty standards, but played beautifully at the... Read More
Phil Mickelson A Long Shot At Royal Portrush
Phil Mickelson is set to make his 26th career start in the Open Championship. Mickelson struggled in Opens during the early portion of his career, but eventually captured the Claret Jug at Muirfield in 2013. The 49-year-old kicked off 2019 in style with a win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but his game has... Read More
Rickie Fowler Heads To Open In Sluggish Form
Rickie Fowler has a sterling track record in the Open Championship, but he heads to the 2019 edition at Royal Portrush in sluggish form. Fowler has made the Open cut in eight of his nine career appearances, including a runner-up finish at Royal Liverpool in 2014. The fan favorite has a win at the Waste... Read More
Henrik Stenson Heads To Portrush In Red-Hot Form
Henrik Stenson is in the field for the upcoming Open Championship. Stenson captured the Open title in an epic duel with Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon in 2016 and heads to Royal Portrush in red-hot form. The Swede recently logged top-10 finishes at both the Canadian and U.S. Opens, and notched a T4 in last... Read More
Brooks Koepka Looks To Continue Major Dominance At Open
Brooks Koepka is in the field for this week's Open Championship. Koepka has won four of the last 10 major championships in which he's played and will attempt to continue his dominant run at Royal Portrush. The American made his bones on the Euro and Challenge Tours, so he brings plenty of links-golf experience to... Read More
RotoBaller PGA: One And Done Staff Picks - John Deere Classic
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 addition of a weekly PGA “One and Done” column. In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Gianni Magliocco will... Read More
PGA DFS: Horse For The Course - John Deere Classic
Hello RotoBallers and welcome back to Horse For The Course! The 3M Open was a new tournament held in Minnesota that actually provided some pretty high drama Sunday afternoon. There was definitely a youth movement in effect at TPC Twin Cities, as the final-round leaderboard was packed with many of golf's most exciting young guns.... Read More
Tony Finau Shows Improved Form In Minnesota
Tony Finau entered the 3M Open on the heels of three-straight missed cuts, but the young star flashed some improved form at TPC Twin Cities. Finau logged four sub-70 rounds to finish at 13-under par for the tournament and a T23. The 29-year-old has disappointed his backers a bit this year after a breakout season... Read More
Patrick Reed Logs Top-25 Finish In Minnesota
Patrick Reed entered the 3M Open fresh off a top-five finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, but the 2018 Masters champion wasn't able to fully capitalize on that momentum at TPC Twin Cities. Reed played solid golf by logging four sub-70 rounds in Minnesota, but only came away with a T23 in the low-scoring event.... Read More
Another Missed Cut For Phil Mickelson At 3M
Phil Mickelson was one of the most recognizable names in last week's 3M Open field, but it was a short stay in Minnesota for the veteran. Rounds of 74 and 73 left him at five-over par through 36 holes, nowhere near the three-under par cut line. 'Lefty' got off to a fast start in 2019... Read More
Brooks Koepka Underwhelms At 3M Open
Another 'regular' PGA Tour event and another underwhelming performance from Brooks Koepka. The four-time major champion has earned a reputation as a 'big game hunter' for his steely performances on golf's biggest stages, but some criticisms have started to surface about his apparent lack of motivation in tournaments that aren't majors. His 65th-place finish in... Read More
Collin Morikawa Impresses With Runner-Up Finish At 3M
Collin Morikawa might not have received as much hype as fellow young guns Matthew Wolff and Viktor Hovland when he turned professional a month ago, but the Cal-Berkeley product is quickly turning heads with his play on the PGA Tour. Morikawa hasn't missed a cut in four professional starts and logged an impressive runner-up finish... Read More
Matthew Wolff Grabs First Pro Win At 3M
Matthew Wolff recently won the 2019 NCAA Individual Championship and it took him all of three starts as a professional to grab his first win on the PGA Tour. Wolff rolled in a remarkable eagle putt on the 72nd hole of the 3M Open to record a dramatic victory at TPC Twin Cities. The 20-year-old... Read More
Sam Burns Is A Nice Statistical Fit At 3M
Sam Burns is in the field for this week's inaugural 3M Open. Burns' recent results have been fairly pedestrian, but his statistical fit at this week's host course, TPC Twin Cities, is generating some buzz in the DFS industry. The LSU product ranks fourth in this week's field in both birdies gained and driving distance... Read More
Hideki Matsuyama Remains On Cruise Control
Hideki Matsuyama is slated to tee it up in this week's 3M Open. Matsuyama heads to Minnesota with his game on cruise control. The Japanese star hasn't missed a cut in 17 starts this season and is fresh off a T13 finish in last week's Rocket Mortgage Classic. He ranks 10th on the PGA Tour... Read More
