Fantasy Golf Tournament Preview- BMW PGA Championship (European Tour Package)
OVERVIEW
This week is the one year anniversary of the birth of Euro DFS for DraftKings, Happy Birthday – we’re sorry you have daddy issues because you’re constantly neglected! The fairways are tight and the greens are small at Wentworth Club, so accuracy will be at a premium this week. Of course, there are a few bombers we’ll be targeting because length off the tee can make up for a ton of inaccuracy, but we’ll need to be cautious with those plays and not overload our lineups with too many sprayers of the tee ball. The greens were re-seeded last year so it should be interesting to see how well they’ve taken to the new seed. Typically, a year from seeding is plenty of time for them to grow in, but we don’t know how much play has been limited during that time. Aside from the green surface being re-seeded, the greens themselves on the 8th, 11th, 14th & 16th were completely reshaped and the 3rd, 4th, 5th , 12th and 15th greens were partially rebuilt AND all of the bunkers on the course were redone as well as 29 of them being completely removed. This course is far different than in year’s past, but of course all of the players are ranting and raving about the changes (weird, right? I highly doubt they all love all of the changes, but whatever).
TOURNAMENT BACKGROUND
o The Course
• Wentworth Club
• Par: 73
• Yardage: 7,281
• Greens: Bentgrass
o Location: Virginia Water, Surrey, England
o Past Champions:
• 2016: Chris Wood -9 over Rikard Karlberg [-8]
• 2015: Byeong-Hun An -21 over Thongchai Jaidee & Miguel Angel Jimenez [-15]
• 2014: Rory McIlroy -14 over Shane Lowry [-13]
• 2013: Matteo Manassero -10 in a playoff over Simon Khan & Marc Warren
• 2012: Luke Donald -15 over Paul Lawrie & Justin Rose [-11]
KEY STATS TO TARGET
o Strong Emphasis – Greens in Regulation, Driving Accuracy, Ball Striking, Scrambling
o Important – Driving Distance, Putting Average
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