Fantasy Golf Tournament Preview- WGC Dell Match Play

OVERVIEW
Finally! After years of complaining by the DFS community to run Match Play contests, DraftKings has finally given us what we’ve all said was possible. First and foremost, we don’t know who will get which side of the bracket, so pay attention to that once they’re announced Monday night. Secondly, when making your rosters make a conscious effort to be selecting players from each of the four divisions. Stacking one division is the worst possible roster construction this week, so don’t do that. As far as edge goes this week in tournaments (like most weeks, I question your motivation if playing cash games in an even higher variance aspect of DFS GOLF) we should be targeting first timers that others won’t be looking at and the reason for that is very simple. There will be a lot of emphasis on overall match-play records and those players will probably be among the most popular this week.  Be careful that you are looking closely into each players match-play results and what events they came in as they do not always translate into this event.  For example, Patrick Reed may be an elite TEAM USA golfer, but he’s been garbage at this event regardless of where the tournament has been held. He will not be featured in this article on purpose, let the sheep follow blind mice into the fields. The other aspect of this week that needs some attention is the scoring.

Here’s the breakdown on scoring this week:
Holes Won: +3 pts
Holes Halved: +.75 pts
Holes Lost: -.75
Holes Not Played: +1.6 pts (if a player wins 3 & 2, they get extra points for those additional holes they didn’t have to play)
Matches Won: +5 pts
Matches Halved: +2 pts
Streak of 3 consecutive holes won in match (max 1 per round): +5 pts
No holes lost in a match bonus: +7.5 pts

TOURNAMENT BACKGROUND

o The Course
• Austin Country Club
• Par 71
• 7,100 yards
• Bermuda greens
o Location: Austin, TX
o Corollary Courses/Performances:
o Past Champions:
• 2017: Dustin Johnson over Jon Rahm
• 2016: Jason Day over Louis Oosthuizen

KEY STATS TO TARGET

o Strong Emphasis – SG: T2G, Birdie Or Better, P5 Scoring, Scrambling
o Important – SG: P, SG: APP/Ball Striking

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