⛳ PGA DFS Picks: Waste Management Open Round 3 DraftKings + FanDuel Showdown Spotlight

This column is a quick-hitter article to give you the stats you need to make informed PGA DFS picks for your DraftKings and FanDuel daily fantasy golf lineups. We’re in search of a few recommendations for the third round of the Waste Management. In a typical Showdown GPP, DraftKings will offer upwards of $50,000 to first place for second-and third-round tournaments and sometimes up to $100,000 for the final-round contests. They also provide weekend-long contests that have been offering $25,000 to first place on average. FanDuel has also tried to get into the weekend-long and final-round contests, offering $10,000 and $5,000 to first place in their PGA DFS Showdown contests. Let’s take a look at PGA DFS picks for Round 3 of the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

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PGA DFS Showdown Picks: Waste Management Phoenix Open Round 3

Previous Round Recap

Friday was another perfect day in the desert, no weather issues ever happen there, right? The nice day created some low scoring for the morning wave, but not from golfers you might expect. The low scores of the early group came from the likes of Steve Stricker, Keegan Bradley and even Jordan Spieth. While Xander Schauffle  played the afternoon wave and matched his Thursday round, shooting another 66 on Friday. Schauffle sets the pace heading into the weekend.

The leader will have plenty of chasers though, any golfer who made the cut this week is only 9 shots out of it, with plenty of golf left to try to make that up. Speaking of the cut and the PGA DFS cut sweat, only about 7% of all lineups were able to get 6/6 golfers through to the weekend.

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General Strategy and Waste Management Phoenix Open PGA DFS Picks

The following is not a knock on Steve Stricker, but any time he’s in the top five of a PGA Tour event it is very likely that ball striking, or at least elite ball striking, isn’t terribly needed. On the other hand, it likely means that a hot putter is a requirement. For Showdown purposes, it does make it a bit harder to handicap, as we know putting is inevitably the most variable thing in all of PGA DFS. We will try to highlight a few plays that could be in a good spot if they do catch fire over the next two days.

Top-10

As a fan, it will be hard for me to play anyone other than Jordan Spieth. He looked good on Friday, and not just because he made a couple from downtown. There are plenty of other options here though, including Scottie Scheffler, who finally was able to put his second round demons behind him, and has a shot at his first PGA Tour title this weekend. Sam Burns is also in contention for the second straight week, as he looks to kick his weekend woes with a strong finish.

J.T. Poston ($6,900)

If this weekend is going to turn into a putting contest, then Poston needs to be in heavy consideration for a few lineup spots, following back to back rounds that he’s gained over a stroke and a half with his irons. Couple that with his strong short game, and Poston looks to be in line to get his first top-10 of the season.

PGA DFS Picks Outside the Top-10

  • Jon Rahm ($10,400): While advising to play the highest priced golfer on the slate isn’t really that shocking, Rahm’s irons look to be in form, and that’s typically the last of his stats to come. We know how good Rahm is off the tee, it’s just his putter that needs to kick into gear. Once it does, Rahm will be in the top-10 in the blink of an eye.
  • Will Zalatoris ($7,500): After a rather lackluster round one, where he couldn’t make any putts, Zalatoris found a bit of a stroke in round two. Typically incredibly inconsistent with his ball striking, his irons look good once this time out. Saturday is his day to move into position and he gave himself a good chance again this week with a solid second round, which should keep him in play for DraftKings and FanDuel PGA contests.

Sneaky PGA DFS Pick for Round 3

Sam Ryder (6,500)

A week after his ball-striking looked really crisp it’s the putter that’s been saving Ryder over these first two rounds; he gained almost 2.5 strokes over the first two days. Ball striking form doesn’t evaporate over night, so I’m hoping it comes back for round three and that the putter stays hot. That’ll be the winning combo needed to bink the round three Showdown GPPs.

DraftKings and FanDuel Farmers Insurance Open Lineup Fill-Ins

  • Jordan Spieth ($7,100)
  • Luke List ($7,300)
  • Byung-hun An ($7,400)
  • Webb Simpson ($9,500)

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Jason established his roots in the littlest state that could...Rhode Island. But after 29 years of bitter cold, and only being able to play golf 4 months a year, upended those roots and moved to Florida. Now four years later, Jason is a husband to Sarah and father of two boys, James & Myles. A dog and more specifically Lab lover (Bella), he dedicates his time to serve as the lead of PGA content at Awesemo.com. In the time he is not diving into the PGA stats and covering this week's current tournament, you can find him researching and trading stocks, on the golf course, at Disney World, on a hike, or somewhere in between. Want to chat? Have a question about Golf/Stocks or anything else? Hop on twitter and give him a message @dfsgolfer23. You can also contact Jason by emailing [email protected].

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