PGA DFS is filled with tons of useful information, but at times it can be overwhelming. If this is your first time visiting the article, this statistical overview will focus on recent form, course history, strokes gained, and old-school statistics. I will provide notes and a data sheet to help with your PGA DFS picks for DraftKings and FanDuel daily fantasy golf contests in each category. This week the focus is on The Palmetto Championship.
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Recent Form
With so many different names in the field this week, it seems like an opportune time to review who is playing well and how they are doing it. So while there is no course history this week, here is deeper dive into recent strokes gained data.
Only 10 golfers have accumulated multiple top-10s in the last 11 weeks. Garrick Higgo is one of those, a budding star from South Africa via the European Tour. Joining him are Seamus Power and Peter Uihlein. Uihlein’s three top-10s all came on the Korn Ferry Tour, while Power had one come on the PGA Tour and one the Korn Ferry Tour. David Lipsky’s two top-10s were also done on tours other than the PGA Tour, as were Danny Willett‘s. That leaves six golfers with multiple top-10s on the PGA Tour: Ian Poulter, Lucas Glover, Patton Kizzire, Keith Mitchell and Brandt Snedeker.Â
While Adam Schenk hasn’t had top-10 upside, he has been able to get inside the top 25 three times while only missing two cuts over the past 11 weeks. Camilo Villegas is in the same boat.
Lastly, there are only five golfers in the field that have competed at least four times and haven’t missed a cut: Snedeker, Power, Tyrrell Hatton, Vincent Whaley and Alex Noren.Â
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Top PGA DFS Picks Based on Recent Form
- Ian Poulter ($8,900)
- Alex Noren ($8,800)
- Seamus Power ($7,500)
Strokes Gained
With the course measuring almost 7,700 yards but playing to a par 71, length off the tee will matter this week, as the generous landing zones should help the longer hitters use shorter clubs going into the par 5’s. We will focus on strokes gained total and strokes gained off the tee for the last nine tournament weeks.
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Strokes Gained Tee to Green
Brooks Koepka (10), Dustin Johnson (13), Doug Ghim (23), Hatton (24), Harold Varner III (29), Luke List (33)
Strokes Gained Off Tee
Jhonattan Vegas (5), Sungjae Im (7), List (8), Ryan Brehm (16), Mitchell (19), Koepka (20)
Strokes Gained On Approach
Matthew NeSmith (9), Hatton (11), Ghim (15), Koepka (16), Cameron Percy (26)
Strokes Gained Around Green
Fabian Gomez (1), Willett (3), Tommy Fleetwood (4), Byeong Hun An (5), Wyndham Clark (11)
Strokes Gained Putting
Poulter (7), J.T. Poston (8), Kris Ventura (10), Kizzire (12), Chesson Hadley (14)
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Strokes Gained Total Deep Dive
For the last 10 weeks, here are the top 20 golfers with the most strokes gained.
| Name | Strokes Gained | Starts | Per Start |
| Lucas Glover | 8.59 | 6 | 1.431667 |
| Alex Noren | 6.69 | 5 | 1.338 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 6.64 | 5 | 1.328 |
| Harold Varner III | 6.25 | 6 | 1.041667 |
| Vincent Whaley | 5.95 | 5 | 1.19 |
| Ian Poulter | 4.67 | 6 | 0.778333 |
| Camilo Villegas | 4.47 | 5 | 0.894 |
| Patton Kizzire | 4.15 | 8 | 0.51875 |
| Pat Perez | 3.37 | 6 | 0.561667 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 3.04 | 5 | 0.608 |
| Sungjae Im | 2.93 | 6 | 0.488333 |
| C.T. Pan | 2.75 | 4 | 0.6875 |
| Ben Martin | 2.63 | 4 | 0.6575 |
| Dustin Johnson | 2.37 | 3 | 0.79 |
| Seamus Power | 2.27 | 2 | 1.135 |
| Brooks Koepka | 2.05 | 2 | 1.025 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 2.03 | 2 | 1.015 |
| Keith Mitchell | 1.89 | 5 | 0.378 |
| Danny Willett | 1.8 | 4 | 0.45 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 1.27 | 3 | 0.423333 |
| Roger Sloan | 1.17 | 4 | 0.2925 |
In addition to these, only nine golfers in the field have been able to gain strokes positively in all of their starts over this times:
| Name | Starts |
| Alex Noren | 5 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 5 |
| Vincent Whaley | 5 |
| Dustin Johnson | 3 |
| Seamus Power | 2 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 2 |
Strokes Gained Off the Tee Deep Dive
| Name | Strokes Gained | Starts | Per Start |
| Tom Lewis | 4.44 | 7 | 0.634286 |
| Luke List | 4.41 | 7 | 0.63 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 3.57 | 5 | 0.714 |
| Dustin Johnson | 3.26 | 3 | 1.086667 |
| Satoshi Kodaira | 3.19 | 5 | 0.638 |
| Keith Mitchell | 3.09 | 5 | 0.618 |
| Ryan Brehm | 3.03 | 4 | 0.7575 |
| Hunter Mahan | 3.03 | 5 | 0.606 |
| Bronson Burgoon | 2.54 | 4 | 0.635 |
| Erik van Rooyen | 2.36 | 5 | 0.472 |
| Sungjae Im | 2.07 | 6 | 0.345 |
| Lucas Glover | 1.97 | 6 | 0.328333 |
| Brooks Koepka | 1.83 | 2 | 0.915 |
| Will Gordon | 1.82 | 5 | 0.364 |
| Ben Martin | 1.79 | 4 | 0.4475 |
| Joseph Bramlett | 1.73 | 5 | 0.346 |
| Padraig Harrington | 1.59 | 4 | 0.3975 |
| Harold Varner III | 1.34 | 6 | 0.223333 |
| James Hahn | 1.31 | 5 | 0.262 |
| Hudson Swafford | 1.3 | 6 | 0.216667 |
| Roger Sloan | 1.28 | 4 | 0.32 |
| Richy Werenski | 1.1 | 6 | 0.183333 |
In addition to these, only nine golfers in the field have been able to gain strokes positively in all of their starts over this times:
| Name | Â Starts |
| Tom Lewis | 7 |
| Luke List | 7 |
| Satoshi Kodaira | 5 |
| Keith Mitchell | 5 |
| Hunter Mahan | 5 |
| Ryan Brehm | 4 |
| Bronson Burgoon | 4 |
| Ben Martin | 4 |
| Dustin Johnson | 3 |
| Brooks Koepka | 2 |
Old School Statistics
Driving DistanceÂ
Brehm (3), Koepka (5), Johnson (8), Clark (9), Mitchell (10), List (14), Gordon (17), Tyler McCumber (18)
Total Driving
Im (5), James Hahn (7), Johnson (8), Martin Laird (9), Hudson Swafford (11), Nesmith (16)
Greens in Regulation
Chris Baker (5), NeSmith (7), Josh Teater (16), James Hahn (17)
Scrambling 20-30 Yards
Ben Taylor (1), Vaughn Taylor (5), Joseph Bramlett (6), An (8), Clark (10)
Putting 15-20 Feet
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1), Aaron Baddeley (2), Harris English (5), Noren (6)
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Top PGA DFS Picks Based on Statistical Analysis
- Lucas Glover ($8,900)
- Brandt Snedeker ($8,400)
- Vincent Whaley ($7,500)
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