The Florida swing is done for now, and to get us back into the swing of things, we have a rare dual-tournament week for the PGA Tour. Even rarer for PGA DFS, DraftKings has given us big contests for both. This article will focus on The WGC Dell Technologies Match Play event. Let’s get into a breakdown of the PGA DFS picks for DraftKings and FanDuel for this week’s tournament.
In case this is your first time here, this is what you can expect to find in this article:
- The Tournament and Format
- Course Commentary
- Course Facts and Figures
- PGA DFS Course Summary and Statistical Comparison
- PGA DFS Preview, including sweat sheet and now featuring optimal lineups from last year’s event
- Player Preview
PGA DFS Picks: WGC Dell Technologies Match Play
The Tournament and Format
Beyond the dual-tournament week, match play gives us an entirely different game within the game of PGA DFS. Optimal lineups are built by trying to maximize the number of holes a lineup can have by rostering golfers from all different quadrants. Identical to the NCAA’s field of 64, the Match Play consists of most of the world’s best. They are broken into 16 groups of four, with each of the 16 groups having a No. 1 seed. Those top seeds are based on the OWGR. From there the remaining three seeds in each bracket are based on a random drawing of golfers in specific OWGR ranges. One winner from each group will move onto the sweet 16 and will play a single-elimination bracket from then on.
The Course: Austin Country Club
This course is a great setting for any tournament, but especially for match play. Founded just before the turn of the 19th century, Austin Country Club has been around for over 120 years. Carved throughout the banks of the Colorado River, the famous Pennybacker Bridge serves as the backdrop for the iconic 18th hole. The Pete Dye-designed par 71 measuring just shy of 7,100 yards will reward those that navigate the hazards and bunkers.
Course Facts and Figures
Par and Yardage
- Par 71: 7,100 yards
Course Difficulty 2020
- N/A
Hole Dispersion
- Four Par 3’s : 194, 150, 178, 201
- 11 Par 4’s: 385, 317, 452, 434, 368, 394, 450, 435, 368, 500, 490
- three Par 5’s: 579, 565, 585
Grass Types and Hazards
- Grass Type: Bermuda
- Rough Length: 2 inches
- Green Size: 5,500 square feet
- Holes with water in play: 5
Designer
- Peter Dye
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Facts and Figures
- N/A
The WGC Dell Technologies Match Play PGA DFS Slate Preview
Previous Year PGA DFS DraftKings Results
I’ll cover two buy-in levels: The large-field GPP and the high-dollar GPP. I’ll also provide a couple of notes on the overall scoring of the event.
DraftKings Notes & Lineups
This is typically one of the lowest-scoring PGA DFS events of the year, with only two par 5’s and tons of water.
$5 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
- Total ownership of 102%.
- It was not the optimal lineup.
- The lineup was duplicated more than five times.
- The lineup featured three of the final four participants, and all six golfers made the elite eight.
$555 Buy-In $300,000 Guaranteed:
- Total ownership of over 80.
- It was not the optimal lineup.
- The lineup was not duplicated.
- This lineup featured three of the final four, four of the elite eight but only five of the sweet 16, as Tommy Fleetwood failed to get out of the group stage.
The WGC Match Play Player Preview
As I mentioned before, almost all the best in the world are here to play in the once-a-year match play event. The only notable names missing are Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Gary Woodland. Be sure to check back sometime after 10 a.m. CST on Monday to view the brackets and quadrants.
Previous Winners
- 2020: N/A
- 2019: Kevin Kisner
- 2018: Bubba Watson
- 2017: Dustin Johnson
- 2016: Jason Day
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