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2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship DraftKings Picks

By Danny Norris

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The WGC-Cadillac Championship is a significant event on the PGA Tour schedule and we are treating it like a major-like event. So, we are doing something new here with this article. This might not be a weekly edition, unless, you the reader, enjoy this piece and want to see it every week then we’ll do so, but for now this will just be just a one off.

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Since DraftKings is having a special contest for the WGC-Cadillac Championship we’ll go over and make one pick for each respective price range. There’s a lot to talk about so let’s go over the WGC-Cadillac Championship DraftKings picks.

$10,000 or more salary

We have seven golfers in this category which includes: Rory McIlroy ($15,300), Bubba Watson ($12,400), Dustin Johnson ($11,300), and Adam Scott ($11,000), but my pick here is going to be Jordan Spieth ($10,900).

You can flip a coin between Jason Day ($10,900) and Spieth, and you probably should have both on your team this week, but for the fun of this article I’m going to go with Spieth because I know what I’m getting with Spieth.

Spieth is going to bring it every single hole and he’ll battle back if he struggles early. Spieth fights back, plays well in the wind, and he’s got a chip on his shoulder. This is a big event and you know he wants to win the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

In terms of value, Patrick Reed ($10,700) is the best pick and I would go with him, but with the Honda Classic dipping into Monday I can’t help but think that some of the players, like Reed, are going to be effected a little bit. That was one extra day of competitive play and one less day of preparation time.

$9,000-$9,900

There’s not many golfers in this range – which makes things really easy – but my pick here is Jimmy Walker.

Like Spieth, Walker is from Texas, so whatever kind of wind is thrown at the players this week won’t be that big of deal to Walker. And, kind of like Spieth, J-Walk is consistent, you know what he brings to the table.

Walker is a well rounded player and always finds himself near the top of the leaderboard. With not that many options in this specific salary region, Walker seems like the obvious choice.

$8,000-$8,900

I’m not too wild about this group, it’s a fantastic group that is headlined by Sergio Garcia ($8,900) and Rickie Fowler ($8.900), but I like golfers I can count on. Garcia and Fowler are boom-or-bust golfers. If they are on, they are going to be right up near the top. If they aren’t, then things can go south quickly.

However, this group does feature ‘Mr. Top Ten’ Matt Kuchar ($8,700). You can count on Kuchar week in and week out. His value is diminished a bit this week because there is no cut. Rolling the dice with Garcia, Fowler, or Brooks Koepka ($8,300) might actually be the better route this particular week now that I think about.

This is an interesting group of contrasts. You can either take the high floor, yet maybe not as high of a ceiling in Kuchar. Or roll with the boom-or-bust golfers that could win if they’re on, or finish in the bottom third in Garcia, Fowler and company. However, if I had to make just one pick in this group, I’d take Kuchar.

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$7,000-$7,900

The more windy it is, the better it is for Jamie Donaldson ($7,100). Donaldson thrived last week at Honda and he thrived last year when conditions were less than ideal. Plus, Donaldson is a nice value pick towards the bottom of this specific price grouping.

Also, don’t forget, Donaldson was one of three golfers to finish under par last year.

I do want to mention that I think Keegan Bradley ($7,900) and Graeme McDowell ($7,800) may get overlooked just because they missed the cut last week. These are two very competitive golfers who will want to bounce back in a big way. Write them off at your own risk.

Aug 23, 2014; Paramus, NJ, USA; Brendon Todd tees off on the 16th hole during the third round of The Barclays golf tournament at Ridgewood Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

$6,000-$6,900

There are a ton of quality golfers in this salary space. Picking one is a real challenge, but I think when you factor in value, Brendon Todd ($6,100) is the pick. Todd doesn’t have the reputation yet, but it seems as though the tougher the course, the better he plays.

This year, the one cut he missed was at the Humana Challenge. That’s a birdie and eagle fest. But, at the Northern Trust Open he finished T-14. When you go back to last year, the tougher the courses, the better he finished – usually.

At Quicken Loans National, he finished T-5th at 2-under, at the Valero Texas Open he finished T-6 at 6-under. On the flip side, the tournaments he missed the cut at were usually easier scoring tournaments.

At the Wells Fargo Championship he missed the cut (J.B. Holmes won with a 14-under par), at the Arnold Palmer Invitational he missed the cut (Matt Every won at 13-under), and at the Deutsche Bank Championship (Chris Kirk won at 15-under).

Let’s not forget about Zach Johnson ($6,800) who plays well in the wind and acquitted himself well last year at the newly designed Blue Monster finishing T-16. Charl Schwartzel ($6,800) has a fantastic history at Doral, including a T-9 last year. Hunter Mahan ($6,800) also finished T-9 last year.

Plenty of options to choose from, but I’m going with Mr. Todd at $6,100.

$5,200-$5,900

Even down in this region there are a few quality golfers in this section and, we’ve talked about that, but if I had to pick one I think I would roll with Stephen Gallacher ($5,700).

I’m not crazy about him playing competitively on Monday at the Honda Classic. But perhaps, I’m just overthinking that part and golfers playing on Monday at the Honda Classic really isn’t that big of a deal.

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