2015 PGA Championship DraftKings Fantasy Picks

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Jul 17, 2015; St. Andrews, Fife, SCT; Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the second hole at during the second round of the 144th Open Championship at St. Andrews – Old Course. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

$8,900-$8,000

I started salivating when I saw Hideki Matsuyama’s price. Matsuyama is at a bargain bin price of $8,000. I just don’t understand how that’s possible. He really should be in the $9,500 range, at least.

I’ll have Matsuyama in all my teams and, unfortunately, everyone else will have him as well, but hey, that’s just the way it is. If Matsuyama wins and you have him on your team, that’s fantastic. You are 1/6th of the way at winning a million dollars.

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It doesn’t matter if he’s on 10% or 80% of the other teams, you have him and he wins then you are in great shape. The next step is then nailing the other five picks.

Tiger Woods is at $8,900. Let’s just think about that for a moment. Woods is $900 dollars more expensive than Matsuyama.

Food for thought: Woods has missed more cuts in majors this year than Matsuyama has in majors for his whole career. Yet, Woods is nine hundred dollars more than Matsuyama. Okay then.

The defending champion at Whistling Straits, Martin Kaymer, is at $8,800. Kaymer is an enigma. Kaymer has been in terrible form, but how did he fare at The Open Championship? He finished T-12. Kaymer gets hot and cold at very odd times.

Kaymer might be a fantastic contrarian play because I’m not entirely sure if many will take a chance on him. I know I won’t. Too risky for me.

At $8,400 I have to assume Zach Johnson will be heavily owned. In fact, I’m hoping he does well at Firestone because that will boost his ownership percentage.

I’m not considering Johnson at all. His game just doesn’t fit here at Whistling Straits. Which is funny to say considering he finished T-2 here back in 2010, but I think that was more of catching lightning in a bottle where he played perfect golf for four days.

Johnson is in fantastic form coming off his win at St. Andrews and I assume he’ll play well at Firestone, but Whistling Straits just doesn’t fit his game. Johnson is an easy fade for me.

Matt Kuchar ($8,300) led after the first two days in 2010, but then tailed off on the weekend to finish T-10. I’m a big Kuchar fan and I’ll chuck myself off a roof if he wins and I have no shares, but I might not end up having any shares on Kuchar.

It’s a huge risk in terms of my health, but there are other golfers that I have rated higher here. Again, you can’t pick everybody.

Jimmy Walker ($8,200) might be peaking at the right time. Again, I’m writing this before the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, but J-Walk is coming in with five straight made cuts and on the back of a T-30 finish at The Open and T-21 at the Quicken Loans National.

If Walker looks strong at Firestone, he might be a really nice value play. Walker has the game to compete at Whistling Straits. Walker is a fantastic putter and he bombs it off the tee. I’m liking Walker on paper, I’ll get a better feel once I see him at Firestone and see where his game is at right now.

The last golfer in the group is Jim Furyk ($8,100). Furyk is a grinder and he might make the cut. He had quality finishes at Chambers Bay and St. Andrews and he might do that at Whistling Straits, but I don’t like his chances of winning.

Like Mickelson, Furyk will just hand around, but I just don’t see him seriously competing.

For my pick, this one is probably obvious. Matsuyama is such a steal at this price. Superb game all-around, putter may cost him a win, but a top five would not be a shock at all.

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