2015-16 WGC-HSBC Champions DraftKings Fantasy Picks
By Danny Norris
Jun 18, 2015; University Place, WA, USA; Thongchai Jaidee holds up his ball after putting on the 17th green in the first round of the 2015 U.S. Open golf tournament at Chambers Bay. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
$7,900-$6,100
This will be the last slide because basically everybody in the $6,000 dollar range is a complete fade except for two. One for cash and one for GPP.
At the Shriners Open I thought Jason Kokrak was a nice little value play nobody would be on and he did well.
I feel the same way about Gary Woodland ($6,900). He’s worth a shot on a lineup or two. Woodland has the game to compete, but he has been a complete mess.
This is golf, so you never know, but if you are going to be piling up the lineups, you might want to take a shot with Woodland in a GPP.
Chris Kirk ($6,900) is a decent enough cash game play. If you are going to roster the likes of Rory, D.J., Bubba, etc. then you have to go cheap and going with Kirk isn’t a bad option.
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As for the $7,000 dollar range, I mainly want to just focus on the lower end.
I love Daniel Berger ($7,100) as an extremely cheap value pick. The youth movement is in full effect with rookies Emiliano Grillo and Smylie Kaufman winning the first two events of the 2015-16 PGA Tour season.
Plus, you can throw in the fact that Justin Thomas won the CIMB Classic and Victor Dubuisson – who is still only 25 – winning the Turkish Airlines Open last week. Youth is being served.
Berger, who won the 2014-15 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, needs to start consistently competing in tournaments. He can start this week. Sheshan is a course that should fit his eye and this is the kind of format that should benefit Berger.
Berger can get hot and cold very quickly. With no cut, that give Berger some wiggle room to start cold and then start getting hot by piling up the birdies and eagles which will rack up the DraftKings points.
Thongchai Jaidee ($7,100) is another value pick I’ll be targeting. Jaidee is always rock solid and he is always quietly up near the leaderboards. He is currently playing very well and makes for a nice cash game play.
Beyong-Hun An ($7,800) makes for an interesting GPP play. An has burned folks so many times they are probably way off him.
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However, it looked like An found something last week. He played well at the Turkish Airlines Open and he may carry that over into this week. Keep an eye on An this week.