Thornberry Creek Ladies Dream Golf fantasy picks
![OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL - JULY 02: Jiyai Shin hits from a sand trap on the 18th hole during the final round of the 2017 KPMG PGA Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club on July 2, 2017 in Olympia Fields, Illinois. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL - JULY 02: Jiyai Shin hits from a sand trap on the 18th hole during the final round of the 2017 KPMG PGA Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club on July 2, 2017 in Olympia Fields, Illinois. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/3475620fd8c294c4b4d36202b13dd5aaf92049aa3560dce99c78ec53591eef4f.jpg)
The Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic fantasy picks give several lower-ranked players an opportunity to show fantasy managers what they have in their bags. Take a risk and give them a chance at this inaugural event.
The inaugural Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, coming the week before the U.S. Women’s Open, offers a field absent many of the high-ranked players who are typically reliable picks for fantasy managers. We can give some of the lower-ranked players an opportunity to join our teams. Who knows – we could discover some new standouts this week who will serve us well as the 2017 season progresses.
The par-72 Thornberry Creek at Oneida, the official Green Bay Packers golf course, will play 6624 yards this week. The track takes the field to a classic Northwoods setting on a bentgrass championship course that changes constantly from hole-to-hole. With more than 70 sand bunkers and 11 water hazards punctuating the course, precision shot-making will be at a premium this week. This video flyover of the Thornberry Championship course will give you a sense of what the field will encounter.
It’s a new golf course for everybody, so with only practice rounds and and the pro-am for experience, expect a certain equalization of the field in the absence of prior local knowledge. I’ll be looking almost exclusively at recent performance as the criteria for my fantasy picks.
Aside from a few scattered thundershowers on Thursday, the weather will be perfect – daytime temperatures in the high 70s-low 80s, light winds – just enough to keep things interesting – and humidity hovering around 60%.
My fantasy picks are based on the Ladies Dream Golf Pick-4 contest, but my field review will provide tips and guidance for other fantasy golf games as well.