Fantasy Golf: Sleeper DraftKings Selections for The Honda Classic

Last week five of my six undervalued and sleeper selections made the cut at The Players Championship, highlighted by Joaquin Niemann, Keegan Bradley, and Doug Ghim, who all finished T29.

This week the tour heads to a historically difficult golf course in West Palm Beach for the Honda Classic. Only once in the last eight Honda Classic’s has the winner finished double digits under par.

As always, check out Hans Geevers full-lineup picks that he posts each and every week. Hans’ article is also great for reading about the course, and how he believes it will play.

And of course, as always in my articles, I am only looking at players under the average DraftKings salary of $8,333. Finding value is the most important thing when making your selections, so I hope to bring you some solid options.

The key stats I will be looking at this week will be bogey avoidance, par four scoring average, strokes gained tee-to-green and around-the-green, par 3 and par 5 birdie or better percentage, and scrambling. Here are my selections.

Aaron Wise $7,600

Aaron Wise is my first 7K selection of the week. Wise comes into the Honda Classic after a made cut at The Players Championship and the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

So far on tour this season Wise sits T40 par 3 birdie or better percentage, 43rd in strokes gained tee-to-green, 51st strokes gained around-the-green, 64th in both par 5 birdie or better and driving distance, and T83 in bogey avoidance.

Wise has good history at Honda, finishing in the top 35 in both of his starts.

James Hahn $7,300

My last 7K selection this week is James Hahn. Hahn has made three of his last four cuts on tour, including two top 20’s at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and The Genesis Invitational.

So far on tour this season Hahn sits T3 in par 4 scoring average, 12th bogey avoidance, T31 in par 3 birdie or better, 55th in scrambling, 65th in driving distance, and 76th strokes gained tee-to-green.

Hahn has not made a start at the Honda Classic since 2014.

Some of my other favorite 7K selections are Kevin Streelman ($7,700), Patton Kizzire ($7,500), and Matthew NeSmith ($7,300)

Wesley Bryan $6,800

The Wesley Bryan Fan Club is back in full force! Bryan has only been in action twice in the 2021 calendar year, making the cut at both the Sony Open and The Genesis Invitational.

So far on tour this season Bryan sits T33 in par 4 scoring average, T69 in strokes gained tee-to-green, T83 par 5 birdie or better, T89 par 3 birdie or better, and 98th in driving distance.

Bryan has made two starts at the Honda Classic in his career. His best finish was fourth in 2017.

Jason Dufner $6,700

I know what you might be thinking, Jason Dufner can’t be a solid fantasy option, but hear me out. Dufner finished T26 at the AT&T Pebble Beach and T36 at API, so his game is in form. But the course history is what does it for me this week.

In his career Dufner has never missed the cut at the Honda Classic, and it’s not a small sample size. 11 starts, and 11 made cuts. Most recently he finished 27th last year and had two top 20 finishes in 2017 and 2018.

Brian Stuard $6,300

I went with three 6K selections this week, and my final one is Brian Stuard. In his career, Stuard has made 5/7 cuts at the Honda Classic, including making three of his last four here.

So far on tour this season Stuard sits T34 in par 3 birdie or better, 81st in strokes gained around-the-green, T87 in par 4 scoring average, 93rd in strokes gained tee-to-green, and T96 in bogey avoidance

Some of my other favorite 6K selections are John Huh ($6,900), Adam Schenk ($6,700), and Bo Hoag ($6,600)