2021 Open Championship DFS DraftKings Sleeper Selections

The final major of the 2020/21 Super-Season is upon us. For the first time since 2019, golf fans around the world will get to watch The Open Championship. The Open was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With many big contests in DFS Golf this week, making the correct selections will be key.  Although many players in the field don’t have a lot of history at Royal St. George’s, the 2011 Open Championship was held there.

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 for the 2021 Open Championship.

The key stats I will be looking at this week are par 4 scoring average, bogey avoidance, strokes gained off-the-tee and strokes gained putting. Here are my selections:

Adam Scott ($8,100)

My 8K selection of the week is Adam Scott. Compared to others, Scott hasn’t played a ton of golf this season. However, Scott hasn’t missed a major championship yet. In his five major starts this season, Scott has made four cuts, missing only the PGA Championship.

Like I mentioned, Scott hasn’t played a ton of golf, so his stats don’t fully show his 2020/21 season. However, Scott has been solid on the greens. Scott sits 17th on tour in strokes gained putting, as well as 46th in strokes gained total.

Scott is one of the few players in the field who was in the field for the 2011 Open Championship, in which he finished inside the top-25.

Some of my other favorite 8K selections include Paul Casey ($8,600) and Tommy Fleetwood ($8,000)

Joaquin Niemann ($7,700)

My first 7K selection of the week is Joaquin Niemann. The last time we saw Niemann, he went bogey-free through 72-holes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. However, Niemann bogeyed the first playoff hole, a crushing way to lose a tournament.

So far on tour this season Niemann sits 12th in strokes gained off-the-tee, 24th in bogey avoidance, 25th in strokes gained putting, and T26 in par 4 scoring average.

In his last two major championship starts, Niemann finished T30 at the PGA Championship and T31 at the U.S. Open. Niemann has only made one start in The Open Championship, in which he was cut in 2019.

Daniel Berger ($7,400)

Someone is going to need to explain this to me. Daniel Berger, the 16th-ranked player on the planet, is 7K in a major championship? I do not understand this.

So far on tour this season Berger sits ninth in bogey avoidance, T10 in par 4 scoring average, 31st in strokes gained putting, and 37th in strokes gained off-the-tee.

Berger’s best finish in The Open Championship was T27 in 2017.

Some of my other favorite 7K selections include Cameron Smith ($7,800) and Russell Henley ($7,200)

Ryan Palmer ($6,900)

My first 6K selection of the week is Ryan Palmer. Palmer, like many other on the PGA Tour, went over to Europe a week early and played in the Scottish Open last week. In that event, Palmer finished T4, the best of any American in the field.

So far on tour this season Palmer sits T26 in par 4 scoring average, 36th in strokes gained off-the-tee, 63rd in strokes gained putting, and 74th in bogey avoidance.

Palmer was another player who participated in the 2011 Open Championship and finished T30.

Sam Burns ($6,300)

My final selection of the week is Sam Burns. Another one I would like someone to explain to me. Why is Sam Burns under $6,500 this week?

So far on tour this season Burns sits T10 in par 4 scoring average, T29 in strokes gained putting, 46th in strokes gained off-the-tee, and T71 in bogey avoidance.

Some of my other favorite 6K selections include Kevin Kisner ($6,900) and Lucas Herbert ($6,800)