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qwabercd

There was some discussion on the pga tour thread on DK over the last few weeks so I said I'd set up a thread on it. Ramblings on strategy, weekly updates or whatever!

I'd normally enter around 4 teams each week. Maybe 2 in the $20 contests and 2 in the $5/$3 contests. No real strategy per se, just go on gut feeling and would have a read of what some of the tipsters on twitter have to say (Ben coley, Niall Lyons, Steve Rawlings and a few more).

Haven't had any big wins to date, probably down a small amount since I started approx 2 years ago (my NBA returns have been even worse although for some reason I've fared better in NFL contests). Will probably pick a week where I go all out with 20+ teams, albeit too busy in work at the moment to allow the time for it this week.

I used to listen to listen to the fantasy golf mailbag but that's gone now since a few weeks ago. I know Pat Mayo has his podcast but I just can't listen to him. Any other good podcasts out there?

As an aside has anyone subscribed to Mike Millar's (smartbetgolf) new subscription service? Used to find his weekly tournament sheets very handy so I probably will stump up for it soon.

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Potential Underachiever

Top 10 projected owned players on fantasy national this week for anyone interested.

HV3 23%
Davis 20%
Steele 18%
Redman 17%
List 16%
Burns 15%
Tringale 15%
Norlander 14%
Gooch 14%
Van Rooyen 14%

Seriously weak field, like a Z list of players, still interested though! Says alot when Si Woo Kim is the dearest player!

It's a short course 7100 odd yards, 4 par 5's, par 72. Long hitters favoured, should be a birdie fest, good putters also favoured!

Potential Underachiever

I've decided to stick 20 teams in the $3 and $4 contests.

Varner being the highest owned will be a swerve for me. I have a player pool of 23 players I think for my 20 teams, crazy as it is to have Kim so expensive, he is in great form and has made 8 cuts in a row so I'm going with him in 50% of teams and he's only projecting at 10% ownership so way overweight on him, I've also gone with Steele in 50% of teams , he's on a 6 cut streak himself and a previous 2 time winner of this comp in 2016 and 2017.

I have Dahmen, Burns and Tringale in a decent chunk of teams, and then a smattering of other lower priced players spread around.

Anyone else playing?

qwabercd

Stuck 5 teams into the $3, not much thought gone into them being honest. Fancy list, mcnealy and dahmen.

Potential Underachiever

qwabercd wrote: »

Stuck 5 teams into the $3, not much thought gone into them being honest. Fancy list, mcnealy and dahmen.

I hate to say anything as I'd feel bad for talking you out of it and then he played well, but McNealy, I looked at him myself and his stats were just woeful, so it was no thanks.

Last 5 events his stats look like....

SG Total : -4.6
SG T2G : -6.5
SG OTT : -0.9
SG APP : -4
SG ARG : -1.6
SG P : + 1.9

Finishing poitions in said events were 40, 61, MC,MC,MC

No doubt he could play well and he's probably due an upturn in form, just thought I'd give you food for thought, but please don't hate me if you drop him and he burns it up!

qwabercd

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

I hate to say anything as I'd feel bad for talking you out of it and then he played well, but McNealy, I looked at him myself and his stats were just woeful, so it was no thanks.

Last 5 events his stats look like....

SG Total : -4.6
SG T2G : -6.5
SG OTT : -0.9
SG APP : -4
SG ARG : -1.6
SG P : + 1.9

Finishing poitions in said events were 40, 61, MC,MC,MC

No doubt he could play well and he's probably due an upturn in form, just thought I'd give you food for thought, but please don't hate me if you drop him and he burns it up!

You missed the barricuda where he finished 7th (obviously a weaker field but still). And you conveniently cut off his 8th place he had before the 3 MCs! At 7.3k in a tournament like this they'll all have questionable form really.

Potential Underachiever

qwabercd wrote: »

You missed the barricuda where he finished 7th (obviously a weaker field but still). And you conveniently cut off his 8th place he had before the 3 MCs! At 7.3k in a tournament like this they'll all have questionable form really.

Nothing convenient about it tbh, I wasn't trying to paint a picture to suit a narrative or anything, fantasy national gives stats for last 5, last 10, last 20 etc... I felt last 5 was a fair enough sample size to judge his form off that was all. You said yourself you didn't do much research, I only mentioned it as I had specifically looked up his stats as I was interested in him myself. I know myself lads can miss five cuts in a row and then win the next week, so it can be paralysis by analysis and you're better off doing no research probably! Anyway -3 as we speak, hope he keeps going for you.

qwabercd

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

Nothing convenient about it tbh, I wasn't trying to paint a picture to suit a narrative or anything, fantasy national gives stats for last 5, last 10, last 20 etc... I felt last 5 was a fair enough sample size to judge his form off that was all. You said yourself you didn't do much research, I only mentioned it as I had specifically looked up his stats as I was interested in him myself. I know myself lads can miss five cuts in a row and then win the next week, so it can be paralysis by analysis and you're better off doing no research probably! Anyway -3 as we speak, hope he keeps going for you.

Ah I was only slagging!

Off topic but can ye spot the NFL contests in the lobby? Doesn't seem to be there for me.

Potential Underachiever

If only there was a cashout option

I'm currently projected $2,350, but that will be worthless come Sunday, I'm getting royally screwed by the cutline going to -5.

Have a team with Burns, Higgs, Kim, Dahmen, Hadley all making the cut and doing quite well but the joker of the pack is Chris Baker, he bogeyed the last a par 5 after driving it in the fairway, thing is it happened hours ago and I didn't really mind as I figured -4 was a cert to make the weekend, little did I know:mad:

5/6 will obviously be useless to me.

qwabercd

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

If only there was a cashout option

I'm currently projected $2,350, but that will be worthless come Sunday, I'm getting royally screwed by the cutline going to -5.

Have a team with Burns, Higgs, Kim, Dahmen, Hadley all making the cut and doing quite well but the joker of the pack is Chris Baker, he bogeyed the last a par 5 after driving it in the fairway, thing is it happened hours ago and I didn't really mind as I figured -4 was a cert to make the weekend, little did I know:mad:

5/6 will obviously be useless to me.

That's v.unlucky.

And mcnealy missed the cut by 1

Only 1 of my 5 has 6/6. Have a few teams doing decent at the moment that will fall away with MCs.

Potential Underachiever

qwabercd wrote: »

That's v.unlucky.

And mcnealy missed the cut by 1

Only 1 of my 5 has 6/6. Have a few teams doing decent at the moment that will fall away with MCs.

Yea, pretty grim alright! I saw McNealy missed the cut alright, well I saw he was on -4 and was praying he would make it in, for my own benefit! You did well to get one team through with 6/6, I didn't manage it out of 20! I look forward to my $ projection, bleeding from where it is down to a slight loss for the week, fine margins!

Looks like approx 3% of teams got a 6/6 through....

https://twitter.com/CutSweats/status/1304736626661302273/photo/1

qwabercd

Bit disappointed by the layout of this week's contests.

Potential Underachiever

qwabercd wrote: »

Bit disappointed by the layout of this week's contests.

How so? Looks similar enough to most weeks.

Scheffler and Horsfield both out due to Covid.

I'm struggling to find a plan for this week, the course is meant to be brutal and players are suggesting nobody will be under par. I guess guys that can find alot of fairways will prosper and those good from 75-100 yards after they chop out of the rough too. I'm sure I will muster up 20 teams anyway for the normal $3 and $4 contests.

CMcsporty

Back this week. Took last 2 wks off.
Coincided with mods banning me for having the audacity to level criticism at McIlroy!!
And I will be fading him as always this wk.

Has to be stars and scrubs this wk for me.
Because I can only see one from DJ, Xander or Reed winning it.
Stuck trying to figure out other grinders.

qwabercd

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

How so? Looks similar enough to most weeks.

Scheffler and Horsfield both out due to Covid.

I'm struggling to find a plan for this week, the course is meant to be brutal and players are suggesting nobody will be under par. I guess guys that can find alot of fairways will prosper and those good from 75-100 yards after they chop out of the rough too. I'm sure I will muster up 20 teams anyway for the normal $3 and $4 contests.

Sorry don't think the $10 Milly maker was there when I posted that. Even with the usual crap payout structure for these I still like them. Will prob enter 10-12 teams in that for the week.

qwabercd

Main fancies this week - rahm, Reed, Fitzpatrick, Todd and kaymer.

[Deleted User]

4 teams this week

All 4 have Rory. Cantlay, Morikowa and Munoz

Little to no research looked into

Best of luck all

CMcsporty

Cant find the Millimaker in the lobby!
Could one of you good people send a me a link please?

DJ, XS, Reed, Reavie and still trying to decided on my scrubs

Potential Underachiever

CMcsporty wrote: »

Cant find the Millimaker in the lobby!
Could one of you good people send a me a link please?

DJ, XS, Reed, Reavie and still trying to decided on my scrubs

I'm not seeing it, so I guess it's full.

Potential Underachiever

20 teams myself, DJ, Schauffele and Berger would be my main men

CMcsporty

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

20 teams myself, DJ, Schauffele and Berger would be my main men

Looks like its going to be windy on Friday.
Berger is a good shout

Doyler92

I want to start doing these. Can anybody guide me towards the correct app for it on iPhone?

If these is no app can you please tell me the correct website please.

Potential Underachiever

Quiet enough last few weeks with some seriously weak fields, don't get me wrong I have been dabbling with not much joy.

I'm finding it very tough to find the right formula to get a nice win in this game! I can't be the only one. I know there is no specific winning formula or else the same lads would be cleaning up every week and some of the Fantasy gurus I follow on Twitter are having mares as much as myself most weeks. I'm beginning to think that the daily contests could be an easier way to win, seems so tough to get 6 lads to have 4 good days, near nigh impossible in fact.

Anyway, strong fields in the US and Europe this week, so I will be sticking a few teams in, anyone else playing lately?

qwabercd

It's more fun to follow in real time but the points for birdies/bogies etc randomise it a bit. I think it's be fairer and more predictive if points were based solely on finishing position (from first all the way to last and maybe minus points for MC).

Have only entered a few teams recently but might Chuck 5 or so in this week. It's a pity the euro tour events are so small but it's understandable given the lack of interest in the US.

CMcsporty

ive not played since US Open - Bryson back again this week.

But Ill go with a Wolff rebound & will finally go with English.

CMcsporty

DJ, Bubba & Kisner are the one's ive settled for Masters

I think im going to be significantly under budget.
Not many of the 8k, 9k or 10k are grabbing my attention this week

Potential Underachiever

I'm liking Brooks, Bubba and Xander

I have 20 teams in a $3 $300k GTD

I decided to try and hit a miracle by entering 3 teams in the Milly!

splurged a wee bit, but it's the masters!

[Deleted User]

Bryson, xander, kokrak, bubba my mains

5 teams on dks and 3 on paddy power

CMcsporty

Whats GTD again lads?
im looking here on DK lobby and its not obvious to me

Potential Underachiever

Deleted User wrote: »

Bryson, xander, kokrak, bubba my mains

5 teams on dks and 3 on paddy power

3 on Paddy Power? Is that bets or do they have some sort of fantasy that I'm oblivious to?

Potential Underachiever

CMcsporty wrote: »

Whats GTD again lads?
im looking here on DK lobby and its not obvious to me

Guaranteed, is that what you mean?