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Hello RotoBaller PGA crew! It's great to be back with you guys and I appreciate you joining us here at RotoBaller for your PGA DFS research. This week we'll dig into the FanDuel PGA DFS slate for the fifth event of the season.
In this article, we'll discuss some of the standout PGA DFS plays available on FanDuel for the 2022 CJ Cup. While it's impossible to hit on every player, we'll touch on some different plays across all price ranges, breaking the groups down into "High", "Mid", and "Low" price options that are worth considering.
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2022 CJ Cup - PGA DFS Overview
Congaree Golf Club: Par: 71, Yardage: 7,655, Grass: Bermuda
The tour has stopped by CGC once, in last 2021's impromptu Palmetto Championship, a week before the U.S. Open. The field was not nearly as star-studded as this week, and we need to remember that when looking into who had success here. The quality of ball strikers playing this week vs last year is chalk and cheese. Regardless, the scrubs that tried one last time to get into a major the following week, still provided us with stats for what we can anticipate from the course.
For an in-depth breakdown of this week's course, check out RotoBaller's PGA Premium Course Breakdown by Josh Bennett!
Let's Look At The Stats
If you are a golfer who is in control of booming drives, you are well on your way to success at Congaree, theoretically speaking. Distance appears to be rewarded at this track, with accuracy playing second fiddle, although still important. Proximities from 125-200 yards and 250+ make up about two thirds of the approach shots we will see this week. With tight lies and bunkers guarding the greens, we want to make sure we have golfers with a nifty touch around the greens in our player pool. Three par 5s and two drivable par 4s have par 5 scoring ramped up to 15% in the model.
Key Stats
- Approach play
- Proximities from 125-200
- Strokes gained putting (Bermuda)
- Bogey Avoidance
- Strokes gained Off The Tee
Fantasy Golf Lineup Picks for FanDuel (PGA DFS)
We have tons of great weekly PGA articles, DFS analysis, tools and DFS advice. Be sure to read our other fantastic articles regarding this week's event including DFS lineup picks for DraftKings/FanDuel, betting advice and DFS prop picks.
High-Priced FanDuel DFS Plays
Jon Rahm ($11,800)
After leaving the United States to go win a tournament in Spain over the PGA Tour's break / fall swing events, Rahm returns to South Carolina where his booming drives and hyper-accurate long irons will be on full display. It also seems like he will be arriving with a putter that could set the course on fire if the putter cover stays off of it for a minute too long. Rahm's length and accuracy off the tee is going to give him a major advantage over the majority of the field, and with a putter that is back to its old self, he should be right in the mix this week.
Scottie Scheffler ($11,500)
Scheffler stands a chance of being the least owned player in the $11k range, solely because of his putter misbehaving on the back half of the season. His putter may be misbehaving but Scheffler enters the week gaining the most strokes ball striking over the last 24 rounds. He has length and accuracy off the tee and is capable of leading the field in approach play on any given week. If Scheffler has found something with the flat stick during his time off, he is capable of winning this event while not finding himself in too many DFS lineups.
Sungjae Im ($11,000)
Sungjae Im does not possess immense power off the tee, but he has average distance with immense accuracy, which can be thought of as plan 1B off the tee this week. If the majority of his approach shots are being played from the fairway, he should find himself lining up a lot of makeable birdie putts. Over the last 24 rounds Sungjae's ball striking ranks fifth in the field of world class ball strikers. At $11K flat, he is one of the few high-priced players who has a relatively small increase in price compared to DraftKings pricing.
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Mid-Priced FanDuel DFS Plays
Max Homa ($10,400)
At $10,400 Max Homa barely changes the average remaining salary amount if you click on him first. He enters the week gaining the 6th most strokes over the last 24 rounds but has 13 other golfers more expensive than him on the slate. He has the length and accuracy off the tee to overpower the course, while also possessing a short game that is capable of bailing him out of jail when missing the green. Homa provides a lot of value at this price point and should find himself at the top of the leaderboard if he continues this level of play.
Taylor Montgomery ($9,600)
Length off the tee, an above average approach game, and arguably the best putter in the field, are just a few ways to describe Taylor Montgomery's game. Montgomery is priced as the 22nd most expensive player in the field, compared to 18th on DK. This is the first star-studded event he will play in this year after rattling off a 3rd, T9 and T15 in his first three starts of the season. The T15 at the Shriners came on the back of losing -5 strokes on approach in round one, which is unlikely to happen again. It will be exciting to see how he handles the brighter lights of this premier event.
Brian Harman ($9,000)
If you are looking for a cheap, contrarian play that has the short game to make up for his lack of distance off the tee, Brian Harman is your guy. Ranked 27th in DK pricing, Harman is slated at $9,000 on the FanDuel slate ranking him 34th. He is hyper accurate off the tee and has immaculate touch out of the bunkers, which will defend a lot of greens this week. Harman putts well on Bermuda greens and has been striking his irons really well lately, averaging +0.65 on approach over the last 22 rounds. He is capable of gaining bunches of strokes on and around the greens, which we will need for this selection to pay off.
Low-Priced FanDuel DFS Players
Lee Hodges ($7,500)
He may not offer the upside we are looking for, but his price of $7,500 is a massive salary saver who could sneak into the top-20 if he can continue to average a stroke per round ball striking. His poor putter is the reason he is probably priced in this range, but he has shown the ability to spike with it once or twice a tournament, which is enticing knowing we will get four guaranteed rounds from him.
Seonghyeon Kim ($7,400)
With FanDuel contests adding an extra $10,000 to the beginning salary cap for a six-golfer lineup, SH Kim is only $300 more expensive on FanDuel than DK. Did somebody say, "value play of the day"? He has a T36, T13, and T4 in his first three PGA starts of the season has done so predominantly leaning on his driving distance and putter, averaging +0.65 and +1.15 over the last 12 rounds respectively. He is going to be popular at this price point, but he allows you to get different with a lot of very good golfers at the top of the board because he is so cheap.
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