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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 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. 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.
Like always, the purpose of this piece is to help you put together your optimal daily fantasy golf lineups for FanDuel, whether that be from a GPP perspective or a cash-game mentality. Be sure to also read all of our other top-notch weekly PGA DFS and betting articles to help you win big!
2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship - PGA DFS Overview
Port Royal Golf Club: Par: 71, Yardage: 6,828, Greens: Bermuda
A really short golf course but built in the wind tunnel that is Bermuda, which can get this dinky little course showing its teeth when the blustery Bermuda breezes blow through the fairways that are hit about 50% of the time. The weather forecast looks like Friday is going to break the hearts of any golfers who find themselves on the wrong side of a wave advantage. It is looking like Friday afternoon will be the best time of the day to play golf but keep an eye out for changes in forecast.
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
This field looks like a glorified Korn Ferry Tour event, as a large chunk of the field recently graduated from the KFT, we had to resort to basic stats again in order to compare apples with apples. There are no strokes gained metrics available on the KFT. Green In Regulation percentage, good drives gained, scrambling, putting average and bogey avoidance are all stats that overlap on both tours, which we will be using to rank players this week. We are also sprinkling in Strokes Gained data from this season, which is about six to 12 rounds so far (not nearly big enough sample size).
Key Stats
- Good Drives %
- GIR% from FW
- GIR% from RGH
- Scrambling
- Par 5 scoring
- Sprinkles of relevant SG data from 2023
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
Thomas Detry ($11,700)
At a price $100 cheaper than Jon Rahm was last week, Thomas Detry's third-most expensive salary tells us what we can expect further down the board. Detry has been playing fantastic golf, gaining in all four major statistical categories in his 12 rounds this season. His biggest strength is off the tee and already has a T12 and T9 in his three most recent starts. He has yet to win in his professional career on the PGA Tour or DP World Tour, but this event is more like a challenge tour event, where he has won before early on. Detry appears to be the safest player in this range.
Justin Lower ($10,800)
Justin Lower is only $900 more expensive on FanDuel compared to DraftKings, while the average increase in salary between the two contests is $1,200. He has also been playing really well since finding himself on the bubble of losing his tour card. His short game is exceptional, and it can be the reason he wins this event. His lack of length of the tee is nullified here and his irons have been showing signs of improvement lately. He is 26th in the field for good drives gained, which is impressive considering he has gained the 10th-most strokes in the short-game department too.
Nick Hardy ($10,500)
Probably my favorite play in this range, at this price, only $700 more than DK. Nick Hardy has played 12 rounds of golf this season, and his WORST single round on approach GAINED him +0.49 strokes. He is averaging +1.12 strokes on approach so far and it has not been because of a few hot rounds. Consistent, impeccable iron play, which is easily the best in the field. If he can keep his short game tidy, his ball striking is at a level that could win a tournament on its own if he gets just a little help from the short game. I will be playing a lot of Nick Hardy in both contests.
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Mid-Priced FanDuel DFS Plays
Robby Shelton ($10,200)
Robby Shelton has gained the fourth-most strokes in the short game department (putting + around the green) of the players in the field who have played more than 8 rounds. Shelton's lack of length should be nullified here and that has been the only area of his game where he has lost strokes this year. If he can lean on his accuracy off the tee and continue to be crisp around the greens, he can improve on his T15, T61, and T21 in his three PGA starts this year.
Adam Schenk ($9,900)
Adam Schenk seems to have found some sort of form recently, finishing T12 and T16 in his last two starts. One of those starts came in Japan where strokes gained stats were not available to us, so we don't particularly know why Schenk is playing well, but at $9,900 in this field, he has an opportunity to put his relatively superior skills to good use in an attempt to win this week. Maybe a game that "just gets it in the hole" is exactly what we need in a blustery Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Kevin Yu ($9,000)
Averaging +1.3 strokes per round ball striking, Kevin Yu enters the week with the best tee-to-green game this season, and by quite some margin. If we can get the putter cooking in Bermuda, there is a very good chance Yu finds himself towards the top of the leaderboard come Sunday. On the KFT he was super accurate for someone of his length off the tee, ranking 17th and 11th in accuracy and distance in this field. He will be popular with this kind of recent form, but at this price, he may be someone we lean on heavily in this range.
Low-Priced FanDuel DFS Players
Luke Donald ($8,400)
Course fit, meet Luke Donald. Donald has impeccable iron play and averaged +0.47 strokes on approach last season. His lack of accuracy and distance off the tee is nullified to an extent here, which leaves the rest of his game, which is all really good. He has made the cut at both times despite being in the wrong weather wave last year. If Donald can roll in the multitude of birdie putts that his iron play will afford him, he could free up a lot of salary while providing significant upside at one of the few courses on tour where he stands a chance.
Austin Cook ($8,000)
My sneaky play of the day is Austin Cook. He has missed three straight cuts but has lost a total of -0.3 strokes in those six rounds. He has barely missed the cut each start this season, and now heads to an event with a significantly weaker field. Another golfer who lacks distance off the tee but is hyper accurate and is well above average in good drives gained (fairways hit + greens hit when missing the fairway). He is one of the better scramblers in the field and should be a great course fit at a very affordable price.
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