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The PGA RotoBaller staff digs into their One and Done selections for the Safeway Open. Here are some under the radar plays and picks for this week's event.
Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud of our weekly PGA “One and Done” column. In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Josh Bennett will provide their weekly golf picks every Wednesday. The purpose of this article is to present you with alternative options to consider and hopefully make your selection a much easier process weekly. With that plan in mind, let's get started!
Well, that is all she wrote for this contest, as Xander Schauffele's real-life second-place finish resulted in a first-place total for Joe at the Tour Championship. Josh and I had our chances over the weekend with Rory McIlroy and Daniel Berger, but it was not to be this season for either of us.
We are still playing this up until the Masters, but I, for one, am tipping my cap to Joe on a fabulous year and will try to make this end result as respectable as possible at this point.
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One And Done Staff Picks Overview
Here at RotoBaller, we are always searching for ways to give our readers the best fantasy sports content possible. With that goal in mind, we are very proud to announce the weekly PGA “One and Done” column will be back for a second season.
In this feature, our golf staff of Joe Nicely, Spencer Aguiar and Josh Bennett will provide their weekly golf picks every Wednesday. The purpose of this article is to present you with alternative options to consider and hopefully make your selection a much easier process weekly. With that plan in mind, let's get started!
For an in-depth breakdown of the top DraftKings and FanDuel plays, check out Joe Nicely's weekly Horse For The Course that highlights the best fits for the week's course. And you can also find out who the smart money is on by checking out Spencer Aguiar's PGA DFS: Vegas Report every week. Be sure to also read all of our other top-notch weekly PGA DFS and betting articles to help you win big!
One and Done Selections - Safeway Open
Joe Nicely - Brendan Steele
Alternate - Harold Varner III
Let’s be honest, there aren’t a lot of great options available in this Safeway field. Most of the top names are either out of form (Sergio Garcia, Jordan Spieth) or past their prime (Phil Mickelson). That leaves us with established veterans and up-and-comers. While there are several of the youngsters that I consider fine plays, I ultimately decided to go with experience and a man that’s conquered this week’s Silverado layout two times already. Brendan Steele is never a player that we want to be counting on, but here we are...
Yearly Earnings - $7,288,255
Yearly Cuts Made - 20/24
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Spencer Aguiar - Harold Varner III
Alternate - Shane Lowry
I've been going slightly all over the place between mixing my selections for this contest and the big one held over at a different website, but I will try to make all my choices match when possible down the stretch with Joe already having this in the bag.
The Safeway Open is a shaky field on the surface, but we do have multiple major winners to go along with a slew of young players that will be vying to get their 2021 season off to a quick start. For me, there are a few routes that make logical sense, but I will be swinging for the fence with someone who I expect to be a popular choice in Napa Valley.
On both my betting model and DFS sheet, Harold Varner III is grading out to be my most likely winner, which stems from his top-five ranking compared to the field in both strokes gained off the tee and strokes gained tee to green. The American has provided three top-17s at this venue over his last four tries and is the safest person I have on the board. If you are in chase mode and need to make up ground, I do believe Shane Lowry makes for an interesting pivot option.
Yearly Earnings - $4,399,787
Yearly Cuts Made - 18/24
Josh Bennett - Sam Burns
Alternate - Brendan Steele
I’m not sure there’s a chance to catch Joe now, but I have to make a pick here that isn’t going to be as popular and hope he picks the obvious guy(s) and they fall off. It’s pretty obvious this is my fault that Joe has this big of a lead after all the smack talk from me earlier in the season, so, sorry for that Spence.
We’ve seen in the past that there are multiple ways you can get around this course and do well. Guys like Brandt and Chez who are short and straight have great histories, as do guys like Phil and Champ who are long but wild. In situations like that, I always tend to lean towards the bomber-type of players knowing that length is always an advantage. I’m going with Burns out of the handful of guys in that category for a couple reasons. He will be one of the top five longest in the field, but the others that will keep up with his distance are nowhere near his skill in the rest of the game.
Other than a poor performance at the Northern Trust, he hadn’t had a finish worse than 32nd in five straight events that all had much stronger fields than this one. He’s been on the edge of breaking through a handful of times in his career so far and he’ll have a great chance to do that in a weak field on a course he should thrive on after a couple of weeks of rest.
Yearly Earnings - $3,748,873
Yearly Cuts Made - 20/24
Running Totals
| Joe Nicely | Spencer Aguiar | Josh Bennett | |
| Sony Open | Webb Simpson $455,400 | Abraham Ancer $27,390 | Webb Simpson $455,400 |
| American Express | Sungjae Im $162,475 | Paul Casey $63,399 | Sungjae Im $162,475 |
| Farmers Insurance | Tiger Woods $181,875 | Hideki Matsuyama $22,950 | Jon Rahm $817,500 |
| Waste Management | Jon Rahm $170,768 | Webb Simpson $1,314,000 | Hideki Matsuyama $97,212 |
| Pebble Beach | Jason Day $382,200 | Patrick Cantlay $181,350 | Jason Day $382,200 |
| Genesis Invitational | Bubba Watson $0 | Dustin Johnson $234,825 | Dustin Johnson $234,825 |
| WGC Mexico | Dustin Johnson $45,500 | Justin Thomas $320,667 | Tommy Fleetwood $125,500 |
| Puerto Rico Open | Alex Noren $0 | Jhonattan Vegas $75,750 | Alex Noren $0 |
| Honda Classic | Tommy Fleetwood $483,000 | Tommy Fleetwood $483,000 | Louis Oosthuizen $0 |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Rory McIlroy $330,731 | Tony FInau $0 | Xander Schauffele $72,424 |
| Charles Schwab | Rickie Fowler $0 | Matt Kuchar $0 | Patrick Reed $243,750 |
| RBC Heritage | Matt Kuchar $25,205 | Justin Rose $129,575 | Kevin Kisner $0 |
| Travelers Championship | Bryson DeChambeau $233,470 | Sungjae Im $16,872 | Bryson DeChambeau $233,470 |
| Rocket Mortgage | Viktor Hovland $131,875 | Patrick Reed $0 | Viktor Hovland $131,875 |
| Workday | Hideki Matsuyama $59,830 | Rickie Fowler $59,830 | Justin Rose $0 |
| Memorial | Patrick Cantlay $51,925 | Xander Schauffele $171,585 | Patrick Cantlay $51,925 |
| 3M Open | Sam Burns $34,577 | Bubba Watson $0 | Tony Finau $250,800 |
| WGC-St.Jude | Daniel Berger $695,000 | Collin Morikawa $106,200 | Rory McIlroy $46,500 |
| Barracuda | Ryan Moore $69,475 | Sam Burns $0 | Denny McCarthy $20,883 |
| PGA Championship | Collin Morikawa $1,980,000 | Daniel Berger $192,208 | Brooks Koepka $69,500 |
| Wyndham Championship | Justin Rose $0 | Billy Horschel $697,600 | Paul Casey $37,440 |
| Northern Trust | Patrick Reed $23,169 | Jason Day $0 | Adam Scott $21,565 |
| BMW Championship | Scottie Scheffler $106,780 | Tiger Woods $22,496 | Collin Morikawa $106,780 |
| Tour Championship | Xander Schauffele $1,665,000 | Rory McIlroy $280,090 | Daniel Berger $186,850 |
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