Daily Fantasy Golf FanDuel Picks (PGA DFS): Wyndham Championship

Joe Nicely breaks down the FanDuel slate, providing information of not only who will come into the week under-owned but also who should be avoided for your lineups.

Hello RotoBaller PGA family! We had a great week with our selections last week, as Collin Morikawa captured his first major title at the PGA Championship!

There's always a bit of a hangover after a major championship, but we get a fun event this week with the Wyndham Championship. In this article, we'll discuss some of the standout PGA DFS plays available on FanDuel for the Wyndham Championship. While it's impossible to hit on every player, we'll touch on some different plays across all price ranges.

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!

2020 Wyndham Championship - PGA DFS Overview

Sedgefield CC

7,127 Yards - Par 70 - Greens: Bermuda

This little Donald Ross gem has been a presence on the professional circuit since the 1930's and has now played host to this event for 13 consecutive years. At just over 7,100 yards, length won't be an issue for the players this week (Henrik Stenson won here three years ago without hitting his driver one time. Literally never hit driver all week!). Fairways and greens are the order of the day at Sedgefield. In true Ross fashion, these greens are some of the smallest on the PGA Tour schedule and do have tricky undulations, but this track routinely ranks as one of the easiest on the PGA Tour schedule.

It seems like we emphasize ball striking every week, but it is without a doubt crucial at Sedgefield. It's a bit of an outlier event in that I'm paying absolutely no attention to distance. I'll be focusing on ball strikers that are both accurate off the tee and precise with their irons on approach. J.T. Poston went bogey-free for the tournament last year and Sneds dropped a 59 here a couple of years ago. The winners over the past four years have been at least 21-under par and lots of birdies will be needed this week, so I'll also be searching for players that can go low.

Let's Look At The Stats

Key Stats

• Strokes Gained: Tee to Green
• Strokes Gained: Approach
• Greens In Regulation Gained
• Proximity
• Birdies or Better Gained
• SG: Putting (Bermuda)

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High-Priced FanDuel DFS Players 

Brooks Koepka ($12,200)

Brooks is going to go overlooked this week. Most people are going to target Webb Simpson (who we'll touch on in just a sec) at the top of the board, which opens up a unique leverage opportunity with Koepka.

The concerns that come with rostering him this week are valid...he's heading to Sedgefield off a huge final-round letdown at the PGA last week, this course takes away his greatest strength (OTT), and he never seems to care about "regular" PGA Tour events. I share those concerns myself and view Koepka largely as a way to be contrarian in roster construction this week.

It's very possible (likely) that he mails it in this week, but there's an outside chance that he uses last week's disappointment and all the negative publicity that he gained at the PGA as motivation at the Wyndham. We know that Brooks is wired a little differently than most golfers and takes almost a Michael Jordan-esqe approach to any perceived slights, which means there's a chance that he heads into this week feeling he has something to prove...and he did post a T6 on this course in his last appearance at the Wyndham in 2015.

Webb Simpson ($11,900)

You're gonna see Webb Simpson's name in a lot of PGA DFS articles this week. The guy has a daughter named Wyndham for crying out loud! He's a North Carolina native, a former winner on this course, a two-time winner this year, and he hasn't finished outside of the top-three in this event since 2016.

It all adds up to Webb being a no-brainer type of play this week. This Sedgefield layout is tailor made for his game - length off the tee isn't a factor, great iron play and putting are emphasized - and his track record here reflects the tremendous fit.

The only reason to not be on Webb this week are ownership considerations. Our PGA Research Station for RotoBaller PGA Premium subscribers currently has Simpson projected at 30% ownership (the highest on the slate), so from a leverage perspective a calculated fade of Webb makes sense in large-field GPPs, but from a pure play standpoint, Webb is the strongest on the board.

Paul Casey ($11,500)

It's been a roller-coaster few weeks for Casey backers, as the Englishman logged back-breaking missed cuts at the Memorial and 3M, looked horrid at the WGC, and then nearly won the PGA Championship last week! Such is the enigma that is Paul Casey...a tremendous player with a shaky putting stroke that hasn't won nearly as much as he should have throughout his career.

The veteran heads to Sedgefield with tons of positive momentum after a runner-up finish at TPC Harding Park on the strength of a fabulous ball-striking performance and a decent week with the putter (that's all we're ever looking for from him). His performance on the greens is a hugely positive sign, as that's been the root of his recent struggles. Despite ugly finishes, Casey actually gained strokes both off the tee and on approach at the Memorial, 3M, and WGC...and he gained a MASSIVE 7.2 strokes on Approach last week at Harding Park.

He's teed it up in the Wyndham twice since 2015, posting a T13 last year and a T3 in '15, so we have to feel that he'll be very comfortable on this layout. I never seem to get Casey right in my personal lineups, but personal biases aside, there's a lot to like about him this week.

Harris English ($10,900) 

Harris English enters the week as perhaps the most consistent player in the field. The UGA alum has been a top-25 machine in 2020, notching three-straight top-25s prior to the COVID-19 layoff and four more finishes inside the top-25 in five outings since the restart.

English has ran off five-straight made cuts at the Wyndham since 2015 and should once again play well in his current form. He's basically doing everything well at the moment and stands second in the Wyndham field in SG: Total over short-term measurements.

It's fair to question the win equity here, though I could definitely see English emerging victorious from this type of field. On a week where things get shaky quickly as we move down the salary scale, English is a rock-solid foundation on which to build your lineups.

Billy Horschel ($10,400)

I've found myself rostering Billy Horschel quite a bit lately and the Florida Gator (YUCK! GO VOLS!) has produced solid results. Horschel is an extremely streaky player and is in the midst of a hottish streak right now. He's went T7/T13/T25/T43 over his last four starts and now heads to a Sedgefield track where he's three finishes of T11 or better since 2016.

Horschel loves Bermuda greens and stands ninth in this field in SG: Putting on Bermuda over long-term measurements. His ball striking can be spotty, but he's gained strokes on Approach in three of his last four starts and also comes in ranked fourth in the field in Birdies or Better Gained over his last 12 rounds.

I wish we were getting a little more consistency at this price tag, but that's the cards we're dealt this week. Horschel is a guy we want to pick our spots with, but his recent form and course history indicates this is a great week to fire him up!

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Mid-Priced FanDuel DFS Players

Si Woo Kim ($10,100)

Speaking of consistency - or lack thereof - Si Woo Kim is the poster boy for players that run hot and cold. Kim has reached some amazing highs in his young career - with a victory at the Players Championship in 2017 and in this event in 2016 - but the Korean has also went on months-long stretches of missed cuts over the last couple of years. To say the least...he's tough to figure out.

The signs are point towards a "Good Si Woo" this week. The course history is present on this Sedgefield layout (a missed cut sandwiched between a win in '16 and a 5th last year) and he's also exhibited some hot form as of late, gaining strokes both T2G and on Approach in three-straight starts, including a mark of +8.7 T2G last week en route to a T13 at the PGA Championship. He's definitely not for the faint of heart, but there's legitimate tournament-winning upside that comes with his volatility. Kim's an intriguing GPP option.

Russell Henley ($9,700)

We're betting on potential rather than actual results here with Russell Henley. A three-time winner on the PGA Tour, Henley has been striking the ball beautifully this year, well enough to lead this week's field in both SG: Approach and SG: T2G using most recent 24 round measurements.

Henley's downfall has been an unbelievably-bad putter. He's lost strokes putting in eight of his 10 2020 starts and stands an abysmal 132nd in this field in SG: Putting. On the bright side, Bermuda is historically his best putting surface by a wide margin and he's made the cut in two of his last three starts at the Wyndham. His iron prowess brings tremendous upside into play, but we're simply hoping for the best on the greens.

Ryan Moore ($9,600)

Ryan Moore does some head-scratching things with his schedule. He played in the recent 3M Open and Barracuda Championship, logging back-to-back T12s, but then elected to skip the PGA Championship after getting in with alternate status...

Moore will tee it up this week in North Carolina on a Sedgefield track where he won the 2009 Wyndham and has been consistently good in subsequent years. The Las Vegas native has made four cuts in four Wyndham starts since 2015 with two top-10s among those outings. He heads to Greensboro in good form, having gained strokes both T2G and on Approach in his last four starts. A sharp iron player that knows this layout very well, Moore is a standout sub-$10k option this week.

Charl Schwartzel ($9,400)

I can't honestly remember the last time I had Charl Schwartzel in serious DFS consideration, but I'm interested in the South African this week. Schwartzel has most definitely been down in the valley with his game over the last couple of years, with some weird equipment choices being just one of the problems. However, he's shown some signs of life recently, with a T3 at the 3M Open and a made cut at the PGA Championship. He gained strokes on Approach in both of those starts. The 2011 Masters champ posted a T3 in his last visit to Sedgefield back in 2015 and I like the way the short layout sets up for his game. Schwartzel won't garner any ownership this week, which makes him an interesting option in large-field GPPs.

Sepp Straka ($9,100)

Those of you that read this article regularly are probably familiar with Sepp Straka, as he's been a pretty solid DFS value option for us since the restart. Straka has made six of eight cuts post-layoff with three top-20s among those finishes. He's kinda all over the board statistically, which makes him somewhat unpredictable from week to week, but he played well on a Donald Ross layout at the Rocket Mortgage last month (T8) and posted a T39 in his Wyndham debut last season. When taking the relative weakness of this field into account, it feels like we're getting a lot of bang for our buck with Straka this week.

Low-Priced FanDuel DFS Players

Patrick Rodgers ($9,000)

We've learned to sorta look over Patrick Rodgers' mediocre Approach statistics because the guy just keeps getting it done in 2020. Rodgers has made the cut in 13 of his 17 starts this year with seven top-25s among those outings, including top-20s in two of his last three at the Memorial and Barracuda. He's made the cut in all three of his Wyndham starts since 2015 with a top-25 two years ago. Rodgers is a tremendous putter that has the ability to go low when he finds a ball-striking groove and is a nice value option for those searching for a cut maker.

Sam Burns ($8,800)

Sedgefield doesn't jump out as a great course fit for Sam Burns, but I'm still interested in the young bomber this week. We need guys that can make birdies in this tournament and Burns comes in ranked fourth in the field in Birdies or Better Gained over his last 24 rounds. While he won't be able to unleash his driver this week, Burns also wields a very dangerous putter and stands fourth in this field in SG: Putting on Bermuda greens over long-term measurements. No course history for him at Sedgefield, so this is truly just a "gut" call, but he feels underpriced in comparison to his talent.

Henrik Norlander ($8,800)

I've been really impressed with Henrik Norlander this season. At 33, he's not a youngster anymore, but he's having his best season as a pro. The Swede has posted four top-10s this year, with his most recent one being an impressive T6 at Memorial. Norlander has ran off five-straight made cuts since failing to make the weekend at the Charles Schwab and is averaging a strong 4.5 SG: T2G over his last five. His iron play has been sharp and Bermuda is his best putting surface. Really like the upside here.

Brice Garnett ($8,500)

We'll close out the week with Brice Garnett, a player that flies under the radar on the PGA Tour. Garnett isn't a guy that we're gonna target very often, but there are some stops on the schedule where I'll give him a look. Sedgefield definitely qualifies as one of those layouts and he's ran off three consecutive top-20 finishes at the Wyndham with a strong T6 last year. Garnett has gained strokes with his irons in each of his last four starts and has a great shot to knock out a made cut for us this week at a dirt-cheap price.

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