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The PGA RotoBaller staff digs into their One and Done selections for the Tour Championship. 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!
It was a quiet week for the crew at the BMW Championship, as I got too cute and saved Jon Rahm for the U.S. Open - despite stating he was going to win at Olympia Fields. Josh and Joe provided matching T20 paydays with Collin Morikawa and Scottie Scheffler, but things still stand pretty much where they were entering the FedExCup playoffs.
It is going to take a strong close to the season for Josh or myself to catch Joe, who is looking powerful with a massive lead and steady player pool to boot. The move towards catching him needs to start now, and the Tour Championship is a good location to try and get started. Let's see who the guys are rolling with at East Lake.
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 - Tour Championship
Joe Nicely - Xander Schauffele
Alternate - Tony Finau
We debated on how to handle this week’s Tour Championship, before eventually deciding to post our picks without using the staggered start scoring format. Some OAD contests aren’t running at all this week, while some will go with and without the stroke advantage. For those of you in contests that will be using the staggered start, I’d recommend going to JT if he’s still available to you.
As for me and our “everyone starts at Even par” format, I’ll be going with Xander Schauffele. The X-Man has been a true mutant in his previous starts at East Lake, and while his recent results haven’t been spectacular, they have been solid enough to feel like there might be something special in store for him this week.
Yearly Earnings - $5,623,255
Yearly Cuts Made - 19/23
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Spencer Aguiar - Rory McIlroy
Alternate - Jon Rahm
We didn't originally plan on using this event for the OAD, which is one reason my player pool is a little disjointed entering East Lake. I am aware that everyone is playing with different settings than others, and it makes it hard to recommend what route is the savviest. If your group is taking the week off, then you don't have much to think about, but there are settings that are deviating somewhere between starting score coming into play and no advantage. For the sake of this contest, we have decided that no advantage would be the plan. It just wasn't fair to make a change to anything else last minute, but it does take Jon Rahm off my board for personal reasons.
I want to emphasize that I do believe Rahm has a strong chance to take down the Tour Championship, but I am all in on this idea of dying on my sword and saving him for the U.S. Open if it is the last thing I do. I have already missed him twice at the Memorial and BMW Championship because of this strategy, and I'm not deviating now and missing out on my chance to get a missed cut with the Spaniard at Winged Foot. If you are playing in a contest where the starting strokes matter, I'd recommend going Justin Thomas or Jon Rahm. Those two options provide you your best win equity outside of Dustin Johnson, and the advantage really can't be understated of beginning with a few shots in hand over the majority of the field.
As far as this competition is concerned, the season has been a scattered mess because of the restart, and it has really thrown a lot of my strategy for a loop. Xander Schauffele is a superb option for those that have saved him, and I do think Daniel Berger becomes an interesting choice in this setup as well. Unfortunately, those two are long gone as golfers I can take, and my vision of where to deploy Bryson DeChambeau involves a green jacket and a plethora of azaleas.
By process of elimination, new father Rory McIlroy is going to have to takes the controls in his quest to repeat at the Tour Championship. The Irishman has provided two victories at this property in his last three attempts, and it might not be a terrible situation that he gets to shoot freely with no real expectation level being seven shots back. If the Masters isn't my place for him and the WGC in China just got canceled, it is going to have to be in Atlanta that we roll out the explosive 31-year-old.
Yearly Earnings - $4,119,697
Yearly Cuts Made - 17/23
Josh Bennett - Daniel Berger
Alternate - Justin Thomas
The pick is real easy this week. I need the W to have a chance, and I have two people left on my board that have a shot (JT and Berger). JT obviously has the BEST shot, but Joe and I both have him left and I don’t see any reason why Joe would not pick him this week to protect his lead. So, I have to go with option number two and hope JT falls off for one week. Both Joe and Spencer have already used up Berger, so I’ll be unique for this week for sure. Unfortunately, so will Joe if he uses JT because Spencer rolled him earlier in the season. To be honest, I don’t use Berger in any format, ever, so I can’t even give great reasons for playing him other than he makes me unique and gives me my best chance to win. Going to use my “one-time” this week, I need it!
Yearly Earnings - $3,562,023
Yearly Cuts Made - 19/23
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 |
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