Welcome to Open Championship Week! This year we are at Carnoustie Golf Links for the 147th version of the Open Championship and we have you covered with our DFS Golf sub 7k GPP Sleepers!
My name is Josh Thomas, and I write Chalk Donkey article for VIP’s every week here at DFS Army looking at who the chalk plays are in DFS Golf and who you can pivot to, but today I’m providing you with some good GPP plays below $7000 on DraftKings for the Open Championship.
The Open Championship is one of my favorite events of the year. You get to wake up in the morning and watch golf in your underwear while drinking coffee…does it get any better than that?
At last year’s Open Championship 12 of the top 25 (and actually top 23, but 25 sounds better) were priced under $7000, so this is a KEY range to get right and I’ll break down a few of my favorite plays down here!
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Carnoustie or Carnasty as some of the players call it is one of the toughest courses in the Open Rota and is one of the oldest courses in the world with the original layout put together by the legendary Old Tom Morris way back in 1867.
A couple of golfing legends have won Open Championships here, including Ben Hogan, Tom Watson, and Gary Player. In the most recent iteration here in 2007 Padraig Harrington had the come from behind win on Sunday in a playoff over Sergio Garcia. Jean Van de Valde had his famous collapse here hitting it into the infamous Barry Burn and losing a huge lead to eventual winner Paul Lawrie.
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Alright lets get to some of my favorite plays down here. Remember though that weather will play a huge factor and stacking tee times might become extremely important, eliminate some of these guys from your player pool entirely. I’ll also try to keep this to guys who are projected to be lower owned and less known names. Emiliano Grillo is a great play here but will be extremely popular.
Matthew Southgate: DK $6900/FD $7900
Southgate is one of my favorite plays on the board this week at a discount price of $6900 on DK and $7900 on FD with odds to win at 114-1 which is the second best of any guys priced in this range. Southgate has finishes of 6th and 12th in his two appearances at the Open Championship. Add that into his recent form of T23, T59, 5th, and even a 68th at the US Open and you have a player that is providing us huge value at this price point. At a course where I’m going to target guys with good approach numbers you also get Southgate at 31st in SG: APP on the Euro Tour and 6th in Greens in Regulation. Traditionally a great links player and at a course thats a par 71 the fact that he’s 28th in par 4 scoring is exciting as well. Only concern is if he can get the putter going, but it hasn’t been an issue the past few weeks with these slower greens. I’ll be firing up quite a bit of Southgate this week and will be well over the field in ownership.
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Alexander Bjork: DK $6800/FD $7300
Another guy with great odds compared to price, you won’t find many hotter golfers coming into this tournament than Bjork who has finishes of T19, 14th, 8th, 33rd, 96th, 27, 1st and 3rd in his last 8 events on the European tour and I would venture to guess you probably have never heard of him. The 19th, 14th, and 8th all took place on links style courses as well. This is his first British Open which is a bit concerning to me, but he is clearly comfortable on the links. He is 2nd in SG: Approach on the European tour this year which is extremely impressive and 23rd in scrambling which is another key stat we need to look at this week. Bjork has been a cash register the last few weeks if you’ve been playing Euro Tour DFS and is a great GPP option. He has top ten potential with my only concern being his ability to keep it in the fairway, but hopefully he is able to lay back with an iron and keep it in play and let his approach game do the work. Also, smash him on FD at that price, lets you do some crazy stuff with the rest of your lineup!
Stewart Cink: DK $6600/FD $8000
Obviously most know who Stewey Cink is but his pricing this week seems a tad low considering his recent form and history at this event. Cink finished 6th here at the 2007 event and has since made 5 of 7 cuts and is playing some of his best golf in recent memory with finishes of 4th, 2nd, and 27th in his last three events which is something that we like to see coming into this event. I don’t think Cink will win here but he has a good shot to make the cut and contend for a top twenty and at his price he can be a steal. The only weak spot in his game right now is his putter but he’s killing it off the tee, approach, and around the green. Excellent Par 4 and 5 scorer. At this price I’ll be invested in Cink quite a bit.
Final Thoughts:
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