DFS PGA Playbook - AT&T Byron Nelson

It seems that we just can’t pick the right week when it comes to Rickie Fowler.  The guy crushed us at the Masters in April and he did it again in May at the Players.  When you look back over the playbook from last week, the value plays really performed well and could have set up a huge weekend if the top tier plays like Fowler, Stenson, Garcia, Johnson and Walker would have shown up.  Well, it’s another week and a great tournament down in Texas at the AT&T Byron Nelson.

The first thing you should notice when doing your research is that the course had a redesign back in 2007, which means everything prior to that year can be thrown out the window.  Since the redesign, the experts have fought over whether this course benefits the long hitters or the accurate players.  When you take a look at the winners since the redesign: Scott Verplank, Adam Scott, Rory Sabbatini, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Sang Moon Bae, Brendan Todd and Steven Bowditch, it’s a pretty even split of long hitters and accurate players.  This goes the same when you look at the top 10s.  The fact that most seem to forget is that there are more 300 hitters than ever before on the PGA Tour and last years’ top 10 was full of bombers like Charley Hoffman, Jimmy Walker, Dustin Johnson, Daniel Berger, Tony Finau and Ryan Palmer.  I think you can tell which side of the argument that I’m on.  BOMBS AWAY!

If you are going to roster a shorter hitter, make sure they can keep the ball in the fairway.  That’s why you’ll see names like Jordan Spieth, Matt Kuchar, Danny Lee, Brandt Snedeker, and John Huh still in my playbook despite not being long off the tee.  All of these players have good records on this track.   

TPC Four Season Resort is not known as one of the better courses on the tour schedule, in fact it is consistently voted as one of the worst by the players.  The course is relatively short for a pro course but the fairways are narrow and has a lot of bunkers.  You’ll notice in my playbook, there are players listed because of their sand save percentages.  When you look through players that have finished top 10 on this course, most all of them have been -6 or better on the Par 5’s for the week and this course has only two being a par 70.  The average winning score has been around -12 which means that Par 5 scoring will make up half your score, I’d say that’s a pretty important stat to target.  We’re also looking for players who hit greens on a regular basis and you can never forget putting, even though these greens are not known to be very difficult.

Lastly, we’d like to welcome back our spiritual guide, Paige!  She was disappointed with our performance last week and she has decided to tune up for this week’s tournament at TPC Four Seasons by working on her bunker game.

Good Luck and score big this weekend!  Side note, I’ll be writing my article for you guys next week from Europe as I’ll be traveling to France and Germany with my wife and immediate family.  That’s dedication! 

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