Hudson Swafford after winning last year's CareerBuilder ChallengeWell, the Sony Open did not exactly turn out exactly the way I had hoped but what a fantastic finish.  I feel bad for all the players who had to deal with the Hawaii missile scare over the weekend.   

Time to move on and time to head back to the continental United States for the Career Builder Challenge in La Quinta, California.  This tournament is unique in that it is played on three courses over the course of the weekend.  Each of the golfers will play one course each day for three days and then we have our cut after Saturday's round.  Sunday will feature only the Top 70 players that will compete for the title.

Here are the three courses in a nutshell ... Ball Strikers!

TPC STADIUM COURSE: 7,159 yards / Par 72

There is water all over this track and when there is no water, these players have to deal with bunkers all around the fairways and greens.  We need to target players who keep the ball on the fairways and greens which means ball strikers (strokes gained: tee-to-green; SG:TG).  There is no scrambling from the water.  This is the course where the final round will be played.

NICKLAUS TOURNAMENT COURSE: 7,159 yards / Par 72

This is another course that favors ball strikers.  It features a mix of narrow and wide fairways and gives the players a lot of risk/reward situations involving water.  Iron play is vital on this course which means we need players with consistent ball striking ability.  Also, we want players who have good sand game as there are bunkers all over the place.  Most Nicklaus courses reward players who can avoid the hazards and give these players a chance to go low.

LA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB: 7,060 / Par 72

This course is considered the easiest of the three.  The fairways are a bit narrower than the Nicklaus course but the track is shorter.  We continue to target ball strikers on this course because players must stick the greens to go low.

I have given you plenty of options for this week's tournament which features a field of 156 players.  You'll notice that I gave you a ton of options between $9900 and $6600 because that's where I feel the best value lies.  I think you can build really strong GPP lineups using a lot of 9, 8, and 7K players.  I'll be playing Rahm as my only top priced option but other than that I'm keeping it to under 10K.

For all you One and Done players out there.  I'm gonna go with Brian Stuard as my play for the week.   

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

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