The rules are simple: With a fixed salary cap of $50,000, choose 6 golfers you feel have the best chance to play well at Chambers Bay in Washington state. The better your selected players do, the better your fantasy team does. The idea is to not only pick golfers who can make the birdies and pars, but play the entire 4 rounds. Picking a pro who misses the cut isn’t going to help.
The pros will be playing on the links-style course of Chambers Bay, so it’s important to identify the players who can hit well out of the sand and are quality scramblers. Because there will be undulated fairways and greens and high dunes, signatures of links courses. The course is long, so driving distance is also key. And no matter what, you need to have a good putter in order to succeed.
Jordan Spieth already has one major under his belt in 2015. Remember that weekend at Augusta National?
He hasn’t slowed down since. Spieth did miss the cut at The Players, but got right back on his game and has won nearly twice in the past 3 weeks (tied for 2nd and a tied for third). That’s a great sign.
Keep reading for Spieth’s DraftKings fantasy prospects for this week:
Jordan Spieth Stats & Fantasy Outlook
DraftKings Price & Fantasy Points
$12,600 (2nd-most expensive player in the pool)
Total fantasy points in the last 3 tournaments (scoring key below): 104.5; 76.5; 101.5
Recent Finishes
Since missing the cut at The Players a little over a month ago, Spieth has gone T2, T30 and, most recently, a T3 in the Memorial. He’s on top of his game right now.
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Tournament History
2012 — T21 (Low Amateur)
2013 — CUT
2014 — T17
Key Stats
Driving Distance: 291.1 yards (69th)
Sand Save Percentage: 58.06% (36th)
Scrambling: 65.26% (8th)
Greens In Regulation: 67.16% (62nd)
Total Putting: 153.6 (46th)
Our Recommendation
Spieth is peaking heading into golf’s second major with 2 top 5s in his past 3 tournaments. But Chambers Bay really is an unknown. He ranks well in all important statistical categories this week, especially scrambling. As we saw back at Augusta National, pressure does not phase him. And considering this is a major and not the East Bumble Open, that could go a long way. You can certainly build your team around Spieth, but you’ll need to do some serious bargain shopping to fill out a 6-player lineup. That’s somewhat of a gamble.
DraftKings Scoring Key
Golfers on each team will accumulate points as follows:
Per Hole Scoring
Double Eagle (DBL EAG): +20 PTs
Eagle (EAG): +8 PTs
Birdie (BIR): +3 PTs
Par (PAR): +0.5 PTs
Bogey (BOG): -0.5 PTs
Double Bogey (DBL BOG): -1 PT
Worse than Double Bogey (WORSE DBL BOG): -1 PT
Tournament Finish Scoring
1st: 30 PTs
2nd: 20 PTs
3rd: 18 PTs
4th: 16 PTs
5th: 14 PTs
6th: 12 PTs
7th: 10 PTs
8th: 9 PTs
9th: 8 PTs
10th: 7 PTs
11th–15th: 6 PTs
16th–20th: 5 PTs
21st–25th: 4 PTs
26th–30th: 3 PTs
31st–40th: 2 PTs
41st-50th: 1 PTs
Streaks and Bonuses
Streak of 3 Birdies of Better (MAX 1 Per Round) (3+ BIR STRK): +3 PTs
Bogey Free Round (BOG FREE RD): +3 PTs
All 4 Rounds Under 70 Strokes (ALL 4 RDS UND 70): +5 PTs
Hole in One (HOLE IN ONE): +10 PTs
Scoring Notes: Ties for a finishing position will not reduce or average down points. For example, if 2 golfers tie for 3rd place, each will receive the 18 fantasy points for the 3rd place finish result. Playoff Holes will not count towards final scoring, with the exception of the “finishing position” scoring. For example, the golfer who wins the tournament will receive the sole award of 1st place points, but will not accrue points for their scoring result in the individual playoff holes.