This week of the PGA Tour brings us to Torrey Pines, California, for one of the best non-major venues of the year. The 2016 Farmers Insurance Open features the best field to date in this wrap around season.
Can Lefty continue his early season success? If so, that would be a great story line going into the Summer, as he would be battling the young guns in Speith, McIlroy and Day.
Depending on the conditions and setup, the winner may not even be -10 under par, as this course has also hosted US Opens and is no stranger to a tough setup. At nearly 7600 yards, you need to have solid mid and long iron play or expect to make some double bogeys out there. Winners here tend to be major champions, so this tournament is sort of a barometer of the year to come.
The defending champ, Jason Day, had strong showings in the past here and should be up on your list of favorites. While he will be expensive, I would be shocked to see him finish outside the top 5 here this week. A couple other guys that play well here and could be priced lower include Scott Stallings, Nick Watney and KJ Choi.
Stallings has won here and posted other top 5 finishes as well, so while he is not a A-list player, he is good in the Farmers. Watney has also posted some nice finishes here as well. One dark horse you could get low priced is KJ Choi. He seems to play well on this track and should be overlooked by most in the DraftKings lineups.
So once the salaries come out, we will post an update with the official optimal DraftKings Farmers Insurance lineup. For you other fantasy golf predictors out there, go with Day to win this week, even if he is not in your DraftKings picks.
2016 Farmers Insurance Open DraftKings Lineup
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Jason Day’s flu is a little concerning. I’m considering swapping DJ for Day, then taking the extra $900 and swapping Kaufman for Berger.
Day almost won the US Open when he could not stand up or see! I don’t think a little flu will bother him.