Ryder Cup Format: A new format to Golf DFS players familiar with traditional stroke-play format, the Ryder Cup will be played in five different sessions utilizing three different formats; four-ball, foursomes and singles matches.
In four-ball, each golfer of a two-player team plays their own ball. Each team counts the lowest of the two scores on every hole. The team with the lowest score wins the hole. For example, if Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are paired together and Cantlay records a birdie on hole 1 while Schauffele pars, the team will use Cantlay’s score. If each member of the opposing two-player team both record a par on the same hole, Cantlay/Schauffele win the hole.
In foursomes, each two-man team plays a single ball per hole with the golfers alternating shots. For example, if Cantlay tees off on hole 1, Schauffele would hit the approach shot and Cantlay would hit the next shot.
There will be (4) total team-match sessions; (2) foursomes and (2) four-ball matches taking place on Friday and Saturday before Sunday where all twelve golfers from each team will compete in the singles matches.
As a result of the format, four golfers from each team will be sidelined for each of the first four team sessions. This makes predicting the amount of matches each golfer will play very difficult but extremely important. The notes in the table below attempt to provide some clarity on how many matches we expect each golfer to participate in.
Why no traditional DFS projections: Given the inherent difficulty in not only trying to predict which golfers are going to play in which matches but also which golfers will play against one another, hole-by-hole simulations are nearly impossible. Our normal projections will return for stroke play events.
The golfer ratings below account for course fit, history, and experience and venue location. They do not account for any added Ryder Cup home field advantage for Europe — each player’s location adjustment is what they would get if they were playing a regular event here. No adjustment for previous Ryder Cup play.
Also, the golfer ratings below are in strokes. For example we project Rory McIlroy to be .294 strokes better than Jon Rahm on this course in stroke play.
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