Golf Top Plays: John Deere Classic

Editor’s Note: We may not write up every player we consider to be a top play. Be sure to consult the chart at the bottom of the page. This article will update to reflect any injury or weather news.

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Below, you will find the players we consider the best for the slate. These do NOT account for ownership, but they do account for salary. In other words, Jon Rahm could be our No. 1 play in the high range… but he could also be a bad tournament play because he projects for 60% ownership in an extreme example.

This article is for cash games (contests in which roughly 50% of the field gets paid out, such as a head-to-head or double-up). For tournaments, our focus should be more on the projected ownership and projected ceiling columns in our projections table.

With that said, these are our Top Plays considering the following factors: median projection, lower volatility, upside, and value. They are listed in price descending order. At the bottom, you’ll find suggested rankings by site once salary is accounted for.

HIGH-PRICED

Ben Griffin ($10,400 DK, $12,200 FD) – No one in this field has been better over the last three months than Griffin, who leads this field in Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained: Total on the heels of the field’s 14th-best SG: Off-the-Tee and sixth-best SG: Approach. He has a strong short game on top of it, ranking 32nd in SG: Around-the-Green and 21st in SG: Putting during that span. With few weaknesses in his game of late, he should have no issue handling whatever test TPC Deere Run throws at him this week. He’s played here just once, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to already have a T5 finish under his belt.