Golf Top Plays: Sanderson Farms Championship

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

Ludvig Aberg ($10,900 DK, $12,200 FD) – Fresh off a Ryder Cup victory with Team Europe, Aberg heads back stateside as the field’s most expensive golfer for Sanderson Farms. He also clears the field in DraftKings projection (83.2), make-cut odds (85.2%), and value (8.0). Fourth in this field over the last six months in Driving Distance, we could see Aberg take the bomb-and-gouge approach others have in years past given the thin rough this week.

Stephan Jaeger ($10,400 DK, $11,900 FD) – Few in this field have been better Tee-to-Green over the last six months than Jaeger, who ranks second in that category, according to DataGolf. Lacking a true weakness — aside from putting — Jaeger is 16th or better in every other major Strokes Gained category during that same time frame. He’ll need some help with the flatstick but should have chances to separate elsewhere.

MID-PRICED