Golf Top Plays: Farmers Insurance Open

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

Xander Schauffele ($10,600 DK, $12,000 FD) – The slate’s most expensive golfer, Schauffele checks in as our top overall value as well, boasting a DraftKings-point projection more than six points better than the next best golfer. He has an elite overall game that should help him navigate the overall test that is Torrey Pines. He ranks fifth in this field over the last 12 months in Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained: Approach and should be able to separate from the field with his irons. He has an impressive short game as well and has historically putted well on these tough greens.

Min Woo Lee ($9,100 DK) – If the bomb-and-gouge approach is going to work here at this 7,800-yard behemoth, Woo Lee may be among the best golfers to execute. He ranks first in this field over the last 12 months in Driving Distance and despite being below average in SG: APP, he has been impressive on and around the greens, ranking 10th during that span in SG: PUTT and fifth in SG: ARG.

MID-PRICED