Golf Top Plays: FedEx St. Jude 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

Patrick Cantlay ($9,800 DK, $11,800 FD) – More attractively priced on DraftKings, Cantlay stands out as the top overall value. Cantlay profiles well here, ranking eighth in this field in Driving Accuracy over the last 12 months along with 14th in Distance, making him one of the field’s best Off the Tee. He also ranks 13th on Approach and Around the Green, according to Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained metrics. Though high-end finishes have been hard to come by in each of his four previous tries, Cantlay has gained OTT and on APP in 3-of-4 stops.