Golf Top Plays: The RSM 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

Ludvig Aberg ($11,200 DK, $11,900 FD) – We have a true elite golfer back in the field for The RSM Classic to wrap up the fall swing season with Aberg mixing it up in Georgia. First, we should note that he is returning from a two-plus month absence after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. His return to action does follow the initial timeline that was expected pre-surgery, and while there may be added risk, we’re not overly concerned about it. Over the last 12 months, he ranks second in this field in Data Golf’s True Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, third in SG: Approach, and 15th in SG: Putting, boasting the field’s ninth-best Driving Distance. Not just one of the field’s best iron players but one of the best in the world, Aberg should have no issue separating from his peers on a traditional ‘second-shot’ course. It doesn’t hurt that he just won here last year, gaining strokes on the field in all four categories.