Value Report: Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Not only did our man, Max Greyserman, make his debut above $10,000 in DFS, but he thrived in his spot as the well-deserved favorite at the World Wide Technology Championship. His performance, paired with the mid-range smashes of Austin Eckroat and Sam Stevens, left a very standard lineup construction needed to take down GPPs last week. We’ve seen consistency of that style so far in the fall swing, where, at maximum, just one $6K click is needed, and that ultimately is due to how low-priced the top end is. This will repeat itself again for the Bermuda Championship with just Seamus Power and Mackenzie Hughes cracking $10K, and as we search for the last piece of the puzzle in our lineups, a windy course that relies on short game is absolutely set up for a longshot.

It was a mixed bag from our bunch in Mexico last week, and we can start with the frustrating few who missed the weekend. The biggest of them being Alejandro Tosti, who shot an 82 on Thursday and was a disastrous pivot from Joseph Bramlett. The others were Scott Piercy, who didn’t capitalize on the spot start but does get another one this week, as well as Norman Xiong. Xiong still has me very intrigued as he gets back to full health, however. With five of eight making the weekend, I was hoping for more of a run from the bunch, but Vince Whaley, Luke List, and Zachary Bauchou had different plans for the weekend.

The two shining lights, though, were Wesley Bryan and Joe Highsmith, who were both featured across top lineups in GPPs. Highsmith came in with higher ownership than what I had hoped for, but his performance all fall was enough to be rewarded heavily despite the chalkiness. Bryan was outstanding, vaulting himself up to 128th now in the FedEx Cup standings, which means these next two events are paramount to his 2025 status. He’s now turned in four of four made cuts in the fall swing and has a deserved price jump to $7,500 for the Bermuda Championship.

As mentioned in the introduction, these weaker fields continue to be tough to stomach for the masses. But what I have learned the most from these is it provides us an opportunity to lean into game theory/lineup construction and recognize that we don’t have to be wildly off the board. With the natural ownership that the top of the board pulls in, their finishes aren’t nearly as impactful as the one or two low-owned pieces that we round out our lineups with. The Bermuda Championship has historically been an event littered with short-game wizards at the top of the leaderboard, so that naturally cranks up the variance on how we can attack the week. The wind looks to play a significant impact as well on this wide-open course, so be sure to keep an eye on a wave advantage that could be playing out.

David Lipsky, $7,300 – A 2014 win at the Omega European Masters in his first year on the DP World Tour seemed like the moment that would vault David Lipsky’s career, but unfortunately the now-36-year-old has yet to string together too much consistency. He finally earned his PGA Tour card in 2022 and has done enough to keep his membership once again in 2025, but adding an illustrious PGA Tour win still is the ultimate goal for Lipsky. Last week, he was sixth in the WWT Championship, leading the field in both accuracy and scrambling, which aligned with the short-game spikes he has seen this fall. The key for Lipsky is to pair this newfound on-/around-the-green touch with iron play, which he did successfully for his runner-up finish at the Procore in September. Lipsky’s international experience on the DP World Tour bodes well for these conditions, too.