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It was a long week at the PGA Championship, but we got a first-time major winner in Jimmy Walker and a compelling final few holes of excitement thanks to Jason Day.
Now, the Tour moves to Connecticut for a later-than-usual Travelers Championship. This event has a history of welcoming young players and enjoying good scoring at TPC River Highlands. Bubba Watson defends the title he won last year in a playoff against Paul Casey.
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2016 Travelers Championship top 10 picks
1. Bubba Watson - The Travelers is Bubba's personal playground, winning twice, including last year in a playoff over Paul Casey.
2. Patrick Reed - Reed was a part of the story fairly early at the PGA Championship, but he faded in the end. Nonetheless, T-12 and T-13 in back-to-back major starts.
3. Zach Johnson - ZJ deserves a good look this week because he's in overall solid form and he has a very consistent mark here at TPC River Highlands. Only missed two cuts in 10 starts with a slew of top-25 finishes.
4. Brooks Koepka - Koepka put on a gutsy performance at the PGA as he heals from a ligament injury in his right ankle. Conceivably, this is a course he can dominate if he can keep the ball in play.
5. Brendan Steele - Steele is a horse-for-course pick this week. He's got three top-15 finishes here in the last five years. However, he's missed the cut in his last two starts, the final majors of the year.
6. Paul Casey - The playoff runner-up from last year deserves a look this week, particularly considering his strong finish at the PGA Championship. He hits a lot of greens, so he'll have lots of chances to score.
7. Matt Kuchar - Kuchar has been a dud in the majors this year, but he has been excellent pretty much the rest of the time. This tournament fits that latter window.
8. Ryan Moore - RyMo routinely turns in a top-15 finish in this championship. The downside is that he's not playing well overall.
9. Branden Grace - Grace makes a lot of sense from tee to green. However, he may as well have putted with a wedge into the house at Baltusrol. We'll chalk that up to slow greens.
10. Webb Simpson - On good, not great, form since missing the cut at his host club in May at the Wells Fargo. Good track record in this championship.
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1. Bubba Watson - $12,300
2. Ryan Moore - $7,800
3. Tyrrell Hatton - $7,700
4. Daniel Summerhays - $7,600
5. Keegan Bradley - $7,600
6. John Senden - $6,700
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If you want to win at DraftKings daily fantasy golf, you have to figure out a way to find six golfers that play all 72 holes and earn roughly 85 points each.
You likely have to identify a couple of players in the top five, at least the top seven, and you'd ideally not have a player finish outside the top 20.
Doing that takes research, looking at a variety of factors, including:
- Finish trends, both in recent weeks on the PGA Tour and at that week's event,
- Salary trends, deciphering which players are showing value based on their performance, and
- Statistical trends, identifying the common threads among winners in that week's event
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