Pat Mayo and Reid Fowler discuss their favorite DraftKings picks for The BMW Championship along with their favorite values for the week. Mayo previews the course, debates the best roster construction for the week and explains which players are best suited for DFS cash games and which should be deployed in guaranteed prize pool (GPP) tournaments.
2021 BMW — Picks & Preview | Course + Research | Stats/Tools
2021 BMW — DraftKings Picks | Ryder Cup Picks | Ownership Projections
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2021 BMW Championship Open: Key Stats
Par 4s Gained: 450-500 Yards
Strokes Gained: Approach
Sand Saves
Proximity 200+ Yards
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2021 BMW Championship: Course
Course: Caves Valley Golf Club
Yardage: 7,542
Par: 72
Greens: Bentgrass
2021 BMW Championship: Winners
First Time at Course
BMW Championship
2020: Jon Rahm -4
2019: Justin Thomas -25
2018 Keegan Bradley -20
2017: Marc Leishman -23
2016 Dustin Johnson -23
2021 BMW Championship: DraftKings Notes
Field: 69 players
Cut: Top 65 & Ties after 36 Holes
Lineup Lock: Thursday, August 26
Roster: Six golfers
Salary cap: $50,000
2021 BMW Championship DraftKings Picks
Elite Values
Jon Rahm $11,700
Collin Morikawa, $10,400
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High-End Values
Rory McIlroy 9,400
Bryson DeChambeau $9,300
Second-Level Values
Daniel Berger $9,000
Corey Conners $8,600
Mid-Level Values
Sungjae Im $8,000
Russell Henley $7,800
Scrub Values
Marc Leishman $6,700
Aaron Wise $6,300
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Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. (Subscribe for video or audio). Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2020 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and Golf Writer of the Year awards, along with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Best Sports Betting Analyst award, and was finalist for four FSWA Awards in 2020 (Best Podcast, Best Video, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). His 21 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are third-most all-time. Mayo has been recognized across multiple sports (Football, Baseball & Golf), mediums (Video, Writing & Podcasting), genre (Humor), and game formats (Daily Fantasy and Traditions Season Long). Beyond sports, Mayo covers everything from entertainment to pop culture to politics. If you have a fantasy question, general inquiry or snarky comment, ship it to Mayo at ThePatMayoExperience@gmail.com and the best will be addressed on the show.
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